Sentences with phrase «although students at this level»

Although students at this level learn the basics of techniques such as nuclear magnetic resonance and infrared spectroscopy in school, «they don't have the advantage of using instruments,» Hewson points out.

Not exact matches

The most recent statistics from the National Athletic Training Association suggest that almost 4 out of 10 U.S. high schools still do not have access to an athletic trainer (although this statistic may be somewhat misleading, as the percentage of high school students with AT coverage is higher, perhaps as high as 70 %, due to the fact that larger high schools in more densely populated states are much more likely to have one or mor athletic trainers on staff), and the likelihood that trained personnel will be present during games or practices at the youth level is lowAT coverage is higher, perhaps as high as 70 %, due to the fact that larger high schools in more densely populated states are much more likely to have one or mor athletic trainers on staff), and the likelihood that trained personnel will be present during games or practices at the youth level is lowat the youth level is low).

While minority males struggle at the student level of S&E (and college period), no real progress has been made for either sex among S&E faculty, although minority males slightly outnumber minority females.

According to reports prepared by the Council of Ontario Universities (COU), although the level of provincial government funding to universities in all 10 provinces has steadily declined since 1988, it has declined fastest in Ontario, to the point at which Ontario's universities receive 22 % less per student than universities in the other nine provinces.

This is a question that any child or adult can wonder about, and although it takes genius and hard work to answer it, it is the type of question we should not be afraid to share with our students as a way to introduce wonder at any grade level.

For smaller American Indian / Alaskan Native and Hawaiian Native / Pacific Islander subgroups, the majority of students in the subgroup remain uncovered if only students in that subgroup are pooled: the «super subgroup» strategy of aggregating across racial / ethnic groups is the only way to account for most students in these groups, although their data are not identifiable at the subgroup level.

The worksheets can be photocopied freely and are primarily intended for use with Entry Level students, although they will also provide useful practise for learners at all levels.

Similarly, some of the activities are more suitable for students at Pre-Intermediate level than Elementary, such as the Multi-Purpose Texts and Role Plays (although the teacher could adapt the role play situations for lower level students by simplifying them).

Although performance standards — how high a student must score to be proficient — are still being set, the bar will likely be at the National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) «proficient» level.

Although it may be feasible to do this through brute force at the classroom level, attempting to do so at the individual student level becomes effectively impossible.

Although there is plenty of data to understand the growth of charter schools or the numbers of students in districts, because blended learning is a phenomenon that doesn't occur at the school level — it instead occurs at the level of individual classrooms and teachers — capturing what's happening is difficult.

Level 6 (the report says «almost no student at Year 10 nationally» performed at this level) is «highly sophisticated and challenging» although previous testing cycles have shown it can be Level 6 (the report says «almost no student at Year 10 nationally» performed at this level) is «highly sophisticated and challenging» although previous testing cycles have shown it can be level) is «highly sophisticated and challenging» although previous testing cycles have shown it can be done.

While the discussion at the political level has been tightly focused on encouraging and training more STEM - minded students, and although Segal's points are certainly valid, there is still something of an air of contradiction in the Government's approach.

Although the test is difficult, and less than one - fifth of applicants are admitted each year, it is perplexing that no Success students, many of whom scored at the advanced level on the state exams, made the cut.

Although many were reading at grade level or above, one group of students did not benefit as much from the additional attention and intervention strategies.

Although schools are sometimes criticized for using this criterion for describing the percentage of students living in poverty, clearly these income levels fall at or far below the needed income level estimated by the NCCP for basic necessities.

«In urban areas, although they may not trickle down to individual students, special services are much more prevalent and common, at least at the district level.

The winner at each academic level will be the student who achieves the highest score in any individual game, so it's how the student performs that counts, not how many times they play, (although with practice, scores will obviously improve)!

If they do well, those students will rejoin their peers at grade level in September 2002, although they will continue to receive additional support.

Although these rules are most appropriate for educators at the building level, governing boards and central office personnel need to be aware of them in order to ensure school safety by developing sound policies in consultation with their legal advisors to better protect the safety of all students in their care.

Although acknowledging their challenges, both principals said they want to channel some of their resources toward improving standardized test results, particularly with talk at the federal level of tying funding to student test scores.

And although there is a robust positive correlation between test performance and college enrollment, there is little existing evidence as to whether schools that increase test scores the most also help their students succeed at the next level.

I would recommend the WebQuest for students in grades 6 - 8, although it has been used at lower and higher levels.

Broad analyses of charter performance have tended to show that they slightly outperform traditional public schools, especially at the middle and high school level, although critics say that could be because their students tend to come from more academically motivated families.

Although Berkeley's student assignment plan allows parents to rank - order their first - choice, second - choice, and third - choice schools, it considers a number of factors in the actual assignment process, including the parent's level of education, income, and primary language spoken at home.

But although its campuses typically outscore nearby traditional schools, fewer than 5 % of students at several of its campuses scored at the «proficient» level in math last year.

Although there was no statistically significant difference on mean beginning level of regular education, special education, and at - risk students, results showed that upper - class special education males and ninth - grade at - risk females had the largest increase in mean ending level within the program.

Accordingly, and also per the research, this is not getting much better in that, as per the authors of this article as well as many other scholars, (1) «the variance in value - added scores that can be attributed to teacher performance rarely exceeds 10 percent; (2) in many ways «gross» measurement errors that in many ways come, first, from the tests being used to calculate value - added; (3) the restricted ranges in teacher effectiveness scores also given these test scores and their limited stretch, and depth, and instructional insensitivity — this was also at the heart of a recent post whereas in what demonstrated that «the entire range from the 15th percentile of effectiveness to the 85th percentile of [teacher] effectiveness [using the EVAAS] cover [ed] approximately 3.5 raw score points [given the tests used to measure value - added];» (4) context or student, family, school, and community background effects that simply can not be controlled for, or factored out; (5) especially at the classroom / teacher level when students are not randomly assigned to classrooms (and teachers assigned to teach those classrooms)... although this will likely never happen for the sake of improving the sophistication and rigor of the value - added model over students» «best interests.»

And a new study from the National Center on Performance Incentives at Vanderbilt University — although not studying the important question of whether teachers who receive high scores on TAP evaluations tend to produce greater gains in their students» test scores — found that a small sample of secondary schools using TAP produced no higher levels of student achievement than schools that hadn't implemented the TAP program.

Although traditionally considered a means by which to identify at - risk students, we have proposed an alternative approach to universal screening through which risk might be identified at both the individual student and classroom level in order to provide the most efficient and effective level of services.

Although the youngest students showed improvement, less than half the students were, on average, at grade level in those subjects.

Although just one other document includes elaborated or additional benchmarks (and it is not one of the states that breaks down benchmarks at the K - 3 levels), a few provide more detailed information regarding ESL students in introductions or appendices.

Although ESSA does not explicitly state the level of data disaggregation at which states must calculate and report educator equity gaps, NCTQ encourages Maine to report data at the more granular student level, consistent with applicable privacy constraints, because student - level data are necessary to illuminate educator equity gaps that exist within schools.

This rating is primarily used at the high school level, although some middle schools that offer high school level coursework to their 7th and 8th grade students may also have a rating.

What policymakers are not regularly told is that although poverty level in all urban schools are high (both at charter and at traditional public schools), the students at many of Connecticut's urban charter schools are significantly «less poor» than the students who attend the public schools in those same communities.

Although the agenda can always be used to advocate on behalf of students, schools, and the profession at the local, state, and federal levels, the 2016 agenda is particularly applicable at the state level as states begin implementing changes required under the Every Student Succeeds Act.

Although the school has a relatively high level of poverty compared with some of DSST's other campuses — 77 percent of students are eligible for free or reduced - price lunch — poverty is much lower than at the feeder elementary school, in which 94 percent of students are eligible (Colorado Department of Education, 2013).

We found similar improvements in postsecondary degree attainment for students attending colleges at multiple selectivity levels, although the largest and most robust effects were found for students starting at community colleges and at non / less competitive entry institutions.

Although a child's first year of formal schooling may be in prekindergarten or kindergarten, students arrive at these grades with a variety of background experiences and skill levels.

Although KIPP students have shown substantial academic gains, when KIPP took over a regular, high - poverty public school, serving a non self - selected population, the program failed, indicating that the academic achievement at KIPP may be due to the high motivation levels of the students, and not the charter program itself.

Although busy teachers — particularly those at the secondary level — do not have the time for extensive interaction with all students, some teacher actions can communicate personal interest and concern without taking up much time.

We look at resumes from any law school, we're not snobbish about where a student goes to school, but if a candidate is from a so - called second tier school we'll probably be looking for high level of success, although we're looking for success regardless of the schools we draw from.

By the end of the millennium, it had become de rigeur for law schools to offer some kind of clinical training — although not at the level where every student graduating from law school was required to obtain the basic skills needed to practice law.

Although our focus is assisting our athletes in their chosen sport (s), we also routinely monitor the academic performance of our athletes as well, as many of our participants are planning to participate in their chosen sport (s) at the college level as a means to financially secure the high cost involved in being college students.