Sentences with phrase «class participation rates»

On average, teacher - family communication increased the odds that students completed their homework by 40 percent, decreased instances in which teachers had to redirect students» attention to the task at hand by 25 percent, and increased class participation rates by 15 percent.»

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he Highland Floating Rate Opportunities Fund (Class Z) was awarded the 2016 Lipper Fund Award in the Loan Participation Fund category for the 5 year period ending 12/31/2015.

Dr Reeves said that results for arts participation were different from those for watching or listening to arts performances, where social class and status were strongly linked to higher rates of arts consumption.

Participation rates continued to climb thereafter, reaching 99.7 percent of seniors in the class of 2002.

Our innovative Culture Change strategies result in higher graduation, college attendance and retention rates, more class participation, the creation of more meaningful youth leadership opportunities, and a greater sense of connection and responsibility students have towards their peers and their education.

For instance, schools participating in the Carnegie Foundation's Student Agency Improvement Community, a network of researchers and practitioners applying the science of learning mindsets to daily classroom practice, have seen stronger outcomes among low - income black and Latino students since implementing interventions focused on learning mindsets.34 Equal Opportunity Schools, a national nonprofit organization, has also partnered with school, county, and district leaders to increase the number of black and Latino students enrolled in advanced placement courses and has seen gains in both participation and passage rates as a result.35 In addition, several studies show that learning mindsets interventions can reduce the effects of stereotype threat among female, black, and Latino students in math and science classes.36

In California, the new funding structure is intended to leverage education dollars for high - need students, who lag behind on performance measures such as graduation rates, standardized test scores, attendance, preparation for four - year colleges and participation in Advanced Placement classes.

While most U.S. schools participate in the program, barriers, including school bus schedules, late arrivals to school, pressure to go directly to class, and reluctance to be labeled «low - income,» have caused school breakfast participation rates to be low.

Edwards also recognized the «stories behind the data,» highlighting principals whose school breakfast programs had high participation rates, a principal who took an art class to connect more with his students and let them critique his work, and a principal who bought a bus for his school that he uses to drive students to their internships around the city.

He established and continues to support a program that pays cash incentives to high school students, teachers and principals to increase participation in Advanced Placement classes and, by extension, college - going rates.

You can use response chaining to manage response rates and ensure whole class participation in the sharing phase.

As illustrated by Figure 2, participation in AP coursework is highly varied across both the comprehensive and interdistrict magnets school, and it seems like there could be a relationship between the status as an interdistrict magnet school, the number of AP classes offered, and higher rates of AP participation.

The data suggest that status as an interdistrict magnet school could foster higher rates of participation in AP coursework, especially when larger numbers of AP classes are offered.

For example, «Incorporated literature - based units and readers workshops to raise students» reading levels by at least 1 1/2 grade levels» or «Introduced a reward program for class attendance and participation; thus achieving a 100 % attendance rate year round».

Results from pilot tests suggest that the measures are consistent and correlate in ways you might expect with other measures such as grades, participation in class and graduation rates.