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  2. Pygmalion effect - Wikipedia

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    These scores were not disclosed to teachers. Teachers were told that some of their students (about 20% of the school chosen at random) could be expected to be "intellectual bloomers" that year, doing better than expected in comparison to their classmates. The bloomers' names were made known to the teachers.

  3. Pygmalion in the Classroom - Wikipedia

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    Pygmalion in the Classroom is a 1968 book by Robert Rosenthal and Lenore Jacobson about the effects of teacher expectation on first and second grade student performance. [1] The idea conveyed in the book is that if teachers' expectations about student ability are manipulated early, those expectations will carry over to affect teacher behavior ...

  4. Value-added modeling - Wikipedia

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    Value-added modeling (also known as value-added measurement, value-added analysis and value-added assessment) is a method of teacher evaluation that measures the teacher's contribution in a given year by comparing the current test scores of their students to the scores of those same students in previous school years, as well as to the scores of other students in the same grade.

  5. Worst national reading and math scores in decades show ... - AOL

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    Average math scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress tests fell 7 points to 234 on a 0-500 scale. For students performing in the bottom 10%, the drop was 12 points, compared with ...

  6. Teaching to the test - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, students familiar with test-like questions might fail to apply the same concepts to differently phrased problems. Research by Craig Jerald showed that drilling on specific test items may lead to improved performance on those items but may not translate to broader skill mastery.

  7. Mathematics education in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Mathematics education in the United States varies considerably from one state to the next, and even within a single state. However, with the adoption of the Common Core Standards in most states and the District of Columbia beginning in 2010, mathematics content across the country has moved into closer agreement for each grade level.

  8. Principles and Standards for School Mathematics - Wikipedia

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    The Principles and Standards for School Mathematics was developed by the NCTM. The NCTM's stated intent was to improve mathematics education. The contents were based on surveys of existing curriculum materials, curricula and policies from many countries, educational research publications, and government agencies such as the U.S. National Science Foundation. [3]

  9. Marilyn Burns (mathematics educator) - Wikipedia

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    The I Hate Mathematics! Book. Martha Weston, illustrator. Boston, MA: Little, Brown. ISBN 978-0316117418. [9] Burns, Marilyn (2020). Welcome to Math Class: A Collection of Marilyn's Favorite Lessons, Grades K-6. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 978-1935099529. Burns, Marilyn (25 March 2015). About Teaching Mathematics: A K-4 Resource (4th ed ...