Sentences with phrase «grades receiving positive»

In fact, in all nine districts that had a composite score for 8th grade, at least 86 % of their schools received positive value - added scores for this grade level, while two districts had 100 % of their eighth grades receiving positive scores.

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Nearly all of the family values studied in the survey received positive grades from the respondents — «opposition to abortion» was 27th on a very warmly received list (in fact, it fell just three places behind «helping your community or neighborhood»).

Under Cuomo's plan, teachers would only receive positive ratings if they received high grades on both subjective and objective measures.

But, though we graded Lionsgate a «D» in 2015 — a year in which just three of its films received positive reviews from critics — the quality of the studio's output actually appears to be increasing, albeit slightly.

A relatively old - fashioned PG - rated movie that relies heavily on sumptuous costumes and sets, «Cinderella» received mostly positive reviews from critics and an A grade from moviegoers in CinemaScore exit polls.

This report reviews 16 studies conducted in seven states; 103 of 112 comparisons show positive results in writing achievement favoring students in classrooms of NWP participants, based on grading by «blind» coders who did not know whether the author received NWP teaching.

In the fall of 2006, IES received what an Education Week survey termed «mixed, but mostly positive, grades»; and the follow - up here likewise found widespread praise, leavened with caution.

Lesson I received positive feedback and an outstanding grade for.

«We found that the kids who received this retention and remediation treatment in third grade, there's big positive immediate effect in those first couple of years,» Winters said.

This is in stark contrast to the 6th and 7th grade composite scores, where only one district for each of these had a majority of their schools receive positive composite scores.

As you can see, in 2013 schools were, across the board, much more likely to receive positive value - added scores in 4th and 8th grades than in other grades.

For 4th and 7th grades, almost every school received positive scores.

As for the three - year composites scores, schools across the state were much more likely to receive positive value - added scores than negative value - added scores in all tested grade levels.

Similar results were found for the three - year composite scores, except even more schools received positive value - added scores for the 5th and 8th grades.

For clarity purposes, we color - coded the chart — green signifies the grade levels for which 75 % or more of the schools received a positive value - added score, while red signifies the grade levels for which 25 % or less of the schools received a positive value - added score.

To recall, the seventh grade scores in ELA were drastically lower, with all districts having no more than 50 % of their schools receive positive value - added scores (five of which had fewer than 25 %).

Specifically, a majority of schools across all districts received positive value - added scores at each grade level for mathematics, with the small exception of 5th grade in one school district.

In fact, all districts had at least 75 % of their schools receive positive value - added scores in 7th grade and at least 60 % in fourth grade.

This fourth - grade team received such positive comments from their changes, not only did they repeat the practice in the spring, but other grade levels at the school asked them how they could alter their practices.

We've just received new photos from classes ranging between 6th to 10th grade and are extremely excited about the positive response from students.

The extremely positive customer comments received across all grades of hotels reflect the assertion that service is of paramount importance to the islands» visitors, even more so than price, value or luxury.

In Denver, low - resource families who received home visiting showed modest benefits in children's language and cognitive development.102 In Elmira, only the intervention children whose mothers smoked cigarettes before the experiment experienced cognitive benefits.103 In Memphis, children of mothers with low psychological resources104 in the intervention group had higher grades and achievement test scores at age nine than their counterparts in the control group.105 Early Head Start also identified small, positive effects on children's cognitive abilities, though the change was for the program as a whole and not specific to home - visited families.106 Similarly, IHDP identified large cognitive effects at twenty - four and thirty - six months, but not at twelve months, so the effects can not be attributed solely to home - visiting services.107

In addition, when students in both intervention conditions were in grade 6, they received 4 hours of training from project staff in skills to recognize and resist social influences to engage in problem behaviors, and to generate and suggest positive alternatives to stay out of trouble while keeping friends.41

We have found and reported short - term positive effects of this intervention package on behavior, school bonding, and achievement of children receiving the intervention during grades 1 through 4.28,29 We have also found positive effects on children from low - income families at the end of grade 6.30