Sentences with phrase «grade retention national»

This issue of the IDRA Newsletter has stories on the link between institutional grit and non-cognitive skills, institutionalized discrimination, in - grade retention national trends and civil rights concerns, latest IDRA parent involvement toolkit focusing on Texas graduation requirements and opportunities.

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Defined as perseverance and passion for long - term goals, grit accounted for an average of 4 percent of the variance in success outcomes, including educational attainment among two samples of adults; grade point average among Ivy League undergraduates; retention among two classes at the United States Military Academy, West Point; and ranking in the Scripps National Spelling Bee.

In yet another recent report of a large national study of 400 Chapter 1 schools, researchers found that higher levels of poverty, greater application of grade retention policies, and higher levels of student disciplinary actions were related to lower student achievement (Puma et al., 1997).

This article calls attention to the problematic trends in our national data, research on retention and its traumatic effects and how in - grade retention must be addressed as a civil rights issue.

Grade Retention - Achievement and Mental Health Outcomes (National Association of School Psychologists) 6th grade students rated grade retention as the single most stressful life event, higher than the loss of a parent or going blind.

(e) The board shall establish the information needed in an application for the approval of a charter school; provided that the application shall include, but not be limited to, a description of: (i) the mission, purpose, innovation and specialized focus of the proposed charter school; (ii) the innovative methods to be used in the charter school and how they differ from the district or districts from which the charter school is expected to enroll students; (iii) the organization of the school by ages of students or grades to be taught, an estimate of the total enrollment of the school and the district or districts from which the school will enroll students; (iv) the method for admission to the charter school; (v) the educational program, instructional methodology and services to be offered to students, including research on how the proposed program may improve the academic performance of the subgroups listed in the recruitment and retention plan; (vi) the school's capacity to address the particular needs of limited English - proficient students, if applicable, to learn English and learn content matter, including the employment of staff that meets the criteria established by the department; (vii) how the school shall involve parents as partners in the education of their children; (viii) the school governance and bylaws; (ix) a proposed arrangement or contract with an organization that shall manage or operate the school, including any proposed or agreed upon payments to such organization; (x) the financial plan for the operation of the school; (xi) the provision of school facilities and pupil transportation; (xii) the number and qualifications of teachers and administrators to be employed; (xiii) procedures for evaluation and professional development for teachers and administrators; (xiv) a statement of equal educational opportunity which shall state that charter schools shall be open to all students, on a space available basis, and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, creed, sex, gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age, ancestry, athletic performance, special need, proficiency in the English language or academic achievement; (xv) a student recruitment and retention plan, including deliberate, specific strategies the school will use to ensure the provision of equal educational opportunity as stated in clause (xiv) and to attract, enroll and retain a student population that, when compared to students in similar grades in schools from which the charter school is expected to enroll students, contains a comparable academic and demographic profile; and (xvi) plans for disseminating successes and innovations of the charter school to other non-charter public schools.

Defined as a «tendency to sustain interest in and effort toward very long - term goals,» her research has correlated grit with educational attainment, grade - point average in Ivy League undergrads, retention in West Point cadets, and rank in the US National Spelling Bee.