Sentences with phrase «academic standards designed»

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It maintains the same standards of academic excellence as the traditional Ph.D. while providing a delivery system designed for students currently engaged in missiological work in a North American context.

In fact the authors point out that there are no studies of meditationamong children in a general school population that are designed well enough to meet the standards of the gatekeeping organizations — like CASEL (Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning), the Department of Education, or the Society for Prevention Research — that would endorse program changes in schools.

Proposes a $ 500 - million program for «Merit Schools,» designed to provide incentives to individual schools for raising academic standards, improving...

Designed to raise student proficiencies so the United States can better compete in a global market, the standards were drafted in 2009 by a group of academics and assessment specialists at the request of the National Governors Association and the Council of Chief State School Officers.

The proposal being designed by the panel's Republican leaders would share a central feature of the Clinton Administration's Goals 2000 strategy — a requirement that states and school districts adopt challenging academic - performance standards and assessments with which to measure students» progress toward meeting them.

I defer to those in the education field to design a sensible set of academic standards that would balance the need to motivate students to work hard in high school with the need to preserve access for those who succeed.

Programs under title I are designed to help disadvantaged children meet high academic standards.

(i) For all grades kindergarten through twelve, district and building level comprehensive developmental school counseling / guidance programs shall prepare students to participate effectively in their current and future educational programs as age appropriate, and be designed to address multiple student competencies including career / college readiness standards, and academic and social / emotional development standards.

The programs included in title I are designed to help disadvantaged children meet high academic standards.

This 2001 federal law is designed to raise academic standards, close achievement gaps, encourage more school accountability, and offer more choices to families and students.

This year was the second year that New York's tests were designed to incorporate the Common Core learning standards that have been adopted by most states in an effort to boost academic rigor.

The nationally - crafted academic standards were designed to prepare more students for college and career.

In fact, they make it clear that historically the PSSA exams were designed for school level accountability and only later have moved toward measuring individual student mastery of Pennsylvania's academic standards.

Activities also include: the use of new or existing technologies to improve academic achievement; the acquisition of curricula that integrate technology and are designed to meet challenging state academic standards; the use of technology to increase parent involvement in schools; and the use of technology to collect, manage, and analyze data to enhance teaching and school improvement.

It has become particularly acute as states have switched to more difficult tests designed to align with the Common Core, academic standards adopted by more than 40 states and spurred in part by the federal government.

Tests are designed to align with state proficiency standards, [10] which in many states require a fairly low level of academic skill.

Kentucky had been the first state to adopt the Common Core State Standards, now known as the Kentucky Core Academic Standards, and the tool they were using, known as the Literacy Design Collaborative, was designed to help teachers implement the shifts in instruction the standards called for.

They found that states have been adopting more difficult academic standards — in many cases, the common core — and then choosing or designing assessments that are more challenging as well.

But change is coming: the National Governors Association and the Council of Chief State School Officers have designed academic standards for math and English to ensure that students who have mastered them are ready to enter college or career - training programs.

The purpose of the Migrant Education Program is to design and support high - quality and comprehensive educational programs that provide migratory children with the same opportunity to meet the challenging state academic content and student achievement standards that are expected of all children.

Gifted student — A student who is exceptional under section 1371 of the School Code (24 P. S. § 13 - 1371) because the student meets the definition of «mentally gifted» in this section, and needs specially designed instruction beyond that required in Chapter 4 (relating to academic standards and assessment).

This flood of legislation, along with new rules in many states allowing for more charter schools, pioneering union contracts in several cities and a state - led effort to rewrite the nation's academic standards, have made this spring a watershed period, said Jon Schnur, an education adviser to the Obama campaign who helped design Race to the Top.

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Math Teachers design and implement assessments that measure progress towards academic standards; All staff members are equipped with the tools needed to succeed, including a dedicated work space, laptop computer, email, high - speed internet access, and all necessary supplies.

Over the last decade, she has focused on creating English - language proficiency / development standards for multiple entities, designing student - centered assessment systems, and crafting comprehensive curricular frameworks around academic language use.

Design and implement formative assessments that measure progress towards academic standards

Others should join the effort to design fair, broad and meaningful accountability standards to boost academic performance.

Science Teachers design and implement assessments that measure progress towards academic standards;

With states and districts implementing new academic standards based on the Common Core State Standards, teachers have more opportunities than ever to collaborate around the shared goals of strengthening curriculum design, classroom practices, and student learning.

This project involves 45 English language arts (ELA), history, and science teachers from Colorado and Kentucky who collaborate in person and virtually to design and teach two common assignments — instructional units that promote college - ready academic standards and contain common performance tasks for students — each year.

Governor Pat McCrory has signed a bill designed to review and potentially replace the Common Core academic standards.

Next Generation Science Standards are a set of K — 12 academic standards in science that are designed to provide all students an internationally benchmarked science education.

By providing key tools, training and support, our programs are designed to foster growth in teachers as instructional leaders, in parents as support partners, and in students as learners who can meet the challenge of high academic standards.

Full district implementation of a comprehensive and effective literacy and math plan designed to prepare students for your state's academic standards is essential to ensure aligned and coherent instruction.

Writing academic content standards and designing ways to measure them are required by the Title I provisions of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA).

As states and districts adopt and implement new academic standards based on Common Core State Standards, it is critical to enable and examine ways for teachers to work and learn together with a shared goal of strengthening curriculum design, classroom practices, and student work products.

From classroom design, to lesson plan templates, to a 10 - day teacher institute prior to the beginning of the school year, CCSP has built an academic program designed to promote mastery of the standards through rigor, engagement and individualized instruction.

This framework document explores the World - Class Instructional Design and Assessment (WIDA) consortium's English Language Development (ELD) standards, which represent the social, instructional and academic language that students need to engage with peers, educators and the curriculum.

Title III grants are awarded to schools with programs designed to ensure children who are limited English proficient, including immigrant children, meet the same challenging academic content standards all other children are expected to meet.

Design and implement summative assessments to measure progress towards academic standards and formative assessments to drive instruction.

The Master of Arts in Special Education is designed to prepare highly effective professional, decision - making, and reflective educators who are proficient in foundational knowledge; referral, evaluation, planning, and programming; instructional design, teaching, and ongoing evaluation; collaboration and communication, standards of effective practice; and core special education skills including instructional strategies, social / emotional health, social competence, cultural competence, classroom management and academic competence.

In schools, we promote competence by designing curricula around academic standards and evaluating teachers on how well their students do on standardized tests.

Learn how to narrow the academic content standards to the «Power Standards» and then design performance assessments to enhance student understanding of the standards.

Key features include course units aligned to common core and state standards together with local district frameworks, interactive media - driven lessons focused on core concepts and skills, closed captioning and definitions of key academic terms, embedded subject specific Tier 2 vocabulary, on - going formative assessments, summative unit tests, teacher support materials, and at - home parental involvement learning tools — all designed to be used in concert with the district's instructional program.

You will learn how to hire and retain the best of the best and to build your expertise in effective instructional design and academic standards.

ESSA requires that states adopt state accountability systems based on the challenging state academic standards for reading / language arts and math, as well as on ambitious state - designed long - term goals for all students and separately for each subgroup of students.

TNReady was designed with feedback from Tennessee educators to create a summative assessment that is aligned with the academic standards teachers use every day in the classroom.

Labeled the «gold standard for the teaching profession,» the certification process is designed to provide teachers with a stronger knowledge and appreciation for: * Every student's emotional, physical, academic, economic and social health and well - being.

By design, under ESSA, the role of the federal government in education is greatly diminished, and states face critical and substantial policy decisions in framing school accountability and the academic standards and testing systems that underpin those structures.

We facilitate student success through a standards - based curriculum, rigorous academics, and diverse after - school activities that are designed around students in a safe and nurturing environment.