Sentences with phrase «building reading achievement»

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Past achievements include writing and editing a full - length non-fiction book — iDo — for Simon & Schuster in less than two months, hosting Twitter parties that launched targeted brand hashtags onto the trending topics list, creating widely - read link building content for brands like T - Mobile, creating and executing on custom marketing packages for brands like GB International (the largest baby product manufacturer in the world), and editing the memoir Four Before Their Time.

Reading achievement is more dependent on learning activities in the home than is math or science achievement (The College Board, 1994) and the single most important activity for building knowledge required for eventual success in reading is reading aloud to children (Anderson et al.,Reading achievement is more dependent on learning activities in the home than is math or science achievement (The College Board, 1994) and the single most important activity for building knowledge required for eventual success in reading is reading aloud to children (Anderson et al.,reading is reading aloud to children (Anderson et al.,reading aloud to children (Anderson et al., 1985).

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At the elementary school level, the lion's share of focus goes to building achievement in reading.

Our reading program is the best tool we have for building achievement,» principal Larry Davis told Education World.

And building test - score - based student achievement into teacher evaluations, while (in my view) legitimate for some teachers, has led to crazy arrangements for many teachers whose performance can not be properly linked to reading and math scores in grades 3 — 8.

The library here is a far cry from the kind of warm, inviting, fully stocked resource center experts say can help build literacy and research skills, raise student achievement, and foster a love of reading.

Indeed, the most important (and uncertain) premise of Reading First was that it could catalyze and support meaningful change in the SEAs — could help them build agile expert systems that gave high - quality support to schools and districts — and thereby improve reading achievement among the poor, not just in isolated schools and districts as in the past but across entire Reading First was that it could catalyze and support meaningful change in the SEAs — could help them build agile expert systems that gave high - quality support to schools and districts — and thereby improve reading achievement among the poor, not just in isolated schools and districts as in the past but across entire reading achievement among the poor, not just in isolated schools and districts as in the past but across entire states.

They include Emily Callahan and Amber Jackson, who are using their skills and intellect to turn oil rigs into coral reefs; Nate Parker, the activist filmmaker, writer, humanitarian and director of The Birth of a Nation; Scott Harrison, the founder of Charity Water, whose projects are delivering clean water to over 6 million people; Anthony D. Romero, the executive director of the ACLU, who has dedicated his life to protecting the liberties of Americans; Louise Psihoyos, the award - winning filmmaker and executive director of the Oceanic Preservation Society; Jennifer Jacquet, an environmental social scientist who focuses on large - scale cooperation dilemmas and is the author of «Is Shame Necessary»; Brent Stapelkamp, whose work promotes ways to mitigate the conflict between lions and livestock owners and who is the last researcher to have tracked famed Cecil the Lion; Fabio Zaffagnini, creator of Rockin» 1000, co-founder of Trail Me Up, and an expert in crowd funding and social innovation; Alan Eustace, who worked with the StratEx team responsible for the highest exit altitude skydive; Renaud Laplanche, founder and CEO of the Lending Club — the world's largest online credit marketplace working to make loans more affordable and returns more solid; the Suskind Family, who developed the «affinity therapy» that's showing broad success in addressing the core social communication deficits of autism; Jenna Arnold and Greg Segal, whose goal is to flip supply and demand for organ transplants and build the country's first central organ donor registry, creating more culturally relevant ways for people to share their donor wishes; Adam Foss, founder of SCDAO, a reading project designed to bridge the achievement gap of area elementary school students, Hilde Kate Lysiak (age 9) and sister Isabel Rose (age 12), Publishers of the Orange Street News that has received widespread acclaim for its reporting, and Max Kenner, the man responsible for the Bard Prison Initiative which enrolls incarcerated individuals in academic programs culminating ultimately in college degrees.

; Scott Harrison, the founder of Charity Water, whose projects are delivering clean water to over 6 million people; Anthony D. Romero, the executive director of the ACLU, who has dedicated his life to protecting the liberties of Americans; Louise Psihoyos, the award - winning filmmaker and executive director of the Oceanic Preservation Society; Jennifer Jacquet, an environmental social scientist who focuses on large - scale cooperation dilemmas and is the author of «Is Shame Necessary»; Brent Stapelkamp, whose work promotes ways to mitigate the conflict between lions and livestock owners and who is the last researcher to have tracked famed Cecil the Lion; Fabio Zaffagnini, creator of Rockin» 1000, co-founder of Trail Me Up, and an expert in crowd funding and social innovation; Alan Eustace, who worked with the StratEx team responsible for the highest exit altitude skydive; Renaud Laplanche, founder and CEO of the Lending Club — the world's largest online credit marketplace working to make loans more affordable and returns more solid; the Suskind Family, who developed the «affinity therapy» that's showing broad success in addressing the core social communication deficits of autism; Jenna Arnold and Greg Segal, whose goal is to flip supply and demand for organ transplants and build the country's first central organ donor registry, creating more culturally relevant ways for people to share their donor wishes; Adam Foss, founder of SCDAO, a reading project designed to bridge the achievement gap of area elementary school students, Hilde Kate Lysiak (age 9) and sister Isabel Rose (age 12), Publishers of the Orange Street News that has received widespread acclaim for its reporting, and Max Kenner, the man responsible for the Bard Prison Initiative which enrolls incarcerated individuals in academic programs culminating ultimately in college degrees.

SEDL provides technical assistance and resources to build the capacity of state and local educators in implementing approaches proven to enhance the academic achievement of students with disabilities in the areas of reading and mathematics.

It is clear from this study that a combination of sound building decisions and collaborative efforts as well as effective practices within individual classrooms are needed if schools are to succeed at beating the odds in terms of primary grade students» reading achievement.

For example, positive effects on reading achievement have been associated with collaboration and community building (Briggs & Thomas, 1997); targeted professional development (Frazee, 1996); curriculum and assessment alignment (Stringfield, Millsap, & Herman, 1997); clear and agreed - upon goals and objectives at the state and school levels (Rossi & Stringfield, 1997); high expectations for students (Foertsch, 1998); early interventions and strategies for struggling readers (Lein, Johnson, & Ragland, 1997; Legters & McDill, 1994); common planning time for teachers (Miles & Darling - Hammond, 1997); and strong school leadership (George, Grissom, & Just, 1996; Shields, Knapp, & Wechsler, 1995).

Brian Johnson - Moving the Needle on Achievement: Building Super Readers: Participants will learn how to use and integrate 7 character strengths to support the latest educational research showing that students with access to rich texts and given time to read independently will benefit academically (Allington and McGill - Franzen, 2013).

Increasing the Rigor of Learning - Focused Lessons: Higher Order Thinking, Reading and Writing provides all schools with a framework, strategies and resources for integrating Higher Order Thinking in all lessons effectively and building achievement to become an exemplary school.

Several large - scale studies have identified specific ways in which professional community - building can deepen teachers» knowledge, build their skills, and improve instruction.13 For example, a comprehensive five - year study of 1,500 schools undergoing major reforms found that in schools where teachers formed active professional learning communities, achievement increased significantly in math, science, history, and reading, while student absenteeism and dropout rates were reduced.

This research - based, data - driven program builds an understanding of the role literacy plays in academic achievement and reinforces the skills needed to address student performance challenges in reading comprehension and content areas.

Although the bill maintains NCLB's annual testing regimen in reading and math and public reporting of disaggregated student achievement data, it allows states to build their own accountability systems, which can include measures of student growth.

The Beat the Odds study was the first step in a five year study in which the editors studied the process by which low achieving schools built new reading programs that would, hopefully, lead to increased reading achievement.

Please join us for a webinar discuss new insights into how building knowledge and vocabulary through science, social studies, and the arts builds the foundation for reading comprehension, and serves as a critical strategy to prevent achievement gaps in reading.

Parents will also be able to hand out achievement badges, thanks to a built - in progress report that keeps parents updated on total time spent reading, number of words looked up, and books finished.

There's cloud - syncing built in if you read books across devices (in a Kobo app on a phone, for instance) and the reader's achievement system is cute, if superfluous.

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