News tagged with school assessment

Preschool program improves standardized test scores through grade 5

Continued participation in the Harrisburg Preschool Program (HPP) has led 5th-grade students to score higher on Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA) literacy and math tests than peers who have not ...

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created Oct 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New study indicates children and parents want science assessment for 11-year-olds

At a time when new transfer arrangements mean children in Northern Ireland will no longer be formally assessed in science at age 11, researchers at Queen's University have found overwhelming support for science assessment ...

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created Sep 21, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study finds college students better prepared

Freshmen entering California State University, Sacramento, are better prepared to tackle college-level work than they were in 2004, suggesting that a five-year-old statewide program to assess college readiness among high ...

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created Apr 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study: Privatized Philly schools did not keep pace

Public middle-grades schools placed under private management in 2002 as part of a state-run overhaul of the Philadelphia School District did not keep pace with the rest of the city's public schools, according to a study published ...

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created Apr 09, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 2