Sentences with phrase «as overall school quality»

Teacher, parent, and student data were analyzed to examine indicators of school quality such as student safety and well - being, involvement, and satisfaction, as well as overall school quality.

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The Healthy, Hunger Free Kids Act of 2010 required the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to make significant nutrition improvements in federally - funded school meals, as well as to improve the overall quality of the food sold at school.

Overall, I've really enjoyed my time here at Chase Grammar School — I've certainly benefitted from the smaller class sizes as it gives you that quality one - to - one time with the teachers.

As part of the 1978 reauthorization, Smith and others rewrote the legislation so that a significant portion of Title I funds were dedicated to a whole school program that would improve the overall quality of instruction.

So varied are state standards that the relative rigor of a state's proficiency definition is a better predictor of the percentage of schools said to be «failing» (not making AYP) than the overall quality of student performance in the state, as estimated by average NAEP scores.

These within - school differences likely understate the overall import of teacher effectiveness because, as recent evidence suggests, there are also differences in teacher quality across schools.

Overall, people are quite pleased with the quality of teachers in their local school, but the public sees 15 percent of teachers as unsatisfactory, and even teachers believe 11 percent are ineffective.

As the professional body for the overall recruitment sector, a core part of the REC's role is to facilitate this through Codes of Practice, Audits and other quality kite - marks that schools and other employers can look out for.

As National Director for Strategy and Quality Improvement for Ormiston Academies Trust (OAT)-- which has sponsored academies since 2009, and currently has 36 academies (30 secondary, five primary, and one all - through special school)-- Amelia will be responsible for OAT's overall policy and planning work, its fundraising strategy and its corporate governance.

If the gap between these students remained the same as in the overall sample, this would suggest that the quality of the schools is not playing a major role in the expanding achievement gap.

«Passage of House Bill 467 would be a credit negative for the PSF, as it could potentially weaken the overall credit quality of the program's participants as the PSF extends its guarantee to a growing number of charter schools over time,» Nichols said.

Instead, as a nation, we are adrift on how to raise the overall quality of schooling for all students.

As authorizers and states have increased performance expectations and grown less hesitant to close failing schools, «authorizer shopping» has emerged as a growing threat to overall charter school qualitAs authorizers and states have increased performance expectations and grown less hesitant to close failing schools, «authorizer shopping» has emerged as a growing threat to overall charter school qualitas a growing threat to overall charter school quality.

In surveys of both students and parents, respondents described middle school campuses as less safe, peer behavior as more immature and antisocial, and the overall quality of education as lower than in K - 8 schools.18

As charter school authorizers and states have increased performance expectations and grown less hesitant to close failing schools, «authorizer shopping» has emerged as a growing threat to overall charter school qualitAs charter school authorizers and states have increased performance expectations and grown less hesitant to close failing schools, «authorizer shopping» has emerged as a growing threat to overall charter school qualitas a growing threat to overall charter school quality.

What is important to highlight under this new model of educational assessment is that a school's overall quality will be determined as an aggregation of various criteria.

For example, NAEP scores are measures of the overall achievement level of students and not necessarily an accurate reflection of the quality of each state's school system, yet they were used as the sole measure of academic achievement.

The number of essential practices implemented systematically across our Albuquerque partner schools increased in just one year of partnership, with 100 % of network participants describing the overall quality of the sessions as good or excellent.

«However given the limitation of this research the NUT concurs with Ofsted that further research is required in order to establish the reliability of inspection more broadly as well as investigating the overall validity of school inspection for determining school quality.

RESULTS: Analyses comparing change from baseline to 1 - year post-trial revealed that intervention schools demonstrated significantly improved school quality compared to control schools, with 21 %, 13 %, and 16 % better overall school quality scores as reported by teachers, parents, and students, respectively.

The brief animation provides a clear message about the direction our commonwealth is taking to provide career pathways for teachers to remain in the classroom as professional educators, improving student learning and the overall quality of our schools.

Overall, teachers say they're concerned that, absent a genuine, comprehensive shift in how West Virginia treats them and other K - 12 employees, school quality will continue to suffer — and with it the health of the state as a whole.

As part of the same panel, San José Unified School District (USD) Superintendent Nancy Albarrán expressed appreciation that LCFF has facilitated a shift from compliance to commitment, but also emphasized the importance of implementing approaches with quality, and securing adequate funding overall to do so.

As the amount of students attending charter schools reaches a critical mass, some proponents worry that the schools» overall quality is not outstanding enough to politically justify their growth.

What is the overall level of programming quality as assessed by standardized assessments for after - school programs?

Overall, DSCRN recruited 769 families last year, but the number of students who actually enrolled in what it defines as a quality school was only 115.

The recommendation is based on aggregate evaluation data generated during the application process, considering the following key elements: (1) the quality of the proposed program as measured against the criteria contained in the charter school application; (2) the substantive issues surrounding the overall feasibility and reasonableness of the application in terms of the likelihood of the opening and operation of a successful, high quality public school; (3) the degree of public support for the proposed school; and (4) the CSDE's recommendation that the SBE give preference to the applicant due to its commitment to: (a) serving students who receive free or reduced price lunch; (b) partnering with FamilyUrban Schools of Excellence, Inc., an organization with a record of operating high - quality public schools in Connecticut; (c) serving students from the Dixwell / Newhallville community, an underserved, high - need area of New Haven; and (d) operating in New Haven, a Priority School Disschool application; (2) the substantive issues surrounding the overall feasibility and reasonableness of the application in terms of the likelihood of the opening and operation of a successful, high quality public school; (3) the degree of public support for the proposed school; and (4) the CSDE's recommendation that the SBE give preference to the applicant due to its commitment to: (a) serving students who receive free or reduced price lunch; (b) partnering with FamilyUrban Schools of Excellence, Inc., an organization with a record of operating high - quality public schools in Connecticut; (c) serving students from the Dixwell / Newhallville community, an underserved, high - need area of New Haven; and (d) operating in New Haven, a Priority School Disschool; (3) the degree of public support for the proposed school; and (4) the CSDE's recommendation that the SBE give preference to the applicant due to its commitment to: (a) serving students who receive free or reduced price lunch; (b) partnering with FamilyUrban Schools of Excellence, Inc., an organization with a record of operating high - quality public schools in Connecticut; (c) serving students from the Dixwell / Newhallville community, an underserved, high - need area of New Haven; and (d) operating in New Haven, a Priority School Disschool; and (4) the CSDE's recommendation that the SBE give preference to the applicant due to its commitment to: (a) serving students who receive free or reduced price lunch; (b) partnering with FamilyUrban Schools of Excellence, Inc., an organization with a record of operating high - quality public schools in Connecticut; (c) serving students from the Dixwell / Newhallville community, an underserved, high - need area of New Haven; and (d) operating in New Haven, a Priority School DiSchools of Excellence, Inc., an organization with a record of operating high - quality public schools in Connecticut; (c) serving students from the Dixwell / Newhallville community, an underserved, high - need area of New Haven; and (d) operating in New Haven, a Priority School Dischools in Connecticut; (c) serving students from the Dixwell / Newhallville community, an underserved, high - need area of New Haven; and (d) operating in New Haven, a Priority School DisSchool District.

The 2013 - 16 Strategic Plan for Catholic Schools and School Choice imagines a specific future for the Archdiocese, including efforts to improve curriculum and the leadership quality within teachers and schools, as well as raise funding to make the overall school system both higher quality and more affoSchools and School Choice imagines a specific future for the Archdiocese, including efforts to improve curriculum and the leadership quality within teachers and schools, as well as raise funding to make the overall school system both higher quality and more afforSchool Choice imagines a specific future for the Archdiocese, including efforts to improve curriculum and the leadership quality within teachers and schools, as well as raise funding to make the overall school system both higher quality and more affoschools, as well as raise funding to make the overall school system both higher quality and more afforschool system both higher quality and more affordable.

Build quality is good overall, but not without a little old - school sketchiness around the edges, such as door jambs that misted up after rainfall and an ashtray in the center console damned with an action so crappy, it would have shamed a Chinese toymaker in the 1970s.

Matthew Thornton the VP of communications of Audible explained — «One of the ways we've worked to improve the overall customer experience of listening to audiobooks is in elevating the quality of audiobook performance — embracing A-List celebrities (among those who've recorded for Audible are Colin Firth, Dustin Hoffman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Kate Winslet and Susan Sarandon) as well as up - and - coming young actors at Juilliard, Yale, Stella Adler and other acting schools where Audible offers narration workshops.

«One of the ways we've worked to improve the overall customer experience of listening to audiobooks is in elevating the quality of audiobook performance — embracing A-List celebrities (among those who've recorded for Audible are Colin Firth, Dustin Hoffman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Kate Winslet and Susan Sarandon) as well as up - and - coming young actors at Juilliard, Yale, Stella Adler and other acting schools where Audible offers narration workshops.

Career centers embedded in the overall high school program serve as a conduit to other programming to provide a high - quality career development experience for all learners.

The overall model of offline pc use as a predictor of offline friendship quality was significant with only hearing status, country, school setting and age in it, F (5, 106) = 2,55, p <.05.