Sentences with phrase «ethnic subgroups with»

In addition, the state will continue to use its «combined underserved race / ethnicity,» combining the four racial / ethnic subgroups with achievement gaps in Oregon.

Not exact matches

The variability in the breastfeeding practices of ethnic subgroups is clearly demonstrated with data obtained from our previously published breastfeeding peer counseling (PC) randomized trial conducted in Hartford, Connecticut (6).

Earlier this year researchers identified different subgroups of tuberculosis that coincide with specific ethnic populations, perhaps because they transmit best in those groups.

The researchers identified several hundred differences in methylation associated with either Mexican or Puerto Rican ethnicity, but discovered that only three - quarters of the epigenetic difference between the two ethnic subgroups could be accounted for by differences in the children's genetic ancestry.

Discrimination against entire subgroups could also occur if, for example, genetic variants were found to correlate with a more favorable vaccine or treatment response, but only in certain ethnic groups; also, drug development might focus on these «more responsive subgroups.

Most disaggregated: This column uses the n - size for each grade level, racial / ethnic subgroup, and school year, with no further aggregation.

To put it simply, multiculturalism has less to do with any rigorous study of other cultures than it does with ethnic, gender, racial, or other subgroup tension within the nations of the West, the United States in particular.

NCLB holds schools accountable for performance of subgroups — major racial and ethnic groups, students with disabilities, and English - language learners.

Progress is to be measured both for all students and for students disaggregated into various subgroups, including disadvantaged students, those with limited English proficiency, students with disabilities, and those from racial or ethnic minority populations.

States set annual district and school targets for grade - level achievement, high school graduation, and closing achievement gaps, for all students, including accelerated progress for subgroups (each major racial and ethnic group, students with disabilities, English language learners, and students from low - income families), and rate schools and districts on how well they meet the targets.

For a school or district to make adequate yearly progress, both the overall student population and each subgroup of students — major racial and ethnic groups, children from low - income families, students with disabilities, and students with limited proficiency in English — must meet or exceed the target set by the state.

This shift in focus creates a problem for certain subgroups, such as students with limited English proficiency or students from racial or ethnic backgrounds, because these individuals are frequently the ones on the lower grid of the achievement gap.

In this section, each school district must list its annual goals for all students as well as for specific subgroups of students (including racial / ethnic subgroups, the three target subgroups — English learners, low income students, and foster youth — and students with disabilities).

The main body of this report documents gross disparities in the use of out - of - school suspension experienced by students with disabilities and those from historically disadvantaged racial, ethnic, and gender subgroups.

Three states — in addition to the law's assessment requirements — use another cut of test score data such as improvement among subgroups of students, including those from low - income families, students from major racial and ethnic groups, students with disabilities, and English language learners.

In addition, states are required to disaggregate these indicators, excluding English language proficiency, by individual subgroups of students, including those from low - income families, those from major racial and ethnic groups, those with disabilities, and English language learners.

* Subgroups include specific categories of students such as students with disabilities, students from major racial and ethnic groups, and English Language Learners.

But ESSA also creates a pilot program allowing up to seven states to experiment with local assessments that could eventually be used statewide.73 As under NCLB, test results must be disaggregated and reported at the school level and by student subgroups, such as racial and ethnic groups, students designated as economically disadvantaged, and students with disabilities.

NCLB mandated that states judge schools and districts, and impose punishments, based on test scores of the entire school and district and of subgroups of students: different ethnic groups, English language learners, children living in poverty and students with disabilities.

Authorizers must also place increases in student achievement for all subgroups as the most important factor when determining whether to renew or revoke a school's charter - including the progress of economically disadvantaged students, students from major racial and ethnic groups, students with disabilities, and students with limited English proficiency.

By allowing states to ditch racial, ethnic, and economic subgroup categories and replace them with a super-subgroup subterfuge that commingles poor and minority students into one, the administration is making it difficult for families, especially black, Latino, and Asian families who are joining the middle class for the first time and moving into suburbia — to get the information they need to make smart decisions for their kids, and impede them from helping to advance systemic reform.

These high - needs students are broken into four subgroups: the lowest performing racial / ethnic subgroup, English learners, students with disabilities and socio - economically disadvantaged students.

The Ashanti Nation was a loose group of fiefdoms, an ethnic subgroup that was formed in 17th century Ghana as a trading coalition with the Europeans.

The more usual individualistic models of marriage choice, which would consider this pattern «nonnormative» or «disorderly,» may not be appropriate for ethnic subgroups such as the Hmong, where high educational expectations coexist with high rates of early marriage and early childbearing.