Sentences with phrase «as high academic performance»

This effort is intended to offer an alternative to the prevailing notion in so many schools of success as high academic performance, often at the cost of children's mental and physical health, character and integrity.

Not exact matches

The black conservatives claim that the decline of values such as patience, hard work, deferred gratification and self - reliance have resulted in the high crime rates, the increasing number of unwed mothers, and the relatively uncompetitive academic performances of black youth.

That in turn can lead to higher academic performance and improved classroom behavior, as children who aren't distracted by hunger pains are clearly in a better position to learn.

And the Success Academy schools, as the SUNY folks note, have demonstrated «some of the highest» levels of academic performance in the state.

Strikingly, children from low - income families, who typically don't perform as well at school, show similar academic performance as children from high - income families.

Although children with these conditions are at higher risk for reduced school performance and academic attainment, there are other problems that they can encounter as a result.

Parental bereavement in childhood has been robustly linked to impaired academic performance, higher rates of teenage pregnancy and drug and alcohol abuse, as well as a range of mental health disorders as adults.

Denial spends its first 20 minutes labouring under a rather clunky, wordy screenplay and some under - par performances, as we revisit the 1996 High Court drama that saw American academic Deborah Lipstadt (Rachel Weisz) being sued for libel by the controversial historian David Irving (Timothy Spall) after she accused him of being a Holocaust denier.

Many pundits point to the fact that in the United States, teachers tend not to be drawn from the top of the academic - performance distribution, as is the case in countries with higher student achievement, such as Finland, Korea, and Singapore.

There is no evidence that high school students who enroll in college - level courses such as Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate classes improve their academic performance in college unless they take the tests offered at the end of each course, says a study by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley.

We look at level of school (high school, middle school, or elementary school), total enrollment, percentage of the student body that is white, average experience of teachers, and school performance, as measured by the school's academic rank within the state.

Participation in afterschool programs is influencing academic performance in a number of ways, including better attitudes toward school and higher educational aspirations; higher school attendance rates and lower tardiness rates; less disciplinary action, such as suspension; lower dropout rates; better performance in school, as measured by achievement test scores and grades; significant gains in academic achievement test scores; greater on - time promotion; improved homework completion; and deeper engagement in learning.

Newsweek listed it as one of the top ten most transformational high schools in America, and its schools consistently outperformed their peers on California's Academic Performance Index (API).

And before they receive their high school diploma, students must complete separate performance assessments (known at the Urban Academy as academic proficiencies) that demonstrate their skills and knowledge in six academic areas: mathematics, social studies, science, creative arts, criticism, and literature.

Since improved AP outcomes may not necessarily reflect increased learning and could come at the expense of other academic outcomes, I also looked beyond these immediate effects to the broader set of outcomes, such as high school graduation rates, SAT and ACT performance, and the percentage of students attending college.

At the heart of this is self - esteem — an increased sense of self as a result of better social interactions, stronger relationships, and higher academic performance.

This meta - analysis of social and emotional learning interventions (including 213 school - based SEL programs and 270,000 students from rural, suburban and urban areas) showed that social and emotional learning interventions had the following effects on students ages 5 - 18: decreased emotional distress such as anxiety and depression, improved social and emotional skills (e.g., self - awareness, self - management, etc.), improved attitudes about self, others, and school (including higher academic motivation, stronger bonding with school and teachers, and more positive attitudes about school), improvement in prosocial school and classroom behavior (e.g., following classroom rules), decreased classroom misbehavior and aggression, and improved academic performance (e.g. standardized achievement test scores).

The bill also eliminates goals and performance targets for academic achievement, removes parameters regarding the use of federal funds to help improve struggling schools, does not address key disparities in opportunity such as access to high - quality college preparatory curricula, restricts the federal government from protecting disadvantaged students, does not address poor quality tests, and fails to advance the current movement toward college - and career - ready standards.

Although the gap in academic performance between rural Hispanic and white students begins in elementary school, it grows as students move into middle and high school.

The bill replaces AYP standards with a requirement for states to annually measure all students and individual subgroups by: (1) academic achievement as measured by state assessments; (2) for high schools, graduation rates; (3) for schools that are not high schools, a measure of student growth or another valid and reliable statewide indicator; (4) if applicable, progress in achieving English proficiency by English learners; and (5) at least one additional valid and reliable statewide indicator that allows for meaningful differentiation in school performance.

[ix] In other words, students in some middle schools in which academic performance (as measured by ELA test scores) is high report relatively low social - emotional skills, and vice versa.

Interestingly, as I did my initial research for the book I kept finding studies that linked higher student academic performance to the positive personal attributes and classroom presence of their teachers.

A Level 1 rating signifies «high performance, a good school choice with many positive qualities,» recognizing academic growth and attainment from UChicago Charter's diverse student body, as well as the various campuses» strong attendance and high quality student data record keeping.

Charter schools are required to meet the same (or often higher) state and federal academic performance standards as district public schools.

(That's why persons with high irony levels refer to the Academic Performance Index as the Affluent Parent Index.)

We should continue to call for challenging academic standards in core subjects, allowing public charter schools as part of choice, encouraging high teacher performance — those kinds of things are part of the President's reform package.

They are held accountable to the same (often higher) academic performance standards as district public schools.

As a result, we identified the 25 common characteristics that contribute to high academic performance of students served by bilingual education programs.

During his tenure as the Assistant Superintendent for Instructional Services at the Chula Vista Elementary School District in California, he oversaw the district's dramatic improvement in academic performance and high - stakes test scores through the implementation of a student - centered instructional framework and a cloud - based differentiated instruction solution.

In a letter dated May 3, dozens of advocacy groups asked Brown to recommit to closing the academic achievement gap for high - need students as he considers an opening on the State Board of Education and a new plan for measuring school performance later this year.

Under the regulation, schools and districts would receive an overall rating of one to five stars as determined by school performance (very low to very high) on multiple indicators — proficiency, a separate academic indicator for science and social studies, growth (elementary and middle school), achievement gap closure, transition readiness, graduation rate (high school) and opportunity and access.

NAGB's efforts to track college readiness in the United States is uniquely important as it has the only assessment program that reports on the academic performance of a representative national sample of high school students.

Often bypassing Congress, Duncan used the money to work directly with states, persuading them to adopt favored policies by providing incentives through Race to the Top, a $ 4.35 billion competitive grant program in which states were awarded points for adopting ideas such as performance - based teacher and principal evaluations, higher academic standards, and raising charter school caps.

A few reasons they might be classified as at - risk students include: high number of absences, single - parent home, low academic performance or low - income family.

When Ken Folks was hired as chief academic officer at Marion Community Schools, the district's high school was facing the possibility of state takeover because of low performance.

As a result of these improvements, the difference in teachers» prior academic performance in high - and low - poverty schools in the state narrowed.

The evidence shows that rather than improving students» behavior, such punishments are more likely to result in negative effects such as higher drop - out rates and lower academic performance.

Measuring student academic performance by standard such as the ones outlined in the CCSS is different than more traditional grading methods that are used in most middle and high schools.

It is also true that high intrapersonal ability, which includes qualities such as persistence and self - discipline, can have great impact on academic achievement, and that low interpersonal ability — severe shyness, for example — can impede classroom performance.

The U.S. Department of Education (1995) defines giftedness as «children or youth who give evidence of high performance capability in areas such as intellectual, creative, artistic, or leadership capacity, or in specific academic fields, and who require services or activities not ordinarily provided by the school in order to fully develop such capabilities.»

• Academic Accountability — Significantly increase the State standards for K - 12 district and campus performance, add college readiness as a standard, measure it with the SAT or ACT exam for high school exit, and install urgent and serious consequences for underperforming campuses.

The Wisconsin proposal, however, is limited to children who are scoring in the top 5 percent of standardized tests or have been identified «by an education official» as being gifted and talented «if a student demonstrates evidence of high - performance capability in intellectual, creative, artistic, leadership or specific academic areas and needs services or activities not ordinarily provided in a regular school program.»

Studies of students who attend high - quality programs for a significant period of time show improvements in academic performance and social competence, including better grades, improved homework completion, higher scores on achievement tests, lower levels of grade retention, improved behavior in school, increased competence and sense of self as a learner, better work habits, fewer absences from school, better emotional adjustment and relationships with parents, and a greater sense of belonging in the community.

The approved settlement targets schools for protection from layoffs and defines those targeted schools as the 25 ranked in the bottom 30 percent by Academic Performance Index (API) score, high teacher turnover rates, and other determining criteria.

Just as impressive is the fact that Shanghai's high academic performance is matched by greater equity.

Citing the professionalization of teaching in conjunction with higher student academic performance in countries such as Korea, Singapore, and Finland, Cochran - Smith challenges the media efforts to blame and ultimately discredit teachers for the problems in education, especially those attributable in large part to other non-school factors.

Therefore, a well - resourced classroom is critical for developing positive qualities such as perseverance, internal locus of control, and high self - efficacy that prepare students for better academic performance and life success.

The first goal is defined as follows: As data on academic achievement and other student outcomes are disaggregated and analyzed, one sees high comparable performance for all identifiable groups of learners, and achievement and performance gaps are virtually non-existenas follows: As data on academic achievement and other student outcomes are disaggregated and analyzed, one sees high comparable performance for all identifiable groups of learners, and achievement and performance gaps are virtually non-existenAs data on academic achievement and other student outcomes are disaggregated and analyzed, one sees high comparable performance for all identifiable groups of learners, and achievement and performance gaps are virtually non-existent.

Weast led Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) to achieve both the highest graduation rate among the nation's largest school districts for four consecutive years and the highest academic performance ever in MCPS as the non-English-speaking student population more than doubled and enrollment tipped toward low socioeconomic demographics.

As a college and career readiness strategy, most states use ILPs to help youth understand the relevance of high academic performance and develop the social emotional learning skills that will enable them to enter and complete postsecondary programs and degrees.