Sentences with phrase «grade configuration»

We conduct an analogous analysis of high - school entry, taking advantage of the different grade configurations of the schools students attended in 6th grade.

We use a school - level measure that has been standardized across the sample of schools included in our analysis, taking into account the various grade configurations in different schools.

No particular grade configuration is the «magic bullet» to improving student achievement.

Few have looked at the relationship between grade configuration and student outcomes.

They are also relevant to the expanding charter - school sector, which has the opportunity to choose grade configurations without the disruption caused by school closures.

Is it possible that our results reflect differences across school districts that employ alternative grade configurations?

One of the most common requests recently from principals, teachers, parents, and policymakers is for research that will help determine what grade configuration is best for students in various grade levels.

Are there academic and developmentally appropriate benefits to a K — 8 grade configuration versus an elementary school and middle school configuration?

The most «effective» thing to do with middle grades is combine them with elementary grades (or any other pet grade configuration).

This suggests that it may be harder to create an effective middle school than an effective K — 8 school, and that part of the challenge is simply that middle school grade configurations require an additional school transition.»

«First, it's probably safe to say that there is not much, if any, hard and fast research on grade configuration,» said Jennifer Fager of Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory Information Services.

With more than 345,000 students, Miami - Dade is the largest district in Florida and offers a wide range of grade configurations for students up through grade 8.

I found other research that supports the Rockoff and Lockwood findings — that grade configuration matters — in my report for Education Next earlier this year.

Peter reviews several studies investigating the difference made by grade configuration on the performance of students in this age group.

As Onteora Central School District officials begin to discuss how staff will be divided among the new grade configuration changes

In Paterson, Evans» plans call more for closing and reopening as many as eight schools in different grade configurations, as well as educational changes.

The Cortland Enlarged Central School District Board of Education has begun studying grade configuration

In New York City, the Executive Budget also requires that a charter's entire planned grade configuration — elementary, middle or high school — be located within a single building including grade levels not yet in operation at the time of opening.

In Chicago, however, we could not run similar analyses because grade configuration is too strongly correlated with charter status; we therefore can not rule out the possibility that positive results in Chicago could be partly attributable to eliminating the transition from middle school to high school.

So whether the reasoning is leadership, safety, or the lessening of transitions that may affect academic achievement, West hopes policymakers will continue to review grade configurations for the benefit of all students.

«If you look at international comparisons, kids in the United States perform better at elementary school than the later grades... so it made sense to look at whether grade configuration influenced this.»

Rogers says it's also important to take into consideration other factors — not just grade configuration — when it comes to achievement and determining «cause and effect» in education.

States may develop varying methodologies to differentiate and identify low - performing schools in order to include special kinds of schools in their statewide system (such as newly opened schools, very small schools, schools with non-traditional grade configurations, schools without tested grades, and schools designed to serve unique populations like newcomer schools).

Parents and educators have begun abandoning the middle school for K — 8 configurations, and new research suggests that grade configuration does matter: when this age group is gathered by the hundreds and educated separately, both behavior and learning suffer.

In the most common grade configuration in American school districts, public school students make two school transitions, entering a middle school in grade 6 or 7 and a high school in grade 9.

Researchers have questioned the merits of isolating middle school students in their own grade configuration for years.

«Rather than debate which grade configuration is best for middle grades, we would be better off expending our energy creating a curriculum that intellectually engages and inspires young adolescents, pushing for organized structures that support high - quality relationships, and finding better ways to reach out to families and communities» (Beane & Lipka, 2006, p. 30).

How are schools providing the supports tweens need by manipulating grade configurations, creating positive school climates, and building solid relationships?

The «conventional wisdom» on grade configuration, Cook and colleagues say, «has changed several times over the past century,» as we have seen.

In other words, we are assuming that the negative effect of a transition is not anticipated by parents and reflected in the choice of a school with a particular grade configuration in grade 3.

Still, no empirical, large - scale studies have examined the relationship between grade configuration and student achievement as measured by standardized test scores (McEwin, Dickinson, & Jacobson, 2005).

While some earlier studies questioned the role of grade configuration in school success and student achievement, including the 2008 National Forum «Policy Statement on Grade Configuration» and a 2010 study by EdSource, «Gaining Ground in the Middle Grades: Why Some Schools Do Better» in California, «the evidence on academic benefits has become much stronger in the past two years,» West says.

To begin with, attracting sufficient enrollment is vital for EMOs; the need to fill seats is bound to drive companies to appeal to the «median» consumer, who might balk at strange new grade configurations or pedagogical approaches.

Our strategy for identifying the effects of alternative grade configurations on student achievement parallels and extends that of Rockoff and Lockwood's study of New York City middle schools mentioned above.

«Today there are 186 elementary schools, 58 middle schools, 55 high schools, and another 30 schools with different grade configurations.

The trends suggest that grade configuration matters to at least some parents and educators, who decided some time ago that separately configured schools for preadolescents are not the best way to go.

«Is there a «best» grade configuration for schools that serve early adolescents?»

We have data about the grade configuration and other characteristics of their schools, individual academic achievement as measured by annual standardized test scores in math and English, and a variety of personal characteristics.

In Florida, grade configuration is not a primary driver of the estimated positive effects of charter high schools on attainment.

Third, we consider the possibility that the charters» success might be related to grade configurations that often differ from those of traditional public schools.

Because the studies use data from a single school year to contrast students in middle schools and K — 8 schools, most of the available research can not reject the possibility that differences between the groups of students, rather than in the grade configuration of their schools, are actually responsible for the differences in behavior and achievement.

What was so odd about Dennis Walcott's announcement that New York City was opening 50 new middle schools is that the most recent research suggesting that a middle school grade configuration (generally, 6 — 8) is probably not the way to go was done in his city.

Could something as simple as changing the grade configuration of schools improve academic outcomes?

The researchers also conducted a test - score analysis separately for schools in Miami - Dade County, which is Florida's largest district (345,000 students) and offers a wide range of grade configurations up through grade 8.