Sentences with phrase «achievement under a group»

We estimate the impact of incentive strength on achievement under a group - based teacher incentive pay program.

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On Friday 29 September 2017, Kerry Agribusiness and our colleagues in Kerry Charleville welcomed the Minister for Agriculture, Food & the Marine, Michael Creed, T.D., Tara McCarthy, CEO of Bord Bia, and Edmond Scanlon, Kerry Group Chief Executive, to mark the official announcement of the Group's achievement of 100 % certification of our milk suppliers under the Sustainable Dairy Assurance Scheme (SDAS).

Achievement First has been assembling its own version of Geoffrey Canada's «conveyor belt»; this year, for the first time, one of the group's charter elementary schools began feeding students into one of their middle schools with four years of Achievement First education under their belts — arriving ahead of grade level instead of well behind it.

The survey sought to identify issues and successful practices in «inclusive» STEM schools — schools that serve students from groups historically under - represented in STEM fields and with a higher percentage of students who qualify for a free or reduced - price lunch (which is linked to family income)-- as opposed to «selective» STEM schools, which recruit students who have higher levels of prior achievement.

Kati Haycock, who leads the Washington - based advocacy group Education Trust, called the November change an «about - face» that let states «keep sweeping under the rug the gaps in teacher quality that contribute so heavily to longstanding achievement gaps.»

Under NCLB, for the first time, schools were required to measure improvement in student achievement across all groups of students, and each state, district, and school was required to lay the results out on the table for parents and the public to see.

A: Yes, under a five - star grading system that accounts for students» growth in reading and math skills, school poverty levels and a school's ability to close gaps in achievement among groups of students.

As a result, our policy group — under the umbrella of a group called Educators 4 Excellence — is recommending that teachers receive bonuses for their success in the classroom as part of a package of rewards we believe will honor educators» achievements and raise student performance.

The coalition includes ConnCAN (the charter school advocacy group formed by Achievement First, the charter school management company that will end up the biggest winner under Malloy's bill), the Connecticut Business and Industry Association, the Connecticut Association of Schools, the Connecticut Council for Education Reform, the Connecticut Association of Public School Superintendents and the Connecticut Association of Boards of Education.

And, having identified those groups, we then wanted to find out which teaching and learning approaches and interventions had some good evidence behind them which schools could implement to help tackle the under - achievement of those pupils.

Just three years ago, under the leadership of then Commissioner of Education, Dr. Mark McQuillan, the State Board of Education unanimously adopted a resolution blasting the destructive effect of separating children based on ability because grouping by ability «limits achievement and stifles expectation and opportunity for college and successful competition in the workplace.»

For a district qualifying under this paragraph whose charter school tuition payments exceed 9 per cent of the school district's net school spending, the board shall only approve an application for the establishment of a commonwealth charter school if an applicant, or a provider with which an applicant proposes to contract, has a record of operating at least 1 school or similar program that demonstrates academic success and organizational viability and serves student populations similar to those the proposed school seeks to serve, from the following categories of students, those: (i) eligible for free lunch; (ii) eligible for reduced price lunch; (iii) that require special education; (iv) limited English - proficient of similar language proficiency level as measured by the Massachusetts English Proficiency Assessment examination; (v) sub-proficient, which shall mean students who have scored in the «needs improvement», «warning» or «failing» categories on the mathematics or English language arts exams of the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System for 2 of the past 3 years or as defined by the department using a similar measurement; (vi) who are designated as at risk of dropping out of school based on predictors determined by the department; (vii) who have dropped out of school; or (viii) other at - risk students who should be targeted to eliminate achievement gaps among different groups of students.

And most important for all of us who are committed to raising achievement for all students — including low - income students, students of color, English learners, and students with disabilities — is that in the absence of ratings built around the performance of all student groups, it is all too easy for schools and districts to sweep these students» outcomes under the rug.

That's why, even though Congress left a lot of discretion to states in crafting accountability provisions under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), it was clear that ratings must be purposefully designed to reflect how schools are doing for all groups of students.1 Otherwise, schools» average all - student results will, by default, become their ratings, removing the incentive for schools to tackle inequities in opportunity and achievement.

Under these conditions, teachers need to know the best ways of organizing their classrooms and grouping students for instruction in order to maximize student achievement.

Kati Haycock, who leads the Washington - based advocacy group Education Trust, called the change, first reported by Education Week, an «about - face» that lets states «keep sweeping under the rug the gaps in teacher quality that contribute so heavily to longstanding achievement gaps.»

«Under the Board of Education's new accreditation system that goes into effect this fall, schools will be rated on whether groups of students — such as students of color and students in poverty — are meeting expectations or making progress, as well as on overall achievement and growth,» Constantino said.

Dr Welp holds an impressive list of achievements and restructuring projects under her belt, amongst which she mentions the legal stabilisation and compliance of Espirit's China business between 2011 and 2014 as well as the establishment of the cross functional and cross hierarchical «Espirit Cares Working Group» enforcing cost neutrally a culture of internal as well as external social caring in 2014.

Skills and achievements are grouped under each job title.

To obtain a position in your Financial Planning group that utilizes the achievements, skills, strategic thinking, and leadership abilities, which enable me to consistently exceed earnings goals under less than ideal economic conditions.

If you have tons of achievement statements under a job heading n a chronological resume, consider breaking them into smaller groups according to skills.

Two options were explored for reaching parents with the program: Chapter I pilot schools (schools which qualify for federal funds based on economic and achievement criteria, e.g. those which serve a high number of free or reduced - price lunches and also have a large number of children under - achieving on group tests), and adult education programs.

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