Sentences with phrase «between high performing schools»

And, finally, there is funding disparities between high performing schools and low performing schools that serve ELLs.

There was no significant difference in attainment progress between Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 4 outcomes after two years between converter academies and similar non-academy schools in 2013, although ceiling effects could limit the extent to which differences between these higher performing schools can be observed.

It makes me wonder what other differences there might be between those high performing school systems and our low performing school system, and why.

Not exact matches

A recent study at the University of Minnesota's Carlson School of Management in Minneapolis, for example, found that students in rooms with high ceilings perform better on tasks that entail seeing relationships between things, whereas students in rooms with low ceilings perform better on detail - oriented tasks.

The result is only a 5 % variance between their highest versus their lowest performing schools.

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Another problem is the sheer lack of high - quality public school alternatives within reasonable driving distance of many a failing urban school; given the choice between the low - performing school in their own neighborhood and the mediocre school ten miles away, parents may stick to the path of least resistance.

Greene makes an attempt at distinguishing between these two effects by narrowing the comparison to the highest - performing F schools and the lowest - performing D schools (so that the only real difference between the schools was whether they faced the threat of vouchers or not).

The study examined migration between 2000 and 2012 and found that there were no links between the number of migrant pupils and the performance of schools, including the UK, where schools with a high proportion of migrant families did not perform any differently from the average.

Probably the most convincing argument for the fundamental difference between start - ups and turnarounds comes from those actually running high - performing high - poverty urban schools (see sidebar).

The difference between the average reading literacy score for the highest - performing state or territory (ACT) and the lowest - performing (NT) was the equivalent of around one - and - a-half years of schooling.

In PISA 2015, the difference between the average scientific literacy score for the highest - performing state or territory (ACT) and the lowest - performing (Tasmania), was the equivalent of around one - and - a-half years of schooling.

The difference between the average score for the highest - performing state or territory (ACT), and the lowest - performing (Tasmania), was the equivalent of more than one year of schooling.

Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) had traditionally been a target for reform efforts thanks to a history of low - performing schools, a seemingly insurmountable achievement gap between student groups, and a relatively high proportion of state funding relative to locSchools (MPS) had traditionally been a target for reform efforts thanks to a history of low - performing schools, a seemingly insurmountable achievement gap between student groups, and a relatively high proportion of state funding relative to locschools, a seemingly insurmountable achievement gap between student groups, and a relatively high proportion of state funding relative to local aid.

Our survey response rate was strong (over 50 percent), and although this work is not causal, it reveals some tantalizing differences between board members of higher - and lower - performing schools, as well as a number of notable similarities — all of which raise questions and hypotheses worth exploring elsewhere.

High - performing academy chains will also play a huge role in spreading existing best practice and innovation between schools.

NFER explains that RSCs will often look to high performing SATs and academies in MATs to support underperforming schools and, as there are variations between regions in the number of good and outstanding schools in these structures, it could potentially make their job more difficult depending on which region they operate in.

In New York City alone, 44 low - performing high schools were closed between 2000 and 2014 as part of efforts by then - Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the city's schools chancellor, Joel Klein, to eliminate so - called dropout factories and improve education for students who would typically attend a failing school because they lived nearby.

For it to work, however, states would have to ensure that inspectors are thoroughly trained, highly competent, impeccably impartial, and willing to differentiate between high - and low - performing schools.

However, D.C. parents confronted with a choice between schools with the lowest and highest ratings were found to be willing to send their child up to seven miles further away to attend the higher - performing school.

The highest performing schools in Colorado serving low - income students have a gap of between 4 and 6 points on the ACT, while the typical school serving low - income students has a gap from 8 - 12 points on the ACT (ACT scale is from 0 - 36).

There is a difference in spending between high performing and low performing schools.

While clashes between New York City district schools and charters get a lot of attention, a quiet effort is under way to help district teachers and principals learn from high - performing charters.

Within 60 days, Superintendent Huppenthal and the Arizona Department of Education (ADE) must: (1) finalize its teacher and principal evaluation guidelines; (2) give sufficient weighting to student growth so as to differentiate between teachers / principals who have contributed to more / less growth in student learning and achievement; (3) ensure that shared attribution of growth does not mask high or low performing teachers as measured by growth; and (4) guarantee that all of this is done in time for schools to be prepared to implement for the 2014 - 2015 school year.

Teacher Policy Research (TPR) is a research partnership between the University of Virginia, Stanford University and the University at Albany that examines the behavior of teachers and administrators with the goal of developing policies that will attract and retain high - quality teachers and leaders, especially in low - performing schools.

Third, there is are student outcome differences between high performing and low performing schools.

The report found a significant gap between the highest and lowest performing students and recommended funding be increased by about $ 5 billion per year across all schooling sectors.

Tier 1 schools are high performing scoring between 100 - 65; tier 2 or mid performing schools score 64.9 - 35; and tier 3 or low performing schools score 34.9 to 0.

«Score variation is necessary for the FFL to differentiate between high - and low - performing school leaders, a basic goal for any evaluation tool,» researchers said.

«There was differentiation between high and low performing schools accounted for by differences in strategies.»

In September 2005, Governor Romney introduced a comprehensive Education Reform bill aimed at closing two gaps: (1) the gap between Massachusetts student performance and our international competition, particularly in math and science; and (2) the achievement gaps within the state, between high - performing and low - performing schools.

The high - performing / high - poverty schools we studied provided «protective factors» that help build a bond between students and school.

Supporters of a statewide evaluation program for teachers say the link between highly rated instructors and high - performing schools proves that the rankings work.

These ratings combine measures of academic performance and student outcomes to distinguish between high and low performing schools and to identify those in need of extra help.

And it is glaringly obvious that the difference between the high performing an low performing districts is the socio - economic differences (not to mention ethnic differences in our increasingly segregated schools) of the students that attend to two types of districts.

Virginia, under No Child Left Behind Act flexibility waivers granted by USED, established annual measurable objectives (AMOs) in reading and mathematics for reducing proficiency gaps between students in the commonwealth's lowest - performing and highest - performing schools.

Currently, the DPI provides additional funding to carry out improvement plans at the state's lowest - performing schools and schools with high gaps in achievement between groups of students, identified by the U.S. Department of Education as such, according to information provided by DPI spokesman Tom McCarthy.

Benjamin Franklin High School at Masonville Cove in Baltimore moved from one of the city's lowest performing high schools to one of Baltimore's top choice high schools between 2011 and 2High School at Masonville Cove in Baltimore moved from one of the city's lowest performing high schools to one of Baltimore's top choice high schools between 2011 and 2high schools to one of Baltimore's top choice high schools between 2011 and 2high schools between 2011 and 2015.

But there is a seemingly simple answer about what makes the real difference between high - performing schools (and districts) and all others:

Despite having had a subscription for less than a year, we have already found a direct link between the subjects with the highest GCSEPod usage and our highest performing school faculties.»

A cluster of high - performing schools continued gains that in many ways lead the city, while a somewhat larger group of low - performing schools split between those making progress toward the middle, those that are slowly improving but still dismally low, and a handful with results that can only be described as disappointing.

Even high - performing schools can have disparities between student groups.

Reflecting a citywide split between high and low - performing schools with relatively few in the middle, no Uptown school was awarded a «C.»

Illinois CSI works at the district level, partnering with school superintendents, as well as with principals and other education leaders to connect the dots between strong leadership teams and successful students — a data - driven strategy proven to produce high - performing schools.

There exists a strong correlation between the locations of high - performing schools and access to vibrant after - school academies and tutors.

There is a difference between high - performing schools and schools that serve higher - achieving students — and between low - performing schools and schools that serve lower - achieving students.

Within the third committee on low - performing schools, the action plan includes prioritizing early childhood education programs, creating partnerships between teacher preparation programs and high - needs districts, and requiring school turn around initiatives to be based on evidence.

[13] In contrast are nations such as Finland where broad, rich curriculums with diverse, flexible, and rigorous standards are developed at the school level by teachers and school administrators, and where students perform at the highest levels internationally with little variation between schools.

(7) create new, innovative, and more flexible ways of educating children within the public school system, with the goal of closing achievement gaps between low - performing student groups and high performing student groups.

The two remaining achievement gaps we studied — one between students at different income levels, the other between higher - and lower - performing school systems — also appear to exact a heavy price.