Sentences with phrase «at a given school»

A: It's vital that report cards include information on the rate at which students at a given school are improving.
Policy simulations indicate that targeted salary increases based on teacher - specific working conditions are important to retain teachers at a given school.
«The costs will vary depending on how many pupils at any given school take up this offer,» the spokesperson added.
So on a purely moral, ethical plane, all outstanding teams at a given school should receive the same level of student, administrative and community support.
Growth measures go a long way toward correcting for that by examining the progress students make while enrolled at a given school.
These year - to - year changes in the teaching staff at a given school generate differences in value added that are unlikely to be related to student characteristics.
In this context, the question for districts and schools becomes: How do we balance the need to meet state standards at a given school with the mandates from the local school board?
«The cost savings could be as large as $ 13,000 per grade at a given school,» according to the report.
In instructional rounds, educators seek to observe and document trends in practice at a given school.
The tables show how well a particular year group of pupils at a given school has performed in tests or exams.
The House narrowly approved a bill Thursday that some say is aimed at giving school districts more spending flexibility despite opposition from district education leaders.
In 2009, Stanford researcher Caroline Hoxby detailed in practical terms how CBAs stifle any management flexibility in determining the best slot for a teacher at a given school as well as denying them the opportunity to get rid of the underperformers — rigidity being the hallmark of CBAs.
When looking at the percent of students in one grade who achieved math proficiency on their state test at a given school, ST Math had an average effect size of 0.36 on statewide ranking (z - score).
The AllerSchool system has a unique feature that assigns an «Allergy - Friendly Index» (AFI) ranking to all recipes that are served at a given school district.
Depending on how many students at a given school live in poverty, strong parental networks have a favorable or inhibiting effect on the academic achievements of their children.
Let's suppose that parent advocates run this gauntlet and manage to force a turnaround at a given school, as appears to be happening at Desert Trails.
In a key factor that enabled the plan to draw union support, committees composed of a principal, a person of the principal's choosing, and two union representatives were allowed to decide how the bonuses should be distributed at any given school.
Several proposals also suggest weighting the ELL indicator in proportion to the concentration of ELLs at a given school.
So when they come to tender for a service at any given school they can pretty much buy their way in by way of shovelling much of their fee right back at the school in the form of a «financial contribution».
Teachers in the Shelby County district also work in an altered policy environment: Collective bargaining was repealed in 2011; a 2013 state law requires teachers and principals to mutually agree on whether or not a teacher would work at a given school; and Tennessee teachers» evaluations are now tied to their students» scores on the state exams.
The EEI provides a snapshot of how students from low - income families at a given school or city are performing compared to other students from low - income families and compared to all students in the country.
In a second embarrassing U-turn for the party following the debacle over its social care plans, the Conservatives now say the costs of providing breakfasts «will vary depending on how many pupils at any given school take up this offer».
We provide Consulting Services to ensure that the courses and technology selected at a given school or district are aligned with both its learning model and its readiness for student - centered learning.
America's education system faces a stark dilemma: it needs governmental oversight, rules and regulations, but it also needs to be adaptable enough to address student needs and the many different problems that can arise at any given school — something that large educational bureaucracies are notoriously bad at.
They show how different ethnicities and socioeconomic levels perform compared to statewide averages at a given school.
Time periods at a given school can be listed by the span of years in attendance (i.e., 2003 — 2007), since the school year is generally accepted as running with the same semester schedule almost everywhere.
Concerning school reputation, attend a PTA meeting at a given school.
In this brief video, Stanford researcher Caroline Hoxby details in practical terms how CBAs stifle any management flexibility in determining the best slot for a teacher at a given school as well as denying them the opportunity to get rid of the underperformers — rigidity being the hallmark of CBAs.
Payment to Louisiana Scholarship schools is variable and is based on the tuition and fees charged to each non-Scholarship student at a given school.
The disaggregation of these performance data is significant: pushing schools, school practitioners, and education policy makers to understand the performance of all students and not the average performance of students at any given school.
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