Sentences with phrase «among grade school students»

Since the most recent advent of digital reading and ebook proliferation, the techno format has been blamed for a drop in reading comprehension scores among grade school students, developmental concerns over children's screen time, and even the overturning of a time - honored pricing and value structure within the... [Read more...]

It turns out that there is a group at work in the building whose plan is to eliminate recess forever as a way to raise productivity among grade school students.

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Although Malcolm was an outstanding student and extremely popular among his peers, he dropped out of school when his white eighth grade English teacher discouraged him from becoming a lawyer and suggested carpentry as a more «realistic goal for a nigger.»

Additional content requirements: KRS 160.345 (2005) requires the school council of a school containing grades K - 5, or any combination thereof, to develop a wellness policy that must include moderate to vigorous physical activity each day and encourages healthy choices among students.

The Harvard School of Public Health investigated the transition to healthier school lunches among students in grades 1 through 8 in four scSchool of Public Health investigated the transition to healthier school lunches among students in grades 1 through 8 in four scschool lunches among students in grades 1 through 8 in four schools.

Castorina has never run for public office before, but is well known among the Island's elected officials for his pro bono lawsuit filed against the city in 2010 to restore school buses for seventh and eighth grade students.

Among the old - for - grade students, the likelihood of dropping out and being convicted of a serious crime is 3.4 times greater for those born to an unwed mother and 2.7 times greater for those whose mothers were high school dropouts.

The data comes from the 2015 Youth Risk Behavior Survey, a nationally representative survey that examines the prevalence of risky health behaviors among 9th - to 12th - grade public and private school students.

In addition to being an organizer and consultant for the Jumpstart Core Curriculum Institute (JCCI), a program founded by Leslie Brown that develops strategies for improving literacy, science, math, technology, and social - science skills among disadvantaged minority students in grades K - 12, I teach chemistry to high school students at the University of South Carolina?s Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) Summer Program.

Kentucky also brings up the rear among youth in grades 9 - 12 who use tobacco; according to 2011 CDC data, about 24 - percent of high school students smoke cigarettes.

At schools with a student poverty rate of below 10 percent, by contrast, the research team found that regular informal exchange among parents helps improve students» grade point average and makes them more likely to graduate.

In fact, compared with elementary schools, middle grade schools often have more students per grade, lower levels of student autonomy, less positive teacher - student relationships, and more competition and less cooperation among students.

The greatest improvements should be seen among schools that had already received one F grade from the state, since their students would become eligible for vouchers if they received a second F. To test this hypothesis, average FCAT scale - score improvements for schools were broken out by the grade they received the year before.

The first to examine the effects of financial incentives among urban public school students, it found that rewards can produce excellent results in closing the achievement gap — if they are tied to specific steps the students take rather than to grades or test results.

As states across the U.S. move to adopt standardized tests as a means to determine grade promotion and school graduation, new research presented in the Harvard Educational Review shows that sole reliance on high - stakes tests as a graduation requirement may increase inequities among students by both race and gender.

[15] Among those elementary schools reporting enrollment by grade level, I further limit the sample to those with students enrolled in grades 3, 4, and 5, but not in higher grades.

One of the consequences of the high - stakes state assessments that were mandated in NCLB and the requirement for a fifth indicator of school success in the present - day successor of NCLB (The Every Student Succeeds Act) is a preeminent concern among school and district leaders with how to measure student soft skills in a way that lends itself to grading teachers and sStudent Succeeds Act) is a preeminent concern among school and district leaders with how to measure student soft skills in a way that lends itself to grading teachers and sstudent soft skills in a way that lends itself to grading teachers and schools.

In my twin boys» randomly assigned kindergarten classroom, some students entered school reading Magic Tree House chapter books, while other students were just learning their letter sounds, a four - grade - level spread among five - year - olds (pre-K to 2nd grade).

Among the reform milestones they achieved were a new requirement that 40 percent of a teacher's evaluation be based on student achievement; raising the charter school cap from 200 to 460; and higher student achievement goals on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) 4th grade and 8th grade reading tests and Regents exams.

Researchers have likewise reported a negative correlation between self - reported hours of sleep and school grades among both middle - and high - school students.

More - demanding grading standards at some institutions, for example, could lead to lower overall grades among those schools» students, irrespective of the students» general college preparedness.

Among the study population of charter 8th graders, students who attended a charter high school in 9th grade are 8 to 10 percentage points more likely to attend college than similar students who attended a traditional public high school.

The most important characteristic included among our statistical controls is 8th - grade test score, which aims to capture differences in student ability and students» educational experiences prior to high school.

By the 4th grade, public school children who score among the top 10 percent of students on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) are reading at least six grade levels above those in the bottom 10 percent.

Among the study population of charter 8th graders, students who attended a charter high school in 9th grade are 8 to 10 percentage points more likely to attend college than similar students who attended a traditional public high school (see Figure 1).

In Florida, among the study population of charter 8th graders, 57 percent of students attending a charter school in 9th grade went to either a two - or four - year college within five years of starting high school, whereas among students who started high school in a traditional public school the college attendance rate was only 40 percent.

The honored tradition of the oral report is the leading cause of stress among secondary - school students — so much so that many would prefer to take a failing grade, suggests a study by an Ohio State University researcher.

Across grades and different student subgroups, the Coleman study found that most of the variation in student achievement is within rather than between schools, but a larger share of the variation is found between schools in earlier grades and among more disadvantaged subgroups.

For example, at Pembroke Elementary School, detentions slid from twenty - eight to three among students who had laptops, suspensions dropped from five to zero, and 91 percent of the students with laptops improved their grades in at least one academic area.

The authors surmise that students in grades 6 - 8 who remain in K - 8 schools «may benefit from being among the oldest students in a school setting that includes very young students, perhaps because they have greater opportunity to take on leadership roles.»

For example, when asked about lowering student grades for disciplinary reasons, approximately half of public school teachers and administrators responded that this action was prohibited; among the educators who did think such disciplinary actions were permissible, 32 percent reported that students subject to such disciplinary sanctions were entitled to formal due process protections.

American students in fourth grade are among the leaders on math assessments worldwide, but by the time students graduate from high school, they are nearly last among 41 nations, according to the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS).

Our results demonstrate that, among students who enter in a typical grade, attending a charter school improves reading and math scores by an amount that is both statistically and substantively significant.

Among schools where high - SES students fall back around 0.2 standard deviations relative to the state average between third and fifth grades, there are some schools where low - SES students lose only around 0.1 standard deviation of relative ground, and others where low - SES students lose nearly 0.4 standard deviations of relative ground.

A survey of 725 middle and high school teachers, and 600 parents of students in those grades, found high levels of frustration among teachers regarding discipline issues.

As a school counselor, I track students» grade data to ensure that we provide them with proper support to be successful in school, and I've witnessed GPA growth among our students who participated in Peer to Peer.

For example, in a school with three equal - sized 4th - grade classrooms, the replacement of a teacher with a VA estimate of 0.05 standard deviations with one with a VA estimate of 0.35 standard deviations should increase average test scores among 4th - grade students by 0.1 standard deviations.

As schools chief in Chicago from 2001 to 2008, he was affected by the gun deaths of a 10 - year - old on the eve of her first day of 4th grade, a 16 - year - old boy shot in a city bus on his way home from school, and an 18 - year - old honor student killed outside his high school, among others.

The effects of service learning on social responsibility and academic success were investigated among a large, racially and socioeconomically diverse sample of students in grades 6 - 8 in three middle schools.

Teaching Students to «Go Fourth» Peacefully Go Fourth, an anti-bullying program based on classroom discussions and exchanges among children around the globe, recently brought teachers, parents, and fourth grade students from East Greenwich, Rhode Island, school to Shaoguan, Guandong province, China, on a mission to promote respect for cultural diStudents to «Go Fourth» Peacefully Go Fourth, an anti-bullying program based on classroom discussions and exchanges among children around the globe, recently brought teachers, parents, and fourth grade students from East Greenwich, Rhode Island, school to Shaoguan, Guandong province, China, on a mission to promote respect for cultural distudents from East Greenwich, Rhode Island, school to Shaoguan, Guandong province, China, on a mission to promote respect for cultural diversity.

Another educator, language arts / humanities teacher Nancy Slentz of Meridian Middle School in Lynden, Washington, was searching for a way to boost the homework completion rate among her eighth graders, so she developed a system that allows students to record their own grades.

Among 11,000 ninth grade students who would have enrolled in the large schools but enrolled elsewhere because the schools had been replaced, the graduation rate was 15 percentage points higher than it would have been had the large, failing schools remained in operation.

Among Florida ELL eighth - graders at middle schools that do not have a sufficient number of white eighth - grade students, only about 10 % scored at or above the proficient level in math.

Among those goals are children prepared to start kindergarten, students performing at grade level by the end of the third grade, making sure students are prepared for a high school curriculum and on track to graduate once they start.

For example, among eighth - grade ELL students in Florida, about 30 % score at or above the proficient level in math if they attend a middle school that has a minimum threshold number of white students.

This suggests a final potential interpretation of our results that is directly related to the choice of grade configuration: students may benefit from being among the oldest students in a school setting that includes very young students, perhaps because they have greater opportunity to take on leadership roles.

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But the Rochester City Schools had the worst results among the «Big 5 School Districts,» with just 7.6 percent of the students in grades 3 - 8 proficient in English Language Arts and 7.9 percent proficient in math.

Mississippi is committed to improving literacy among all school children, particularly students in pre-kindergarten through the 3rd grade.

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.