Sentences with phrase «exceeding state averages»

the break from the trend of far exceeding state averages, and the fact that the tests fell at around the same time as SAT and AP tests, there is reason to believe that this scores are not representative of actual school quality.

Cherokee County School District students for the second consecutive year exceeded State averages on the 2016 Georgia Milestones End - of - Grade and End - of - Course tests, which are used to assess the mastery of Georgia Performance Standards.

Yet, student scores on the state's standardized tests in reading, writing, and mathematics exceed the state average.

The panel pointed out that the district's chronic absence rate exceeded the state average.

Odysseyware programs have enabled increased student flexibility, leading to a 26 % increase in graduation rates — exceeding the state average.

Overall district scores on the state's Academic Performance Index jumped 28 points this year, exceeding the state average.

Arizona's charter students outperformed nearly every other state on the Nation's Report Card and exceeded the state average of students passing AzMERIT in 2015.

For example, 36 percent of our high school students now attend a non-charter public school that exceeds the state average in reading and math — and let me proudly say that New Jersey always ranks among the top two or three states in the nation.

In our 130 meetings scheduled with 27 legislators and the Governor, along with my presentation to the House Education committee, we highlighted how charter students are exceeding the state average in every grade for reading and math.

The new law also ensures that state charter schools are eligible for RESA (Regional Education Service Agency) services and membership; provides an increase in capital funds for brick and mortar state charter schools located in the boundaries of a local school district where the capital revenue (per student) exceeds the state average total capital (per student); increases per - student capital funding for virtual schools to offset certain technology costs; and provides a Department of Education and State Charter School Commission grant program for replicating high performing charter schools.

Scores released earlier this month showed that only one open - admissions Uptown high school exceeded state averages in any subject last year, New Orleans Charter Science and Math High School — and that was only in two of four subjects.

There were only three schools which serve a majority of low - income students that exceeded the state averages in both English language arts (ELA) and math.

The school is already high - performing: it consistently meets AYP and the percentage of students who score «Advanced» on assessments consistently exceeds the state average.

Even as education officials tout increases in test scores around Louisiana and in New Orleans, the only open - admissions school in Uptown New Orleans that exceeded state averages in any subject last year was New Orleans Charter Science and Math High School — and that was only in two of four subjects.

All of which helps explain how Bethune Elementary — with a population of children who are almost all African American and almost all poor — posts proficiency rates that well exceed state averages, earning it a place on the state's «High Performing High Poverty» school list.

Progress in districts varied, with most graduation rates exceeding the state average and the majority of dropout rates falling below the state average.

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In some cases, these schools exceed state averages in both English and math, which is significant considering the state average is pulled up by wealthier, high - performing districts.

The success of this model is illustrated in their SAT scores; 43 % of IACS students meeting both math and reading college ready benchmarks on the test exceeded the state average by 11 %, as compared with only 32 % of students statewide meeting both benchmarks.

The New Orleans high school graduation rate for students with disabilities now exceeds the state average by 17 percentage points.

Liberty Mutual's rate was the only quote gathered in Long Beach that exceeded the state average.

Those who exceed the state average are bumped up to five years.

Farmers» rate was the only quote gathered in Waukesha that exceeded the state average.

Liberty Mutual's rate was the only quote gathered in Long Beach that exceeded the state average.

In this zip code, the unemployment rate far exceeds the state average, and the poverty rate is more than twice the state average.

However, the poverty rate far exceeds the state average.

The poverty rate also far exceeds the state average of 10.2 percent.

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As a result state - of - the - art aluminum bats can propel a ball considerably faster than 110 mph, whereas balls hit by wood bats average about 92 and rarely exceed 96.

School districts must limit net cash resources to an amount that does not exceed three months of average expenditures or that is set by the state child nutrition agency.

New York's public schools spent $ 21,206 per pupil in the 2014 - 15 school year, topping all states and exceeding the national average by 86 percent, according to U.S. Census Bureau data released today.

If consistently the IGR averages at N800million it can be argued that the State does not need a workforce whose wage bill will exceed N800million.

Hereafter, the amount to be raised by tax on real estate in any fiscal year, in addition to providing for the interest on and the principal of all indebtedness, shall not exceed an amount equal to one per centum of the average full valuation of all of taxable real estate within the County, less the amount to be raised by tax on real estate in such year for the payment of the interest on and redemption of certificates or other evidence of indebtedness described in paragraphs A & D of section five of article eight of the constitution of the State of New York.

Public elementary and secondary school spending in New York reached an all - time high of $ 20,600 per - pupil in 2013 - 14 school year, topping all states and exceeding the $ 11,009 per - pupil national average by 87 percent, according to new U.S. Census Bureau data.

At 32 city elementary and middle schools, the average English - math proficiency rate on state exams has not exceeded 10 percent of students...

For the contiguous United States and Alaska, 2016 was the second - warmest year on record and the 20th consecutive year that the annual average surface temperature exceeded the 122 - year average since record keeping began, according to NOAA.

By definition, the AI is expected to meet or exceed the EAR or the average amount needed to maintain a defined nutritional state or criterion of adequacy in essentially all members of a specific healthy population.

He pointed to a five - year graduation rate that has increased from the high 50s to nearly 74 %, to the fact that there's been a doubling share of Newark's African - American students who exceed the New Jersey average on state assessments, and that Newark is now outperforming 80 % of 37 demographically similar systems in the state (after lagging behind all but a handful of them in 2010).

• In Hudson, enthusiasm from the community for the character education program and other district initiatives is one measure of success; others are SAT scores that exceed national and state averages and the percentage of graduates (79 percent) who pursue postsecondary education.

For the indicator capturing the percent of students in districts where per - pupil expenditures reach or exceed the U.S. average, the corrected national value is 39.8 percent, with revised values lower than previously reported for 36 states.

The districts within states with averages that trail the U.S. average are shifted down by the amount that their state lags the national average, and the opposite is done for districts in states with averages that exceed the national one.

Florida's African American students have made so much progress in reading that they tied or exceeded the average scores for students from all racial and ethnic groups in 8 states: Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nevada and New Mexico.

However, Greene and Buck find that vouchers are unlikely to increase the burden on districts: Special education voucher laws typically stipulate that the voucher amount should reflect the severity of the disability and that the cost to the district may not exceed the average cost the state pays for the education of children with similar conditions.

The school that stuck with the program (IS 228 in Brooklyn) posted student growth gains on the state assessment that were twice the average of NYC schools overall in its second year, and proficiency gains that exceeded both the city and charter school norms.

A gain score of zero indicates that a student has kept pace with the average student in the state, while a student with a gain score of 0.25 standard deviations will have improved his or her performance by enough to exceed roughly 10 percent of the state's students.

Average scores of all Florida low - income students, regardless of ethnicity, tied or exceeded the statewide average for all students in seven Average scores of all Florida low - income students, regardless of ethnicity, tied or exceeded the statewide average for all students in seven average for all students in seven states.

For example, if a state's average per pupil spending exceeds the adequacy measure, but some of its districts do not, the estimated fiscal gap of zero for that state assumes it will redistribute some of its spending.

These events, as well as our other interventions, result in Urban Prep's college enrollment rate of 94 %, exceeding district, state, and national averages.

The scholarships and tax credits could not exceed half of the state's spending per student, which averages around $ 5,000.

For students of color as a group in a particular school or district, the initial goal might be to reach and exceed state - level averages for white kids.

(This is true despite the widespread perception that average student performance in some other nations exceeds average student performance in the United States.