Sentences with phrase «for higher academic performance»

If this is the case, even strong incentives for higher academic performance may not produce notable improvements in key outcomes.

The tuition subsidies available through the Promise should create incentives for higher academic performance.

Shenendehowa is also known for its high academic performance.

DAT aims to prepare students for high academic performance, stimulate their lifelong love of math and science and create new pathways for them to pursue academic and professional careers in the fields of Math, Science, Engineering and Technology.

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This means that starting high school early is having disastrous results in terms of depression and academic performance for teens.

On her part, Ms Lankai Quarcoopome, who is an alumnus of the school (AGOSA» 76) and also the Guest Speaker, said she believes that «through quality education, we could make our lives better and also transform our nation and for this reason, we must insist on achieving very high academic and performance standards at all levels in the country.»

«Conventional wisdom is that academic performance in high school is important for college admission, but this is the first study to clearly demonstrate the link between high school GPA and labor market earnings many years later,» says French, director of the Health Economics Research Group (HERG) in the Department of Sociology at the UM College of Arts and Sciences, and corresponding author of the study.

Although children with these conditions are at higher risk for reduced school performance and academic attainment, there are other problems that they can encounter as a result.

The meeting also highlights existing opportunities for academic and industrial researchers to access automated cell - based and biochemical technologies based at the Karolinska High Throughput Center; home to one of the most sophisticated, state - of - the - art, ultra-high performance liquid handling and analysis platforms in Europe.

Topics for the scientific sessions are: Single cell genomics and gene expression Genetic interactions RNAi and somatic cell genetics Protein - DNA interactions Cancer The meeting also highlights existing opportunities for academic and industrial researchers to access automated cell - based and biochemical technologies based at the Karolinska High Throughput Center; home to one of the most sophisticated, state - of - the - art, ultra-high performance liquid handling and analysis platforms in Europe.

Denial spends its first 20 minutes labouring under a rather clunky, wordy screenplay and some under - par performances, as we revisit the 1996 High Court drama that saw American academic Deborah Lipstadt (Rachel Weisz) being sued for libel by the controversial historian David Irving (Timothy Spall) after she accused him of being a Holocaust denier.

Research in many countries over the past 40 years has shown that high noise levels and poor acoustics (i.e. long reverberation times) cause health problems for teachers and reduce pupils» academic performance.

a set of extremely high expectations for students and families with regard to academic performance, a strong work ethic, appropriate behavior, and responsibility.

For instance, are higher levels of performance anxiety in content - centered classrooms due to the focus on academic content or to the personalities of the teachers who defy convention in emphasizing such content?

While PISA is a test of everyday knowledge, TIMSS measures performance on the sorts of academic disciplines students are normally taught in school, and which are often required for success in higher education.

But the state's urgent task is to provide new, high - quality seats for the 57,000 students languishing in its worst schools, those occupying the bottom 10 percent of academic performance for at least three years.

MC2 STEM maintains a high bar for its students in their performance beyond academics.

But even since they launched, e-schools have received negative press for their poor academic performance, high attrition rates, and questionable capacity to educate the types of students who choose them.

While the push for higher levels of academic achievement and accountability continues to increase, more people have realized that a single test can not provide a comprehensive evaluation of student performance.

In our No Child Left Behind era, educators are aware that high - school Algebra I teachers are under pressure for proof of student academic performance.

Bringing together experts across a range of fields, the report made the case for why regular exercise crucially belongs in schools: It not only provides physical health benefits to students but also enhances their cognitive functioning, leading to higher academic performance.

Dr. Weast led Montgomery County Public Schools — 16th largest school district in the nation — to achieve both the highest graduation rate among the nation's largest school districts for four consecutive years and the highest academic performance ever in MCPS at a time when the non-English-speaking student population more than doubled and enrollment tipped toward low socioeconomic demographics.

In a troubling picture of performance, the vast majority of Illinois students failed to reach the high academic bar on the new state PARCC exams, meaning they weren't on track academically for the next grade level, let alone for college or careers.

The bill also eliminates goals and performance targets for academic achievement, removes parameters regarding the use of federal funds to help improve struggling schools, does not address key disparities in opportunity such as access to high - quality college preparatory curricula, restricts the federal government from protecting disadvantaged students, does not address poor quality tests, and fails to advance the current movement toward college - and career - ready standards.

The bill replaces AYP standards with a requirement for states to annually measure all students and individual subgroups by: (1) academic achievement as measured by state assessments; (2) for high schools, graduation rates; (3) for schools that are not high schools, a measure of student growth or another valid and reliable statewide indicator; (4) if applicable, progress in achieving English proficiency by English learners; and (5) at least one additional valid and reliable statewide indicator that allows for meaningful differentiation in school performance.

Bridging the gap between high school and college by using high school assessments for admissions and placement, providing feedback to high schools on the college performance of their graduates, and holding postsecondary institutions accountable for the academic success of students they admit;

For too long, the academic performance of the nation's high school students has been overlooked or explained away.

In elementary and middle schools, for example, many schools with low academic performance also demonstrate high growth relative to similar schools (Figure 1).

High - needs students in a school or district are often placed in a demographic subgroup for purposes of comparing their academic performance with those of other students.

Interestingly, as I did my initial research for the book I kept finding studies that linked higher student academic performance to the positive personal attributes and classroom presence of their teachers.

The state has been pushing for drastic changes at East High due to problems with academic performance, and now the education department is giving its initial approval to the proposal by the U of R to take over operation of that school.

We should continue to call for challenging academic standards in core subjects, allowing public charter schools as part of choice, encouraging high teacher performance — those kinds of things are part of the President's reform package.

But our schools, with their high academic standards, high - stakes tests, and performance bonuses for improved achievement scores — surely our schools are bastions of intellectualism?

Research behind VAL - ED (the Vanderbilt Assessment of Leadership in Education tool to assess principal performance, developed by researchers at Vanderbilt University) suggests that there are six key steps - or «processes» - that the effective principal takes when carrying out his or her most important leadership responsibilities: planning, implementing, supporting, advocating, communicating and monitoring.40 The school leader pressing for high academic standards would, for example, map out rigorous targets for improvements in learning (planning), get the faculty on board to do what's necessary to meet those targets (implementing), encourage students and teachers in meeting the goals (supporting), challenge low expectations and low district funding for students with special needs (advocating), make sure families are aware of the learning goals (communicating), and keep on top of test results (monitoring).41

increase student expectations of their own academic performance, teacher expectations of ALL students» academic performance, and parent and community expectations for children's high academic performance

The board originally planned to advance the secondary school start times to 7:45 a.m., but several parents, four students and two physicians told board members that advancing start times for the junior and senior high schools would be harmful to students» academic performance and mental health.

High Standards for All Students: A Report from the National Assessment of Title I on Progress and Challenges Since the 1994 Reauthorization (2001) provides a comprehensive summary of the most recent data available from the National Assessment of Title I on the implementation of the Title I program and the academic performance of children in high - poverty schoHigh Standards for All Students: A Report from the National Assessment of Title I on Progress and Challenges Since the 1994 Reauthorization (2001) provides a comprehensive summary of the most recent data available from the National Assessment of Title I on the implementation of the Title I program and the academic performance of children in high - poverty schohigh - poverty schools.

During his tenure as the Assistant Superintendent for Instructional Services at the Chula Vista Elementary School District in California, he oversaw the district's dramatic improvement in academic performance and high - stakes test scores through the implementation of a student - centered instructional framework and a cloud - based differentiated instruction solution.

A choice of customized quality programs for elementary, middle, and high school students improve their classroom performance; increase academic performance and confidence in one or more subject areas.

In a letter dated May 3, dozens of advocacy groups asked Brown to recommit to closing the academic achievement gap for high - need students as he considers an opening on the State Board of Education and a new plan for measuring school performance later this year.

Under the regulation, schools and districts would receive an overall rating of one to five stars as determined by school performance (very low to very high) on multiple indicators — proficiency, a separate academic indicator for science and social studies, growth (elementary and middle school), achievement gap closure, transition readiness, graduation rate (high school) and opportunity and access.

The proposed bills would require that LCFF funding be spent on evidence - based programs and services for high needs students and would change requirements for the reclassification of English Learners and include them in the state's Academic Performance Index (API), respectively.

The research reinforces the fact that investments in high quality early childhood education and care programs for at - risk children is not only a solution for reducing achievement gaps and improving academic performance, but pays long - term dividends beyond school.

Often bypassing Congress, Duncan used the money to work directly with states, persuading them to adopt favored policies by providing incentives through Race to the Top, a $ 4.35 billion competitive grant program in which states were awarded points for adopting ideas such as performance - based teacher and principal evaluations, higher academic standards, and raising charter school caps.

Walnut Valley, with 20 percent low - income families and about 10 percent English learners, had among the state's highest Academic Performance Index scores — a system for rating schools based on test scores — before the index was suspended three years ago, with an average of more than 900.

Jefferson High was closed in 2007 for poor academic performance.

Despite an early push to adopt at least one new indicator for measuring high school success this summer, it's likely the California State Board of Education won't take action on revamping the Academic Performance Index until September at the earliest.

For example, in «The Forgotten Middle,» ACT researchers conclude that the academic achievement of eighth - graders is a better predictor of college and career readiness than students» academic performance in high school.

Heterogeneous grouping for core academic classes helps TDS schools reach high levels of academic performance.

For supporters and opponents alike, the first question concerns performance: are the academic outcomes of students attending charter schools higher or lower than those in the traditional public sector?