Sentences with phrase «achievement levels off»

These tools become increasingly important as student mobility increases and student achievement levels off in some schools.

Not exact matches

This outstanding achievement at an elite level of competition came off the back of the quad's silver medal at the BUCS Regatta in May, which led to their selection to race for Great Britain.

It is a game in itself and one that rewards the player with achievements and unlocks new levels as the child progresses, its very easy to keep engaged and you can always pick up where you left off.

«The amazing achievement of the last going - on - seven years is that citizens at the grassroots level have held off a trillion - dollar payday because we have fought so hard and well to require meaningful regulation of oil - and - gas extraction,» said Walter Hang, president of Toxics Targeting, an environmental database firm.

Stay tuned to the grant winners: Academy 21 at Franklin Central Supervisory Union in Vermont, which is focused on a high - need, predominantly rural community; Cornerstone Charter Schools in Michigan, which seeks to prepare Detroit students for college and health - focused careers; Da Vinci Schools in California, which will integrate blended learning, early college, and real - world experiences with its existing project - based learning approach; Education Achievement Authority in Michigan, which, as part of the statewide turnaround authority is trying to create a student - centric system for students in Detroit; Match Education in Massachusetts, which already operates high - performing schools in Boston and will now focus on using technology to increase the effectiveness of its one - on - one tutoring; Schools for the Future in Michigan, which will serve students significantly below grade level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadership.

I concluded that these schools were not responding to NCLB by trading off achievement among students with different baseline levels.

Inner - city schools and especially those serving the most disadvantaged students routinely display unacceptable achievement levels, ones that seal their students off from further education and from good jobs.

The Education Next research article «Stuck in the Middle,» featured in the Fall 2010 issue of Education Next, finds that the steep drop - off in middle - school students» academic achievement may be linked to the larger number of students in each grade level but can not be explained by differences in per - pupil spending or class size, which were similar in middle and K - 8 schools.

Classroom instruction that provides opportunities for incremental progress feedback at students» achievable challenge levels pays off with increased focus, resilience, and willingness to revise and persevere toward achievement of goals.

It points out that we have much research showing that if we sent those DC kids off to Montgomery or Fairfax county schools, as sometimes happens, their achievement levels would increase significantly.

Jay Mathews said:»... It points out that we have much research showing that if we sent those DC kids off to Montgomery or Fairfax county schools, as sometimes happens, their achievement levels would increase significantly.

It's long been noted that, by most measures, the average teacher improves enormously in the first several years on the job, after which student - achievement gains (one gauge of teacher effectiveness) level off.

Ultimately, research indicates that better leadership pays off in higher levels of student growth and achievement.

We're seeing National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) scores leveling off with no significant achievement gains or gaps closing.

Amidst pressure for schools to adopt off - the - shelf reform programs as a way of improving student achievement (Herman, 1999), it is interesting to note that, by and large, the schools in the studies summarized by Taylor, Pressley, and Pearson (2002) did not necessarily view packaged reforms as the key ingredient for improving student achievement (Charles A. Dana Center, 1999; Designs for Change, 1998; Taylor et al., 2000).1 The common denominators seem to be commitment and hard work focused on research - based practices at both the classroom level and the school level.

Attorney James Hall, president of the Milwaukee chapter of the NAACP, rattled off a host of statistics about Milwaukee's low ranking on a number of quality - of - life metrics, from the recent finding by the Annie E. Casey Foundation that Wisconsin is the worst state in the nation for African American children, to our sky - high levels of mass incarceration of black men, our nation - leading racial gap in student achievement, our high poverty rate and geographic segregation.

A student who hasn't had out - of level achievement tests loses 14 points, right off the bat, but this does not eliminate him or her from the possibility of acceleration.

CA TEST SCORE COVERAGE CA math, language arts test scores level off — and achievement gaps persist scpr.org/news/2017/09/2… [note contrast with LA Times] California's students stagnate on standardized tests — but -LSB-...]

There's something wonderfully straightforward about its goal of «get the gems, get to the exit, do it as fast as possible and try not to die», but while this starts off pathetically simple in practice — effortlessly weaving around the guards with nothing on your mind but beating the par time — the game gradually throws more and more elements into the mix until getting through a single level is an achievement in itself.

Lastly, the game doesn't bother to tell you when you've unlocked the next level, so if you have achievement notifications turned off, you'll have to count your stars to know when it's time to leave one sorry environment for the next.

MAIN FEATURES: — Realistic physics — High detailed vehicle and environment graphics — Career mode with 50 different races — Quick Race mode with 3 difficulty levels — 14 achievements in Play Games Services — Soundtracks from awesome rock bands — Helicopter, Bumper and Hood camera views — Tilt, Tap and combined control methods TRACKS: Greenfields, Hawaii, Sand Dunes and Red Rocks GAME MODES: Jam, Track Race, Knockout Race, Sprint, Collector and Free Ride VEHICLES: 6 unique off - road vehicles: 4 × 4 Truck, Beetle, Peak Climber, X-Revo, Custom Beetle, Spieler Buggy