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Comparison of Student BMI before and after the National School Lunch Program Nutritional Changes of 2012

Ritenour, Cris Ann – ProQuest LLC, 2017

This study examined differences in grade school students' BMI percentiles before and after the "Healthy, Hunger Free Kids Act" of 2012 and factors that may have influenced those differences. Using publically available data from the Pennsylvania Departments of Health and Education, a comparative analysis of BMI percentiles, ethnicity,…

Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Body Composition, Lunch Programs, National Programs

Engaging School Students and Educators with the Practice of Statistics

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Howley, Peter; Roberts, Tim – Statistics Education Research Journal, 2020

This paper describes a national statistics-oriented project-based learning activity, which has been delivered annually for five years in Australia and the outcomes of a particular collaboration of this initiative with the discipline of environmental sustainability. The national initiative engages primary- and secondary-school students from varied…

Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Projects, Learning Activities, Active Learning

Teacher Performance and Student Learning: Linking Evidence from Two National Assessment Programmes

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Taut, Sandy; Valencia, Edgar; Palacios, Diego; Santelices, Maria V.; Jiménez, Daniela; Manzi, Jorge – Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 2016

This paper investigates the validity of a national, standards-based teacher evaluation programme by examining the relationship between teachers' evaluation results and their students' learning progress. We used census achievement data that assessed the same cohort of students at the end of 8th and 10th grade. We applied multilevel modelling and…

Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, National Programs

NAPLaN Test Data, ESL Bandscales and the Validity of EAL/D Teacher Judgement of Student Performance

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Creagh, Sue – TESOL in Context, 2014

Teachers are now experiencing the age of quantitative test-driven assessment, in which there is little weight accorded to teacher-based judgement about student progress. In the Australian context, the NAPLaN test has become a driving force in school and teacher accountability. The language of NAPLaN is one of bands and numerical scores and…

Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Student Evaluation

Primary School Students' Attitudes towards Computer Based Testing and Assessment in Turkey

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Yurdabakan, Irfan; Uzunkavak, Cicek – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2012

This study investigated the attitudes of primary school students towards computer based testing and assessment in terms of different variables. The sample for this research is primary school students attending a computer based testing and assessment application via CITO-OIS. The "Scale on Attitudes towards Computer Based Testing and…

Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Assisted Testing, Student Attitudes, Elementary School Students

The Nation's Report Card Science 2011 State Snapshot Report. Delaware. Grade 8, Public Schools

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National Center for Education Statistics, 2012

A representative sample of 122,000 eighth-graders participated in the 2011 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) science assessment, which is designed to measure students' knowledge and abilities in the areas of physical science, life science, and Earth and space sciences. This report covers the overall results, achievement level…