Sentences with phrase «cites high performing schools»

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Elected officials and advocates routinely cite the United States» mediocre standing, and what they know of the educational practices of high - performing nations, to gird their arguments for their favored changes to American education — from encouraging greater parental involvement to revamping school curricula and standards to paying teachers more.

Citing data from the California Charter Schools Association, the authors argue that charter students generally score better on statewide tests and have higher graduation rates even though it has widely been demonstrated that not all charter schools out - perform all traditional sSchools Association, the authors argue that charter students generally score better on statewide tests and have higher graduation rates even though it has widely been demonstrated that not all charter schools out - perform all traditional sschools out - perform all traditional schoolsschools.

Teachers are the most important in - school factor for student achievement.97 Indeed, research estimates that teachers have two to three times the effect of any other school factor, such as school services and leadership, on student academic performance.98 An oft - cited study underscores the scope of this effect, finding that students with three consecutive high - performing teachers scored approximately 50 percentile points higher than students placed with three consecutive low - performing teachers.99

Great Public Schools Now, which receives funding from philanthropic groups Rodriguez cited, issued a statement about the passing of the resolution and said, «We are encouraged by the LAUSD resolution seeking to replicate high - performing district sSchools Now, which receives funding from philanthropic groups Rodriguez cited, issued a statement about the passing of the resolution and said, «We are encouraged by the LAUSD resolution seeking to replicate high - performing district schoolsschools.

At another point, Anderson specifically cited some of the district's highest - performing charter schools as clearly serving a different set of students than in some of her toughest schools, «where there are 35 percent of students with special needs.»

Teachers cite indoor air quality, access to daylight and views and better acoustics as reasons they prefer these high - performing schools.