Sentences with phrase «average district»

Support among those residing in below - average districts does drop by 7 percentage points when statewide ranking information is provided, but even among this group a clear majority remains supportive.

Average district costs in 2011 were $ 8,311 and $ 19,356 for single and family coverage, respectively.

After excluding charter schools and regional agencies that are legally considered school districts, this means that 85 percent of the 11,200 regular school districts fall into these two categories of sparse and average districts where vouchers are entirely or more than likely to be unworkable as a logistical matter.

However, information on current spending reduces public support for increased expenditure in all districts, and support for salary increments drops further in below - average districts when respondents are informed of both current salaries and of their district ranking.

A white student in a district with below - average property wealth has an adequacy level of 63 %, much worse than his peer in an above - average district with an adequacy level of 97 %.

Magnolia Public Schools (MPS) reports outstanding gains in 2012 Academic Performance Index (API) scores for its 12 schools, with an average increase of 27 points, outpacing average district gains where the schools are located.

But from 2011 to 2012, average district costs for family coverage fell by an estimated $ 2,010, while district costs for single coverage declined by $ 1,042 (see Figure 4).

Reduce the abuse,» said the governor, noting the average district would see a 2.7 percent aid reduction in his budget plan.

Ossining for Fair Funding Communications Director Jessica Vecchiarelli said: «With significant enrollment growth and substantial increases in student needs, we are simply asking that Ossining be put on a path to being funded at the same percentage level as the average district in New York State, at least 80 % of the fully phased - in Foundation Aid.

The average district had 3.1 candidates on the ballot.

Ahead of a June primary, GOP surrogates have been pounding the field as «dismal and in disarray» and running far left of the average district voter.

For a U.S. House race, in the average district, the number of signatures would decline from 18,516 signatures to 14,016.

If Beverly Hills were relocated to Canada, it would be at the 46th percentile in math achievement, a below - average district.

RS: For an average district, it is anywhere from three to six percent per year [from what they had anticipated].

Among respondents living in districts that spend less than $ 9,440 ($ 3,000 below the average district), 61 % of uninformed respondents support higher spending, just 12 percentage points above such views among the uninformed.

Over the three years I studied, the average district launched eleven significant reforms — that's one every three months.

While the average district in the state saw its local revenue per student increase during this period, Reading's decreased (see Figure 1).

Nearly four in five uninformed Americans support this requirement, and information about local district ranking does not reduce support for this sort of high - stakes testing in either above - average or below - average districts.

In below - average districts, positive evaluations of unions drop from 39 percent to 27 percent when state ranking information is supplied, while in above - average districts, positive assessments shift upward from 27 percent to 32 percent.

Informed respondents living in below - average districts are more likely to lower their assessment of teacher quality, withdraw their support for teachers unions, become more opposed to teacher tenure, and grow more reluctant to back salary increments for teachers.

Informed respondents living in above - average districts, however, actually back higher salaries for teachers (if uninformed of current levels) and give greater support to teachers unions.

Apparently, learning about their district's national ranking shocks those living in above - average districts, even when learning about their district's state ranking does not.

In short, there seems to be some evidence that better information about a district's ranking weakens support for accountability, but the downward shift is modest relative to the overall support for these policies, and it is generally limited to residents of below - average districts.

But when respondents in below - average districts are told about state and national rankings, the level of confidence in teachers falls by 7 and 8 percentage points, respectively.

The difference between the informed and the uninformed in below - average districts is slightly larger: 6 percentage points when given state ranking and 11 percentage points when given national ranking.

In 2015 — 16, the average district shared 5.6 percent of MLO revenue, while charter schools enrolled, on average, 12.2 percent of K — 12 students.

It pledged the use of other resources in order to «encourage all schools to achieve an African - American enrollment equivalent to the average district - wide African - American enrollment at the school's respective elementary, middle or high school level.»

The demographics of the sample of over 200 California districts are generally representative of the average district demographics in the state.

All in all, no Newark charter teaches the same share of the neediest pupils as the average district school.

«The truth is, charters offer school choice and innovation to families who wouldn't otherwise be able to afford it, despite being funded $ 4,000 less per student than the average district.

However, charter students are funded, on average, $ 1,180 less than the average district student due to Arizona's antiquated system of school finance.

With the philanthropic money — not counting community partnerships that provide educational and facilities improvements — Partnership schools spend only about $ 650 more per student per year than the average district student, for whom about $ 11,000 is budgeted by the state.

But the fact remains that children in the City of Boston are doomed if they attend the average district school.

Even in average districts, if just 30 students leave with vouchers, the ramifications for the public schools could be significant.

Much of that money comes from local property taxes, which made up about 43 percent of the average district's budget in 2012 - 13.

The average district's score went up 1.4 percentage points.

On average, Arizona charter students are funding about $ 1,100 less than their average district peer.

The average district lost roughly 20 students, but many districts with ISTEP + passage rates approaching 60 percent or lower lost many more students:

It is my understanding that the proposal that will come before the Council accommodates these concerns and will benefit the average District resident.