A Statistical Analysis of the Effectiveness of Mathematics Standards Reform in Texas

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dc.contributor.advisorLockwood, Pamela
dc.creatorMartin, Jacob
dc.creator.orcid0000-0001-5938-7033
dc.date.accessioned2021-02-15T21:44:33Z
dc.date.available2021-02-15T21:44:33Z
dc.date.created2020-12
dc.date.issued2021-02-12
dc.date.submittedDecember 2020
dc.date.updated2021-02-15T21:44:33Z
dc.description.abstractThe Texas Education Agency adopted a revised set of mathematics Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills in April 2012 in order to be more aligned with the Common Core State Standards. These standards were fully implemented for the 2014-2015 school year in Kindergarten through eighth-grade classrooms. This project aimed to determine if these new standards have made an impact on Texas students’ achievement in sixth and seventh grade mathematics. Using scores from the State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness (STAAR) from the year prior to implementation (2014) and the most recent spring administration (2019) a linear regression analysis was conducted to determine how the scores have been impacted since the new standards have gone into effect. In this study, sixth and seventh grade STAAR scores served as the data set for a linear regression model. The data analysis shows that the state-wide average score has had a statistically significant increase after the new standards became the focus of mathematics education; additionally, there has been significant change in average scores for most of the examined subpopulations.
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11310/394
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.subjectMathematics
dc.subjectEducation
dc.subjectStandards
dc.subjectTEKS
dc.subjectTexas
dc.subjectTexas Essential Knowledge and Skills
dc.subjectStandards Reform
dc.subjectCommon Core State Standards
dc.subjectCCSS
dc.titleA Statistical Analysis of the Effectiveness of Mathematics Standards Reform in Texas
dc.typeThesis
dc.type.materialtext
thesis.degree.departmentEngineering & Computer Science
thesis.degree.disciplineMathematics
thesis.degree.grantorWest Texas A&M University
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameM. S.

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