Sentences with phrase «regents diploma»

Graduates are defined as those students earning either a Local or Regents diploma and exclude those earning either a special education (IEP) diploma or GED.

Troy high school teachers recently met with HVCC professors to map out some of the math courses students will need to earn an Advanced Regents Diploma and to prepare for college - level courses as part of the P - TECH program, which will include three years of high school algebra, geometry and trigonometry.

Graduation rates for students earning a Regents diploma increased by nearly 7 percentage points

34 Brooklyn Generation School has increased its student graduation rate to exceed citywide graduation averages and also doubled the percentage of students receiving a New York State Regents diploma.35

Students can graduate with a Regents or Advanced Regents Diploma and our school places special emphasis on completing the required coursework and tests to earn an Advanced Regents Diploma, based on the belief that students meeting this higher standard will be prepared to successfully enroll and pass entry - level college coursework.

As a result of these efforts, thousands more students than otherwise would have are graduating with a Regents diploma.

In 2010, MDRC released its first report, which indicated that New York City's first 105 small high schools — two - thirds created by New Visions — increased students» likelihood of earning credits, progressing through high school and graduating in four years with a Regents diploma.

Nanuet also runs a Life Skills program that consists of special education students who are academically unable to pursue a Regents Diploma and are pursuing a Skills and Achievement Commencement Credential.

High school students who stayed during the school phase - out had an 11 % rise in graduation rates and a 23 % bump amongst their peers earning a Regents diploma.

By instilling the core values of collaboration, tolerance, respect, activism and, of course, Innovation, in all of our activities, we will achieve our goal of graduating students, on - time, with an NYS Regents Diploma.

The longer they stayed in charters, the likelier they were to earn New York state's Regents diploma for high - achieving students.

This was not without controversy, but research has shown that the program «markedly increased high school graduation rates for large numbers of disadvantaged students of color» as more students earned the rigorous Regents diploma.

By raising expectations, opening doors, and using high quality curriculum models such as the International Baccalaureate, Southside saw 99 percent of all its students, including 95 percent of minority students, graduate with a Regents diploma last year.

For high school students, the study also found, attending a charter school increased the likelihood that a student would earn a state Regents diploma by age 20 by 7 percent for each year spent in that school.

Today, to earn a Regents diploma, students must score sixty - five out of one hundred points on exams in English, global history and geography, US history and geography, a math subject, and a science subject.

While observers will judge Bloomberg and Klein's tenure using standardized test scores — and even they agree those scores are important measures — Klein has made no secret of the fact that he wishes his team's work to be marked in the end by significant upticks in both the graduation rate and the numbers of students who pass basic tests in order to qualify for a Regents diploma.

Yes, transformation of our mature and complex public education system will take time, but let's not lose sight of the goal — a Regents diploma that actually means a recipient is ready for college, career and citizenship.

The graduation rate is the percentage of the annual graduation rate cohort that earns a local or Regents diploma by August 31st following the third school year after the school year in which the cohort first entered grade 9, except that in a school in which the majority of students participate in a department - approved, five - year program that results in certification in a career or technology field in addition to a high school diploma, the graduation rate shall be the percentage of the annual graduation rate cohort that earns a local diploma by August 31st following the fourth school year after the school year in which the cohort first entered grade 9.

A 65 score is a Level 3 — defined as «partially meeting Common Core expectations» but enough for a Regents diploma.

The ten indicators were: 9th - grade attendance rates; rates of college readiness at the end of each grade (as measured by the number of students on track to earn a Regents diploma as opposed to a less - rigorous «local» diploma); the number of credits earned and Regents exams passed by grade 12; dropout and transfer rates; graduation rates; and rates of receiving a Regents diploma.

In addition, students were more likely to earn a Regents diploma at graduation; that rate grew to 38.2 percent from 15.1 percent, a 23.1 - percentage - point increase.

However, we found that for rising 9th - grade students, the closure of their most likely high - school option led them to enroll in somewhat higher - performing high schools and substantially improved their likelihood of graduating with a New York State Regents diploma.

Nearly 70 percent of our graduates met the NYC «aspirational performance measure» for college readiness compared to 22 percent across NYC and we require that our graduates earn an Advanced Regents Diploma because, as these new CCSS results prove, the old bar was far too low.

As a result of Rivera's secondary redesign plan, the graduation rate has increased by 2 percent, and the percentage of students earning a Regents diploma increased from 21 percent in 2003 to 56 percent in 2005.

And a Regents diploma meant earning 22 credits of core subject courses and passing five different (and rigorous) domain - specific tests (in English, math, science, U.S. history, and global history).

Colleges consider the Regents diploma a mark of significant achievement, making it worth students» while to learn the tested subjects.

A New York teaching certificate and a Regents Diploma from a New York - accredited school were once considered benchmarks, held in high regard in other areas of the country.

Of the 569 students who attended the four closing high schools during the 2010 - 11 school year, only 47 percent graduated with a local or Regents diploma (lower than the citywide average by 15 percent) and 22 percent of them dropped out or were discharged (more than twice the citywide average).

High school students need to pass five of the exams to get a Regents diploma.

Allen received a Regents Diploma and plans to seek employment.

Fisher earned a Regents Diploma and plans on attending Clinton Community College.

Walker earned a Regents Diploma with advanced designation and is part of the National Technical Honor Society.

Students in New York need more options to find success, and today's action by the Board of Regents will ensure that students in our state will have a new way to graduate with a Regents diploma and find a successful career.

The six year program enables students to earn an associate degree while also working toward a high school regents diploma.

At 9:45 a.m., Sen. David Valesky and Assemblyman Anthony Brindisi will call for an overhaul in the Board of Regents diploma standard.

Prior to his appointment in 2008, Mr. Driscoll was the Mayor of Syracuse where he spearheaded multiple environmental, energy and sustainability initiatives and made the City of Syracuse the first city in the country to offer every student who graduates with a Regents diploma free college tuition.

But David Rubel, a consultant to city parochial schools that award Regents diplomas, foresees a crisis.

Only 9,592 students ever graduated, the report found, and of those just 15 percent got Regents diplomas, compared with 41 percent citywide.

Most notably, closures improved graduation rates for displaced students by 15.1 percentage points — with all of that improvement coming through a 17.4 - percentage - point increase in the share of students earning more rigorous Regents diplomas.

But David Rubel, a consultant to city parochial schools that award Regents diplomas, foresees a crisis.

The graduation rate for male Black students in the Rochester City Schools for 2015 was 44 percent, of whom just 3 percent had Regents diplomas, as compared to the 8 percent statewide average for the group.

Or is it that only those receiving Regents diplomas are actually «career and college ready» and the other 41 percent have received pieces of embossed paper with which to join in the streets the 56 percent who did not graduate at all?

Success Academy (SA) and the media blasted the News about the 17 students (out of 73 or more who started out in this group) that graduated from SA's first high school graduating class but do not mention the 31,400 African Americans that graduated with advanced regents and regents diplomas from New York City's traditional public schools.

For example, 100 % of South Side graduates have earned New York State Regents Diplomas, with more than 80 % of graduates earning advanced designations.

This increase was almost entirely accounted for by a rise in Regents diplomas, which are considered more rigorous than a local diploma; 41.5 percent of the students at small schools received one, compared with 34.9 percent of students at other schools.

Notice that the control group (students who lost the lottery) actually had a higher percent of Advanced Regents diplomas and also had a higher percent of students getting over a 75 on the Math A Regents.

Not exact matches

She condemns the New York Regents for debasing their diploma by lowering the passing grade.

The Regents had previously adopted the requirement that students pass five examinations in order to receive a high school diploma.

Kaminsky had urged the Regents to take up the issue that offers an alternative from what he calls a «one - size - fits - all» path of securing a diploma through Regents exam scores.

At 7 p.m., state Senate Democratic Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins, Sen. Todd Kaminsky, Board of Regents Chancellor Betty Rosa and other elected officials attend a forum on providing diploma options for students, South Side High School Auditorium, 140 Shepherd St., Rockville Centre.