Sentences with phrase «benefits of high achievement»

Or, such students may inspire other low - income students to study more because their experience makes the benefits of high achievement more salient.

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The scientists behind these studies all seem to agree on the answer: rather than view narcissism as an evil to be always avoided, organizations should strive to understand that small doses of the characteristic are often inseparable from high achievement and make rational cost - benefit analyses.

The person comes forth with self - respect adequate to almost any situation, with the respect for others that this competent self - respect entails, with the dignity that benefits the high achievement of competent personality, and with the freedom of personal initiative that represents a comfortable adaptation of one's personal situation to the circumstances that characterize the social order of which one is a part.

If the achievement of children who are temporarily eligible for free school meals due to the recession is higher than children whose families are on benefits for a longer period of time, then the gap between free school meal and non-free school meal children will narrow.

LA JOLLA, CA — Salk Institute scientist Ronald Evans has been selected as the recipient of the prestigious 2012 Wolf Prize in Medicine, Israel's highest award for achievements benefiting mankind.

Benefits to School Life Looking at the lasting impact of LOtC experiences in terms of academic performance, Learning Away's recent research found that school trips resulted in higher academic achievement, with 61 per cent of students achieving higher than their predicted grade following a school trip based on the subject area.

Although it is possible that the additional course material taught in G&T classes is poorly aligned with topics covered in the achievement test, research documenting the benefits of being placed with higher - ability peers suggests that we should see improvements, even if that were the case.

As is well known, the economic benefits of a college education have risen dramatically during the past quarter century, and substantial evidence shows that students with good grades or high scores on achievement tests tend to pursue more education.

While these marginally performing students are likely to benefit from increased attention, reallocation of instructional attention leads to a tradeoff whereby the achievement gains of the marginally performing students come at the expense of both the lowest - and highest - performing students.

Claim: The benefits of class - size reduction are so large that the cost is well worth it, in terms of higher achievement levels, higher graduation rates, and lower special - education referrals.

We also find evidence that schools with higher student achievement before the start of the EITP benefited the most from the program.

Experiments in schools have found that sessions designed to promote a growth mindset [4] benefit academic achievement of students, especially those with initially low grades or in higher risk of failing.

The uncertainty surrounding the achievement effects of the DC voucher program is because we set the high standard of 95 % confidence to judge a voucher benefit as «statistically significant», and we could only be 94 % confident that the final - year reading gains from the DC program were statistically significant.

A common criticism of such programs is that they may hurt some students if they lead to increased sorting of students by initial achievement and if all students benefit from having peers with higher initial achievement.

We found that high - achieving students benefit most from tough grading standards when they are placed in classrooms where the overall level of achievement is relatively low (see Figure 3).

One of the greatest potential benefits of expanding the time and place for learning is the chance to experiment with the kinds of «out - of - the box» approaches to high school education which are sorely needed if we are to reach our goals for raising student achievement and eliminating inequities in achievement and graduation rates.

The benefits of AYP are also reaped by high - performing kids, according to Ahn and Vigdor, countering arguments by Petrilli and others that No Child's focus on stemming achievement gaps led to high - performing students being shortchanged.

Although Gaetz's bill does not include fiscal expenditures, as noted in the main text (§ IV, supra), in reviewing the start time / academic achievement studies undertaken by fellow economists, Columbia University Assistant Professor of Finance and Economics Jonah Rockoff and the Walter H. Annenberg Professor of Education Policy, Professor of Economics, and Professor of Education at the University of Michigan, Brian Jacob, concluded that delaying middle and high school start times «from roughly 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. -LSB-,]» will increase academic achievement by 0.175 standard deviations on average, with effects for disadvantaged students roughly twice as large as advantaged students, at little or no cost to schools; i.e., a 9 to 1 benefits to costs ratio when utilizing single - tier busing, the most expensive transportation method available.

There is no shortage of research being conducted into the benefits of gifted education in urban settings and lots of evidence of the achievement gap between high and low socio - economic high performing students.

Both the community and the university students have benefited in numerous ways since the program started in 2009, ranging from higher elementary student achievement to cultural immersion for teacher candidates to grant funding for community improvements, such as a shared walking path on the grounds of the elementary school.

Given that defined - benefit pensions (along with near - free healthcare benefits, near - lifetime employment rules in the form of tenure, and seniority - and degree - based pay scales) have been proven to be ineffective in either spurring improvements in student achievement, are a disincentive in rewarding high - quality work by teachers (who get the same levels of compensation as laggard colleagues), and actually serve as a disincentive to luring math and science collegians into teaching, it is high time to scrap this and other aspects of traditional teacher compensation.

These favorable work conditions are also predictors of higher levels of student growth and improved academic achievement.27 New teachers, especially, can benefit from additional time, tools, and support — possibly provided as part of residency and induction programs — during their critical first years in the classroom.

Research has found that this approach can raise the academic achievement of low - income students without lower the achievement of higher - income students, as well as giving all students the benefits of a diverse learning environment.

The summary report found a medium - to - large evidence base that shows positive benefits of dual enrollment on college degree attainment, college access and enrollment, college credit accumulation, completing high school, and general academic achievement in high school.

Most importantly in this piece, and in my opinion, Goldhaber discusses the «[s] everal [which turns out to be two] studies that simulate the effects of using value - added estimates for high - stakes purposes [and] suggest there may be significant student achievement benefits» (p. 88).

Benefits of the program include: lower absentee and tardy rates, fewer morning nurses visits and behavioral problems, and higher academic achievement.

We manage these resources for the benefit of the Colby College community, the region, and the nation, and we aspire to display works that embody the highest standards of achievement.

My achievements and experience in the field can help the organization gain better grasp of the customers and achieve high quality products and benefit the organization in the long run.

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In Denver, low - resource families who received home visiting showed modest benefits in children's language and cognitive development.102 In Elmira, only the intervention children whose mothers smoked cigarettes before the experiment experienced cognitive benefits.103 In Memphis, children of mothers with low psychological resources104 in the intervention group had higher grades and achievement test scores at age nine than their counterparts in the control group.105 Early Head Start also identified small, positive effects on children's cognitive abilities, though the change was for the program as a whole and not specific to home - visited families.106 Similarly, IHDP identified large cognitive effects at twenty - four and thirty - six months, but not at twelve months, so the effects can not be attributed solely to home - visiting services.107

The results of 40 years of longitudinal research into the project's life - long benefits have been startling: participants had higher earnings, were more likely to stay in employment, had higher academic achievement and committed significantly fewer crimes.

Preventing the achievement gap, improving health outcomes, boosting earnings and providing a high rate of economic return — this one - page document summarizes the benefits of investing in quality early childhood education for disadvantaged children.

Fortunately, with widespread recognition of the importance of early childhood development for later school achievement (fostered by advances in brain development research and studies of the long - term benefits of high quality early child care), public discourse concerning child care quality is increasingly regarding child care as an important developmental influence warranting public investment.

Academic studies have demonstrated positive social benefits, including lower juvenile delinquency rates and higher student achievement among children of home owners.