Sentences with phrase «better than the district average»

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This district is much older than the national average and is bleeding population at a good pace.

A percentile of 60 means that the average student in a district is achieving better than 59.9 percent of the students in our global comparison group.

That is, one of our most elite districts produces students with math achievement that is no better than that of the typical student in the average developed country.

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).

A percentile ranking of 60, for example, indicates that the average student in a district performed better than 59.9 percent of students in the global comparison group.

Approved by the district's board of education last week, the plan is expected to put millions more dollars into rewards for teachers whose students show better - than - average improvement compared with similar groups of students.

A recent investigation of achievement in one large Tennessee school district (in which I am collaborating with Sanders and Paul Wright of the SAS Institute) has found that 20 percent of math teachers are recognizably better or worse than average by a conventional statistical criterion.

And Massachusetts's charter schools do this much better than its district schools, where achievement gaps still yawn, despite the commonwealth's strong average achievement.

It bears noting that these charter results are significantly better than the national average CREDO reported in 2009, in which just 17 percent of charter schools in the 16 states they studied performed better than their district counterparts.

In Arizona, a state that has always had charter schools that draw middle - class students, there is evidence that, on average at least, charters are not doing any better at raising student achievement than district schools; outside of urban areas, they appear to do a bit worse.

Four recent rigorous studies — in the District of Columbia, Louisiana, Indiana, and Ohio — used different research designs and reached the same result: on average, students that use vouchers to attend private schools do less well on tests than similar students that do not attend private schools.

However, Miami - Dade is among school districts that have bucked that trend, achieving higher - than - average graduation rates among its Latino students and seeing large numbers of them scoring well on Advanced Placement tests.

For example, a score of 60 means that the average student in a district does better than 60 % of the students in the average developed economy.

In 2007 they approved funding for the first public Waldorf methods high school, in the Sacramento Unified School District; and (3) Three key findings on urban public schools with Waldorf methods: (a) In their final year, the students in the study's four California case study public Waldorf - methods elementary schools match the top ten of peer sites on the 2006 California test scores and well outperform the average of their peers statewide; (b) According to teacher, administrator and mentor reports, they achieve these high test scores by focusing on those new three R's — rather than on rote learning and test prep — in a distinct fashion laid out by the Waldorf model and (c) A key focus is on artistic learning, not just for students but, more importantly perhaps, for the adults.

For example, a percentile of 50 means the average student in a school district would perform better than 50 % of the students in the comparison group.

A Black student in a district with below - average property wealth (less than $ 6,363 per pupil) has an adequacy level of 61 %, but his peer in a wealthier school district is only a bit better at 69 %.

Elementary and middle charters, on average, did better than their counterpart district schools, while charter high schools did not.

Concentrating students with disabilities in a certain cluster of schools is not good for kids, and because these students represent higher - than - average costs, this imbalance is not financially sustainable for districts.

The RTTT competition has nudged states and districts into weighted average measures, but policymakers and practitioners may have more, and perhaps better, options than they realize.

In each, as well, the bottom - line goal is to help students become more engaged in and responsible for their own learning.Their formulas appear to be working, as they have achieved both higher graduation rates and percentages of college admissions than the average rates for the districts and states in which they are located.

Despite receiving millions in additional funds from CPS and private entities that regular public schools do not get access to, AUSL «results» are little better than — and in some cases lag behind — district averages.

Worse, the best political spin that the reformers could come up with was that after privatizing virtually the entire education system in New Orleans, and giving the corporate education movement total control of the city, the «average composite score on the ACT for students in the Recovery School District (RSD) New Orleans rose by» less than half a percentage point.

The estimated costs to replace a teacher range from about $ 9,000 on average in a rural district to, on average, more than $ 20,000 in an urban district, drawing on the results of multiple studies that have evaluated what it costs to process a teacher's exit, as well as costs to recruit, hire, and train new teachers.

Fact: While the national charter performance data varies by state, Illinois charter schools on average perform better than district - run public schools.

«This school district and these schools throughout Iowa are doing a better - than - average job,» Clinton said.

In short, the researchers found that students in districts with bigger windfalls did better, on average, than students from other districts in the same state that got less.

We need not get into the complicated issues of teacher ratings to notice that a student in District 2 is three times as likely to have a better than average teacher than a student in the South Bronx.

These roles may include, for example: team leader, who takes responsibility for team and student growth; reach teacher, who takes responsibility for larger - than - average student loads with the help of paraprofessionals; master educator, who develops and leads professional development and learning; peer evaluator, an accomplished educator who coaches other teachers, assesses teachers» effectiveness, and helps his or her colleagues improve their skills; and demonstration teacher, who models excellent teaching for teachers in training.11 According to the Aspen Institute and Leading Educators — a nonprofit organization that partners with schools and districts to promote teacher leadership — teacher leaders can model best practices, observe and coach other teachers, lead teacher teams, and participate in the selection and induction of new teachers.12

And this school district and these schools throughout Iowa are doing a better - than - average job.

Rather they serve less needy children and when adjusting school aggregate performance measures for the children they serve, they achieve no better current outcomes on average than the schools they are slated to take over... The assumption that charter takeover can solve the ills of certain district schools is specious at best.»

SDE admitted that, academically, Great Oaks performs well below the state average, and worse than Bridgeport, its host district.

Studies reveal that Newark's district and charter schools are providing better results for students, showing improvement in growth rates in recent years in English / Language Arts (ELA) and Math that are consistently higher than the state average.

That's especially true when you consider that teachers in the West Chicago district have an average salary of $ 75,000 a year, a good bit higher than the $ 63,377 median household income in the village of West Chicago.

While most charters» scores trail more than 13 points behind state averages on every high school test, they're better than the average for Michigan's urban districts, and they made more progress than urban schools on three of the five exams.

Schools in the Achievement School District in Memphis on average are doing no better or worse than before the takeover.

The school's third grade pass rate on the state reading exam was more than twice the district's average, and they performed better on the math exam as well, but comparisons are shaky, due to the small number who took the exam.

Baltimore's scores on a rigorous national math and reading test were in the bottom third of large urban school districts across the country, though educators highlighted some progress in math and a promising trend of better - than - average results among some low - income black students.

The average annual salary for an infant and toddler teacher is almost $ 9,000 less than that of a preschool teacher.18 Meanwhile, teachers and lead teachers in school - sponsored early education programs — specifically programs that are administered by a local school district — typically fare the best, earning an average of $ 23.50 per hour.19 However, salaries for pre-K teachers in public schools remain significantly lower than those for similarly qualified kindergarten teachers.20