Sentences with phrase «along with student performance»

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When the speeches — along with performances by Ariana Grande, Miley Cyrus and others — were finished, and the crowds began to disperse, the Stoneman Douglas students became tourists again, albeit ones who had moved thousands.

Prohibits school districts from promoting or placing a student based solely or primarily on a student's performance on state - administered ELA and math assessments in grades 3 through 8; and requires school districts to notify parents / guardians of the district's grade promotion and placement policy along with an explanation of how such policy was developed

«The Board of Regents and the department has always said that assessments and student performance on those assessments should be a factor in how we evaluate student performance along with a variety of other factors, and should be a factor in how we evaluate educators along with other factors.»

However, these experiments are the first to show that activating this motivation can influence performance on complex, real - world behaviors,» said Greenberg, who was another co-author of the studies, along with UA psychology doctoral student Peter Helm.

The study showed that prediction of student graduation may be significantly improved by including in the college admission process consideration of AP exam performance and a small set of personality traits, along with traditional indicators of student abilities and high school grades.

The supporting cast, mostly young actors playing high school students, are generally adequate; Max Riemelt, who also starred in Napola (Elite für den Führer) under the direction of Dennis Gansel, stands out among his colleagues as Marco, while Frederick Lau has been nominated in the Best Supporting Actor category at the upcoming German Film Awards for his performance as Tim (along with the film itself for Best Film and Best Editing).

• Map performance on all of these measures against free and reduced - price lunch eligibility rates to determine which schools are truly excelling at educating low - income students and which schools are simply coasting along with an advantaged student body.

The possibility that a principal might become capricious can be held in check through the use of annual surveys of all school employees, students, and parents, who are questioned regarding their view of the principal's leadership along with other elements of school performance.

Student performance measures include average student achievement on reading and math exams, along with median proficiency and the percentage of students achieving profiStudent performance measures include average student achievement on reading and math exams, along with median proficiency and the percentage of students achieving profistudent achievement on reading and math exams, along with median proficiency and the percentage of students achieving proficiency.

The commission, appointed by Gov. Bruce G. Sundlun, urged the state department of education, along with schools and districts, to establish statewide standards for student outcomes and to develop performance - based assessments linked to those standards.

[21] EWIMS is primarily a monitoring system, rather than a single intervention, but includes highly detailed and structured guidance for schools, along with a tool to help monitor student attendance and academic performance.

Schools and students needed more complete and better ways of demonstrating knowledge and skills along with ways of conducting authentic performance assessment for students.

However, despite the enthusiasm for both school restructuring and transformational leadership, the findings from international meta - analytic work comparing the impact of various approaches to educational leadership, along with wider developments and concerns over quality teaching and student performance noted in earlier chapters, caused a re-examination of the worth of instructional leadership.

I don't know ----- since reading Diane Ravitch's, E.D. Hirsch's, and Charles Murray's latest books, along with much of the recent books about the current thinking in psychology, I find it highly unlikely that the confidence of education reformers in the efficacy of «objective measures» of student performance is well - placed.

Along with changing demographics of the student population, academic performance within the district gradually worsened.

One of the commitments that Washington — and every State that received ESEA flexibility — made was to put in place teacher and principal evaluation and support systems that take into account information on student learning growth based on high - quality college - and career - ready (CCR) State assessments as a significant factor in determining teacher and principal performance levels, along with other measures of professional practice such as classroom observations.

The most - positive aspect of Kline's plan lies with its requirement that states develop teacher evaluation systems that use student test score growth data (along with other «multiple measures) in evaluating teacher performance.

Analysis of these rich curriculum data, along with our more curriculum - sensitive measures of student achievement, revealed that the mathematics content teachers covered in their classrooms was significantly related to their students» performance even when researchers adjusted this relationship for student background factors (ethnicity, parent education level, socioeconomic status, and so on).

Along with parents, students, educators, and other citizens, we need policy, education, business, community, and faith leaders all over the state to share responsibility to expand opportunities and lift performance of all students.

These technologies, which feature the efficiency and consistency of machine - read scoring along with cognitively challenging, open - ended performance tasks, can help us build assessments that move beyond bubble - filling and, at the same time, offer rigorous and reliable evidence of student learning.

The California Charter Schools Association (CCSA), along with Assemblymember Juan Arámbula (I - Fresno), have introduced AB 1991, which would specify and raise accountability standards for student performance and outcomes in the state's charter schools.

Do you regularly ask teachers to share their grade books along with their plan books when you meet with them to discuss student performances?

Updated teacher and principal performance management systems that are linked to student growth, faith formation along with engagement of their students and families, further support this framework.

Any useful system of evaluation, including these bold California initiatives, will have measures of student performance and progress along with other important indicators of teacher effectiveness.

Caire and the Urban League say the school is needed because of the dismal performance of minority students in public schools in Madison, along with high incarceration rates of young African American men in Dane County.

She was tapped as a mentor because of strong student performance data and positive peer reviews of her teaching based on classroom observations, along with her principal's recommendation.

Together, the districts created their own set of student performance standards based on academic and nonacademic qualities; grit and tenacity will factor in, along with state exams and other non-state tests.

High - quality implementation of standards - based reform requires the following: specificity in stating the content goals of teaching and learning; consistency / alignment among the policies and practices put in place to pursue those goals (e.g. content standards, student achievement tests, performance standards, curriculum materials, professional development, accountability); authority / legitimacy to those charged with implementation; power through rewards and sanctions; and stability — when policies, practices, and leadership are in a state of flux, it is difficult to take each new thing that comes along seriously.

Through simple activities such as read - alouds, sing - alongs, murals, and performances, students learn how to get along in a group, empathize with others, develop self - control, and give and receive feedback, all while becoming confident readers and writers.

For these and other reasons, an extensive body of research suggests that small schools and small learning communities have the following significant advantages: • Increased student performance, along with a reduction in the achievement gap and dropout rate • A more positive school climate, including safer schools, more active student engagement, fewer disciplinary infractions, and less truancy • A more personalized learning environment in which students have the opportunity to form meaningful relationships with both adults and peers • More opportunities for teachers to gather together in professional learning communities that enhance teaching and learning • Greater parent involvement and satisfaction • Cost - efficiency Ultimately, creating successful small learning communities and small schools at the middle level increases the chances for students to be successful in high school and beyond.

Along with replacing paper - based tests on English language arts / literacy (ELA) and mathematics with the new computer - based California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) tests, California has created a new online reporting system that will provide permissioned users with partial, preliminary scores within three weeks of students having completed the exam.

CAP's report notes that the discussion of publishing teachers» names along with their value - added score (a measure of a teacher's efficacy, relative to other teachers in the group, in promoting student achievement) began when the Los Angeles Times published a report featuring the performance ratings for Los Angeles Unified School District teachers.

This district is to use these data, along with student growth ratings, to inform decisions about teachers» tenure, retention, and pay - for - performance system, in compliance with the state's still current teacher evaluation system.

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While the performance of the district's middle schools tended to break along familiar lines — with the top schools filled with high levels of white students in less impoverished areas — the CORE data for high schools reveal a different story in several key categories.

Still, there remains much to be gleaned by comparing relative changes in school and district performance, along with comparisons between districts and schools with similar student demographics.

Courseware was launched, which is a digital solution built on a foundation of open education resources or OER, and is enhanced with content such as quizzes, videos, and self - assessments for students, along with analytics tools that allow faculty to monitor student performance.

At the same time, students who receive poor grades will have to pay for it and therefore, students are required to take assignment writing seriously so as to boost their academic performance along with grades.

There are a lot of factors which influence the performance of a student in the Epidemiology assignment out of which lack of understanding of the subject, poor research, and writing skills along with an inappropriate drafting knowledge happen to be the most common factors.

What's more, the Pet Care Trust is on the verge of releasing the final results of a study that it funded along with the Human Animal Bond Research Institute and American Humane Association, which will likely reveal the direct benefits of classroom pets on students» socialization and academic performance.

In commemoration of the new Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Theaster Gates — along with the Black Monks of Mississippi and three students on Howard University's track team — staged a performance at the neraby Smithsonian Hirrshhorn Museum.

The students will then reflect on their experiences through a collaborative video performance, which will be installed along with other creative materials in the alternative art venue EFA Project Space in midtown Manhattan.

Artist Statement: Signs of Growth: Urban Food, is a site - specific installation / performance that took place in October 16 -18, 2009, in the context of Art in Odd Places festival, organized by Simonetta Moro, Eve Mosher and Tatfoo Tan with students at Eugene Lang College, The New School for Liberal Arts.The work entailed identifying and marking «green sites» — or places that potentially might support locally grown food — with signs along 14th street, from Union Square to 10th Avenue.

Law Student Krisly Zamor Wins Our 3rd Annual Legal Scholarship for 2016 Krisly's essay was inspiring and eloquent along with a very strong and impressive academic performance while attending Fordham University School of Law.

Reduced attrition rate by 15 %, along with total time to train by conducting training and development programs which improve overall student performance.