Sentences with phrase «at the college level focused»

The assessments at the college level focused on more complex reasoning.

Not exact matches

Nelson understands he is still somewhat raw as a Major League prospect and hopes to continue to improve his game at the college level, where he will be focusing solely on pitching for the first time.

Their study focused on changes occurring at the school level, a focus which had been overlooked by earlier studies on college transitions and student well - being, Andersson said.

According to Dr. Nadia Rosenthal, founding director of the Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute and Chair of Cardiovascular Science at Imperial College London, «Comparative regenerative biology is an emerging field that is gaining momentum internationally, but there are few centers that have devoted the necessary focus, talent and resources to pursue this research at the level that MDIBL has done.

Athletes at the high school level typically put too much focus on bench pressing and those «beach muscles» and this leads me to try to fix these muscle imbalances when they get to the college level.

Austin, Texas About Blog This blog on Texas education contains posts on accountability, testing, college readiness, dropouts, bilingual education, immigration, school finance, race, class, and gender issues with additional focus at the national level.

Stay tuned to the grant winners: Academy 21 at Franklin Central Supervisory Union in Vermont, which is focused on a high - need, predominantly rural community; Cornerstone Charter Schools in Michigan, which seeks to prepare Detroit students for college and health - focused careers; Da Vinci Schools in California, which will integrate blended learning, early college, and real - world experiences with its existing project - based learning approach; Education Achievement Authority in Michigan, which, as part of the statewide turnaround authority is trying to create a student - centric system for students in Detroit; Match Education in Massachusetts, which already operates high - performing schools in Boston and will now focus on using technology to increase the effectiveness of its one - on - one tutoring; Schools for the Future in Michigan, which will serve students significantly below grade level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadership.

«This finding speaks to the need for greater focus at the secondary level on preparation for vocational / technical careers, because not every student can or wants to go to college,» the report says.

Brian Lightman, the Association of School and College Leaders general secretary, said: «Schools have no choice but to focus more of their resources in this direction, while balancing this demand against the need to give 11 - to 14 - year - olds a good foundation at secondary level.»

A few major areas I hope will receive attention during reauthorization are college / workplace readiness, including the promotion of more rigorous standards; greater accountability at the secondary level; more sophisticated policy and greater accountability for improving teacher effectiveness, particularly at the late elementary and secondary levels; a broadening of attention to math and science as well as to history; and refinements in AYP to focus greater attention and improvement on the persistently failing schools by offering real choices to parents of students stuck in such schools.

While the media has in recent years been focusing on sexual assaults at college, Finn says that middle and high school children — even elementary school children — are increasingly experiencing or witnessing high levels of violence and sexual assault and harassment.

However, by focusing on college and career readiness and including meaningful comparisons for schools, we hope that these new reports will inform conversations at the local level about where schools are doing well and where they can continue to improve.

In our maths dept at Wyvern College, we've started focussing recently on understanding strategies and approaches to incorporate high levels of rigour into our resources.

We've also studied the most effective strategies that schools and nonprofits can use to engage families in guiding their child to and through college through conducting a literature review, holding focus groups with DC families, and piloting strategies at the local level.

A new report, The Promise of Performance Assessments: Innovations in High School Learning and College Admission, looks at how these assessments, which focus on the kind of learning students will need to be successful in our innovation economy, are being used to inform college admission, placement, and advising decisions, as well as how they are being used to leverage deeper forms of learning at all College Admission, looks at how these assessments, which focus on the kind of learning students will need to be successful in our innovation economy, are being used to inform college admission, placement, and advising decisions, as well as how they are being used to leverage deeper forms of learning at all college admission, placement, and advising decisions, as well as how they are being used to leverage deeper forms of learning at all levels.

The report, Removing Roadblocks to Rigor: Linking Academic and Social Supports to Ensure College Readiness and Success, was released to offer a broad definition of academic and social support aligned with rigor and focus on integrating a range of intentional strategies that enable students at all levels to successfully undertake challenging coursework.

Classnotes Podcast (March 29, 2011) Often, the concept of college readiness has meant offering specific courses at the high school level and focusing on students who were likely to do well.

In particular, focusing on college - bound high school students, we use a difference - in - difference methodology to analyze the impact of the end of race - based affirmative action at the University of California in 1998 on both the overall level of SAT scores and high school GPA, and the racial gap in SAT scores and high school GPA.

«One of them is STEM focused and college found for example, and then we start these programs at the kindergarten level.»

At the high school level, Ronan focuses on increasing the academic rigor of course offerings and expanding college access.

Schools at the top of the list have a culture of high expectations, focused on getting every child to grade level and college - ready.

The prime focus of our services is to provide the college students with professional level writing services at affordable prices so that they do not feel a burden on their pocket.

Austin, Texas About Blog This blog on Texas education contains posts on accountability, testing, college readiness, dropouts, bilingual education, immigration, school finance, race, class, and gender issues with additional focus at the national level.

«Several years ago, I started researching common sense ways to address climate change at the local level and decided to focus on food,» says Radow, a lawyer, professor of Sustainability Action at Manhattanville College and member of the Mamaroneck Sustainability Collaborative, a volunteer committee created to advise the Town on environmental issues.

Since 2009, I have been an adjunct professor at Hilbert College in New York where I teach an advanced level «Employment Benefits Law» course focused on the legal requirements and business concerns employers need to consider when offering mandated and discretionary benefits.

Please tell us how the art classes at Lane Tech have prepared you for your focus at the college level.

This can be done by drafting a perfect resume which focuses on description of strengths of the candidate and provide how insightful the person was to deliver tangible solutions while working in previous jobs, or at the school or college level.

This part of the resume should focus on college - level experiences with the more advanced degrees at the top.

Although our focus is assisting our athletes in their chosen sport (s), we also routinely monitor the academic performance of our athletes as well, as many of our participants are planning to participate in their chosen sport (s) at the college level as a means to financially secure the high cost involved in being college students.

Austin, Texas About Blog This blog on Texas education contains posts on accountability, testing, college readiness, dropouts, bilingual education, immigration, school finance, race, class, and gender issues with additional focus at the national level.

After 25 years of teaching business at the community college level, Terisa changed fields and has focused her research on screening toddlers for early identification of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) through their pediatricians.