Sentences with phrase «gains in academic»

These findings provide early evidence for the positive contribution of the RC approach to gains in academic achievement.

It can also help students make significant gains in academic achievement — on average, a gain of 11 percentile points in reading and math, according to a 2011 review of more than 200 studies published in the journal Child Development.

Despite modest gains in academic performance, far too many children are below grade level in reading and math.

(«Social - Skills Programs Found to Yield Gains In Academic Subjects,» December 19, 2007.)

This is a landmark report for the field, linking SEL to 11 - percentile gains in academic achievement.

The last 15 years of research has shown the many benefits to teaching SEL, such as reductions in violence and truancy and gains in academic test scores.

In a summary of the studies on extended time in «School Reform Proposals: The Research Evidence», noted researcher Gene Glass found that increases in the time allocated for schooling would be expensive and would not produce appreciable gains in academic achievement — especially as compared to smaller classes.

Adding to these anecdotal findings by practitioners in their respective schools, the short and long - term benefits of SEL are well - documented, with studies showing student gains in academic performance and higher graduation rates.

In line with the earlier literature, we find that schools that adopt an intensive «No Excuses» attitude towards students are correlated with large gains in academic performance, with traditional inputs like class size playing no role in explaining charter school effects.

«denying charters the ability to grow and preventing parents» ability to choose would shut the door on 20 years of proven gains in academic achievement.

In a statement released less than two weeks ago, Flanagan said, «denying charters the ability to grow and preventing parents» ability to choose would shut the door on 20 years of proven gains in academic achievement.

«To produce drastic gains in the academic achievement levels of our students we need the strongest, most prepared teachers.

«Schools that adopt an intensive «No Excuses» attitude towards students are correlated with large gains in academic performance, with traditional inputs like class size playing no role in explaining charter school effects,» researchers write.

All four studies demonstrated positive and significant gains in academic achievement and social skills for students involved in the RTL program as compared to students not receiving instruction in the RTL model.

News Release Wednesday, November 30, 2011 Media Contact Christine Rafanelli, Communications Director Colorado Children's Campaign Office: [phone], Cell: [phone] Van Schoales, CEO, A + Denver [phone] DENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS MAKES STEADY GAINS IN ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, BUT OUTCOMES REMAIN BELOW STATE AVERAGES AND ACHIEVEMENT GAPS HAVE GROWN Start with the Facts Report Examines Student...

It can also help students make significant gains in academic achievement — on average, a gain of 11 percentile points in reading and math, according to a 2011 review of more than 200 studies published in the journal Child Development.

The last 15 years of research has shown the many benefits to teaching SEL, such as reductions in violence and truancy and gains in academic test scores.

Unfortunately, though, the main premise of the equity argument has not been fulfilled — inner - city poor students attending private schools with vouchers in general show no greater gains in academic achievement than comparable students in public schools.

Students across our state are making significant gains in academic performance, and we are seeing real progress closing the achievement gap among students of color.

Nearly half surveyed had a negative impression of using test scores in teacher evaluation, but 68 percent approved of paying teachers more if their students show gains in academic achievement.

Direct - to - student programs and changes in instructional practices have been linked to long - term gains in academic performance and reductions in achievement gaps on the basis of race / ethnicity, gender, and being the first in one's family to go to college.

Such notable gains in academic course taking should have resulted in impressive gains in achievement.

Participation in afterschool programs is influencing academic performance in a number of ways, including better attitudes toward school and higher educational aspirations; higher school attendance rates and lower tardiness rates; less disciplinary action, such as suspension; lower dropout rates; better performance in school, as measured by achievement test scores and grades; significant gains in academic achievement test scores; greater on - time promotion; improved homework completion; and deeper engagement in learning.

As a result, in the past decade researchers have grown interested in ways of measuring and comparing the gains in academic achievement that a school or teacher elicits — in other words, a school or teacher's «value added.»

Since reformers claimed that the mere presence of choice will bring about dramatic improvement in schools, the expectation has been that the simple fact of having an alternative should yield demonstrable gains in academic achievement.

«Denying charters the ability to grow and preventing parents» ability to choose would shut the door on 20 years of proven gains in academic achievement.

This activity should extend over a substantial period of time, even an academic year, serving as a fulcrum for integration of the knowledge and skills students are gaining in their academic studies.

According to CASEL, the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning, a research study in 2011 found that socio - emotional learning was tied to an 11 percentile gain in academic achievement for students who participated in a well - implemented SEL program versus students who didn't.

Today's results show that students who attend KIPP schools make meaningful gains in their academics — and that the hard work of educators and students is paying off.

This case study highlights two community schools in the Washington Heights neighborhood of New York City that produced positive gains in academics, attendance, and an increased level of family engagement.

The goal of this program (and indeed an important mission of CUVS) is to provide students a rich and meaningful experience in a busy metropolitan specialty and emergency hospital - to build on their clinical experience and to also provide a practice perspective that can not be gained in an academic setting.

You might be able to use the skills gained in your academic major to help the organization; this experience can be listed on your resume as well.

According to a 2011 meta - analysis of 213 studies involving more than 270,000 students, those who participated in evidence - based SEL programs showed an 11 percentile - point gain in academic achievement compared to students who did not participate in SEL programs.

Durlak et al. (2011) conducted one meta - analysis of 213 school - based initiatives involving more than 270,000 students who participated in evidence - based SEL programs and it showed an 11 percentile - point gain in academic achievement compared to students who did not participate in SEL programs.

Not exact matches

Various academic and think tank studies have found that reductions in the small business tax rate disproportionately benefit wealthy individuals who incorporate their businesses in order to reduce their personal income tax burden, split income with family «shareholders» and avoid capital gains taxes.

This essentially materialist approach — heroic valor, violent conquest, the clash of civilizations — gained increased academic standing from the neocolonial interpretation in René Grousset's three - volume Histoire des croisades et du royaume franc de Jérusalem (1934 — 1936) and the planned U.S. multivolume collaborative History of the Crusades devised in the 1940s by the group of Crusade historians that had gathered around Dana C. Munro (1866 — 1933) and later John La Monte (1902 — 1949).

As a progression from the purely academic types of traditional theological training, many applied theological courses now exist, in which hands - on ministerial experience is gained alongside theological learning.

If this model of self - interested behavior oriented to material gain were used only in one academic discipline and successfully countered by models used in other disciplines, the consequences might not be culturally serious.

The academic speaks of «my research,» research which is conducted alone, which is recognized or understood by very few, and which is compensated primarily by a gain in scholarly reputation.

(a teacher that gained their education in a leftist led academic environment and a teacher in a lefties led union, a union with an agenda).

It also bears mentioning, in closing, that the gains from thinking about religion from a broader global perspective accrue not only to the academic researcher in pursuit of recondite problems to study but also to the practitioner of religion and to those whose interest in world affairs resides simply at the level of informed citizen.

Moreover, in addressing «the nature of the academic calling» (as they significantly still put it), the AAUP argued that «if education is the cornerstone of the structure of society and if progressing in scientific knowledge is essential to civilization, few things can be more important than to enhance the dignity of the scholar's profession...» Scientific knowledge and free inquiry thus gained near - sacred status.

It is no wonder that this type of thing gains so much traction in the U.S., after all the U.S. doesn't even rank in the top 10 of global academic achievement.

We should expect the «decline of Christian belief» to continue apace until the new vision outlined in your editorial gains some academic and cultural, not to say ecclesiastical, clout.

The key point, however, is that if the secularized academic community can not on its own terms sustain moral standards, gain epistemological assurance or avoid the virtual deification of the human, then far more than fairness and open - mindedness is at stake in its relationship with Christians.

They respect knowledge gained through lived experience monitored by elders who differ profoundly in social class and worldview from the teachers and education encountered in American academic institutions.

More important, the team and its coach seemed to fit well into a university whose president, the Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, has been striving mightily to raise academic standards, gain prestige and place football in its proper status in university affairs: an important but not domineering force.

After the notoriety the COF gained from this, more than 1,000 readers chimed in on Reddit posts questioning whether College of Faith schools were «diploma mills» with subpar academic standards preying on deluded athletes.

Our signature Individualized Instruction Program allows students to build subject - specific skills, develop executive functioning strategies, and gain the remediation and enrichment they need to thrive in the overall academic program... and in life.

On Wednesday, February 27, 2013, we will be partnering with Kellogg's to discuss strategies to help you to successfully increase your school nutrition program's breakfast participation, and in turn capitalize on the nutritional and academic gains associated with a morning meal.