Sentences with phrase «exclude special education students»

Among these practices have been illegal attempts to exclude special education students.

This also excludes Special Education students since they are specifically funded.

Not exact matches

We looked at differences among the states in terms of their placement rates into special education — often one way to exclude students from state tests — and at whether these differences were related to the introduction of state accountability systems.

I would submit that the teaching resources devoted to students, excluding teachers of special education and limited - English speakers, is close to unchanged since 1970.

Students classified as learning disabled were excluded from the analysis, as they are eligible for a more generous voucher through the McKay Scholarship Program, and the FTC program should therefore have had no effect on schools» efforts to retain these students (see «The Case for Special Education Vouchers,» features, WinteStudents classified as learning disabled were excluded from the analysis, as they are eligible for a more generous voucher through the McKay Scholarship Program, and the FTC program should therefore have had no effect on schools» efforts to retain these students (see «The Case for Special Education Vouchers,» features, Wintestudents (see «The Case for Special Education Vouchers,» features, Winter 2010).

Before 1999, special - education students were excluded from state accountability measures, but since then special - education students who are receiving instruction on grade level are also included.

In 2013, Maryland's scores were found to be inflated after it was determined that the state excluded high percentages of special education students from the reading exam.

Maryland's scores on a national reading test may have been inflated because the state's schools excluded a higher percentage of special - education students than any other state, according to data from the U.S. Department of Eeducation students than any other state, according to data from the U.S. Department of EducationEducation.

Maryland, which has allowed special education students to use calculators on state tests for some time, previously had been excluding special - education students because of that rule.

While suspensions are sometimes necessary and appropriate, these policies are particularly troubling when they disproportionally exclude students of color, special education students or lower - SES students.

The 9 percent of excluded students were from the overall sample of students tested in Austin, not from the smaller pool identified as being in special education or English - language learners.

But as the National Assessment Governing Board, the U.S. Department of Education division that oversees NAEP notes, states that exclude more special ed and ELL students tend to have higher scores (and performance on NAEP) than those that exclude lower numbers of kids.

Note: Table reports expenditures from all funds (General, State Special Education, Combined GF & Special Education, Total Governmental, Total State Grants, and Total Federal Grants); Statewide totals include expenditures from public charter schools Variable costs include expenditures for Instruction, Student / Instruction Support Services, Other Support Services, and Fringe Benefits; They exclude Operational Expenses, Total Property Expenses, Assets / Reserves, Debt Service, Transfers, and other miscellaneous expenses

Their approach is to reduce special education staffing, add special education to the work of regular classroom teachers, and exclude high - needs students from regular classrooms and schools.

Last year, Maryland led the nation in the percentage of special - education students it excluded from the NAEP.

Special education students in grades K - 2, 9, 11 and 12 who aren't retesting are excluded from this data.

The 9 percentage point spread (36 percent New York City district public schools vs. 45 percent charters) narrows to 7 (43 percent vs. 50 percent) when special education students are excluded.

ALEC bills also allow schools to loosen standards for teachers and administrators, exclude students with physical disabilities and special educational needs, eschew collective bargaining, and experiment with other pet causes like merit pay, single - sex education, school uniforms, and political and religious indoctrination of students.

(Wash.) A second study on enrollment trends in a major metropolitan area further absolves charter schools from complaints they systematically exclude too many special education students through admission or other academic policies.

Graduates are defined as those students earning either a Local or Regents diploma and exclude those earning either a special education (IEP) diploma or GED.