Sentences with phrase «grade levels ahead»

Today, across the U.S., sixth - graders in the richest districts are about four grade levels ahead of children in the poorest districts.

While the overall waste of taxpayer money and student instructional time associated with the Common Core SBAC Testing disaster undermines the educational opportunities of every public school student, the testing scheme is particularly discriminatory against children who face English Language barriers, children who have special education needs and children who aren't «excelling» at one to two grade levels ahead of their classmates.

How can we convince you that our children really need to be working many grade levels ahead, despite that fact that they have a «few gaps»?

For example, if a student isn't ready to work two grade levels ahead in both math and ELA, they don't need HCC services.

For example, among low - income fourth graders, students who attend low - poverty schools are two grade levels ahead of their peers in high - poverty schools.

Did you know that in 2008, Hispanic 9 - year - olds were handling math problems two grade levels ahead of where they were in 1999?

Did you know that in 2008, black 9 - year - olds were reading two grade levels ahead of where they were in 1999?

It's like kids left school in June in one grade level and they came back two grade levels ahead.

Students whose teachers receive professional development in higher - order thinking skills are 40 % of a grade level ahead of students whose teachers lack such training in mathematics.

Students whose teachers receive professional development in laboratory skills are 44 % of a grade level ahead of those whose teachers lack such training in science (p. 26).

That must be news to the voucher students who are reading almost a half - grade level ahead of their peers.

«When students are exposed to hands - on learning on a weekly rather than a monthly basis, they prove to be 72 % of a grade level ahead in mathematics.»

Studies show that children whose parents read to them for at least 20 minutes a day are as much as a grade level ahead of other kids by age 15.

... when students are exposed to hands - on learning on a weekly rather than a monthly basis, they prove to be 72 % of a grade level ahead in mathematics.»

Not exact matches

My son hardly ever got sick, has tested out in schools at advanced level (he is actually a year ahead), is incredibly mature for his age and enjoys a ton of friends (he is now in 10th grade and just turned 14 in April).

Achievement First has been assembling its own version of Geoffrey Canada's «conveyor belt»; this year, for the first time, one of the group's charter elementary schools began feeding students into one of their middle schools with four years of Achievement First education under their belts — arriving ahead of grade level instead of well behind it.

His research interests include using hands - on activities to more effectively teach difficult mathematics concepts, focusing on causes and solutions to mathematics anxiety, strategies of teaching ahead of grade level, and presenting innovative curriculum to those needing creativity in the classroom.

Without excellent teachers consistently, students who start out behind rarely catch up, and students who meet today's grade - level targets rarely leap ahead to meet rising global standards.

Students attending school in provinces with rigorous exam systems were a statistically significant one - half of a U.S. grade - level equivalent ahead of comparable students living in provinces without such exams in math and science.

They were also 65 percent of a grade - level equivalent ahead in reading (see Figure 1).

In science and math, 8th graders in New York and North Carolina were approximately 45 percent of a grade - level equivalent ahead of comparable students in states without such exams.

Most Arthur Academy students enter the school performing below grade level on tests but finish ahead, said Charles Arthur, the charter school's co-founder.

These students will likely score well on proficiency tests, while showing more modest learning gains since they are already ahead of their expected grade level.

I'm leaps and bounds ahead of where I would have been because of the training, which prepared me specifically to help students who have behavior issues or who are reading at a very low grade level.

Looking ahead to fifth - grade math, Herrle saw a curriculum way above her son's skill level.

An elementary school had second grade teachers identify students going to third grade according to these categories... Ready for Third Grade Going but not ready Going to Third Grade and well ahead of grade level

By the same token, it seems to make sense to set achievement standards by grade level, but the further along students get in school, Hattie points out, the more of them are performing either behind or ahead of the schedule that's been set.

Many gifted students may be so far ahead of their same - age peers that they know more than half of the grade - level curriculum before the school year begins.

We detect and fill knowledge gaps while students learn, both at and below grade - level, so they can catch up on exactly what they need to move ahead.

CETE is ahead of schedule, having developed seven grade levels of the learning map in the first year of the grant period.

Anderson is an unusual school, as the students are often several years ahead of their nominal grade level.

Students can master concepts quickly, in order to get ahead or catch up on missing prerequisites both at or below grade level.

The National Assessment for Educational Progress has consistently found that about 34 % of American students are at proficient reading levels by the beginning of fourth grade, leaving 66 % reading at non-proficient levels as they move ahead into the upper grades.

but other states have made greater gains; the average Florida fourth - grader, for example, reads almost a full grade level higher than a similar student nine years ago, while the average Alabama fourth - grader reads one - point - five levels ahead of a similar student nearly a decade ago.

Meacham hopes her «super STARS,» who were invited to participate because they were not reading at grade level, enter second grade ahead of the pack.