Sentences with phrase «at improving student achievement by»

The program, which got under way in 10 schools last week, is aimed at improving student achievement by enabling schools to assess their own needs and priorities and implement changes of their own design, officials said.

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HEADLINE: Strong Libraries Improve Student Achievement Last month, site - based management teams at 11 elementary schools in Kalamazoo, Michigan, chose to cut their budgets for the 2000 - 2001 school year by eliminating the position of school librarian.

Recent studies purport to show that voucher programs result in better achievement by black students at private schools, and that vouchers motivate public schools to improve.

An article by Matthew Ladner and Dan Lips that appeared in the Summer 2009 issue of Ed Next looked at the strategies Florida pursued to improve student achievement, strategies which produced strong results, particularly among Hispanic students.

A pilot study conducted by the researchers has shown that the initiative is effective at increasing teacher performance and student achievement and in improving teachers» views of the evaluation system.

By reviewing what is in place for PD at the district and building level, district leaders have an opportunity to make adjustments and add supports to ensure that the professional development provided to teachers results in improved instructional practices and increased student achievement.

Communities and educators that want to improve student achievement should look closely at increasing the length of the school day or year, a report by the Center for American Progress says.

Obama has proposed a «Success in the Middle Act,» which would provide federal support to improve the education of middle school students in low - performing schools by requiring states to develop detailed plans to improve student achievement, develop and utilize early identification data systems to identify those students most at - risk of dropping out, and invest in proven strategies that reduce the number of drop outs.

«Subtle» aspects of family involvement — parenting style and parental expectations, for example — may have a greater impact on student achievement than more «concrete» forms such as attendance at school conferences or enforcing rules at home regarding homework.144 Some researchers, policy makers, and practitioners argue that these subtle forms of family involvement are not easily influenced by schools.145 In contrast, we argue that the value of creating participatory structures in schools lies in its potential for increasing family and community members «sense of engagement in children «s education, and, as a consequence, augment and reinforce the subtle behaviors responsible for improved outcomes.146

During her tenure at Hamilton, student achievement improved in all subgroups as evidenced by growth on the California Academic Performance Index.

The NYS Charter Schools Act of 1998 was created for the following purposes: • Improve student learning and achievement; • Increase learning opportunities for all students, with special emphasis on expanded learning experiences for students who are at - risk of academic failure; • Encourage the use of different and innovative teaching methods; • Create new professional opportunities for teachers, school administrators and other school personnel; • Provide parents and students with expanded choices in the types of educational opportunities that are available within the public school system; and • Provide schools with a method to change from rule - based to performance - based accountability systems by holding the schools established under this article accountable for meeting measurable student achievement results.

As head of the Partnership for Los Angeles Schools, he led a system of 17 urban public schools, serving over 15,000 students — and worked with parents and educators to raise graduation rates by 60 % and improve student achievement at a faster rate than any other school system in California with more than 10,000 students..

As I have noted, stronger standards alone aren't the only reason why student achievement has improved within this period; at the same time, the higher expectations for student success fostered by the standards (along with the accountability measures put in place by the No Child Left Behind Act, the expansion of school choice, reform efforts by districts such as New York City, and efforts by organizations such as the College Board and the National Science and Math Initiative to get more poor and minority students to take Advanced Placement and other college prep courses), has helped more students achieve success.

Independent studies from both the Center for Education Policy Research (CEPR) at Harvard University and SRI have found that DreamBox Learning K - 8 Math improves student achievement as measured by MAP Growth.

Improve student achievement and graduation and dropout rates by providing the infrastructure, tools and content necessary to extend learning capabilities and create a personalized learning experience for high school students attending at - risk schools.

Consider, for instance, the work of Patrick Wolf at the University of Arkansas, who has examined the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship and found that it led to improved reading achievement among participants while also increasing a student's chance of graduating high school by 21 percentage points.

I was reminded this week that our goal at TCSA, to improve student achievement by advocating for and strengthening a diverse set of high quality charter schools, is shared nationwide by educators and policymakers who believe that charter schools are the best public school option for students.

At NCTR, we believe states and school districts can improve teacher quality — and raise student achievement — by providing dedicated support for teacher residencies, ensuring that new educators enter the classroom ready to meet students» needs from day one.

Schools with a large percentage of students living in low - income households also receive federal money to help with costs of teacher training, among other costs related to improving academic achievement at the schools, according to the information provided by the DPI.

If student achievement improves, and the achievement gap appears to be closed by the innovative work that takes place at this school, it is likely that very little will change in other places.

Coburn is joined in the issue by fellow Collaborative member Warren Simmons, Executive Director of the Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, who wrote a commentary entitled Data as a Lever for Improving Instruction and Student Achievement.

«School leaders looking for systemic strategies to improve student achievement would be well served by Looking Together at Student Work.student achievement would be well served by Looking Together at Student Work.Student Work.»

Amidst pressure for schools to adopt off - the - shelf reform programs as a way of improving student achievement (Herman, 1999), it is interesting to note that, by and large, the schools in the studies summarized by Taylor, Pressley, and Pearson (2002) did not necessarily view packaged reforms as the key ingredient for improving student achievement (Charles A. Dana Center, 1999; Designs for Change, 1998; Taylor et al., 2000).1 The common denominators seem to be commitment and hard work focused on research - based practices at both the classroom level and the school level.

Just Take 20 (JT20) is a Florida initiative to improve student achievement in reading and literacy by recognizing that literacy begins at home!

Which is what both Cut the Gap in Half does (by setting lower levels for districts improving proficiency for minority students versus white and Asian peers), and No Child waiver gambit tacitly endorses (by allowing states to only focus on the worst five percent of school districts and at least ten percent of districts with wide achievement gaps).

Drafting Board has shown to improve student achievement at a greater rate than traditional instruction in a randomized controlled trial conducted across three diverse Florida districts in spring 2012 by Tufts University researchers:

Under the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002, the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) supports national research and development centers that are intended to contribute significantly to the solution of education problems in the United States by engaging in research, development, evaluation, and national leadership activities aimed at improving the education system, and ultimately, student achievement.

Project RED was established by three organizations, The Greaves Group, The Hayes Connection and One - to - One Institute, and began with a research project aimed at addressing two major issues in U.S. education: improving student achievement and evaluating the total financial impact of technology on state budgets.

The second category is «Exemplary Improving,» in which schools that have at least 40 percent of their students from disadvantaged backgrounds demonstrate the most progress in improving student achievement levels as measured by state assessments or nationally - normImproving,» in which schools that have at least 40 percent of their students from disadvantaged backgrounds demonstrate the most progress in improving student achievement levels as measured by state assessments or nationally - normimproving student achievement levels as measured by state assessments or nationally - normed tests.

Each district's system is intended to improve student achievement by enhancing proficiency at instructional and leadership strategies that promote rigor and relevance throughout a standards - based curriculum, and prepare students to be college and career ready.

From the so - called gifted - and - talented programs that end up doing little to improve student achievement (and actually do more damage to all kids by continuing the rationing of education at the heart of the education crisis), to the evidence that suburban districts are hardly the bastions of high - quality education they proclaim themselves to be (and often, serve middle class white children as badly as those from poor and minority households), it is clear that the educational neglect and malpractice endemic within the nation's super-clusters of failure and mediocrity isn't just a problem for other people's children.

$ 7,662,612 in Teacher Quality Partnerships grants to improve student achievement; improve the quality of new prospective teachers by improving their preparation and enhancing professional development activities for teachers; hold teacher preparation programs at institutions of higher education accountable for preparing highly qualified teachers; and recruit highly qualified individuals, including minorities and individuals from other occupations, into the teaching force.

By contrast, looking at student achievement results in conjunction with the context of the school and the processes that create the results gives teachers and administrators important information about what they need to do to improve learning for all students.

When children enter kindergarten, half of the achievement gap between low - income students and their more affluent peers that exists in high school is already present.22 The federal government can address the developmental needs of young children through child care reform by implementing policies that improve quality starting at birth and continuing up to age 13.