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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Proficiency rates"”.
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Use of a Two-Action Paradigm Apparatus with Captive Lemurs: Insights into Social Learning
… an individual observed, the better its own proficiency rate was. The most watched lemurs were those with the highest proficiency rates, suggesting they were using a success bias. There were species differences in proficiency rate, latency to success, latency to touch the apparatus, and …
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Navigating Social-emotional Experiences for Readers: Stories of Two High-performing Urban Elementary Teachers
Reading proficiency rates for elementary students in the United States are extremely concerning, especially for students in urban contexts (National Assessment of Educational Progress, 2017). Due to accountability pressures and high-stakes testing, low-performing urban schools often take measures …
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Teacher perspectives on the impact of high-stakes testing on students with disabilities : a grounded theory study
… Progress (AYP), based on participation and proficiency rates in English language arts and math for all students, including students disabilities.</p> <p>The purpose of this study was to understand how North Dakota general education teachers were adapting to the federal legislative …
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Gaining Proficiency in French Through Service Learning: An Action Research Project with Secondary French Students in California and Secondary Students in a French School in France
… language classroom is integral to gaining oral proficiency in the target language. Service learning helps students to see the practical application of the language and it increases student motivation. In many high schools, students have limited opportunities to engage in authentic experiences, …
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Estimating the efficiency of michigan's rural and urban public school districts
… student achievement for high school graduation rates and student proficiency rates for eleventh grade students in mathematics and English language arts as reported from the Michigan Merit Examination results. These models compared student achievement by geographic location which included a …
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Assessing the economic impact of aircraft noise on communities
… real estate values and the reduction of student proficiency rates on standard assessment tests. It is assumed that noise is an inconvenience to the community and a symptom of airport related issues that include not only the quality-of-life of citizens, but also the economic well-being of the …
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Adolescent Literacy: The Case for Using Data-Based Individualization to Improve Student Outcomes
… school aged students, the nation’s literacy proficiency rates have remained low and stagnant. Federal and state lawmakers have sought to ameliorate the literacy issue by requiring training in reading instruction for early elementary teachers—those teaching kindergarten through third grade. Of …