Sentences with phrase «better attendance rates»

Evaluators of Baltimore's community school initiative found that schools that had been implementing community school practices for five or more years had significantly better attendance rates and lower chronic absence rates than noncommunity schools.

Some of the positive results found at full - service community - schools are improved reading and math performance, better attendance rates, a decrease in suspension rates and a decrease in the dropout rate (Schargel & Smink, 2001, p. 201).

Other schools with similar poverty levels but better attendance rates posted much higher test scores.

«Studies show that students who eat breakfast at school also have a better attendance rate and tend to behave better,» said Scott Wolfe Food Service Director, at Southern.

All elementary schoolchildren receive free lunch, she says, but girls who have an 80 percent or better attendance rate in a given month get an incentive: an extra sugar ration, a commodity in the camp.

Not exact matches

In order to get there, the Cards had to win double - digit championships, earn a spot in the postseason five of the last six years and draw both the second - highest attendance in all of baseball and the league's second - best local television ratings.

Whether one examines church attendance, election results, rates of intermarriage, or attitudes about dating, one fact stands out: the American melting pot is alive and well for American blacks, just as it was in the past for Italians, Jews, and Asians, to name just a few.

During its zenith in the early - to mid-2000s as the sport flourished, ratings and attendance skyrocketed, and it expanded to new tracks well beyond its southeast base, NASCAR often struggled to keep its core followers content while courting new fans.

The report looks attendance trends, domestic league structures and club finances as well as the new football metrics such as a comparison of clubs» and players» social media footprints, an analysis of football agent commission rates and agent concentration across leagues, the overlap between the 2017/18 league start and transfer window end, and the increase in cross-border and multi-club ownership.

It's reflected in improved grades and test scores, strong attendance, a higher rate of homework completion, higher graduation rates, improved attitudes and behaviors in the child, as well as the child being more likely to become involved in positive extra-curricular activities.

Student outcomes — better attendance, improved graduation rates, improved performance on tests — all demonstrate that mayoral control is working and should be continued.

«We know that students who have strong attendance generally demonstrate better grades and better school performance overall, and certainly higher graduation rates,» Brown said.

Decreases in the rate of student tardiness due to oversleeping was also reported, as well as an increase in overall attendance rates for some schools.

«Closing school for everyone appears to be better for student learning than adding to the challenges posed by American students» already low attendance rates,» Goodman concludes.

Both student and teacher attendance is higher than at other local schools, with the student attendance rate surpassing that of every other middle school in the district (and significantly better than the citywide average).

Interestingly enough, no study has yet shown better high school test scores, but the Boston studies have shown higher grade point averages and, of course, attendance goes through the roof and dropout rates are decreased.

Research shows that when a full - service school works well, student achievement increases, attendance rates go up, suspensions drop, and special education placements decrease (Dryfoos, 1994; Dryfoos & Maguire, 2002).

Participation in afterschool programs is influencing academic performance in a number of ways, including better attitudes toward school and higher educational aspirations; higher school attendance rates and lower tardiness rates; less disciplinary action, such as suspension; lower dropout rates; better performance in school, as measured by achievement test scores and grades; significant gains in academic achievement test scores; greater on - time promotion; improved homework completion; and deeper engagement in learning.

States should also provide information that might bear on the ability of the school to do a good job - for example, the percentages of teachers with degrees in the subject they are teaching and teacher attendance rates.

A randomized study by MDRC found that students in academies were less likely to drop out, had significantly better attendance, and had a 20 percent higher college - application rate than their peers not in academies.

They are available to students who follow the school's Code of Conduct, have a good or improved attendance rate, have a good attitude and respect for learning, and who have tried hard.

Confidence in gross findings can be developed by replication, by averaging results over several time periods, and by using several measures of the development of human capital — not tests alone, but also attendance rates, dropout rates, and promotion rates (a very high - quality assessment will track indicators of human capital such as post-secondary school earnings and higher - education outcomes as well).

The educator adds that improved attendance rates at schools in remote Indigenous settings can be partly attributed to community and family support, as well as consistency in teaching and routines.

Charts track students» math and reading scores; the County Literacy Inventory, which measures reading skills several times a year; as well as monthly attendance rates, Halstead said.

«They ended up attending high schools that were higher - performing, with higher attendance, better test scores, better graduation rates, and did much better than students we compared them to,» he says.

By every criteria and measure we use, reading and math scores in NAEP, high school graduation, drop - out rates, college attendance rates, public education's performance is the best that is has ever been.

The harm is evident in lower test scores as well as lower rates of college attendance and completion.

Examples of these metrics could be credit completion rates, daily attendance averages, socio - emotional well - being surveys, and career - technical or dual - enrollment course offerings.

The school's results are nothing short of superlative: BINcA has consistently bested state averages in academic measures across the board, including post-secondary attendance and graduation rates.

District school records show that charters also have better attendance and graduation rates than the regular public schools and that their teachers are more likely to fit the city's definition of «highly qualified,» meaning that they have expertise in what they are teaching.

A Level 1 rating signifies «high performance, a good school choice with many positive qualities,» recognizing academic growth and attainment from UChicago Charter's diverse student body, as well as the various campuses» strong attendance and high quality student data record keeping.

District officials and the school board have come to realize that encouraging more parent centers on school campuses leads to more community engagement, higher attendance and eventually better test scores and higher graduation rates.

Rather, it says schools would be placed in one of five performance categories based on student achievement and progress in reading and math, how well a school closes gaps between groups of students in academic achievement and in graduation rates, and on overall attendance and graduation rates.

At Nottingham Middle School in Oxford Area School District in Pennsylvania, 2010 attendance rate was 96.1 %, well above both the district and the state averages.

Research shows that teachers of color are often better able to engage students of color, increasing high school completion and college attendance rates for these students.

The administration and the House Appropriations Committee also proposed elimination or severe cuts, respectively, to the 21st Century Community Learning Centers program.45 Currently funded with more than $ 1 billion, this program provides enrichment opportunities in safe environments to more than 1.6 million students per year, 46 70 percent of whom are students of color.47 Much of this funding supports after - school programs, but 21st CCLC also funds before - school and summer programs.48 Research indicates that participation in 21st CCLC is linked to better attitudes toward school, higher rates of school attendance, fewer suspensions, and better performance in school, among other outcomes.49 In addition, many of these programs provide students with snacks or meals.50

After implementing Learner - Centered Teaching, schools report improved attendance, course completion rates, and GPAs; increased self - management, better relationship skills, and improved decision - making; and stronger academic perseverance.

The 20,914 resulting home visits have led to many positive results, according to the project's Sacramento - area director Lisa Levasseur, including not only better communication, trust and support between families and teachers but also increases in student attendance rates and test scores, and decreases in suspension and expulsion rates.

To gain a better understanding of high school effectiveness, I would also want to look at other indicators peculiar to that level, such as graduation rates, SAT scores, higher education attendance and completion rates, and others.

Even if we were confident that the test score gains in New Orleans are not being driven by changes in the student population following Katrina (and Doug and his colleagues are doing their best with constrained data and research design to show that), and even if these test score gains translate into higher high school graduation and college attendance rates (which Doug and his colleagues have not yet been able to examine), we still would have no idea whether portfolio management and other high regulations in NOLA helped, hurt, or made no difference in producing these results.

And among the stellar department articles is a special focus on improving attendance rates — for both students and teachers — as well as a new department: Speaking Up.

In the Central Valley and across the country, the Parent Home Visit Project is offering a different model of family engagement that has led to many positive results including better communication between school and home, and improvements in student attendance rates and test scores.

In the 2013 - 14 school year, the district had traveling trophies that went to the elementary and secondary schools with the best monthly attendance rates.

Many research studies demonstrate that students benefit from SEL programming and these programs can lead to better grades, higher attendance rates, and increased positive behavior.

A number of states have already taken steps to address chronic absenteeism by making schools keep better track of attendance rates and report the numbers publicly.

The study found that students who participated in the Ninth Grade Academy outperformed the comparison group in reading and writing test scores as well as G.P.A.; additionally, they held higher attendance records and lower tardy rates and were less likely to be suspended or expelled.

High schools were rated on standardized tests, as well as dropout, attendance and graduation rates.

The perfect evaluation system doesn't exist yet, but we do have access to measures of teacher performance that are far better than seniority: teacher ratings, classroom management, teacher attendance, specific licensure, peer or principal review, value - added student data.

These teams took on challenges including increasing school attendance rates, building better relationships between teachers and students, and improving the ways students are taught, as well as the kinds of things they are learning.

From increasing test scores, to calmer classrooms and better attendance and graduation rates, school meals have proven to have a huge effect on students» abilities to learn.