English learners in nearly all MiC districts showed stronger annual CAASPP mathematics gains than their statewide peers from 2015 to 2017 despite remaining mostly at the lowest achievement level¶
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q2 i? Annual percentage gains for English learners exceeded the statewide gain in all MiC districts except Elk Grove in 2016–2017, even though achievement levels for many districts stayed at level 1 across multiple years. → Perry 2019
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Perry 2019¶
Perry, R., & Huang, K. (2019). Spotlight on student achievement: Analyses of statewide assessment data in Math in Common districts. San Francisco, CA: WestEd. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED601900
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Cohort analysis of English learners (Table 5) shows many green plus signs indicating gains above state; the exception was Elk Grove's 2016–2017 gain, which equaled the statewide gain. Long Beach and San Francisco English learners scored at or above the statewide English learner average.
"the annual percentage gains in average CAASPP scores for English learners in all MiC districts were greater than the statewide percentage gain (as shown in the first row of the table), with only one exception"
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Related Claims¶
- Statewide mathematics achievement gaps between English learners and English speakers increased from 2015 to 2017, a pattern evident in all but one MiC district — related
- Student cohorts in several MiC districts showed consistently higher mathematics achievement than the statewide average from 2015 to 2017, with wide district variability — related
- Elementary schools in Math in Common districts exceeded predicted CAASPP mathematics performance at significantly higher rates than other California schools between 2016 and 2018 — related
- MiC middle schools outperformed prediction in 2016 and 2017 but the advantage faded by 2018, while non-selected comparison districts improved significantly — related
- Statewide California mathematics achievement on the CAASPP was mostly stagnant from 2015 to 2018 and lagged behind English language arts gains — related
- Long Beach schools with assigned math coaches showed markedly and disproportionately rising CAASPP scores, though causation could not be tied to coaching — related
- MiC district achievement on the CAASPP in mathematics generally followed the same statewide pattern from 2015 to 2018, with MiC districts slightly more homogeneous than non-selected districts — related
- The lowest-performing MiC elementary schools made increasingly greater progress beyond prediction as CCSS-M implementation deepened from 2016 to 2018 — related
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English learners in nearly all MiC districts showed stronger annual CAASPP mathematics gains than their statewide peers from 2015 to 2017 despite remaining mostly at the lowest achievement level |
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English learners in nearly all MiC districts showed stronger annual CAASPP mathematics gains than their statewide peers from 2015 to 2017 despite remaining mostly at the lowest achievement level |
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