Sentences with phrase «closing overall achievement»

To make substantial progress on closing overall achievement gaps, policies to address disparities in outcomes within school districts are still needed.

Not exact matches

Cash noted through the bargain, the district is «working in close partnership with our teachers and principals to build a solid track to run on to more rapidly grow student proficiency and overall achievement well into the future.»

While its overall graduation rate increased 6 percentage points to 80 percent last year, it managed to close an achievement gap between white students and everyone else.

Goodman finds that school closings have no effect on student achievement overall in either math or English language arts.

Our members also support the stated goals of the law — to close the gaps in student achievement, raise overall student achievement, and ensure every child is taught by a highly qualified teacher.

A 10 - member review board of national education experts, including former U. S. Secretary of Education John King, reviewed publicly available student performance and college - readiness data for 39 of the countrys largest public CMOs and found that DSST, Harmony and Success had the best overall academic performance, college readiness and progress closing achievement gaps.

Closing down large, chronically low - performing schools and replacing them with a greater number of smaller, new schools was central to Bloomberg's expansion of school choice and his overall approach to the achievement gap.

Four Connecticut schools were designated as National Blue Ribbon Schools for 2014 based on their overall academic excellence or their progress in closing the achievement gaps.U.S.

Despite the overall strong performance of Oregon's West - Linn Wilsonville School District in 2011, everyone knew that the work of closing achievement gaps was not complete.

Public schools must meet one of two criteria to be nominated: exemplary high performance overall, including being among the top 15 percent in the state, or exemplary performance in closing the achievement gap.

Rather, it says schools would be placed in one of five performance categories based on student achievement and progress in reading and math, how well a school closes gaps between groups of students in academic achievement and in graduation rates, and on overall attendance and graduation rates.

Specifically, they say, «The research literature over the last quarter century has consistently supported the notion that having high expectations for all, including clear and public standards, is one key to closing the achievement gap between advantaged and less advantaged students and for raising the overall achievement of all students.

High expectations for all, including clear and public standards, is one key to closing the achievement gap between advantaged and less advantaged students and for raising the overall achievement of all students.

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today recognized 337 schools as National Blue Ribbon Schools for 2014 based on their overall academic excellence or their progress in closing achievement gaps among student subgroups.

We aren't going to close the achievement gap or the gap in income between white and black or raise test scores overall if we find some excuse to criticize every movement that tries to fix things.

In science, the achievement gap between rich and poor is closing, albeit not by enough yet to raise the overall score of the whole nation.

The discussions required to reduce teacher absence and claw back associated learning loss require sensitivity to the needs of teachers, the scarcity of resources, and the urgency of improving achievement overall and closing achievement gaps.

One confusing but important finding is that that simply closing the racial achievement gap at each individual college would not be enough to ensure that black and white students graduate at the same rate overall.

The U.S. Department of Education today named 305 schools as 2011 National Blue Ribbon Schools based on their overall academic excellence or for their success in closing achievement gaps.

Each school will receive an overall rating, but it will be comprised of separate ratings for student achievement, growth, closing achievement gaps and postsecondary readiness.

A 10 - member review board of national education experts, including former U.S. Secretary of Education John King, reviewed publicly available student performance and college - readiness data for 39 of the country's largest public CMOs and found that DSST, Harmony and Success had the best overall academic performance, college readiness and progress closing achievement gaps.

Somerset Arts Conservatory School in Pembroke Pines and State College of Florida Collegiate School of Bradenton were among 329 public and private schools recognized for their overall academic excellence or their progress in closing achievement gaps.

The Broad Prize awards $ 250,000 to the large public charter school system that has demonstrated the best overall academic performance while closing achievement gaps and serving low - income students and students of color.

Through the National Blue Ribbon Schools program, 340 schools are receiving recognition for either their overall academic excellence or their progress in closing achievement gaps among student subgroups.

The Springfield Public Schools and the Springfield Education Association are committed to raising overall student performance and closing the achievement gap.

Schools can win the award for overall academic achievement or for progress closing the achievement gap for low - income students, minority students, and other population subgroups.

The 342 public and private schools will be recognized for their overall academic excellence or their progress in closing achievement gaps among student subgroups.

However, state - level performance is generally reflective of national trends both in overall student achievement and progress toward closing achievement gaps.

Moreover, international experience confirms that it is possible to make progress in closing these gaps: not only have two dozen countries made substantial progress in overall achievement, but 17 countries that exceed US performance levels also have a narrower gap among children of divergent socioeconomic backgrounds.

Seattle Public Schools provides detailed information on how each school, and the district overall, is performing and what we are doing to increase academic achievement and close the achievement gap across the district.

Schools are chosen for the award based on overall academic excellence or progress in closing achievement gaps among subgroups of students.

The prize awards $ 250,000 to the public charter network that, according to a press release, «has demonstrated the best overall academic performance while closing achievement gaps and serving low - income students and students of color.

The National Blue Ribbon Schools Program recognizes public and private elementary, middle, and high schools based on their overall academic excellence or their progress in closing achievement gaps among student subgroups.

These results are highlighted in CCSA's Chartering and Choice as an Achievement Gap - Closing Reform: The Success of California Charter Schools in Promoting African American Achievement, which shows that, overall, charter schools in California are effectively accelerating the performance of African American public school students, and are earning higher Academic Performance Index (API) scores and proficiency rates statewide, in many urban districts and across all subjects when compared with traditional public schools.