Sentences with phrase «fraction of students»

Only a fraction of students are able to qualify for this amazing program.

Unfortunately, the speakers at the workshop were asked to discuss mechanisms for funding charter schools and competitive grants; even though charters serve only a tiny fraction of students in this state and competitive grants would constitute only a small portion of state funding.

The incidence of teacher absences is regressive: when schools are ranked by the fraction of students receiving free or reduced - price lunch, schools in the poorest quartile averaged almost one extra sick day per teacher than schools in the highest income quartile, and schools with persistently high rates of teacher absence were much more likely to serve low - income than high - income students.

In 2010, Gary Phillips showed that states with the largest fraction of students scoring proficient on state tests did not have the smartest kids.

On the contrary, it's vital for moving from today's reality — in which only a fraction of students have excellent teachers — to what students need: consistent access to excellence.

Now if only the program served more than a small fraction of students and the district had launched it oh, say, 33 years ago.

Charter schools, which educate a fraction of students compared with traditional public schools, appear to be more successful at preparing graduates to complete college.

Teachers have been warning us (being students) that the test is EXTREMELY hard to pass... and that when it was tested in the state of New York only a fraction of students that normally passed did.

The rates of children who qualify for free / reduced price lunch at most charters are far lower than their host districts, charters serve virtually NO English Language Learners and a tiny fraction of students with disabilities (with the sending district footing the bill for those services).

As a result, only a fraction of the students who may need this meal are unable to access it.

TEA's general counsel argues the state has violated Taylor's 14th Amendment right to equal protection from «irrational state - imposed classifications» by using a small fraction of his students to determine his overall effectiveness.

(Calif.) If it was big news last week that most parents know nothing about new K - 12 testing aligned to the Common Core, consider the headlines later this summer when the results come back and only a fraction of the students pass.

(The Albany Times Union reports Albany charters enroll and test only a fraction of students with disabilities in district schools.)

A small fraction of students do attend public schools encompassing grades K — 8, 6 — 12, or even K — 12, however.

Only a fraction of students with disabilities receive accommodations on exams, and accommodations are only permitted if an IEP committee of school personnel requests them.

In fact, other countries, like South Korea and the Netherlands, send a higher fraction of students to privately run schools.

The current cap on charter schools in Massachusetts is binding only in urban districts like Boston, Holyoke, Chelsea, and Lawrence, where a sizable fraction of students already attend charters.

And charters still educate a very small fraction of students.

Other data series (for example, the fraction of students completing any degree or certificate program) show higher levels but similar trends.

The first scores from Colorado's new assessments, released that day, showed that Title I schools in Pueblo had performed so poorly that only a small fraction of their students could demonstrate basic reading and mathematics proficiency.

So, the «assigned» school was the first choice for the vast majority of applicants and at least the first or second choice for all but a fraction of students.

Even if these networks are joined by other wildly successful upstarts, only a small fraction of students in failing schools will benefit.

Federal Pell Grants, the primary means for subsidizing college tuition for low - income students, meanwhile, cover only a small fraction of students» costs at most institutions.

Adding latrines also decreased dropout rates, reducing the fraction of students who dropped out by 5.3 percentage points in the middle schools and by 12.2 percentage points in primary schools.

There is a marked 7 % increase in the fraction of students who enroll in the CUNY system.

We did find a positive relationship between the fraction of students enrolled in private schools prior to the passage of charter laws and law passage and strength.

States with more - educated populations also had a greater fraction of students enrolled in charter schools.

Seniors are typically admitted to second - or third - tier colleges, though it is a point of pride that a high fraction of these students find the inner resources to graduate from college.

This allows a teacher to see immediately what fraction of the students comprehend the material.

The Buffalo Board of Education approved a plan Monday that will only accommodate a fraction of the students seeking a transfer.

As on most campuses, parties continue to be one of the main attractions of student life, and only a fraction of the students are awake on Sunday mornings.

Voucher programs that affect only a fraction of students do leave others behind, but that is not an argument against vouchers; it is an argument in favor of a voucher plan that is comprehensive.

When Trice arrived, Iowa State only had about 20 black students, a tiny fraction of its student body of nearly 4,500.

School districts that already had higher fractions of students enrolled in private schools, even accounting for the urban or rural location of the district, had a greater likelihood of having a charter school open in their district by 2003 — 04 and a greater share of their students enrolled in charters.

Superintendents account for a smaller fraction of student differences in achievement than any other major component of the education system.

Not exact matches

Livingston counters that the university is committed to seeing students continue their education, and only a small fraction of StartX founders enter the program without having finished their undergraduate degree.

In fact, between 2004 and 2012, when student loan levels took off, the fraction of people interested in being successful at business ownership actually increased slightly to 41.2 percent.

So if you just started making student loan payments, you could be paying hundreds of dollars a month only to see your balance decrease by a fraction of that amount.

Only three per cent of Canadian post-secondary students study abroad, and only a small fraction go to Asia.

It can not be the universities, since they touch only a small fraction of the population at best and, furthermore, many universities reject the notion that they are responsible for the spiritual life of their students.

We know there's something wrong with teaching in our schools when so many students learn only a fraction of what they could.

While it may be only a fraction of a second, my students» wandering eyes and yawns are already in the past by the time I have perceived them.

Made this for my 4th grade students as a special treat at the end of our study of fractions (we cut it up into 30 slices — small, I know).

These guidelines have food service directors calculating percentages of proteins and fractions of fats for everything the students put in their mouths.

On the flip side, some students will quietly spend hours and hours on assignments that were meant to be finished in a fraction of that time.

Fortunately, most students attend public universities and pay a fraction of the price.

While we're pumping our students» brains with reading, fractions, history, and the arts, shouldn't we add a healthy dollop of nutrition and activity?

The UK's membership of the EU meant I could study in the Nethernalds at a fraction of the price charged to students from outside the bloc.

The UK's membership of the EU meant I could study there at a fraction of the price charged to students from outside the bloc.

And in some areas, only a tiny fraction passed: On the reading exams, a mere 5.4 percent of Rochester students passed, 8.7 percent of Syracuse students passed and 11.5 percent of Buffalo students passed.