Sentences with phrase «grade placement of»

The small footprint of the NuScale Power Modules plant and the low profile of the reactor building due to below - grade placement of the NuScale Power Modules and spent fuel pool offer a greatly reduced target size relative to traditional LWRs.

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She is also the co-founder of iDisclose, an adaptive web - based application that enables entrepreneurs to prepare customized institutional grade private placement documents for a fraction of the time and cost.

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I'm a 1st grade public school teacher and you wouldn't believe the kinds of things parents put in their teacher request / placement forms.

Participating children had higher rates of high - school completion, lower rates of grade retention and special education placement, and a lower rate of juvenile arrests.32 Another example showing more intensive programming has larger impacts is the Healthy Steps evaluation showing significantly better child language outcomes when the program was initiated prenatally through 24 months.33 These studies suggest that a more intensive intervention involving the child directly may be required for larger effects to be seen.

Prohibits school districts from promoting or placing a student based solely or primarily on a student's performance on state - administered ELA and math assessments in grades 3 through 8; and requires school districts to notify parents / guardians of the district's grade promotion and placement policy along with an explanation of how such policy was developed

Both programs together reduced third grade students» odds of special education placement by 39 percent, resulting in significant cost savings for the state.

«Early childhood programs found to significantly lower likelihood of special education placements in third grade.»

The authors found that an investment of $ 1,110 per child in the More at Four preschool program (now called NC Pre-K)-- the funding level in 2009 — reduced the likelihood of third - grade special education placements by 32 percent.

My performance on the barrage of entrance and placement exams demonstrated that I was performing well above the second - grade level.

In a revealing analysis of a large data set, Hoover Institution economist Eric Hanushek and his colleagues found that placement in special education in grades 3 - 6 was associated with gains of 0.04 standard deviation in reading and 0.11 in math; such small gains indicate that children with LD clearly are not closing the gap.

For example, in 2012, Long Beach City College (LBCC) in California was one of the first to develop and pilot an alternative placement algorithm based on high school coursework and grades, which increased the proportion of students placing directly into college - level coursework by 21 percentage points in math and 56 percentage points in English, without significantly lowering the average performance of students in these courses.

««The Standards» refers to all elements of the design — the wording of domain headings, cluster headings, and individual statements; the text of the grade level introductions and high school category descriptions; the placement of the standards for mathematical practice at each grade level.

These findings, Dryden - Peterson says, should inform decisions of U.S. educators about children's grade placement, remedial assistance strategies, and ongoing learning support.

Animals A to Z is the primary grade version: «The skills emphasized in the series are those found on all standardized tests in grades 2 and 3: simple word usage, end - of - sentence punctuation, comma placement in a series, basic spelling, and others.»

Each school district shall adopt a grade promotion and placement policy that is consistent with sections 100.3 (b)(2)(iv), 100.4 (b)(2)(v) and (e)(6) of this Part, and annually notify the parents and persons in parental relation to the students attending such district of such policy along with an explanation of how the policy was developed.

In Tulsa, Oklahoma, New Jersey, and Boston, pre-kindergarten programs demonstrate impressive outcomes that include positive effects on math scores, grade retention, and chronic absenteeism at the end of grade 8; increased achievement on language arts, literacy, math, and science, as well as decreased grade retention and special education placement at the end of grade 5; and stronger than typical impacts on academic readiness (effect sizes in the 0.4 — 0.6 range) at school entry.

Was selective of the students that it allowed in — Dunbar required passage of an 8th grade exit exam or a high school placement test for students from outside the district 2.

In two of the school districts he visited, white parents tended to be the ones most involved in the parent — teacher associations.They know, for example, about mathematics placement tests in fifth grade that dictated which classes students will take.

The policy of having students repeat their grade placement based on insufficient academic or social development has a history of fluctuation in the public schools.

Intelligence testing in kindergarten for placement in groups there and in the first grade was enhanced by the invention of readiness tests that aimed at sorting those five - year - olds that could make the transition to the first grade from those who could not.

The district collaborative is also looking into using scores on interim Smarter Balanced tests given in the spring of 8th grade, or, if available in time for placement decisions, the end - of - year 8th - grade Smarter Balanced tests.

Its purpose was to promote the usage of students» test scores to grade and pay teachers annual bonuses (i.e., «supplements») as per their performance, and «provide a procedure for observing and evaluating teachers» to help make other «significant differentiation [s] in pay, retention, promotion, dismissals, and other staffing decisions, including transfers, placements, and preferences in the event of reductions in force, [as] primarily [based] on evaluation results.»

This bill would prevent educators from using PARCC scores, «to determine a student's placement in a gifted and talented program, another program or intervention, grade promotion, as the State graduation proficiency test, any other school or district - level decision that affects students, or as part of any evaluation rubric submitted to the Commissioner of Education for approval.»

Supporters of the new law hope that districts will apply the same principles of fairness and objectivity they will implement for 9th grade under the new law in whatever grades placement decisions are made.

I did a breakdown of SBAC scores for each grade for SFUSD and CA. 8th grade scores, the threshold year for 9th grade placement decisions make a good comparison as typical of other years as well.

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of an instructional intervention in academic science among 5th grade English language learners (ELLs) after one year of placement in comparison to the typical science instruction in the district where the larger research project is being implemented.

The law requires districts to adopt «multiple objective academic measures,» which could include statewide standardized test results, student portfolios and other placement tests predictive of math readiness, interim assessments and grades.

This progression begins in our Early Childhood Learning Lab (ECLL), a demonstration preschool located in the School of Education, continues with a public school placement in a local kindergarten, and culminates with a final student teaching placement in a local first or second grade public school classroom.

Whether we consider the title of the course offered or the more refined international grade placement indicator, U.S. schools clearly provided unequal access to 8th grade mathematics content.

«Our agreement to accept 11th grade Smarter Balanced scores for college placement demonstrates the University of Hawaii system's recognition and appreciation of the increasing preparedness the Hawaii Department of Education is instilling in their graduates through the Hawaii Common Core,» said University of Hawaii President David Lassner.

Text Analysis Worksheets help determine grade - level placement and the complexity level of passages for use on the PARCC Assessment.

For this particular investigation, a range of teaching placements was sought to broadly explore the use of the technology tools rather than focus on a particular grade level or content area.

The report added, «Test scores should not be used as a sole determinant in decisions such as the prevention of advancement to the next grade, graduation eligibility, or placement in a remedial course.»

Through a project called Algebra by Design, funded by Lucent Technologies, we are working with teachers in grades 5 - 12 in the Syracuse City School District to (a) increase significantly the number of students who are successful in learning the core ideas of algebra, (b) increase the depth of algebraic understanding of all students and enhance their problem - solving skills in mathematically challenging design projects and activities, (c) provide teachers with experience and collaborative support in the use of Standards - based curricula, design projects, and current and emerging technologies, and (d) prepare new teachers in partnership with practicing teachers through observations, field placements, and semester - long internships.

Principals must use data, report and explain data to internal and external audiences, in support of data - driven decisions, which influence instruction and stimulate change.Assessment and Accountability Standardized testing is one element in the complete assessment of student progress, but no single test should serve as the sole criteria for a student's advancement in grade level, graduation or placement or serve as a punishment or reward for schools or those who staff them.

All students are offered a comprehensive range of courses at all grade levels, including honors and advanced placement, and adapted and modified programs are available through day, night, and summer sessions.

In two - thirds of the state's community colleges, how students do on the 11th - grade Smarter Balanced test will also help determine if they will be required to first take English or math placement tests, or if they can directly enroll in credit - bearing math or English courses.

Those who score at Level 3 are deemed «conditionally ready» and will be encouraged to take an approved English class, including the CSU - designed Expository Reading and Writing, or math class above Algebra II in their high school senior year and earn a grade of C or higher to become exempt from having to take placement tests.

This teacher will be a member of a three - person Middle School (grades 5 - 8) math team in an established program designed to prepare all students for Honors - level placement in high school coursework, with top students generally being placed in Honors Algebra II / Trig as freshmen.

Strategic placement of grade level representatives to be teachers who walked the pathway of accomplished teaching last year have cultivated grade level teams to perform at a higher intensity.

So last spring the district decided to adhere strictly to a matrix of test scores and grades when making ninth - grade math placements.

Friendship is currently in need of an independent contractor to provide services in an Interim Alternative Education Placement for special education students in grades 3 - 12 who are either suspended or expelled from their current educational placement.

At the same time, the National Forum believes that no single test should ever be the sole determinant of a young adolescent's academic future, whether it be promotion to the next grade, special placement, or transition from the middle grades to high school.

In the fall, children in grades 2 - 6 were individually assessed on fluency (words correct per minute) based on their reading of a BRI passage (Johns, 1997) that was one grade level below their grade placement.

From 2008 to 2010, Hillsborough County had the largest annual increase in advanced placement exam passing grades of any district in the United States.

«Over 50 years of research links the various roles that families play in a child's education — as supporters of learning, encouragers of grit and determination, models of lifelong learning, and advocates of proper programming and placements for their child — with indicators of student achievement including student grades, achievement test scores, lower drop - out rates, students» sense of personal competence and efficacy for learning, and students» beliefs about the importance of education.»

Scott - Clayton and her colleagues found that by incorporating high school grades into the college placement decisions, misplacements were corrected by up to a third, and there was a 10 - percentage point increase in the likelihood that those students placed in a college - level course would complete that course with a grade of C or better.

Reforming Assessment and Placement Assessment and placement reforms generally involve moving away from the traditional reliance on standardized tests and toward a more holistic measure of prior achievement such as high school course grades.

Using longitudinal administrative data from three major school districts with significant numbers of recent TFA placements, we generate TFA effect estimates based on two series of Georgia's standardized tests — the end - of - grade Criterion - Referenced Competency Tests (CRCTs) and end - of - course tests (EOCTs).