Studies show significant
gains for students who use Imagine Learning programs.
There were no learning
gains for students who attended one of the i3 schools.
After decades of educational attainment gains among African American and Latino students, American educators find themselves in the midst of a major retraction of many of
those gains for the students who can least afford it.
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.
Not exact matches
«The barrier
for gaining these essay sets is pretty high,» explains Jack Lysinger, 32, a first - year
student who had been a submarine officer in the U.S. Navy
for more than nine years.
The reference book Of Pandas and People is available
for students who might be interested in
gaining an understanding of what Intelligent Design actually involves.»
These programs are designed to provide a free and appropriate education
for students who have behavioral, physical, mental or cognitive needs that prevent a child from
gaining any benefit from a regular public education classroom.
«This event was valuable not only
for our [athletic training]
students,
who were able to interact with a different than usual target group, but also
for the attending children and parents,
who gained valuable information regarding safe sport participation and child exercise recommendations,» states Jan Kretzschmar, Director of Exercise Science at King's College.
The minor
gains that NYC
students made on state reading and math tests aren't good enough, according to Eva Moskowitz, the Success Academy charter school founder,
who blasted Mayor de Blasio
for the incremental improvements at a press conference in her Wall Street headquarters.
In a comment piece
for politics.co.uk, the NUS president wrote: «The promises they made
gained them significant
student support at the ballot box - and I can personally guarantee that we will do everything we can to ensure that any MPs
who so flagrantly betray the public's trust are never given the opportunity to serve us again.
Superintendent Kriner Cash said he's concerned about unusually high
gains for the Class of 2015 — particularly among
students who earned their diploma after taking summer credit - recovery classes.
The congregation was the first of its kind
for students who had completed their studies after
gaining admission in the 2012/2013 academic year after the school was established in 2012.
Under the proposal, half of the expected 300
students would have to meet the higher performance standards while the others —
who could be admitted by taking a school tour or signing up
for information at a fair,
for example — could
gain entry based on less stringent criteria, the notice stated.
Club Biotech distributes information on scientific events in our area, gathers information on internships and research
student jobs
for undergraduate
students who would like to
gain some extra experience and get a step ahead in their scientific career by working in a lab during the year, and counsels young
students on how to approach a scientific career.
For example, having a mentor who is also a parent or is from the same cultural background might be important for students so they can gain knowledge from someone with similar experienc
For example, having a mentor
who is also a parent or is from the same cultural background might be important
for students so they can gain knowledge from someone with similar experienc
for students so they can
gain knowledge from someone with similar experiences.
Unlike LabMate, which focuses on obtaining paid short - term and permanent employment
for individuals
who have finished their Ph.D. s, BALSA concentrates on helping grad
students and postdocs
gain off - campus experience and polish their nonacademic skills.
The findings put a new spin on weight management priorities
for women in this this age - group,
who are prone to abdominal weight
gain, said study investigator Line Mærsk Staunstrup, MSc, a PhD
student with Nordic Bioscience and ProScion, in Herlev, Denmark.
RISE Professional is designed
for Master's and PhD
students and alumni of the RISE program
who are matched with a well - known German company, where they
gain insight into the professional applications of science and engineering and develop practical skills.
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Love Means Zero was co-produced by Jill Mazursky and former top - ranked tennis pro Anne White — one of Bollettieri's first
students in 1977,
who gained notoriety
for competing at Wimbledon wearing an all - white spandex bodysuit.
For example, in the Athens Area School District,
student gains topped 87 percent, and of the eighty - nine Quakertown
students who failed tenth - grade math, 72 percent are now getting A's, B's, or C's in their junior year.
If,
for instance, the families of
students who were and were not awarded a seat through a lottery had the same effect on reading and families controlled half the
gains in reading, then the difference between the estimated math and reading effects would be fully explained.
But despite those
gains, salaries earned at age 28 are only $ 182 more, or 1 percent higher,
for students who have experienced a year of great teaching.
Additionally, the experience
gained by the Jumpstart Corps members,
who are largely
students from 16 colleges and universities in the Boston area, is a valuable resource
for future leaders in early childhood education.»
Janice Herbranson,
who gained celebrity status two years ago as the lowest - paid teacher in the country, may be off to teach in Alaska next year if her one - room North Dakota schoolhouse closes down
for lack of
students.
Ho Nguyen, a mathematics - curriculum specialist
for the nearby West Contra Costa Unified School District,
who came to the exhibition, believes that the project has allowed
students to
gain insight into the quadratic equation.
Benefits
for teachers Residentials also have a number of positive benefits
for teachers,
who develop better relationships with their
students, see them in a completely different light and
gain a better understanding of their
students» strengths and limitations Teachers involved in Learning Away also believe that, as a result of their residential experiences, they have become more experimental and flexible in their teaching and have more confidence to try different types of teaching.
This «Memory and Storage»
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Our volunteers come from all walks of life, they may be parents of children
who attend the school, they may work
for a local business that is keen to give back, or they may be
students keen to
gain practical new experiences and share their skills.
The Mathematica study of charter middle schools, just released by the U. S. Department of Education, finds no achievement
gains within two years
for students who won the charter lottery as compared to those
who did not.
Be on the lookout
for students who rush through their work carelessly in order to
gain the reward.
Our fundamental findings from an analysis of the 3rd - and 4th - grade data
for these two years indicate that the performance of
students identified
for retention, regardless of whether they were retained or exempted and promoted, exceeded the performance of low - performing
students from the previous year
who were not subject to the retention policy; and
students who were actually retained made the larger relative
gains.
We find that the accountability provisions of NCLB generated large and statistically significant increases in the math achievement of 4th graders and that these
gains were concentrated among African American and Hispanic
students and among
students who were eligible
for subsidized lunch.
«Teachers have to be data - driven to get in the door,» says Michaelson,
who looks
for evidence that prospective teachers have a quantifiable history of
student achievement
gains and are able to provide thoughtful explanations of how they have helped
students improve.
For example, one program provides funding for schools based on their students» learning gains, while others give mortgage assistance and tuition forgiveness to those who agree to teach in high - needs schoo
For example, one program provides funding
for schools based on their students» learning gains, while others give mortgage assistance and tuition forgiveness to those who agree to teach in high - needs schoo
for schools based on their
students» learning
gains, while others give mortgage assistance and tuition forgiveness to those
who agree to teach in high - needs schools.
One notable early finding, Ms. Phillips said, is that teachers
who incessantly drill their
students to prepare
for standardized tests tend to have lower value - added learning
gains than those
who simply work their way methodically through the key concepts of literacy and mathematics.
Writing one to eight of these during a semester led to positive learning
gains, especially
for those
students who had previously been «low performers.»
Working with data from the State of Florida, I have regularly noticed that achievement
gains by
students who move from one public school to another badly trail the
gains of
students who remain in the same school — even after one has adjusted
for many family background characteristics.
All teachers
who reach certain goals get a bonus; but 50 percent of that bonus is awarded
for teaching skills (a classroom - based evaluation) that are not tied to
student outcomes and 50 percent
for student achievement
gains that are not part of the teaching skills evaluation.
You do that through statistical procedure where you're basically taking the kids
who show up at a teacher's doorstep and getting all the information that you can about them: their incoming tests, their poverty level, demographics, identification
for special needs, etc., and trying to statistically factor those things out so that you are left with a clear picture of what teachers are contributing to
student learning
gains.
This course is
for students who are interested in
gaining a better understanding of how social entrepreneurs can generate sustainable educational innovations.
For instance, the median finding across 10 studies of teacher effectiveness estimates that a teacher who is one standard deviation above the average in terms of quality produces additional learning gains for students of 0.12 standard deviations in reading and 0.14 standard deviations in ma
For instance, the median finding across 10 studies of teacher effectiveness estimates that a teacher
who is one standard deviation above the average in terms of quality produces additional learning
gains for students of 0.12 standard deviations in reading and 0.14 standard deviations in ma
for students of 0.12 standard deviations in reading and 0.14 standard deviations in math.
The English Learners
who transferred from bilingual education to structured English immersion made
gains of four points in reading compared with
gains of only two points
for the
students who had been taught in English previously.
Although our data do not allow us to address this issue directly while still accounting
for the self - selection of
students into charter schools, simple comparisons indicate that
students who entered charter schools in the later grades made smaller
gains in math (but not reading) than
students who entered earlier.
Students who learn other languages also
gain insights into other cultural perspectives, and intercultural competency, which is defined as the ability to communicate in culturally appropriate ways, while showing appreciation and understanding of others, and maintaining a spirit of openness and respect
for others.
As a teacher educator,
who works with
student teachers, I believe that serving in a practicum setting where
student teachers
gain first - hand experience is a powerful way to help prepare them
for the realities of teaching.
The Center
for Learning in Technology researchers, led by Bill Penuel, found increased
student engagement, greater responsibility
for learning, increased peer collaboration skills, and greater achievement
gains by
students who had been labeled low achievers.
Launched in partnership with agency Leo Burnett Melbourne the initiative aimed to help open doors
for high school
students who often struggle to identify their career passion and
gain meaningful work experience.
But skeptics warned that the academic
gains made by retained
students would diminish over time and that they would ultimately be less likely to complete high school: nationwide,
students who are unusually old
for their grade are far more likely to drop out.