Sentences with phrase «gains for students below»

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After controlling for average class size, per - pupil spending in 1998 - 99, the percentage of students with disabilities, the percentage of students receiving a free or reduced - price school lunch, the percentage of students with limited English proficiency, and student mobility rates, high - scoring F schools achieved gains that were 2.5 points greater than their below - average D counterparts in reading (see Figure 2).

In short, our results indicate that school accountability in Texas led to long - term gains for students who attended schools that were at risk of falling below a minimum performance standard.

But these standards do not by themselves necessarily account for the gains in achievement by all demographic groups and by our regional vocational / technical high schools (which enroll a disproportionate number of special education students and below - grade level readers).

Each of the processes below have high effect sizes for gains in student achievement.

Second Look: For schools below the first three criteria, CCSA offers a «second look» process whereby schools may submit additional evidence of student academic gains that may demonstrate higher levels of growth than what is seen at other schools.

An appropriate warning might alert educators to the fact that VAM ratings based on state tests are more likely to be informative for students already at grade level, and least likely to display the gains of students who are above or below grade level in their knowledge and skills.

It appears that average and below average students have much to gain from heterogeneous grouping, but we must not sacrifice gifted students» needs in our attempts to find the best grouping practices for all students.