Sentences with phrase «demographics at district schools»

My analysis finds no significant changes in school demographics at district schools after charter entry that might explain improved student performance (see Figure 3a).

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Dr. Weast led Montgomery County Public Schools — 16th largest school district in the nation — to achieve both the highest graduation rate among the nation's largest school districts for four consecutive years and the highest academic performance ever in MCPS at a time when the non-English-speaking student population more than doubled and enrollment tipped toward low socioeconomic demographics.

Family demographics vary among the four different school sectors, with larger shares of African American and Hispanic students at tuition - free charters and district schools of choice than at private schools or assigned - district schools (Figure 1).

An increased share of disadvantaged students could affect overall district test scores, but with a gradual demographic shift, changes might be small or imperceptible from year to year and don't necessarily indicate changes in school quality, said Michael Hansen, director of the Brown Center on Education Policy at the Brookings Institution.

It found that, because they got a voucher, parents «were more likely to be actively involved in their children's schools, parent - teacher organizations, and other education groups» than parents of students at traditional district schools with a similar demographic profile.

District leaders developed a set of indicators to track demographic changes and performance, and they used these indicators to designate certain schools as at - risk of declining performance, thus qualifying for additional district support (e.g., staffing, program, fDistrict leaders developed a set of indicators to track demographic changes and performance, and they used these indicators to designate certain schools as at - risk of declining performance, thus qualifying for additional district support (e.g., staffing, program, fdistrict support (e.g., staffing, program, funding).

This type of data is needed to accurately describe changes in diversity as students move between sectors because there is significant variation in student demographics at the school level that is often obscured when examining the issue at higher levels of aggregation (e.g. comparing charters as a group to surrounding school district or metropolitan area) and can complicate the drawing of valid inferences about the relationship between public school choice and racial sorting.

In one large, high - performing suburban district (i.e., 90 % or more of students in most schools achieving at or above state proficiency standards), district leaders noticed demographic changes occurring in several elementary schools.

Indeed, a close look at MCAS results shows there is surprisingly little difference between the quality of teaching in so - called «good» schools (wealthy, suburban schools with high MCAS scores) and «bad» schools (inner - city schools with low scores) when the results are averaged across all teachers in the district and disaggregated by student demographics, specifically race and poverty.

Charter schools in New York consistently grew academic achievement among the following demographic groups at significantly higher rates than the same subgroup of students in their district peers: Black, Hispanic, students in poverty, and special education.

When broken down by individual charter schools, the majority of charters outperform their host districts in at - risk demographics.

So, let's offer a more «apples - to - apples» view and look at other similar school districts across California that have similar student demographics and size.

Now retired, Holtz says his experiences teaching and working in a number of school districts of various sizes and demographics make him a superior choice to Evers at a time when Wisconsin has been labeled as having the largest gap in academic achievement between black and white students in the nation.

The study looks at class sizes, student - to - teacher, student - to - administrator and teacher - to - administrator ratios in suburban, rural and city school districts, teacher pay and the demographics of teachers between 2009 and 2014, using data from the Department of Public Instruction and school district data from the U.S. Department of Education.

The intent of California's Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) is to give districts more flexibility with their state funding but at the same time to create a new school finance system that recognizes that students with specific demographic factors need greater support to address their academic needs and improve educational outcomes: English Learners, low income students and foster youth.

Confirming yesterday's demographic projections report, the Alpine School District looks at boundary changes to accommodate growth.

In a fall 2016 survey of 211 school districts that are part of the California School Boards Association's Delegate Assembly — a sample that generally reflects the demographics of California's districts — 75 % of districts reported having a shortage of qualified teachers at that time, with over 80 % of these districts reporting that shortages had gotten worse since the 2013 — 14 school year.Podolsky, A., & Sutcher, L. (school districts that are part of the California School Boards Association's Delegate Assembly — a sample that generally reflects the demographics of California's districts — 75 % of districts reported having a shortage of qualified teachers at that time, with over 80 % of these districts reporting that shortages had gotten worse since the 2013 — 14 school year.Podolsky, A., & Sutcher, L. (School Boards Association's Delegate Assembly — a sample that generally reflects the demographics of California's districts — 75 % of districts reported having a shortage of qualified teachers at that time, with over 80 % of these districts reporting that shortages had gotten worse since the 2013 — 14 school year.Podolsky, A., & Sutcher, L. (school year.Podolsky, A., & Sutcher, L. (2016).

This article examines the role of student demographic characteristics in standardized achievement test scores at both the individual level and aggregated at the state, district, school levels.

For example, a 2010 New York state charter school law requiring charter schools to mimic the demographics of the surrounding neighborhood — implemented to address gaps in English language learner and special education enrollment at charter schools — might mean, if enforced, that a school in upper Manhattan's District 6 would need to enroll a student population in which 98 percent are eligible for free or reduced - price lunch, a commonly used measure of low - income status.64

Instead, as Gary Orfield suggests, districts need to first look at the factors outside schools that affect children in order to best understand why some schools have the demographics they do.

Only 85 attend the magnet school at Ryan, compared to 557 in - zone students who attend Cullen, according to the latest district demographic report.

As he recited it, Huberman's plan almost began to make sense, but the demographic reality is that it's practically impossible to integrate the Chicago public schools — or similarly constituted urban school districts — one white convert at a time.

At the state, district, or school level, the site's interactive functions provide a clear picture of the demographics of both the student population and the educators who serve them, as well as information about school quality and environment and student academic progress.

We are going to answer the question: How do the student demographics at 6 randomly selected schools in your CMO compare to their surrounding districts?

2015: Donna Quan — former director of the Toronto District School Board turned adjunct education professor at York University — begins to assess the feasibility of all provincial school boards collecting detailed demographic data on their stuSchool Board turned adjunct education professor at York University — begins to assess the feasibility of all provincial school boards collecting detailed demographic data on their stuschool boards collecting detailed demographic data on their students.

Meanwhile, on the opposite coast, Oakland Unified School District (OUSD), an urban district with demographics and challenges similar to Newark's, has taken a very different tack to school reform — and it's not costing $ 100 million: The district is transforming itself from the inside out, through social - emotional learning (SEL) one adult at aSchool District (OUSD), an urban district with demographics and challenges similar to Newark's, has taken a very different tack to school reform — and it's not costing $ 100 million: The district is transforming itself from the inside out, through social - emotional learning (SEL) one adult atDistrict (OUSD), an urban district with demographics and challenges similar to Newark's, has taken a very different tack to school reform — and it's not costing $ 100 million: The district is transforming itself from the inside out, through social - emotional learning (SEL) one adult atdistrict with demographics and challenges similar to Newark's, has taken a very different tack to school reform — and it's not costing $ 100 million: The district is transforming itself from the inside out, through social - emotional learning (SEL) one adult at aschool reform — and it's not costing $ 100 million: The district is transforming itself from the inside out, through social - emotional learning (SEL) one adult atdistrict is transforming itself from the inside out, through social - emotional learning (SEL) one adult at a time.