Sentences with phrase «close reading gaps»

Research study after research study has found that vocabulary is critical to a student's success and to closing the reading gap.

National Assessment of Title I: Interim Report to Congress (2006) provides preliminary findings from the congressionally mandated National Assessment of Title I. Volume I contains findings on the implementation of the Title I program under the No Child Left Behind Act, and Volume II presents early findings from Closing the Reading Gap, an evaluation of the impact of supplemental remedial reading programs on achievement of 3rd and 5th grade students.

Volume I contains key findings on the implementation of the program under the No Child Left Behind Act, and Volume II presents a report on follow - up findings from Closing the Reading Gap, an evaluation of the impact of supplemental remedial reading programs on achievement of 3rd and 5th grade students.

The Dominican study: Public library summer reading programs close the reading gap.

As a third grade teacher, I see that closing the reading gap is challenging.

As a teacher leader, closing the reading gap comes in naturally by applying what they learn.

Not exact matches

(Combines the Opening Gap and the Open to Close readings.)

With respect to the real economy equilibrium, readings of the output gap, borrowing costs relative to growth, and the forward path of real Fed Funds relative to labor force growth, all exhibit a real - economy state of affairs that is very close to what we would consider «normal.»

Benitez's side will attempt to close the gap on second - placed Manchester City when they return to Premier League action at Reading on Wednesday following two frustrating cup fixtures.

The Panthers were driving with a chance to close the gap late in the fourth quarter when Chancellor read Cam Newton's eyes and broke on the football.

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Manchester United will collide against Stoke City in the Premier League tonight and a win for Mourinho's men will close the gap and put them 12 points behind Manchester City, who suffered their first league defeat of the season at... Continue reading →

One of his suggestions for closing the literacy gender gap is encouraging male role models for reading.

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«The district's budgeting practices made it appear that the district needed to both raise taxes and appropriate fund balance and reserves to close projected budget gaps,» read the report.

«The alternative tolling policies of the Move NY plan do not fully close the gap, but make a substantial contribution,» reads the report.

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If improvements continue at the same rate as seen since 1965, it will be two and a half centuries until racial achievement gaps are closed in math and over one and a half centuries for them to close in reading.

In the South gaps closed by 0.5 s.d. in reading and 0.3 s.d. in math, but in other regions gaps are closing more slowly and in the Midwest they have increased in reading.

Since 2007, the proportion of D.C. students scoring proficient or above on the rigorous and independent National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) more than doubled in fourth grade reading and more than tripled in fourth grade math, bringing Washington up to the middle of the pack of urban school districts at that grade level, while the city's black students largely closed gaps with African American students nationwide.

With increased instruction in academic language, and increased attention to understanding of morphology and connectives, Lesaux hopes to close the gap between students» reading skills and their comprehension.

Gillim, a former teacher and education media professional, developed the character and series with an explicit purpose to enrich young audiences» vocabulary, close the gap for those who don't grow up in language - rich environments, instill a love of language, and foster better reading comprehension.

As a close look at the data from PISA reveals, the income gap in the United States does not explain the inability of our schools to teach our students basic math, science and reading skills.

The purpose of the I3 grant is to promote summer reading and close the achievement gap for low SES students in NC.

Put differently, if we continue to close gaps at the same rate in the future, it will be roughly two and a half centuries before the black - white math gap closes and over one and a half centuries until the reading gap closes.

Author Rod Paige reads an excerpt from his book The Black - White Achievement Gap: Why Closing It Is the Greatest Civil Rights Issue of Our Time

Read more to learn why eLearning is one part of the puzzle to close the skills gap in Africa.

My assessment focus is on developing quality marking and feedback leading whole school development and closing the gap in reading.

In a revealing analysis of a large data set, Hoover Institution economist Eric Hanushek and his colleagues found that placement in special education in grades 3 - 6 was associated with gains of 0.04 standard deviation in reading and 0.11 in math; such small gains indicate that children with LD clearly are not closing the gap.

For the past decade, school reform has been primarily about «closing achievement gaps» by boosting math and reading proficiency and graduation rates, among black, Latino, and poor students.

Disadvantaged pupils are closing the achievement gap, for All supported schools, with their peers in reading, writing and maths, according to an independent review by PwC of English schools supported by the Achievement for All programme.

It's how we know, for example, how much progress there has or has not been in closing achievement gaps nationwide, but it just doesn't work to say we can hold teachers accountable simply for raising math and reading scores.»

She added: «Education is, and always will be, a key priority for this government and I passionately believe that the Reading Challenge is an important addition to the investment of # 750 million over the next five years in measures and reforms to close the attainment gap in Scotland.»

Morton's view is shared by leaders in many other states, where thousands of Reading First elementary schools have reported unprecedented progress closing the «literacy gap» among the poor.

«Alabama is light years ahead of everyone else in closing the achievement gap,» Sandi Jacobs, Reading First's former assistant director in Washington, said to me in October of 2005, two years before the state posted the biggest two - year increase in 4th - grade reading scores ever recorded on the National Assessment of Educational PrReading First's former assistant director in Washington, said to me in October of 2005, two years before the state posted the biggest two - year increase in 4th - grade reading scores ever recorded on the National Assessment of Educational Prreading scores ever recorded on the National Assessment of Educational Progress.

Since boys are about a grade level behind girls in reading and writing and girls have just about closed the gap in mathematics and science, I'll focus on raising the achievement of boys.

African American students advanced from the bottom quarter of Chicago's test score distribution for white students to the 46th percentile in reading and math, essentially closing the racial achievement gap.

In 2003, Thorstenson began laying the groundwork to implement a PLC at Work model by having her whole staff read Raising the Bar and Closing the Gap: Whatever It Takes by the DuFours and two other co-authors, and by meeting with the school board, teachers, parents, administrators and union leaders to achieve consensus on going forward with the model.

«We are closing the shameful achievement gap faster than ever,» the mayor said again in 2009, as city reading scores — now acknowledged as the height of a test score bubble — showed nearly 70 percent of children had met state standards.

The New York Times has reported that, in Sacramento, California, poorly performing students are permitted to enroll only in math, reading, and gym, in a mad dash to help close the achievement gap.

«We are particularly encouraged to see the increases posted by black and Hispanic students, especially in math and reading, and we will continue to work to close these achievement gaps,» said Deputy Superintendent Steve Lockard.

That's my read, anyway, of its new report lambasting three states for giving honors grades to schools even though «many of the schools that were given a gold star from their states aren't necessarily closing the achievement gap,» as Politics K - 12 put it.

The New York Times has reported that, in Sacramento, California, low - performing students are only permitted to enroll in math, reading, and gym, in a mad dash to help close the achievement gap.

Poor students kept their gains at least through 4th grade, according to reading and math results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress, but the gaps did not continue to close after children entered school, Reardon noted.

As a result, poor students closed academic gaps with wealthy peers by 10 percent in early math and 16 percent in early reading.

One of the biggest challenges for intervention and special education students is getting the extra time on task they need to close the gap between where their reading level is and where it needs to be to meet the Oklahoma Learning Standards.

Theory and practice in statewide reading assessment: Closing the gap.

A: Yes, under a five - star grading system that accounts for students» growth in reading and math skills, school poverty levels and a school's ability to close gaps in achievement among groups of students.

It finds, for instance, that attending a charter school from kindergarten to 8th grade can close the achievement gap with a similar student in the affluent suburb of Scarsdale, N.Y., by 86 percent in mathematics and 66 percent in reading.

Statewide, the gap between black and white students has closed by 7.5 percentage points in math and 3.6 percentage points in reading over the past five years.