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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"grade-level standards"”.
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Special Education Teachers' Experiences and Perceptions of the Georgia Alternate Assessment
… with significant cognitive disabilities on grade level standards. The goal of including students with significant cognitive disabilities in standardized testing and statewide accountability systems is to positively impact the curriculum and instruction, and the teaching and learning process …
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The impact of alternate assessment on teaching and learning for students with significant cognitive disabilities
… cognitive disabilities, participate in standards based education and in state assessments linked to those standards. To address this issue, this study used a multiple case study design in order to determine the impact alternate assessments based on alternate achievement standards have on …
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Implementing Early Reading Intervention Programs into First Grade Classrooms: A Review of the Literature
… it an imperative that learners read at their grade level. Grade level reading skills are needed in all content area subjects such as social studies, literature, science and math. Early reading intervention programs insure that appropriate reading skills are developed by learners. Many first …
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Adolescent Literacy: The Case for Using Data-Based Individualization to Improve Student Outcomes
… teaching kindergarten through third grade. Of concern are the adolescent students—those promoted beyond third grade—when basic literacy skills instruction fades from the curriculum. Purpose: The goals of this study were (a) to identify the extent to which adolescent literacy is an …
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Effective Technology Use in Skill-Based Mathematics Instruction: Fourth through Eighth Grades
… there is a great deal of concern over achieving grade level standards and improving standardized test scores. Educational technology is one of the primary focuses of many educational policy reforms designed to improve student outcomes and reach state and federal standards. This literature review …
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Gifted Voices: A Study of High School Students' Proficiency in Persuasive Writing and Their Perceptions of Personal Agency
… on helping underperforming students to reach grade-level standards. Gifted high school students who are proficient in persuasive writing are able to clearly state a claim, support that claim with evidence and backing, recognize and rebut counterclaims, and draw a conclusion leading to action. …
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Are Teachers’ Formative Assessment Practices Reliable Indicators of Students’ Mastery of Standards?
… apparent disparity between a student’s classroom grades and his/her proficiency levels reported from criterion-referenced standardized assessments, such as the Georgia Milestones. The purpose of this research project was to determine if teachers’ formative assessment practices were reliable …
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Teachers' Perceptions of Implementing Response to Intervention in Meeting Academic Needs of At-Risk Students in Kindergarten through Second Grade.
… interventions, and expecting mastery of grade-level standards.</p><p>The purpose of this study was to create a foundation of knowledge through exploratory case study interviews in 4 rural school districts in East Tennessee. All participants were certified teachers of kindergarten, 1st …
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Alternatives to grade retention in a pre-kindergarten to second grade setting: a leadership study
Many primary teachers (grades K-4) believe that retention is useful in maintaining grade level standards in light of high stakes state testing (Witmer, Hoffman, & Nottis, 2004). Despite perceived academic advantages, there is a great deal of research that suggests that retention may cause damage in …
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Urban Elementary Teachers’ Experiences In Maine Managing The Paradoxical Tension To Both Deliver Grade-Level Instruction And Customize Support: A Qualitative Phenomenological Study
… <p>To address historic levels of students’ unfinished learning, teachers must balance two competing objectives: maintaining grade-level instruction so that students do not fall further behind, while simultaneously customizing support so that students can rise to …