Sentences with phrase «beyond academic quality»

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Her dissertation extended beyond the early childhood period and into early elementary school in an effort to understand whether continuous high - quality learning experiences between pre-kindergarten and third grade can help sustain the positive effects of early childhood education on social, behavioral, and academic skills.

Her dissertation extends beyond the early childhood period and into early elementary school in an effort to understand whether continuous high - quality learning experiences between pre-kindergarten and third grade can help sustain the positive effects of early childhood education on social, behavioral, and academic skills.

«We demonstrated that above and beyond socioeconomic factors, diet quality is important to academic performance,» the authors conclude.

Beyond information on academic achievement, states should collect and make publicly available information on graduation rates, student turnover, teacher turnover, teacher quality, school size, program offerings, and school safety.

The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) takes a more comprehensive approach to assessing school quality than the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), moving beyond NCLB's focus on annual test performance to also consider factors like student academic growth, graduation rates, and rates of proficiency for English language learners.

The research reinforces the fact that investments in high quality early childhood education and care programs for at - risk children is not only a solution for reducing achievement gaps and improving academic performance, but pays long - term dividends beyond school.

Prior to ESSA, states were not required to track and report accountability data for school quality beyond the NCLB academic requirements.

I've long held that performance should go well beyond academics; how schools treat their most vulnerable is a telling indicator of their quality.

Berliner seemed to shield teachers from much of the responsibility for poor academic performance by students as he testified that conditions beyond the classroom — he mentioned about nine of them — account for 60 percent of what influences a student's scholastic achievement whereas in - school factors such as class size, curriculum, the quality of the principal and the teacher account for only 20 percent.

The mission of KIPP Vision Primary is to empower all students with the character, scholarly habits, and academic skills critical for becoming leaders in their communities and essential for success in top quality middle schools, high schools, colleges and the competitive world beyond.

To equip students with the academic skills, scholarly habits, and character traits necessary to be successful in top - quality colleges and the competitive world beyond.

Ironically, an indicator aiming to improve school quality beyond academics could hamper the activities with the same intent.

Tasked to deliver differentiated, high - quality instruction that prepares students for the social and academic challenges in college and beyond, schools must push their thinking on how they allocate time throughout the school day.

Peterson founded the site Onarbor, a platform that not only provides a publishing pad for quality works, but also encourages peer review that goes well beyond three stuffy academics looking over the tops of their glasses at the mountain of submissions.

In addition, an ongoing evaluation of the issues surrounding academic reputation and quality, beyond the standard industry measures we currently have, will continue to be a high priority.

Continuous access to high - quality learning environments and experiences between preschool and third grade would better support children's early development and contribute to success in their academic career and beyond.

In addition to a set of «substantially weighted» academic indicators, states are to add to them «at least one additional indicator of school quality or student success beyond test scores.»

Previous studies have found that children's negative academic self - concept increases the risk of behavioral problems affecting their quality of life beyond school - age (Harter, 1993; Marsh and O'Mara, 2008).

Evidence clearly shows that high - quality early learning experiences allow children of all backgrounds to acquire the crucial social, cognitive, and academic skills needed to succeed in school and beyond.