Sentences with phrase «far lower test scores»

By contrast, OUSD spends more per pupil, has far lower test scores and college acceptance rates, more dangerous classrooms, and is steadily losing students as a result.

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Commissioner King was asked on the teleconference call whether he thought the second year of low test scores would further fuel the backlash against Common Core.

Both are further prone to school problems leading to special placement in LD, BD, or MR classes, and lower scores on intelligence tests.

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).

So far, high scores on relatively low - bar state tests have served to assure middle - class parents that their traditional public schools are good and their real - estate investments are safe.

Further, it was beyond the scope of our study to identify how computer and tablet access lowered test scores.

Further, with lowered accountability mandates, schools and districts are under less pressure to boost state test scores.

A similar study using data on students in Philadelphia found that living farther from school increased absences and resulted in lower grade point averages and test scores.

Further studies have shown that even when students in high - poverty schools have greater access to technology than their peers in low - poverty schools, their test scores remain lower.

Then there is the case of Rebecca Sellers, who received low marks during her two observations so far this year, but the top rating, 5, based on her students» test score progress last year.

The study from RAND Corporation and New York University found that Ohio students with low test scores who enroll in online - only schools tend to fall even further behind.

Though California has embraced new Common Core State Standards so far, parents and educators may feel differently once students produce lower test scores later this year, said Michael Kirst, president of the state Board of Education.

Its students (75 % of whom receive free or reduced - priced lunch; 40 % come from immigrant or refugee backgrounds) still score much lower on achievement tests than do students from more advantaged communities, but their performance has improved significantly, and they now enjoy far stronger opportunities to learn.

So if the students attending the Milner School are significantly more poor, have far greater language barriers and a far greater number need special education services, is it surprising that test scores are lower at Milner than at Jumoke?

As expected, scores were far lower than on the old tests, especially for low - income and minority students.

Boston district schools educate substantial numbers of students with much more severe disabilities who require more support and resources to educate and are far more likely to score low on standardized tests.

The Delta - E test for color accuracy (where lower is better) gave the Inspiron 11's display a score of 0.9, which is far better than the average for ultraportable notebooks (4.83).

In our Quadrant benchmarking test, it scored a 3,333, or far lower than the Galaxy S3, a mid 2012 phone.

Further, participation in NC Pre-K reduced the gap in average 3rd grade test scores between low - income children and their peers who did not qualify for free or reduced - price meals.North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, Office of Early Learning.