Sentences with phrase «big achievement gaps»

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Though the focus of Race to the Top is on high - poverty schools and those with big achievement gaps, school districts that sign on must agree to implement all aspects of the state's reforms, meet new, interim benchmarks, and keep a public record of all they do.

Gains in reading proficiency also were seen across all student groups, though big achievement gaps remained.

Policy - makers executed a highly effective two - pronged maneuver: lift the cap on charter schools in communities with the biggest achievement gaps, but only for proven charter providers, while simultaneously creating a new breed of «innovation schools,» an evolved species of in - district charters, which would allow mainstream educators to compete with charters by embracing charter - like autonomies on matters of budget, staffing, schedule and curriculum.

In 2015, as the new assessments were starting to unmask the big achievement gaps that still afflicted many KIPP pupils, the network embarked on one of its most important initiatives.

The morning opened with a panel of leaders discussing their states» biggest achievement gaps and their strategies for addressing them.

Americans assume that big achievement gaps are bad and little ones are good.

In fact, in Milwaukee, there's a big achievement gap in math among students — one of the widest gaps in the country.

Girls have opened up the biggest achievement gap over their male classmates in the top grades at GCSE since the A * was introduced.

In past years, we've had the biggest achievement gaps in some of these.

Which school districts have the biggest achievement gaps?

The renewals will allow states to continue their work implementing accountability systems that target the lowest - performing schools and schools with the biggest achievement gaps and implementing teacher and principal evaluation and support systems.