Publication Date
| In 2026 | 0 |
| Since 2025 | 0 |
| Since 2022 (last 5 years) | 0 |
| Since 2017 (last 10 years) | 3 |
| Since 2007 (last 20 years) | 6 |
Descriptor
Source
| Center on Education Policy | 2 |
| AERA Online Paper Repository | 1 |
| Educational Evaluation and… | 1 |
| ProQuest LLC | 1 |
| Thomas B. Fordham Institute | 1 |
Author
Publication Type
| Numerical/Quantitative Data | 3 |
| Reports - Research | 3 |
| Reports - Evaluative | 2 |
| Dissertations/Theses -… | 1 |
| Guides - Non-Classroom | 1 |
| Journal Articles | 1 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 1 |
| Speeches/Meeting Papers | 1 |
| Tests/Questionnaires | 1 |
Education Level
| Elementary Secondary Education | 5 |
| Elementary Education | 3 |
| Grade 4 | 2 |
| Grade 8 | 2 |
| Grade 10 | 1 |
| High Schools | 1 |
| Secondary Education | 1 |
Audience
| Policymakers | 1 |
| Practitioners | 1 |
Location
| Massachusetts | 8 |
| Arizona | 1 |
| California | 1 |
| Colorado | 1 |
| Delaware | 1 |
| Idaho | 1 |
| Illinois | 1 |
| Indiana | 1 |
| Kansas | 1 |
| Maine | 1 |
| Maryland | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
| No Child Left Behind Act 2001 | 2 |
Assessments and Surveys
| Classroom Assessment Scoring… | 1 |
| Massachusetts Comprehensive… | 1 |
| National Assessment of… | 1 |
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Direct linkMcCulley, Cathy McNeish – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Despite growing up in a world that is permeated by mathematics, students graduating from US schools are woefully unprepared for the mathematical challenges that await them in the workplace or in higher educational pursuits. Mathematical competencies underpin not only success in college but also increase job opportunities for students after…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), Mathematics Instruction, Elementary School Mathematics, State Programs
Peer reviewedTherriault, Susan Bowles; Walston, Jill; Yibing, Li; Pan, Jingtong; Champagne, Erica – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2020
The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE), like other state education agencies, recognizes that a key lever to turning around low-performing schools is the quality of instruction and thus embeds a schoolwide instructional quality measure into its monitoring process. Massachusetts' schoolwide quality instruction…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, School Effectiveness, Low Achievement, Instructional Effectiveness
Schueler, Beth E.; Goodman, Joshua S.; Deming, David J. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2017
The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) requires states to identify and turn around struggling schools, with federal school improvement money required to fund evidence-based policies. Most research on turnarounds has focused on individual schools, whereas studies of district-wide turnarounds have come from relatively exceptional settings and…
Descriptors: State Action, State Programs, School Turnaround, School Districts
Download full textCenter on Education Policy, 2010
This paper profiles Massachusetts' test score trends through 2008-09. Between 2005 and 2009, the percentages of students reaching the proficient level on the state test and the basic level on NAEP (National Assessment of Educational Progress) increased in grade 4 reading and math and grade 8 math. Average annual gains were larger on the state test…
Descriptors: State Standards, Academic Achievement, Scores, Grade 4
Massachusetts State Dept. of Education, Boston. – 1989
The Massachusetts Basic Skills Testing Program, mandated by Chapter 188 of the Acts of 1985, seeks to identify students who have not mastered basic skills in reading, writing, and mathematics. Because the Massachusetts Department of Education does not mandate any post-test action, it has not been possible to prescribe any method of providing help…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education, Guides
Center on Education Policy, 2009
This year the Center on Education Policy analyzed data on the achievement of different groups of students in two distinct ways. First, it looked at grade 4 test results to determine whether the performance of various groups improved at three achievement levels--basic and above, proficient and above, and advanced. Second, it looked at gaps between…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Low Income, American Indians, African American Students
Massachusetts State Dept. of Education, Boston. Bureau of Research and Assessment. – 1983
This report summarizes evaluation information on reading, writing, and mathematics achievement among elementary and secondary school students in 310 school districts in Massachusetts, after the second year of implementation of the Basic Skills Improvement Policy. The report describes data collection, analysis, and reporting procedures, summarizes…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Blacks, Comparative Analysis
Cronin, John; Dahlin, Michael; Adkins, Deborah; Kingsbury, G. Gage – Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2007
At the heart of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) is the call for all students to be "proficient" in reading and mathematics by 2014. Yet the law expects each state to define proficiency as it sees fit and design its own tests. This study investigated three research questions related to this policy: (1) How consistent are various…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Mathematics Tests, Test Validity, Reading Tests
