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Education Commission of the States, 2018
As a condition of receiving federal funds, the Every Student Succeeds Act requires state education agencies to implement statewide assessments in mathematics and English language arts every year in third through eighth grade and once in ninth through 12th grade. The federal law also requires a science assessment once in each of three grade spans:…
Descriptors: Summative Evaluation, State Programs, Testing Programs, Mathematics Tests
Looby, Karen – Online Submission, 2016
The report brief describes district-level ACT test results for AISD students in the 2015-2016 school year.
Descriptors: Test Results, College Entrance Examinations, School Districts, Scores
Jensen, Mishan – Online Submission, 2019
This report summarizes Austin Independent School District (AISD) English learner students' (ELs) Texas English Language Proficiency Assessment System (TELPAS) performance on the 2019 Spring test administration. Student performance is summarized by domain and composite ratings, years in U.S. schools, and yearly progress.
Descriptors: Language Tests, Language Proficiency, School Districts, Second Language Learning
Louise Benson; Bethan Burge; Jose Liht; Kondwani Mughogho – National Foundation for Educational Research, 2022
Each year the National Reference Test (NRT) reports the proportions of students achieving at or above three key GCSE grades in English and mathematics. The NRT is therefore uniquely placed as a Key Stage 4 assessment which compares performance directly at ability level, to contribute to the evidence on the impact of disruption to education due to…
Descriptors: National Competency Tests, English, Language Tests, Mathematics Tests
Steedle, Jeffrey; Quesen, Sarah; Boyd, Aimee – Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers, 2017
On the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) assessments, the attainment of performance level 4 is intended to indicate college readiness or being "on track" to college and career readiness. Students who achieve Level 4 should have a 0.75 probability of attaining at least a C in entry-level,…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Career Readiness, Test Validity, Longitudinal Studies
Zhao, Huafang; Maina, Nyambura – Montgomery County Public Schools, 2015
This is one of several studies conducted by the Office of Shared Accountability that evaluated students identified as eligible for English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) services in Montgomery County (Maryland) Public Schools (MCPS). This study has two major purposes: (1) to examine English proficiency levels and progress in English…
Descriptors: Public Schools, English (Second Language), Language Proficiency, Academic Achievement
Jensen, Mishan; Doolittle, Martha – Online Submission, 2018
This report summarizes Austin Independent School District English learner students' (ELs) TELPAS performance on the 2018 Spring administration. TELPAS is the state of Texas' student assessment of English language proficiency. Performance is summarized by domain and composite ratings, and years in U.S. schools. The changes made to the test are also…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, School Districts, English Language Learners
Sanderson, Geoffrey T. – Montgomery County Public Schools, 2014
The Montgomery County (Maryland) Public Schools (MCPS) Class of 2014 consistently outperformed graduates across Maryland and the nation on all sections of the ACT, according to the ACT, Inc. annual report that was released Wednesday, August 20, 2014. Thirty percent of the graduates in the MCPS Class of 2014 took the ACT exam. According to the ACT,…
Descriptors: Public Schools, High School Graduates, College Entrance Examinations, Student Participation
Regan, Roger – Wake County Public School System, 2010
The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction revised the alternate assessment system for students with disabilities (SWD) and/or limited English proficiency (LEP) in 2009-10. On the three alternate assessments that were given in 2009-10, results for WCPSS students were mixed. On the NCEXTEND1 assessments, which are taken by students with…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Public Schools, Mathematics Tests, Reading Tests
Length of School Calendars and Student Achievement in High Schools in California, Illinois and Texas
Pedersen, James M. – Online Submission, 2010
The purpose of this study was to analyze student academic performance data from year-round calendar high schools across the United States in comparison to those of traditional calendar high schools within the same states. This study sought to determine if the mean passing scores of students for the last three academic years in four important…
Descriptors: Year Round Schools, High Schools, Public Schools, High School Students
Ou, Dongshu – Centre for the Economics of Education (NJ1), 2009
This paper presents new empirical evidence on whether failing the high school exit exam increases the chance of exiting from high school "prior to high school completion". More importantly, the author discusses the potentially different impacts of failing the High School Exit Exams (HSEE) on students with limited English proficiency,…
Descriptors: Exit Examinations, Academic Failure, High School Students, Dropouts
Brunner, Josie – Online Submission, 2011
Ninth-grade predictors of dropout risk among Austin Independent School District's English language learner students included the following: having an attendance rate below 90%, being 16 years or older, earning less than 5 course credits, attending a Title I campus and scoring beginning or intermediate on the state's English proficiency assessment…
Descriptors: Language Tests, At Risk Students, Dropouts, Predictor Variables
ACT, Inc., 2009
The ACT National Curriculum Survey is a one-of-a-kind nationwide survey of educational practices and expectations conducted by ACT every 3 to 5 years. ACT surveys thousands of middle school/junior high school, secondary, and postsecondary teachers in English/writing, reading (including English language arts and social studies teachers),…
Descriptors: National Surveys, Teacher Surveys, Teacher Attitudes, English Curriculum
Schmitt, Lisa; Carney, Dee – Online Submission, 2008
This PowerPoint report summarizes AISD student demographic and performance results at high schools as of the end of the 2007-2008 school year.
Descriptors: School Districts, Academic Achievement, High School Students, Test Results