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Domingue, Benjamin W.; Hough, Heather J.; Lang, David; Yeatman, Jason – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2021
Education has faced unprecedented disruption during the COVID-19 pandemic; evidence about the subsequent effect on children is of crucial importance. We use data from an oral reading fluency (ORF) assessment--a rapid assessment taking only a few minutes that measures a fundamental reading skill--to examine COVID's effects on children's reading…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Oral Reading, Reading Fluency
Houston Independent School District, 2018
Vocabulary.com is an online adaptive game that teaches students words by systematic exposure to a variety of question types and activities and by understanding all the word meanings and nuances as they are learned. Vocabulary.com teaches 14,000 words using over 208,000 questions. It has been implemented with the Houston Independent School…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Games, Vocabulary Development
Alonzo, Julie; Anderson, Daniel – Behavioral Research and Teaching, 2018
In response to a request for additional analyses, in particular reporting confidence intervals around the results, we re-analyzed the data from prior studies. This supplementary report presents the results of the additional analyses addressing classification accuracy, reliability, and criterion-related validity evidence. For ease of reference, we…
Descriptors: Curriculum Based Assessment, Computation, Statistical Analysis, Accuracy
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Jones, Aaron B.; Richardson, Michael J.; Jensen, Bryant T.; Whiting, Erin F. – RMLE Online: Research in Middle Level Education, 2020
The purpose of this study was to examine any relationships between students' perceptions of the effects of school uniforms and student socioeconomic status. A survey was administered to 182 students in a charter school to gather perception information, and a separate survey was administered to parents to gather socioeconomic status information. An…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, School Uniforms, Socioeconomic Status, Correlation
Stringer, Daniel M. – ProQuest LLC, 2020
The purpose of this study was to determine the impact a sustained rotational blended learning model on the academic achievement on Title I K-8 elementary school students at a Catholic school in the areas of reading comprehension and mathematics as measured with standardized assessments, the Iowa Test of Basic Skills. In response to the first…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Elementary School Students, Catholic Schools, Kindergarten
Connell, Emma; Miller, Julia; Ly, Bunchung – Wilder Research, 2020
This report presents findings from the annual evaluation of the MacPhail Intensive Strings Program. It includes satisfaction and outcome data for the 2019-20 school year.
Descriptors: Musical Instruments, After School Programs, Program Effectiveness, Music Education
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Romance, Nancy; Vitale, Michael – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2017
Reported are the results of a multiyear study in which reading comprehension and writing were integrated within an in-depth science instructional model (Science IDEAS) in daily 1.5 to 2 h daily lessons on a schoolwide basis in grades 3-4-5. Multilevel (HLM7) achievement findings showed the experimental intervention resulted in significant and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Science, Models, Scientific Literacy, Science Achievement
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Cohen, Dale; Tracy, Ryan; Cohen, Jon – Applied Measurement in Education, 2017
This study examined the effectiveness and influence on validity of a computer-based pop-up English glossary accommodation for English learners (ELs) in grades 3 and 7. In a randomized controlled trial, we administered pop-up English glossaries with audio to students taking a statewide accountability English language arts (ELA) and mathematics…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Glossaries, Testing Accommodations, Measurement
Goldhaber, Dan; Kane, Thomas J.; McEachin, Andrew; Morton, Emily; Patterson, Tyler; Staiger, Douglas O. – National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER), 2022
Using testing data from 2.1 million students in 10,000 schools in 49 states (plus D.C.), we investigate the role of remote and hybrid instruction in widening gaps in achievement by race and school poverty. We find that remote instruction was a primary driver of widening achievement gaps. Math gaps did not widen in areas that remained in-person…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, School Closing, Distance Education
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Swain, Katharine; Pendergast, Donna – Australian Journal of Education, 2018
This study explored students' feelings during the Australian National Assessment Program -- Literacy and Numeracy. It features student voice depicted as self-drawn images accompanied by words as they journeyed through four phases of the NAPLAN process: preparation, participation, completion and results. The 34 students in Years 3, 5 and 7 attended…
Descriptors: Literacy, National Competency Tests, Numeracy, Foreign Countries
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Freire, Elisabete dos Santos; Marques, Bruna Gabriela; Miranda, Maria Luiza de Jesus – Sport, Education and Society, 2018
The contribution of Physical Education (PE) and School Sport to learning of values has been identified by teachers and researchers. However, we know little about how that teaching takes place during classes. This study aimed to understand the perceptions of teachers on teaching values in their classes and to analyse the conception of values that…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Teacher Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Intervention
NWEA, 2018
Thousands of U.S. school districts and many international schools use MAP® Growth™ to monitor the academic growth of their students and to inform instruction. The MAP Growth assessment is untimed, meaning that limits are not placed on how much time a student has to respond to the items. However, to help schools understand the amount of time MAP…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Test Length, Achievement Gains, Mathematics Tests
Harris, Lateasha M. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Monitoring academic progress to guide instructional practices is an important role of teachers in a small rural school district in the Southern United States. Teachers in this region were experiencing difficulties using the approved school district model to implement data-driven instruction. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Data Analysis, Teaching Methods, Rural Schools
Sammons, Laney – ASCD, 2018
Students learning math are expected to do more than just solve problems; they must also be able to demonstrate their thinking and share their ideas, both orally and in writing. As many classroom teachers have discovered, these can be challenging tasks for students. The good news is, mathematical communication can be taught and mastered. In…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Skills, Thinking Skills, Communication Strategies
Alonzo, Julie; Anderson, Daniel – Behavioral Research and Teaching, 2018
In response to a request for additional analyses, in particular reporting confidence intervals around the results, we re-analyzed the data from prior studies. This supplementary report presents the results of the additional analyses addressing classification accuracy, reliability, and criterion-related validity evidence. For ease of reference, we…
Descriptors: Curriculum Based Assessment, Computation, Statistical Analysis, Classification
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