Sentences with phrase «u.s. educational performance»

Supporters say the new measuring sticks could improve U.S. educational performance by holding teachers accountable for students» progress.

In recent years, as concern over U.S. educational performance has increased, Read more about Want to Fix Education?

Not exact matches

I always viewed this as an experiment representing the best guesses of President George Bush and the U.S. Congress about how to improve national educational performance.

The U.S. economy entered a record - breaking period of high employment and recession - free growth during the 1990s, while Japan stagnated terribly - thereby validating, supposedly, our educational performance and approach.

U.S. students lag in educational performance compared with their peers in other industrialized countries.

Search for a school district to see how the educational performance of U.S. students compares to state, national and international peers.

But in the words of the research center behind the database, «Racial, socioeconomic, and gender disparities in academic performance and educational attainment are stubborn features of the U.S. educational system.

Racial, socioeconomic, and gender disparities in academic performance and educational attainment are stubborn features of the U.S. educational system.

In 2007, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce launched an effort to dig into national statistics and available rankings of state policy environments to see who the national leaders in educational performance were — and who were the laggards.

OECD analysis finds that about 15 percent of variability in the performance of American students is explained by socio - economic factors; the OECD average is 10 percent.13 Research suggests that if the PISA results of U.S. students are adjusted such that the distribution of low - income students is more similar to other countries with comparable post-industrial economies, both math and reading results would look significantly higher.14 This does not mean the United States should not be concerned about international comparisons of educational achievement, but it suggests that the conclusions drawn from rankings based on national averages are limited and that reality is more nuanced.

As we noted above, educational reform initiatives in the U.S. now center on using achievement tests to hold teachers, districts and students accountable for their performance and as the impetus for improving performance.

Prevailed in a trial in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York on behalf of a company that provides licensure and educational services to financial institutions against allegations, including breach of contract, breach of fiduciary and equitable claims, initiated by a sales and marketing company after termination of the relationship for poor performance