Sentences with phrase «few school characteristics»

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... And there [were] very few school jurisdictions, prior to MATSITI, that could really put their finger on the number of Indigenous teachers that they had and the demographic characteristics of those.

However, a key assumption here is that, after controlling for observable student and school characteristics, the students attending high schools with fewer graduation requirements are identical to those attending high schools with more graduation requirements.

«High needs» schools were identified by characteristics such as fewer experienced teachers; more socioeconomically disadvantaged students; a lower neighborhood median income; and fewer students passing state exams.

For instance, although most of the studies cited above do include statistical controls for peer effects (the mean characteristics of other student in a class or school), very few states or districts do so when generating value - added estimates.

Smaller districts may have only a few schools with similar characteristics, and can therefore more easily apply state policy in uniform ways.

Decades of research show a few, stark similarities among these schools where children of all kinds learn the most in core academics, and Picky Parent Guide teaches parents to recognize these characteristics.

The study also found schools that serve many current and former English learner students tended to offer fewer advanced courses compared with schools that serve only a small number of English learner students — even when holding constant characteristics such as size and students» performance on state assessments.

In addition, «relatively few studies rely on experimental designs that enable us to attribute differences in student achievement and teacher retention solely to the compensation program, and not to other characteristics of the teachers, schools, or districts» (Glazerman).

These are just a few characteristics of many Black male teachers within the country's school systems and the gifts that they offer children in their classrooms.

As teachers change, as student characteristics change, as assessment instruments change, and as school cultures change, a program that seemed successful a few years back may no longer work as it did.

Our Spanish school in Argentina is located in the beautiful characteristic Barolo Palace, in the city center of Buenos Aires, at a few minutes from the famous Obelisc, the National Congress and the Pink House, the governmental house.

Only a few studies, including two of our own, assess families during the preschool period and again after the child has entered elementary school.8, 12,13 The basic finding is of considerable consistency across the transition in terms of mothers», fathers», and children's characteristics; both mothers» and fathers» authoritative parenting style during the preschool period explains significant variance in children's academic achievement and externalizing or internalizing behaviour with peers two and three years later.