Sentences with phrase «gap in math»

«It was becoming very clear that if we were to close the achievement gap in math, we would need to get the students safely to the table to do math first,» says Kirkwood Elementary School Principal Shelby Robins.

Closing the achievement gap in math is a priority for our schools and I am excited to see the impact it will have on our students here.»

And in closing the white - black achievement gap, the comparison is more pronounced — with fourth graders the gap narrowed by 6 points in math and 10 points in reading during 2000 - 2009 versus no change in the reading gap over the past four years and a one point widening of the gap in math.

In high schools, the effect narrowed the achievement gap in math by 50 percent over the length of the study.

Houston infused the practices of high - achieving charter schools into its traditional public schools and saw its achievement gap in math fall 50 percent.

In elementary schools, it was enough «to eliminate the racial achievement gap in math in Houston elementary schools in approximately three years.»

For African American and Latino kindergarteners, access to high - quality pre-K could close the achievement gap in reading entirely and lessen the gap in math by large percentages.

As a result, the test score gaps between high - need students and white students are larger on the SBAC than they were on CST for both math and ELA (Figure 1).3 In particular, the gap in math between EL students and white students was 80 percent on the SBAC, compared to 38 percent on the CST — in other words, the share of EL students who met the standard for the SBAC was 80 percent lower than the share of white students who met those standards.

A recent study examined how much of the achievement gap in math between rich and poor 15 - year - old students can be attributed to what material the kids are learning in school, and it found, across 33 countries, that schools are teaching rich kids vastly different math content than poor kids.

In fact, in Milwaukee, there's a big achievement gap in math among students — one of the widest gaps in the country.

Most notably, students are gaining an additional 17 days of learning in reading and have closed the gap in math.

As researcher Thomas Kane writes, «Oversubscribed charter schools in the Boston area are closing roughly one - third of the black - white achievement gap in math and about one - fifth of the achievement gap in English — in a single school year!»

after adjusting the data for the effects of only a few observable characteristics, the black - white test - score gap in math and reading for students entering kindergarten essentially disappeared.

These comparisons seem to suggest that the gap in math scores narrows through elementary school, with some (but not all) of this gain lost during the middle - school years.

And charter schools, which predominantly serve black students, were doing so well that one Stanford University researcher proclaimed that they had practically eliminated the «Harlem - Scarsdale» gap in math.

The even larger estimated math gains (about 0.4 σ) are more than enough to eliminate the racial gap in math while students are in middle school.

Based on Stubbs» State assessment data, closing the achievement gap in math is a priority.

The results are quite surprising: after adjusting the data for the effects of only a few observable characteristics, the black - white test - score gap in math and reading for students entering kindergarten essentially disappeared.

Looking at data from students who lived in the HCZ neighborhood and attended a Promise Academy charter school there, and others who only attended Promise, Fryer and Dobbie found that by eighth grade, both groups had closed the achievement gap in math.

Houston's reductions in the white / Hispanic gap were equally impressive: the gap in math dropped by 22 percentage points, more than any of the other urban districts.

Houston decreased the white / African - American achieve - ment gap in math by 21 percentage points, more than all the other districts.

New York City Mayoral Candidate Christine Quinn, announced yesterday her plan for tackling the city's gender gap in math, science and tech education: establish an all - girls Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) middle school in each of the city's five boroughs.

Carla Schaffer / AAAS Interactions at home and participation in museum and after - school programs for children can eliminate achievement gaps in math, vocabulary and science among...

One strand of his research, which has sought to replicate effective charter - school practices in public school contexts, has shown that when a school increases instructional time, has excellent teachers and administrators, and instills data - driven instruction, small - group tutoring, and a culture of high expectations, it can eliminate gaps in math performance.

In encouraging news, recent research suggests that the gender gap in maths could be addressed through training.

«When I think about what I'm doing right now like data analysis, I think about all the decisions we need to make and the gaps in math content knowledge.»

Working on just a few problems daily (or more, if your child enjoys math) can help students of all ages close the gaps in their math skills, preserve what they learned during the previous school year, and prepare for the next.

The school has a 9 per cent gap in expected progress in English and a 10 per cent gap in maths between pupil premium and non-pupil premium funded students, something that Mrs Skinner said Claydon was working hard to reduce further.

It is well documented that England trails behind many other developed countries when it comes to maths performance of all pupils in the triannual PISA tests, yet our research finds this disappointing situation also extends to the disadvantage gap in maths.

This disparity, along with similar gaps in math and emotional development, persists and widens as children get older.

In 2015, members of the district leadership team recognized academic gaps in both math and reading across the district that are impacting students» post secondary readiness.

At both the elementary and middle school, the team is increasing data transparency to drive personalization of instruction and purposeful student choice so that students can simultaneously close academic gaps in math and reading and develop the necessary student agency skills to drive their own learning.

Further, particular aspects of teachers» professional community — a shared sense of intellectual purpose and a sense of collective responsibility for student learning — were associated with a narrowing of achievement gaps in math and science among low - and middle - income students.14 Strong professional learning communities require leadership that establishes a vision, creates opportunities and expectations for joint work, and finds the resources needed to support the work, including expertise and time to meet.15 Collaborative teacher teams can improve practice together by: 16

To help struggling students close gaps in math and reading, Pathblazer ® gives students an individualized path to move toward grade - level proficiency.

On the other hand, students with the biggest gaps in math still have to survive in a world where basic math skills are used daily.

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After I graduated, I made it my mission to tackle the gender gap in science, technology, math and engineering.

According to statistics from the U.S. Department of Education, the gap in eighth - grade reading and math test scores between low - income students and their wealthier peers hasn't shrunk at all over the past 20 years.

Challenge number two is — this is something that I became more aware of working on Helping Children Succeed — that even going beyond the challenges that low - income kids face and the gaps in our academic outcomes, there are significant problems with some of the basic approaches to teaching and education that we have in our schools: The basic principles of American pedagogy, how we teach math, how we teach anything.

NYC public school students have substantially closed the achievement gap with their counterparts in the rest of the state on standardized English and math exams, according to an analysis released yesterday.

A similar gap persisted between poor students and their more affluent peers in Erie County, with a difference of 33 and 35 points in English and math, respectively.

Standardized test results for the last school year showed slight growth at the state and local levels in both English and math, and a slight narrowing of the gap between black and Hispanic public school students and their white peers.

Performance gaps between black and Latino students and their white and Asian counterparts remained wide — some 30 points in ELA and even more in math.

The study predicts when the gender gap will close in science, technology, engineering, math and medicine, or STEMM, fields.

Using income as well as math and reading scores, the study also found that the lower the household income during infancy, the worse the children's performance on reading and math in fifth grade — replicating the well - known gap between income and achievement.

Since its inception, the primary goal of the program has been to produce graduates who are prepared to bridge the gap between ecology and the quantitative methodologies typically taught in computer science, math, and statistics departments.

By ensuring that teachers have 21st century knowledge, providing science and math curriculum in elementary school, having school districts identify gaps in availability of high quality math and science courses, and providing those courses to all students, we will be able to improve the outcomes of our students in the critical areas of math, science, technology and engineering.

As far as I can tell, these virtual particles are composed entirely of math and exist solely to fill otherwise embarrassing gaps in physics, such as the attraction and repulsion between magnets.

The gender gap in STEM interest is smaller among high school seniors at schools with stronger math and science offerings, the researchers note.

«If teachers take into account these effects, it could lead to a reduction of the gender gap in achievement, especially in science and math,» said Dr. Sand.

School officials in Richardson, Texas, wanted a math program that could lift up low - performing middle schools and close a yawning achievement gap across racial and socioeconomic lines when they asked for help from the city's largest employer, Texas Instruments (TI), in 2004.