Sentences with phrase «access lowered test scores»

Further, it was beyond the scope of our study to identify how computer and tablet access lowered test scores.

Not exact matches

A New York City proposal to diversify middle schools on Manhattan's Upper West Side, by setting aside seats for children with low test scores, is facing stiff resistance from parents worried their high - achieving children might lose access to the popular public schools.

Notably, more low - income students gained access to government aid under gratuidad because the program does not require students to meet a test - score cutoff, unlike the system of grants and loans it partially replaced.

Further studies have shown that even when students in high - poverty schools have greater access to technology than their peers in low - poverty schools, their test scores remain lower.

«The harm to California's low - income students of a short gap without a state standardized test score is dwarfed by the life - long effects that millions of low - income and minority students nationwide will experience as a result of the Department's failure to monitor and enforce their right to equitable access to qualified, experienced, and effective teachers.»

Every year, however, millions of high school students — disproportionately from low - income and minority backgrounds — are denied access to such opportunities, whether it is because their schools lack the resources to offer such courses, because their teachers haven't recommended them for advanced coursework, because their test scores fall below a certain benchmark, or for some other reason (Mathews, 1998; Oakes et al., 2000; Schmidt et al., 2015; Solorzano & Ornealas, 2004; Tyson, 2013).

The report found poor oversight when it came to ensuring accurate student attendance, dramatically lower test scores than their traditional public school counterparts and difficulty accessing technology.

Poor oversight when it comes to ensuring accurate student attendance, dramatically lower test scores than their traditional public school counterparts and difficulty accessing technology were only some of problems the report found with CAVA and were echoed by Golovich, who was not involved in the compilation of the study.