To do this Rocketship needed to accelerate student progress and learning, particularly
for students performing below grade level.
«In the past, we ran a parallel program
for students performing below grade level, but we were never able to re-integrate those students.
Ninth, tenth, and eleventh grades in Talent Development High Schools offer courses designed by researchers and curriculum developers
for students performing below grade level.
Not exact matches
Stay tuned to the grant winners: Academy 21 at Franklin Central Supervisory Union in Vermont, which is focused on a high - need, predominantly rural community; Cornerstone Charter Schools in Michigan, which seeks to prepare Detroit
students for college and health - focused careers; Da Vinci Schools in California, which will integrate blended learning, early college, and real - world experiences with its existing project - based learning approach; Education Achievement Authority in Michigan, which, as part of the statewide turnaround authority is trying to create a
student - centric system
for students in Detroit; Match Education in Massachusetts, which already operates high -
performing schools in Boston and will now focus on using technology to increase the effectiveness of its one - on - one tutoring; Schools
for the Future in Michigan, which will serve
students significantly
below grade level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadership.
When she needs a review
for a
student who is
performing below grade level, Alley no longer purchases a resource book — she hops on the Net and prints a skill page specifically
for the child!
Relying on data that showed L.A.'s progress would still leave about 40 percent of
students performing below grade level by 2014, Villaraigosa pushed at first
for complete control over the district.
In the fall of 2015, 72 percent of
students at I.S. 126 Albert Shanker School
for Visual and
Performing Arts were performing below gr
Performing Arts were
performing below gr
performing below grade level.
Withrow said large portions of the
student population at the Tennessee school were «set up
for failure» by coming into the virtual school already
performing below grade levels.
According to Blueprint Louisiana, a nonprofit group based in Baton Rouge that prioritizes «
student success over traditional practices,» Louisiana was ranked 48th of 50 states
for K - 12
student achievement in 2011, with one - third of the state's
students performing below grade level and 44 % of schools classified as failing.
In light of these circumstances, and the challenges faced by public schools in ensuring these
students are mastering
grade -
level TEKS, and the evidence as noted in the Katrina study that many of these
students may well
perform below state standards in their tested areas as compared to their non-affected peers, it is logical that
students who are identified by these specific PEIMS codes should be excluded in the 2017 - 2018 accountability subset
for public schools.
Assist teachers to accelerate
students who are
performing below grade level by providing guidance on resources
for intervention and remediation
Students who
perform Significantly
Below, Well
Below, or
Below Target on STAR
for literacy by
grade level are eligible to receive an intervention.
In summer 2015, intensive literacy instruction was given to more than 400 low - income LEP elementary
students who were
performing below grade level and at great risk
for summer learning loss.
For example, classroom concentration, attention, and memory immediately increase after physical activity, and
student test scores correlate positively with regular participation.122 Research has also shown that elementary school
students that
perform better in reading, mathematics, and science have higher physical fitness test scores.123 In addition, children who
perform below grade level academically and participate in a physical activity program are more likely to improve their performance on standardized tests than are their less active peers.124
How can two teachers share responsibility
for teaching a diverse group of
students whose abilities to understand math concepts and
perform math calculations vary from well
below to above
grade level?