Sentences with phrase «comparison school counterparts»

In terms of transition to postsecondary, more students reported having a post-high school plan than their comparison school counterparts at two of the three study schools.

Not exact matches

The foundations and donors supporting the education reform movement do have one enormous advantage over their philanthropic counterparts in the arts, health, the environment, human services, and any number of other fields, namely, the presence of measures of student achievement that allow real comparisons of school performance.

According to a recent evaluation by the RAND Corporation and comparisons in Philadelphia and Baltimore, Edison's record is not very different from that of similar public schools, though it has received greater funding than its public counterparts.

Two decades of international comparisons show that the longer American students are in school, the further they fall behind their counterparts in other developed nations.

True, the many benefits inherent to private education - selective enrollment, smaller classes, greater resources, greater autonomy - may make it seem as though considering independent schools» opportunities for transformation alongside those of their public counterparts is the proverbial comparison of apples and oranges.

However, controlling for pre-existing differences in student demographics and achievement, APP principals bettered their comparison group counterparts in ELA performance in elementary and middle schools.

In comparison, CREDO's 2009 national study of charter schools in 16 states found at that time that 17 percent of the charter schools had exceeded their district school counterparts» growth.