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Theobald, Roddy; Goldhaber, Dan; Holden, Kristian; Stein, Marcy – National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER), 2021
We used survey and administrative data from Washington State to assess the degree to which special education teacher preparation, district literacy instructional practices, and the alignment between preparation and practice were associated with the reading test score gains of students with high-incidence disabilities taught by early-career special…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Teaching Methods, Literacy Education
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Joseph, AnnRené – International Dialogues on Education: Past and Present, 2019
That the arts enhance academic achievement has been a claim of educators for the past century. This experimental study examined whether and to what extent the use of creative dramatics interventions increased the vocabulary achievement of fourth grade students in a language arts classroom. The 20-day study was conducted across five weeks of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Drama, Vocabulary Development, Teaching Methods
Came, Deb; Drake, Linda – Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, 2017
The Washington Comprehensive Assessment Program (WCAP) is a maturing and stable program. In 2016-17 it included: (1) Smarter Balanced Assessments (SBA) in English Language Arts (ELA) and math for students in grades 3-8 and high school; (2) Measurements of Student Progress (MSP) in science for grades 5 and 8; (3) End-of-Course exams in math and…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Language Arts, Mathematics, Grade 3
Washington Office of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Olympia. – 1984
The 1983 annual report of Washington's statewide test of fourth grade basic skills achievement is presented in this document. Both state level and district-by-district results are reviewed. The first section of this report presents the overall results for the 48,000 fourth grade students who were administered the basic battery of the California…
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Educational Assessment, Grade 4, Intermediate Grades
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Washington Office of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Olympia. – 1998
This report provides a summary for the years 1993 through 1997 of district and school-level results in Washington on the Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills, fourth edition (CTBS/4) for grades 4 and 8 and the Curriculum Frameworks Assessment System (CFAS) for grade 11. For grades 4 and 8, the average national percentile scores in reading,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Achievement Tests, Educational Trends