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Johanna Bernard; Mark Lipsey; Kelley Durkin – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2024
Background: The past half-century has resulted in a substantial expansion of early childhood center-based care in the United States. Today, over 74% of American children aged 3-5 attend center-based care (U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2021). Although public pre-k is considered socially favorable,…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Program Effectiveness, Child Care, Child Care Centers
Javarius J. D. Fields – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The learning environment in K-12 education has been a topic in education for many years, especially in the United States. The problem that was addressed in this mixed methods study is that students' standardized test scores may be affected by the learning environment--whether a traditional classroom or a virtual setting. The purpose of this…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Scores, Electronic Learning, In Person Learning
Abdullah Pehlivan – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Student achievement has become critical in measuring school achievement. The problem was underachievement in a K-12 public charter school in northwest Ohio. The purpose of this study was to determine whether standards-based assessments (SBAs) improved standardized test achievement in a K-12 public charter school in northwest Ohio. The theories of…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Standardized Tests, Academic Achievement, Charter Schools
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Jamaal L. Moore; Zhihui Yi; Jessica M. Hinman; Becky F. Barron; Mark R. Dixon – Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, 2021
The current study examined the convergent validity between the standardized PEAK Comprehensive Assessment (PCA) and the semi-standardized PEAK Pre-assessment (PEAK-PA). Twenty-two participants were administered each tool, and an item by item analysis was conducted to evaluate correlations between tests. The results suggested a strong positive…
Descriptors: Validity, Evaluation Methods, Standardized Tests, Correlation
Chevonda Williams Leonard – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The overarching goal of this quantitative study was to determine if there were significant differences in the Louisiana Education Assessment Program (LEAP 2025) achievement scores of Algebra I students before and after attending summer remediation. The sample size consisted of 581 freshman students from the 2016-2017, 2017-2018, 2018-2019, and…
Descriptors: Algebra, Summer Programs, Remedial Programs, High School Freshmen
Patricia A. Pierre Gilkes – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of the quantitative ex-post facto study was to determine to what extent a predictive relationship exists between students' reading comprehension skills and mastery of conceptualizing mathematical problems for students in the fifth through eighth grades in a metropolitan area in the northeastern United States. The Federal School…
Descriptors: Literacy, Mathematics Achievement, Middle School Students, Reading Comprehension
Kayla Freeman; Natasha Wilson; Drew Berrett – Online Submission, 2024
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of using Imagine Math Facts on student mathematics proficiency. Methods: This retrospective study compared the performance of Grade 1-5 students who used or did not use the Imagine Math Facts program on a standardized assessment of mathematics proficiency. Statistical matching was…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Elementary School Mathematics, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction
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Xinglong Wang – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2025
This study investigated whether students' gender, prior achievement, and socioeconomic status (SES) moderated the magnitude of teacher expectation effects on students' English-as-a-foreign-language (EFL) achievement. A sample of 30 university teachers and 845 first-year undergraduate students from EFL classrooms participated in the study. Data on…
Descriptors: Student Characteristics, Gender Differences, Academic Achievement, Socioeconomic Status
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Meeter, Martijn – Educational Assessment, 2023
The transition from secondary to tertiary education varies from country to country. In many countries, secondary school is concluded with high-stakes, national exams, or high-stakes entry tests are used for admissions to tertiary education. In other countries, secondary-school grade point average (GPA) is the determining factor. In the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary Education, Grade Point Average, College Freshmen
Cura, Dollye Renae – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This quantitative, correlational-predictive study examined the predictive relationship of the NWEA's Map Growth projected proficiency report data with students' STAAR scores in the area of mathematics, using archival data from the 2021-2022 school year. The theoretical foundation for this study was provided by Vygotsky's zone of proximal…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Mathematics Tests, Mathematics Achievement, Scores
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David Baker; Susan Hallam; Kevin Rogers – British Journal of Music Education, 2023
Much previous international research has demonstrated links between general school attainment and active engagement with music. The research reported here compared the change in examination outcomes in English and mathematics in national examinations at ages 11 and 16 of instrumentalists and non-instrumentalists. Data from 701 pupils showed…
Descriptors: Children, Adolescents, Musical Instruments, Educational Attainment
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Sinethemba Mthimkhulu; Karen Roux; Maryke Mihai – Reading & Writing: Journal of the Literacy Association of South Africa, 2024
Background: PIRLS 2021 results revealed that South African Grade 4 learners performed significantly lower compared to other countries in reading comprehension and that they did not reach the standardised international mean score of 500. It was also evident from the results that English learners performed relatively higher than isiZulu learners.…
Descriptors: Error of Measurement, Grade 4, Reading Comprehension, Scores
Danielle M. De'Braux – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This quantitative research examined the effect of the implementation of project-based learning and assessment on the standardized test scores of high school students. Data were collected through a quantitative approach using standardized test scores for ninth-grade students taking the end-of-course World History and Geography to 1500 A.D. (C.E.)…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Student Projects, Standardized Tests, High School Students
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Chen, Yunxiao; Lee, Yi-Hsuan; Li, Xiaoou – Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, 2022
In standardized educational testing, test items are reused in multiple test administrations. To ensure the validity of test scores, the psychometric properties of items should remain unchanged over time. In this article, we consider the sequential monitoring of test items, in particular, the detection of abrupt changes to their psychometric…
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, Test Items, Test Validity, Scores
Tyler, John; Mulvey, Patrick – AIP Statistical Research Center, 2022
This Focus On uses data from the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) and the Law School Admission Council (LSAC) to showcase that, as a group, recipients of physics bachelor's degrees tend to do well on two prominent standardized tests for medical school and law school admission. Although only a small percent of the physics bachelor's…
Descriptors: Physics, Bachelors Degrees, College Entrance Examinations, Law Schools
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