Sentences with phrase «graduation rate increase of»

As principal of West Charlotte High School, Timisha has been instrumental in the graduation rate increase of more than 31 percentage points.

As many urban school districts across the country struggled to maintain or substantially increase graduation rates, the Wichita School District saw an unprecedented graduation rate increase of 19.3 %.

Not exact matches

Lower levels of binge drinking and participation in the hookup culture may also lead to higher graduation rates and a more academic atmosphere on campus, increasing prestige, which boosts enrollment.

I draw on the work of many analysts, including Melissa Roderick at the Consortium on Chicago Schools Research and the authors of the book «Crossing the Finish Line,» to suggest that doing a better job of developing non-cognitive skills in students could be a particularly fruitful way to increase college - graduation rates.

Involvement has been shown to increase grades, leads to more consistent homework completion, improve student behavior at school, increase high school graduation rates, reduce school drop - out rates, increase college attendance, and lower rates of experimentation with tobacco, alcohol, and recreational drugs.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is a successful case of mayoral control, considering mayoral control increased graduation rates in New York City schools.

U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D - Astoria) has announced a federal grant of $ 552,000 for volunteer mentoring and tutoring in an effort to increase attendance and graduation rates in Long Island City schools.

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The 2018 request includes a single item — more than $ 3.63 million to fund the second year of a three - year plan to grow enrollment to 1,200 and increase four - year graduation rates.

Opportunity programs, which are designed for educationally and economically disadvantaged students, have a steady track record of success in increasing graduation rates among the most at - risk students.

According to a staff analysis, the second year of funding will increase the enrollment target by an additional 150 students by 2023 and the four - year graduation rate by an additional 6 percent for the 2023 entering cohort.

This was the largest graduation rate increase out of the state's «Big 5 City School Districts,» which is composed of New York City, Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse and Yonkers, according to the state education department.

Nevergold said some of the positives with the district include the relationship with the superintendent and staff, reducing class sizes, an increased graduation rate, and community involvement.

His higher education policies have included calling for laws to limit the amount of time a student can receive state tuition assistance while in a public university, which he said would increase the rate of graduation in four years.

«Rising graduation rates show the positive effects of strong state aid increases that are coupled with tremendous work by educators and staff,» NYSUT President Andy Pallotta said.

«Since mayoral control of education came in, the graduation rate in New York City has increased by 50 percent in 13 years,» de Blasio said at a news conference in Albany.

But he touted accomplishments in his first term such as universal prekindergarten, his affordable housing plan — which he recently announced is ahead of schedule — increased high school graduation rates, overall crime being down and a drop in the use of the stop and frisk policing method are rooted in maintaining the city's nature.

The mayor would no doubt say this has brought major results — he most frequently cites an increase in graduation rates, but critics point to indicators that would say otherwise, including relatively flat test scores and the small percentage of city graduates who are prepared to do college level work.

The graduation rates increased for each of the so - called «Big 5» city school districts as well.

This is a first - of its - kind collaboration that is expected to help «at risk» students perform better academically and increase graduation rates.

Those who support unionization say it would improve adjunct faculty members» standard of living, provide a more stable environment for students, and increase retention and graduation rates.

In a conference call Tuesday, Mr. Mujica and Melissa DeRosa, Mr. Cuomo's chief of staff, expressed confidence that the program would increase graduation rates.

He found that the societal benefits would amount to $ 50,000 per child annually and an overall savings of $ 1.2 trillion by reduced crime and increased rates of on - time high school graduation.

He pointed to a five - year graduation rate that has increased from the high 50s to nearly 74 %, to the fact that there's been a doubling share of Newark's African - American students who exceed the New Jersey average on state assessments, and that Newark is now outperforming 80 % of 37 demographically similar systems in the state (after lagging behind all but a handful of them in 2010).

The evidence we have reviewed suggests that high school exit exam programs, as currently implemented in the United States, decrease the rate of high school graduation without increasing achievement.

When compared to earlier graduation rates, the veracity of this dramatic increase seems even more unlikely.

• Among African Americans, 26 % of those in the control group attended college full - time at some point within three years of expected high school graduation; among those in the treatment group, the voucher offer increased this rate by 7 percentage points, a 25 % increment.

General educational attainment of these students rose: four - and five - year high - school graduation rates increased by 17 percent and college enrollment rates increased by 30 percent.

Hanushek examines the report's two main conclusions: a) that test - based incentive programs «have not increased student achievement enough to bring the United States close to the level of the highest achieving countries;» and b) that high school exit exam programs «decrease the rate of high school graduation without increasing achievement.»

The relevance of including students with disabilities in assessment and accountability has been demonstrated by the increase in the number of students with disabilities in many states who took and passed the standardized tests and an increase in graduation rates in recent years.

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A trove of correlational studies have also demonstrated benefits for high school athletes, including higher grades, increased graduation and college completion rates, and a decrease in various antisocial behaviors.

As a result of Rivera's secondary redesign plan, the graduation rate has increased by 2 percent, and the percentage of students earning a Regents diploma increased from 21 percent in 2003 to 56 percent in 2005.

In its 10th year of existence, Guajardo's nonprofit development organization in Texas is run entirely by college - educated locals, and the school districts which it helps are seeing significant increases in graduation rates and college matriculation.

[5] Using a common definition they could apply for very long time periods, they found that the high school graduation rate peaked in the early seventies and had not increased as of 2004, when the period covered by their data ended.

Two, Obama's spinners have spent a lot of time talking up the steady increase in the U.S. graduation rate.

Cultural activity may also increase graduation rates by giving students more ways to be engaged with school on top of traditional academic coursework.

While Crossing the Finish Line doesn't provide strong evidence on what will work to increase college graduation rates, it points to four areas that will very likely have to be part of the equation:

74, the undersecretary of education, had been chancellor of the Foothill - De Anza Community College District and is an expert in two - year colleges, a focus of Obama's goal to increase college attendance and graduation rates.

For example, over the last ten years, Georgia State University has used data analytics in conjunction with college advising with the goal of increasing the graduation rate of low - income students.

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Whereas the schools identified for closure experienced an increase of 6.5 percentage points relative to their projected graduation rate, the other low - performing comparison schools experienced an increase of 1.4 percentage points.

This means that the net difference was a 5.1 - percentage - point increase in graduation rates over and above the influence of other factors that were affecting low - performing schools citywide.

Most notably, closures improved graduation rates for displaced students by 15.1 percentage points — with all of that improvement coming through a 17.4 - percentage - point increase in the share of students earning more rigorous Regents diplomas.

The program is not associated with improved high school graduation rates or increases in the number of students taking college entrance exams, suggesting that the APIP improves the outcomes of high - achieving students rather than those students who may not have graduated from high school or even applied to college.

Since improved AP outcomes may not necessarily reflect increased learning and could come at the expense of other academic outcomes, I also looked beyond these immediate effects to the broader set of outcomes, such as high school graduation rates, SAT and ACT performance, and the percentage of students attending college.

There seems to be no consensus about whether the across - the - board increases in U.S. graduation rates reported by the federal government last week are the result of No Child Left Behind - era accountability mechanisms or the data - based decisionmaking stressed under the Obama administration, more early - warning systems to identify potential dropouts, or fewer high school exit exams.

«Thirdly, to secure long term commitment from teacher education providers to stem attrition rates and increase retention and graduation rates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander enrolments to enable the diversity of our teaching population to better match that of students.»

Winners of the $ 4 billion Race to the Top jackpot committed to grand goals in using the federal grants to raise student achievement, as measured by higher test scores, narrowed achievement gaps, and increased graduation and college - going rates — all in four years.

As an increasing number of schools and school districts adopt online learning as a way to boost graduation rates, address multiple student populations, expand their course catalogs, and personalize learning, understanding the challenges and obstacles that educators face as they introduce new programs is key.