Sentences with phrase «at school test scores»

WILL's March 1 report, Apples to Apples: The definitive look at school test scores in Milwaukee and Wisconsin, authored by WILL research director Will Flanders who has a PhD in political science, compared, for a single school year (2015 - 16), the average levels of student proficiency in math and English in K - 8 schools and the averaged ACT college entrance exam scores for schools» high school juniors.

Not exact matches

As most would guess, kids with more disadvantages, such as poverty and less educated parents, come to school less prepared, which pulls down average test scores at districts where more kids face these challenges.

Your first impulse would probably be to look at a couple of factors: the average test scores of the schools» current pupils and their socioeconomic background.

In order to be eligible for the Army's Loan Repayment Program, the applicant is required to enlist in the Army with at least a high school diploma, score at least a 50 on the Armed Forces Qualification Test, hold a loan that is guaranteed under the Higher Education ACT, agree to serve in a critical military occupational specialty, have a written contract, and decline Montgomery GI Bill enrollment.

And a 2014 study of student performance at schools in California and New York, conducted by the American Institutes for Research, found that attending deeper - learning schools had a significant positive impact, on average, on students» content knowledge and standardized - test scores.

We have found that eliminating valedictorian status and class rankings has reduced stress at certain schools — especially those where achievement in the form of grades and test scores and college admission rates is valued above all other traits.

At a meeting with concerned parents, the school superintendent sympathized with our concerns, but explained how much pressure the administrators were under, because of No Child Left Behind, to raise standardized test scores.

Studies show that children who eat breakfast at the start of their school day have higher math and reading scores, and demonstrate a sharper memory and faster speeds on cognitive tests.

At a Waldorf school, education is not measured by competition and test scores, but is viewed as a life - long journey.

While I don't think test scores are everything when it comes to a school's success (happy kids, extracurriculars, etc matter a whole lot, too), they're one of the only ways of assessing how well a school is functioning at what I think should be its main function — which is educating kids.

Duckworth was a co-author on a paper published last year that compared self - reporting on grit, self - control and conscientiousness with actual test scores and behavior data of students at 32 Boston schools.

The type of learning you're describing, with open classroom discussion, a lot of choice for students, inquiry - based learning, projects, it seems at odds with the kind of call - and - response, very teacher - directed style that you see at a lot of so - called «no excuses» charter schools that produce high test scores with disadvantaged populations.

Using DTI, researchers at Wake Forest found in a 2014 study [26] that a single season of high school football can produce changes in the white matter of the brain of the type previously associated with mTBI in the absence of a clinical diagnosis of concussion, and that these impact - related changes in the brain are strongly associated with a postseason change in the verbal memory composite score from baseline on the ImPACT neurocognitive test.

However, even after control for confounding and selection factors associated with infant feeding practices, increasing duration of breastfeeding was associated with small but significant increases in scores on standardized tests of ability and achievement, teacher ratings of classroom performance, and greater success at high school.

When compared to control group counterparts in randomized trials, infants and toddlers who participated in high - quality home visiting programs were shown to have more favorable scores for cognitive development and behavior, higher IQs and language scores, higher grade point averages and math and reading achievement test scores at age 9, and higher graduation rates from high school.

Studies have shown that students who eat breakfast at school score better on standardized tests and skip school or are tardy less often.

New York education policymakers will begin looking at ways to measure school success and failure based on factors other than test scores.

Nolan said the measure does not preclude individual school districts from using the test score results as part of their teacher evaluations, if everyone at the school agrees.

In ELA this year, the percentage of all test takers in grades 3 - 8 who scored at the proficient level increased over last year in each of the Big 5 City School Districts.

Even though the elementary school is doing well academically, low test scores by students at the upper school have hurt the school's grade, Mulgrew noted.

In schools that are focused on achieving high scores on the state tests, she said, the curriculum becomes geared towards test day at the expense of deeper learning.

He noted eating healthy at school can lead to better test scores, attention spans and energy levels.

F.E.S. has sent reporters eight data reports since August, presented with different news pegs, detailing low test scores at struggling schools.

Ms. Moskowitz proudly touted the success of Success, noting with real joy how three students at the school in Bed - Stuy had achieved a perfect score on an international math test «out of 30 or 40 worldwide» and taking particular pride in how many of the schools» high achievers are «black and brown» and from neighborhoods that face enormous disadvantages.

After months of aggressive advocacy explicitly aimed at protecting and growing the state's charter sector, the group sent out a report detailing test scores at some of New York City's worst district schools.

Some real - life changes, however, are being made in a number of schools around the country that focus on the critical - thinking skills of one student at a time instead of the collective test scores of a class, or a whole school, or a state.

Randi Weingarten likes to brag a little about the reading and math test scores posted this year at two New York City charter schools she...

The ACT has scheduled a makeup exam on Jan. 14 for 53 students whose answer sheets went missing after taking the test at Roslyn High School in October, which has left them lacking scores to submit on their college applications.

«He's putting so much focus on test scores that are going to be detrimental to our school because the overwhelming majority of our kids don't speak English at home and don't perform as well on standardized tests,» she said.

He says the commission should also look at changing a new requirement that 144 struggling schools in danger of state receivership be judged by their students» test scores and whether or not they opt out of the tests.

The speech typically includes an argument that Success values progressive educational values over test scores, a joke about what might happen if Success students were allowed to voluntarily attend school, and a swipe at the de Blasio administration.

One third of all kids taking state tests in NYC are scoring at Level 1 As a parent in New York City, I know that some schools here are failing.

Sheri Lederman, a fourth grade teacher at a Great Neck elementary school, wants to sue the state education department for personal injury after receiving an «ineffective» job rating due to student test scores.

While P.S. 130 has strong test scores, TriBeCa parents were concerned about the school's stricter rules, including a requirement that students must wear uniforms, and parents also worried their children would have trouble making friends because 70 percent of incoming kindergarteners at P.S. 130 do not speak English as a primary language.

«The data points shouldn't be test scores but parent engagement, the amount of [student] suspensions, and the improvements made at struggling schools.»

It gave former Mayor Bloomberg outsize power over the system, and helped make sure that teachers, parents and advocates had to fight at meetings, on the streets and in the courts to block his efforts to close schools and establish standardized test scores as the only measure of students and teachers.

The scores of last year's MCAS tests given to Springfield school students rose across the board at a higher rate than the gain recorded by school districts statewide, and the dropout rate has fallen more than any other school system in the state.

Those who do not master the language and remain English learners tend to score lower on academic tests and graduate high school at lower rates than their native - English speaking peers.

The idea is simple enough: A VAM looks at year - to - year changes in standardized test scores among students, and rates those students» teachers and schools accordingly.

A Wisconsin law requiring public reporting of test scores from voucher schools went into effect during the last year of the study, 2010, giving researchers a rare look at private - school test scores both before and after the accountability mandate.

«In addition to gains in achievement test scores we also saw improvements in engagement with school, such as an increase in attendance of about 2.5 weeks per year» said Jonathan Guryan, Associate Professor of Human Development and Social Policy in the Institute for Policy Research at Northwestern University and Co-director of the University of Chicago Urban Education Lab.

Halberda then looked at the subjects» scores on standardized school tests.

The research team found that infants born within a half a mile from a fracking site were 25 percent more likely to be born at low birth weights, leaving them at greater risk of infant mortality, ADHD, asthma, lower test scores, lower schooling attainment and lower lifetime earnings.

Rosalind Arden, a research associate at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), said: «We know that children who score higher in IQ - type tests are prone to living longer.

A 2002 study conducted by researchers at the Indiana University School of Medicine found that elderly patients who consumed the highest levels of selenium had higher cognitive test scores than those who consumed the lowest levels of the element.

The researchers also compared sugary ready - to - eat cereal to oatmeal and found oatmeal's nutritional advantage (more nourishing whole food meal) made it a better choice at improving brain power and encouraging better test scores.1 Additional stats show higher test grades and better school attendance in breakfast eaters than in non-breakfast eaters too.2 Bottom line: to excel in whatever we do, whether it be school, work, play or relationships, we need breakfast to be at the top of our mental game.

We use common statistical procedures to estimate the effect on math and reading test scores of each additional year of actual attendance at a charter school.

Now, results from the tests students took last spring won't be available until at least February after the state school board discovered a problem that led to incorrect scores on the science portion of the 11th grade test, graded by San Antonio - based Harcourt Assessment.

The study by the Educational Policy Institute, released Aug. 11, examined the scores on the Stanford Achievement Test 9 or 10 given to 1,800 5th graders at 24 KIPP schools in the fall of 2003, and again in either...

First, they compare the 10th - grade test scores of students with similar 8th - grade test scores and demographics, some of whom took the algebra and English courses online with FLVS and others who took the same courses in person at their local public school.