Sentences with phrase «gap closure»

His data - driven achievements include an award for attaining the largest ethnic group performance gap closure for the 2014 — 2015 school year.

The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of performing gap analyses, building gap closure plans, and designing training curriculum within a manufacturing environment.

Yield gap closure alone still showed a greenhouse gas increase of just over 40 % by 2050.

The Committee commends the important step taken by the Department and the Accountability Steering Committee to establish an «achievement gap closure indicator» and encourages close scrutiny during implementation of this new component to ensure it results in increased success for all students.

While the overall improvement in scores is positive, we need faster progress for all students, and swifter gap closure for our students of color, English learner, and low - income students.

«We're making improvement, but not necessarily getting at gap closure and certainly not yet — I think that would be an unachievable goal in two years» time,» Cheatham said.

But when you try to explain to the public that your schools went down in part because the state is counting overall achievement less and the achievement gap closure more, the average citizen will say, «That's just sour grapes.

In fact the hater at the table (OK, it's me) might point out that the entire thrust of our years - long - reform - a-thon is to figure out how to pay the majority of teachers less so as to free up dough for extra * stuffing *: the ever - expanding schmorgasboard of gizmos, test - preppery and achievement gap closure devices that our students so fiercely and urgently need.

Fostered an environment which ensured employees connect with how they drive value for the organization; identified talent gaps (individually and organizationally) that were obstacles to superior results and coach supervisors on the development of gap closure plans.

Academic achievement, achievement gap closure, academic growth, English - language proficiency

Under the regulation, schools and districts would receive an overall rating of one to five stars as determined by school performance (very low to very high) on multiple indicators — proficiency, a separate academic indicator for science and social studies, growth (elementary and middle school), achievement gap closure, transition readiness, graduation rate (high school) and opportunity and access.

Lines 108 - 111»... rating... based on student achievement, achievement gap closure, and student growth.

Identified improvement opportunities and provided leadership and action plans for gap closure.