Sentences with phrase «growing academic language»

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In spring 2015, the boycott grew so large — with parents pulling more than 200,000 students out of testing in English language arts and mathematics, about 20 percent of those eligible statewide — that Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo called for a sweeping review of the state's academic standards and exams.

grow at the same academic rate as their peers regardless of their socio - economic status, English language attainment and / or learning or physical disabilities...» A tall order which remains to be proven.

As a result, Title I and English - language - learner subgroups typically face a gap in academic ability that tends to persist or grow throughout their school experience.

The plan sets a target of 66 % of working - age New Mexicans earning a college degree or post-secondary credential by the year 2030 — a rigorous goal given the current attainment rate of 45 %.1 The plan also sets a vision for New Mexico to be the fastest growing state in the nation when it comes to student outcomes, with a goal to increase the percentage of students who demonstrate readiness to more than 60 % on the state English language arts (ELA) and math assessments.2 These efforts are significant considering New Mexico's historically lower student academic proficiency rates compared to other states and to national averages3, and demonstrate how leaders are driving a sense of urgency to improve.

«Extensive research has shown that students who build strong biliteracy skills (in English and one or more other languages) have higher academic success, a foundation for increased salary earnings, and stronger cognitive skills as they grow older,» Jan Gustafson - Corea CEO of the California Association for Bilingual Education said in a press release supporting Lara's bill.

The team mentioned that SDCS must work to create a system for providing academic instruction across the content areas for a growing number of ELL students who currently miss out on content instruction due to language barriers.

As schools and districts work to improve the academic success for a growing number of English language learner and bilingual students, a new study provides insights...

Its academic performance grew practically more than any other district in the state, despite high numbers of language - development youngsters.

What is unproductive, even immoral, is to promote the notion that we can increase academic achievement without recognizing that the greatest barriers to academic success are poverty, language challenges and a failure to provide the extra or special educational services that individual child need in order to grow and prosper.

In this exhibition, Women: New (Re) Presentations, McGinness expands upon his ever - growing language of symbols with a concentrated yet expansive body of work based upon the traditional academic drawing of the female nude figure.