Sentences with phrase «districts gained students»

Some districts gained students despite the rise of charters (Chandler, Higley, Queen Creek) while others lost enrollment.

One of the systemic advantages could be that the districts gain students who experience improved self - concepts due to enhanced feelings of significance.

Not exact matches

In a statement released after the issue gained traction, the district said, «In the best interest of our students, we are re-examining the procedures surrounding these dances and will make any necessary changes to promote a positive environment where all students feel included and empowered in their choices.»

But if the story is trumped up and misleading, it only does damage to the many, many school districts out there working hard to implement the new meal standards — and gain student acceptance of healthier food.

In Washington, D.C., where I was chancellor, IMPACT teacher evaluations are among the strongest in the country and have helped that school district go from the worst urban district in the country to the one making the biggest gains in student achievement.

«But superintendents are reporting increasing needs among the students their districts serve and those needs are growing at a faster rate than gains in financial condition.»

In this case, (District 75) students will now gain access to a brand new, state - of - the - art facility and Success will be able to meet the continued demand for its schools,» DOE spokesman Devon Puglia said in a statement.

The scores of last year's MCAS tests given to Springfield school students rose across the board at a higher rate than the gain recorded by school districts statewide, and the dropout rate has fallen more than any other school system in the state.

For example, in the Athens Area School District, student gains topped 87 percent, and of the eighty - nine Quakertown students who failed tenth - grade math, 72 percent are now getting A's, B's, or C's in their junior year.

And some observers have speculated that the exceptional gains observed in Florida could be explained by a change in rules regarding the test scores of high - mobility students who move in and out of schools and districts often.

The online privacy debate has started to gain momentum in the education community and protecting students is an important and necessary conversation to be had by schools and districts.

As the district gained 45 minutes of instructional time with this change, we released students 30 minutes early on Thursdays so our teachers could have regular, dedicated time for collaboration and data analysis with their colleagues.

Ho Nguyen, a mathematics - curriculum specialist for the nearby West Contra Costa Unified School District, who came to the exhibition, believes that the project has allowed students to gain insight into the quadratic equation.

Gains in student test scores also outpaced previous levels as well as the increases in district scores, he added.

The individual studies of the privately funded K — 12 scholarship programs in the District of Columbia and Dayton reported overall achievement gains only for the large subgroup of African American students in the program.

These charges seemed odd, given that the best studies available on the subject — from Stanford University's Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO)-- show that Michigan charter students make large academic gains relative to similar students at district schools, particularly in Detroit.

Moreover, DCPS students show impressive gains over the last decade, not only on district tests but also on National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) reading and math assessments.

We preferred to gain precision in estimating the achievement in each district by increasing our sample size rather than restricting the sample to 8th graders in order to gain comparability in the age of the students under review.

The CREDO report found that students in Boston charter schools gain the equivalent of 259 additional days of instruction in math and 245 days in reading compared to their counterparts in traditional district schools.

Despite making far larger test - score gains than students attending open - enrollment district schools, and despite the emphasis their schools place on cultivating non-cognitive skills, charter school students exhibit markedly lower average levels of self - control as measured by student self - reports (see Figure 2).

This year the list is topped by four major research pieces: an analysis of how U.S. students from highly educated families perform compare with similarly advantaged students from other countries; a study investigating what students gain when they are taken on field trips to see high - quality theater performances; a study of teacher evaluation systems in four urban school districts that identifies strengths and weaknesses of different evaluation systems; and the results of Education Next's annual survey of public opinion on education.

In implementing READS, districts must adopt a set of data use strategies that inform decision - making and help to improve student achievement, such as examining spring to fall achievement gains or losses and using the results of student surveys and achievement tests to select books that are well matched to students» reading skills and interests.

At the 4th grade level in math and reading, D.C. students gained 6 scale score points between 2007 and 2009, while the average gain in the other districts was only 1 point and 2.2 points, respectively.

Adjusting for many other factors that can affect student performance, Chingos compares changes in the rate of gain in student test performance in school districts that were forced to reduce class size with changes in the rate of gain in other districts that could spend the funds as they saw fit.

To put the gains in perspective, it may help to know that 5 to 6 percentile points is just under half of the gap between the average disadvantaged, minority student in Chicago public schools and the average middle - income, nonminority student in a suburban district.»

Early evidence suggested that quality control was indeed a concern: The achievement gains made by charter students in Arizona, in particular, often lagged that of their district peers through 2012.

Now entire state systems are moving toward merit pay, with new policies established recently in Florida and Texas requiring districts to set teachers» salaries based in part on the gains their students are making on the state's accountability exam.

The CREDO analysis also shows that Michigan's low - income students, who comprise the vast majority of charter students in Detroit, make modest achievement gains (less than a month of additional learning in math each year) compared to district schools, as do black and Hispanic students.

Plans that are limited to central - city school districts, regardless of whether they require or merely encourage student busing, have had difficulty maintaining previous integration gains in the face of declining white enrollments, the study said.

In many school districts, fewer than one - quarter of teachers work in grades and subjects where student achievement gains are tracked with state assessments.

The department should specify that a probationary teacher is «ineffective» during their fourth year of teaching if: (i) a teacher's average student achievement gain during their second through fourth year of teaching falls below that of the average first - year teacher in their district or (ii) the classroom observations done by external observers during their second through fourth year of teaching falls below that of the average first - year teacher.

A handful of school districts and states — including Dallas, Houston, Denver, New York, and Washington, D.C. — have begun using student achievement gains as indicated by annual test scores (adjusted for prior achievement and other student characteristics) as a direct measure of individual teacher performance.

And while it's premature to reach any conclusions about Race to the Top's impact on student outcomes, ambitious Race to the Top adopters, such as Tennessee and the District of Columbia, are posting encouraging student gains.

The improvement approach would first identify a set of K - 12 districts that have realized the greatest gains in measured student achievement over a multi-year period.

When pressed, the main evidence they point to in support of PM is a study by Doug Harris that shows that New Orleans made significant gains post-Katrina that can not fully be explained by changes in the composition of students in the district.

The Virtual Instruction to Accentuate Learning program in Putnam County Schools in Cookeville, Tenn., has used blended learning to improve the district's graduation rate and help hundreds of students gain college credits while in high school.

Stanford University's Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO) found that NYC charter students gained an additional one month of learning per year in reading over their district - school peers; in math the advantage was five months of additional learning each year.

In a new study presented at the this year's fall research conference of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management in Chicago, we used data from CORE Districts, to assess whether there are systematic mindset differences present in the US population within and across schools, and whether holding a growth mindset predicts academic achievement gains of students.

The analysts then focused on charter and district students who landed in higher - quality schools after closure, and there they found even larger cumulative learning gains.

We could spend an entire EdNext volume arguing over the CREDO results alone, but I think some things are clear: one, nationally, low - income kids gain faster in charters than in district schools; two, many of CREDO's state and city - specific studies show very strong comparative gains for low - income charter students; and three, the movement as a whole has made significant progress by doing exactly what the model calls for and closing low - performing schools.

Displaced students from district schools that closed in urban areas gained, on average, forty - nine extra days of learning in reading relative to the comparison group; in math, it was thirty - four days.

The instructional program also includes new courses, enrichment activities, test preparation courses, and internships for students to gain work experience, according to information from the district.

District students who landed in higher - quality schools gained an equivalent of sixty - nine extra days of learning in reading and sixty - three extra days of learning in math.

Teachers who are new to using technology will gain confidence from «safe, discrete» learning activities that connect to what they are already doing with students, says Paula Don, director of educational technology for the School District of Philadelphia (SDP).

According to a 2015 study by the Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO) at Stanford University, students enrolled in urban charter schools gained 40 additional days of learning in math per year and 28 additional days in reading compared to students in district schools.

We were able to work with industry to map out what jobs would be available in 10 or 20 years, then engage with school districts to ensure students were taking the math and science classes — and gaining the critical thinking skills — necessary to successfully fill those positions.

The greatest insight we have gained in our work with school districts across the continent is that organisation that take the plunge and actually begin doing the work of a PLC develop their capacity to help all students learn at high levels far more effectively than schools that spend years preparing to become PLCs through reading or even training.

Betsy Weigle, a fourth - grade teacher and district Smartboard trainer from Washington state, said that interactive whiteboards offer an opportunity for students to «gain hands - on experience with the curriculum if a teacher implements usage correctly.

Attendees also gain complimentary, easy access to a tool to benchmark their district or school against our Student Analytics Confidence Index.

Now compare this to CREDO's urban charter school study, which found that urban students enrolled in charter schools gained.07 standard deviations relative to their peers in district schools in one year.