While overall scores on the recent Smarter Balanced tests for LA Unified were disappointing, there are quite a few schools proving they can beat the odds of poverty and language barriers.
The National School Boards Association's (NSBA) Center for Public Education (CPE) in its analysis of the report found that
while overall scores remained flat, more students scored high enough to reach the ACT college - ready benchmarks in each of the test's four subject areas - English, reading, math, and science.
While the overall scores improved in urban areas, CT Newsjunkie also reports that, «the data released Thursday showed a widening of the achievement gap between students who speak English and those who are just learning it.
Not exact matches
While the most substantial way to increase your campaign's ROI still involves increasing your account's
overall average keyword quality
score (as quality
score and cost per lead metrics are directly correlated), your level of success in AdWords is heavily reliant on whether or not you have first acquired all the proper ingredients to create an
overall bigger pie for yourself.
While U.S. News»
overall rankings are based on numerous metrics, including GMAT
scores, employment rates, and starting salaries, the specialty rankings are derived solely from nominations by business school deans, directors of accredited masters programs, and senior faculty in the schools surveyed.
The Lone Star State is No. 1 again, edging out Virginia for the second time in three years,
while posting the highest
overall score in the history of our study.
While a specific credit
score doesn't guarantee a certain mortgage rate, credit
scores have a fairly predictable
overall effect on mortgage rates.
Hawaii, Maine, Nevada, Utah and Vermont were the
overall five happiest states,
while the cities of Beaumont, Texas; Albany, Ga.; Texas City, Texas; Shreveport, La.; and Monroe, La., were officially deemed the saddest — though the researchers noted the use of profanity counted against the cities»
scores.
Overall, AB has posted 11 / 144/1 and 10 / 96/1 lines in two games against the Smith-less Ravens since 2013, but failed to surpass seven receptions and 90 receiving yards
while scoring just two total touchdowns in his seven games vs. Smith.
While Lukaku may be the more skillful player, better to watch, and may well
score more goals
overall this season, Morata seems like the one more likely to keep his cool and come alive when it matters most.
There is just 0.01 difference in their
overall score,
while Gibbs does better on things like passing and possession with Baines edging it on chances created and the attacking side of things.
The first three names on this list have seen their respective teams begin to play quite a bit better over these past few weeks (no, seriously — Maryland played West Virginia semi-close and beat Wake Forest, Indiana looked downright strong in the second half of the Northwestern loss and the first half of the Michigan State loss, and Middle Tennessee whipped Georgia Tech), and
while Central Michigan is still pretty bad
overall, the Chippewas did
score a nice upset win over Iowa.
Nkadi was 60th
overall and the seventh - fastest freshman in the field,
while Vandegrift was 93rd
overall to round out the
scoring five.
United
overall have been going well at home with just the one home loss in their last 12 games at Old Trafford (W19 D2 L1) and they have
scored in each of those games as well,
while they have shipped just the eight.
While Jesse Lingard did hit the crossbar with the
score at 1 - 1, the visitors did not threaten a great deal
overall and their goalkeeper Sergio Romero, making some excellent saves, was key in ensuring they did not suffer a heavier defeat.
They have been such a strong home side and
overall have only conceded the four home goals this season
while they have
scored 16 at an average of 1.8 per game.
While Torres has not really hit top gear in terms of
scoring goals, it would be fair to say that the striker's
overall gameplay has improved.
United's
overall form then is W7 L1 in their eight matches at Old Trafford so far and they have averaged 2.6 goals per game on home soil and there is going to be a good option on them in the Betfair correct
score market and the Red Devils are 6/1 to get a 2 - 0 victory on the board
while they are at 15/2 to win 1 - 0.
While it was only the fifth time this season where the Toffees got themselves a little sticky in front of goal by
scoring none, their
overall tally of 18 — 10 of those coming at Goodison Park — is an underwhelming tally to say the least and the catalyst for their lacklustre campaign to date.
The results of
overall image quality showed that PET / MR was significantly superior to PET / CT, with an
overall excellent image quality
score of 3.0 / 3 points in all PET / MR datasets,
while PET / CT achieved 2.3 out of 3 possible points.
SuperAgers
scored a median
overall score of 40 in positive relations with others
while the control group
scored 36 — a significant difference, Rogalski said.
The findings revealed a clear link between a woman's olfactory ability and her
overall social life
score: women with good olfactory ability tended to have more active social lives
while those with diminished olfactory function were associated with a poorer social life
score.
Plasma clusterin level showed an association with
overall AD polygenic risk
score,
while clusterin, C1inh, and CRP levels each displayed some association with the inflammatory - specific AD polygenic risk
score.
Equally important to the personality of the
overall film is Jeff and Mychael Danna's stunning
score, which takes its cues from the region,
while capturing that essential sense of optimism that make Parvana such a remarkable heroine.
Despite all of those well - reviewed films, however, the studio's
overall average
score dropped nearly six points from 2010,
while its box office grosses declined slightly.
Even though Sony released only one positively reviewed film in 2010 and managed to boost that total to six films in 2011 (led by best picture nominee Moneyball), its
overall Metascore still dropped nearly two points last year,
while the studio's average Metacritic user
score was also the lowest among the big six distributors.
While the
overall tone of the
score is a dark one, it is not without its lighter moments.
While some of the more twisted Snyderesque elements remain, the
overall fun and memorability of the
score are remarkable.
Additionally,
while the fact three of the eight Best Picture nominees (Brooklyn, Mad Max: Fury Road and Room) focus on female protagonists, the lack of women in a number of major categories (notably directing, but also cinematography and original
score) continues to be vexing, the
overall demographic makeup of Academy membership (primarily Caucasian and over the age of 65) leading to voting trends that remain troublesome, to say the least.
While her reliance upon a bevy of catchy pop songs, not to mention Ludwig Göransson's (Central Intelligence) strong if over-utilized
score, can sometimes inadvertently stifle the story's inherent dramatic rhythms,
overall the director does a nice job, a mid-movie act of rebellion on Maddie's part introduced with a pleasantly relaxed gentility that's wonderful.
A pair of Sufjan Stevens tracks from «Call Me by Your Name» are two of the best in the category
overall,
while Mary J. Blige could be a double nominee if she
scores for «Mudbound» both here and in supporting actress.
A teacher's contribution to a school's community, as assessed by the principal, was worth 10 percent of the
overall evaluation
score,
while the final 5 percent was based on a measure of the value - added to student achievement for the school as a whole.
In 2015, 45 percent of Icahn students in grades 3 — 8
scored proficient in English,
while 61 percent
scored proficient in math, surpassing the city's
overall proficiency
scores of 30 and 35 percent, respectively.
While this means that some of the students, whose test
scores are included in the school's performance measure, may have only been in that school for a relatively short time, it avoids problems associated with excluding the high - mobility students - typically the lowest - performing students - from the district's
overall accountability measure.
The fast year - to - year increases in the first and last periods result in large part from increases in the amount of time in school,
while the negligible change in
overall scores between 2003 and 2004 does not pick up real gains made despite a shortened school year.
Overall, non-Hispanic white students
scored 0.27 standard deviations above the average on the math exam in the fall of kindergarten,
while black students fell 0.36 standard deviations below the average, yielding a raw black - white gap of 0.63 standard deviations.
While the grades — first given districtwide last month — are not factored into students»
overall grade point averages, those who
score well on the measurements earn a «hire me first»...
While Virginia students again ranked among the nation's highest achievers, the 2009 NAEP results for the commonwealth show that overall achievement among Virginia fourth graders is similar to achievement in 2002, while the overall average reading score for eighth graders has decl
While Virginia students again ranked among the nation's highest achievers, the 2009 NAEP results for the commonwealth show that
overall achievement among Virginia fourth graders is similar to achievement in 2002,
while the overall average reading score for eighth graders has decl
while the
overall average reading
score for eighth graders has declined.
Overall student performance improved in math and dipped slightly in reading across Wisconsin compared with last year,
while in Madison
scores declined in all tested subjects.
While the test
scores for some students were provided, these
scores didn't factor into the
overall assessment of the school.
For example, third - grade
scores across L.A. Unified were largely flat during the period that students were tracked,
while fourth - and fifth - grade
scores were climbing
overall.
Teachers who
score «ineffective» on either student performance or principal observations can still be rated «developing»
overall if they
score highly on the other metric, meaning some teachers that would have previously been pushed out of the system will be allowed to stay in the classroom at least a
while longer.
Overall scores have made very little positive shift,
while per - pupil spending has gone up by almost 75 % over the last 35 years.
While,
overall, SOL
scores at year - round schools were similar to
scores in traditional calendar schools, SOL
scores of certain student subgroups were more likely to improve at a faster rate at year - round schools.
While the country saw modest gains of 1 scale
score point and 3 scale
score points in fourth and eighth grade reading, respectively, there was no change to
overall scale
scores in either grade for mathematics from 2009 to 2017.
While elementary schools have, on average, improved student achievement in the past decade, middle level students»
overall scores have been flat and high school students»
scores have decreased.
While there were no significant
overall gains among students of other ethnic groups, black students in their second year of private - school attendance improved their test
scores by 6.3 percentile points — a striking advance at a time when schools around the country are trying to close a persistent gap between
scores of white and black students.
While the reports are insightful, we can get the most out of them by breaking them down and looking at their components, rather than just considering the
overall rankings and
scores.
The
overall survey was focused on 582 regular charter schools and found 98
scoring in the bottom 10 percent,
while 139
scored in the top 10 percent.
And
while LAUSD definitely has a majority of its schools in high need areas, they also have the benefit of several high performing areas that bring up the
overall LAUSD
score.