Sentences with phrase «despite gains in achievement»

Despite gains in achievement, African American and Latino students still score significantly lower in the aggregate than white students.

Not exact matches

Each summer most youth lose about two months» worth of math skills, while low - income students also lose morethan two months in reading achievement despite the fact that their middle - class peers make slight gains over the summer break.

Yet despite the louder outcry against curriculum - based tests, I believe they hold far more promise than skills - based tests to promote significant gains in achievement and equity.

Yet, despite substantial student achievement gains, [16] Mayor de Blasio has been emboldened overall and in the charter sector in particular.

Such high expectations have helped the Houston - founded charter chain achieve continued gains in student achievement despite some minor speed bumps during massive growth, according to a comprehensive new study.

Study from the Center for Education Policy Research reveals net gains in student achievement growth despite initial declines.

Despite a half - century of data and research showing that retention does not result in long - term gains in achievement, schools continue to retain students.

In Tennessee, one of StudentsFirst's goals is to provide a political firewall of support for legislators who have continued to back a controversial 2010 law that tied teachers» and administrators» evaluations to gains in student achievement, despite vehement criticism from some quarterIn Tennessee, one of StudentsFirst's goals is to provide a political firewall of support for legislators who have continued to back a controversial 2010 law that tied teachers» and administrators» evaluations to gains in student achievement, despite vehement criticism from some quarterin student achievement, despite vehement criticism from some quarters.

Low - income students also lose more than two months in reading achievement, despite the fact that their middle - class peers make slight gains.»

Andy Smarick of the Fordham Institute, a conservative nonprofit education policy think tank, this week noted that, despite the gains made by Houston and the Broad finalists in raising achievement, students» overall performance in all those districts remained lower than many would hope.

The NEA says that there is no link between vouchers and gains in student achievement, despite many studies disproving that assertion.

By 2007,... «despite additional per - pupil resources,» privately managed schools like Edison's «did not produce average increases in student achievement that were any larger than those seen in the rest of the district,» while «district - managed restructured schools outpaced the gains of the rest of the district in math.»

Yet despite the investment and focus, research studies show that many of these efforts fall flat, producing few, if any, gains in student achievement and interest.

A study by the RAND Corporation and Research for Action found that «despite additional per - pupil resources,» privately managed schools like Edison's «did not produce average increases in student achievement that were any larger than those seen in the rest of the district,» while «district - managed restructured schools outpaced the gains of the rest of the district in math.»

Despite these gains, the rate of improvement in achievement among these student groups relative to white peers has not allowed for much progress in closing performance gaps.