Sentences with phrase «bar on academic achievement»

These standards are intended to raise the bar on academic achievement to ensure students are prepared for college and careers.

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Because they're already above the «proficient bar» in academic achievement at a time when most federal and state policies are fixed on boosting low achievers over that bar, schools and teachers have little incentive to focus on their educational needs or to devote resources to their schooling.

Each state chooses where to set the initial academic achievement bar based on the lowest - achieving demographic group or based on the lowest - achieving schools in the state, whichever is higher.

NCSECS advocated and helped influence the law including a provision raising the bar a bit higher to ensure high standards for special education students by limiting their participation in tests based on alternate (lower) academic achievement standards to 1 % of students tested (and not just limiting the reporting of their scores on such tests, as was done under NCLB).

Charter schools are raising the bar on student academic growth and achievement by improving a number of student performance measures, including increasing graduation rates and college acceptance rates.