Sentences with phrase «detect differences in school»

The author suggests that in order detect differences in school quality, the evidence we gather must reflect the extent of student mastery of learning targets that are much more precise.

Not exact matches

But we detect no «structural» difference between the operation of the OSP and — as a leading example — the state's McKay program for disabled students, which began on a pilot basis in 1999 and as of the fall of 2005 was enrolling more than 16,000 students in private schools.

NCTQ nonetheless detected a noticeable difference in teacher preparation quality among the six schools.

In short, this analysis confirms that inspection ratings can help detect differences in teacher practice and parental satisfaction among schools with similar test - score rankings and socioeconomic compositioIn short, this analysis confirms that inspection ratings can help detect differences in teacher practice and parental satisfaction among schools with similar test - score rankings and socioeconomic compositioin teacher practice and parental satisfaction among schools with similar test - score rankings and socioeconomic composition.

The difference between the report's conclusion that there was no effect and the more appropriate conclusion that they were not able to detect an effect is an important one, especially in light of state - specific research showing some success of the School Improvement Grant program.

Board of Education President David M. Foster said that persistent differences in the performance of student subgroups underscore the importance of the SOL program in detecting achievement gaps and in identifying low - performing schools in need of state interventions and resources.

It is difficult to compare our findings with studies of general population youth because rates vary widely, depending on the sample, the method, the source of data (participant or collaterals), and whether functional impairment was required for diagnosis.50 Despite these differences, our overall rates are substantially higher than the median rate reported in a major review article (15 %) 50 and other more recent investigations: the Great Smoky Mountains Study (20.3 %), 56 the Virginia Twin Study of Adolescent Behavioral Development (142 cases per 1000 persons), 57 the Methods for the Epidemiology of Child and Adolescent Mental Disorders (6.1 %), 32 and the Miami — Dade County Public School Study (38 %).58 We are especially concerned about the high rates of depression and dysthymia among detained youth (17.2 % of males, 26.3 % of females), which are also higher than general population rates.51,56 - 61 Depressive disorders are difficult to detect (and treat) in the chaos of the corrections milieu.