Sentences with phrase «high achieving students gained»

With DreamBox, high achieving students gained a different access point for content at and above grade level, something families and schools continually seek.

Not exact matches

A new study shows that students who achieve the highest gains on standardized tests do not show improvements in their cognitive skills.

After controlling for average class size, per - pupil spending in 1998 - 99, the percentage of students with disabilities, the percentage of students receiving a free or reduced - price school lunch, the percentage of students with limited English proficiency, and student mobility rates, high - scoring F schools achieved gains that were 2.5 points greater than their below - average D counterparts in reading (see Figure 2).

High - achieving students gain an average of only 2 points when taught by the least effective teachers but an average of 25 points when taught by the most effective teachers.

This study concluded that «students who received assignments requiring more challenging intellectual work also achieved greater than average gains on the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills in reading and mathematics, and demonstrated higher performance in reading, mathematics, and writing on the Illinois Goals Assessment Program.

However, without the changes Massachusetts made to its entire system of teacher licensing (e.g., subject area licensing tests for all prospective teachers, criteria for achieving full licensure after beginning teaching, and criteria for license renewal for veteran teachers), it is unlikely there would have been enduring gains in achievement for students in all demographic groups and in all its regional vocational / technical high schools — gains confirmed by tests independent of control or manipulation by Massachusetts or federal policy makers.

That is, those teachers who achieve large student learning gains and leaps in higher - order thinking, and who inspire and motivate students and colleagues alike.

Younger students gain an advantage by learning from and competing with older students, who tend to be higher achieving and better behaved.

These effects are all larger than what would have been predicted based on the same students» test - score gains, leading the researchers to conclude that «high achieving charter schools alter more than cognitive ability.»

Such high expectations have helped the Houston - founded charter chain achieve continued gains in student achievement despite some minor speed bumps during massive growth, according to a comprehensive new study.

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As testing opt - out loses steam and students make large gains in reading and math, advocates of the Common Core State Standards have greater confidence that more students are achieving to higher standards.

2003 — CEI - PEA launched Project BOOST to provide academic, social and cultural enrichment to under - achieving fourth through eighth - grade students with the ultimate goal of helping them gain admission to quality high schools.

As a high school English teacher, Ms. McDonough led her students to achieve some of the highest gains ever measured in Massachusetts.

Of the LA Unified elementary schools with with the top five scores on the CORE index — there were nine overall due to some ties — the only perfect score of 100 was Balboa Gifted / High Ability Magnet Elementary, which is a magnet school for gifted students who must already be high - achieving students in order to gain admissHigh Ability Magnet Elementary, which is a magnet school for gifted students who must already be high - achieving students in order to gain admisshigh - achieving students in order to gain admission.

While some gains in students» academic outcomes have been achieved, no schools have budged much higher than the bottom five percent and the school takeovers have rankled parents who say that management has failed to get community support or take the time to truly understand the needs of their students.

This holistic approach has yielded results in places like Putnam City West High School in Oklahoma City, where educators have engaged parents and the community to boost the graduation rate of Hispanic students by 70 percent; and Denver, where the teacher - led Math and Science Leadership Academy is taking a collaborative approach that focuses on mentoring and professional development to boost student achievement; and in Las Vegas, where a teacher empowerment program has led to remarkable gains, including at Culley Elementary School, a «high achieving» school where only five years ago, less than a quarter of students were at grade leHigh School in Oklahoma City, where educators have engaged parents and the community to boost the graduation rate of Hispanic students by 70 percent; and Denver, where the teacher - led Math and Science Leadership Academy is taking a collaborative approach that focuses on mentoring and professional development to boost student achievement; and in Las Vegas, where a teacher empowerment program has led to remarkable gains, including at Culley Elementary School, a «high achieving» school where only five years ago, less than a quarter of students were at grade lehigh achieving» school where only five years ago, less than a quarter of students were at grade level.

The researchers didn't find great gains for high - achieving white students.

Research also shows that the academic gains students achieve with high arts participation are greatest for struggling, low - income students at the most risk of academic failure.

While there is not a clear causal effect between a teacher's own academic record and his or her ability to achieve the kinds of learning gains that help students excel, most studies do find a correlation between higher GPA and teacher effectiveness.43 Taken in aggregate with other factors, such as experience and rank of undergraduate school, some studies have found larger positive impacts, especially for math achievement.44 For this reason, a high GPA should not be the only factor that determines entry into the profession.

Internal Teach For America data show that teachers who demonstrate a high W - 1 proficiency level are significantly more likely to achieve significant academic gains with their students than teachers who demonstrate a lower W - 1 proficiency.

The small high schools managed to achieve these gains at a lower cost per graduate than the traditional schools, partly because more students graduated on time and did not need a costly fifth year of education.

Achieving Educational Equity through Career and Technical Pathways Rashid Davis, Principal of New York City's P - Tech (Pathways in Career and Technical Education) High School, shares the details of his pioneering school model that provides a pathway for historically underserved students to complete high school, an associate's degree in applied computer science, and gain access to «new collar» jobs at IBM — all at no cost to students or their familHigh School, shares the details of his pioneering school model that provides a pathway for historically underserved students to complete high school, an associate's degree in applied computer science, and gain access to «new collar» jobs at IBM — all at no cost to students or their familhigh school, an associate's degree in applied computer science, and gain access to «new collar» jobs at IBM — all at no cost to students or their families.

Based on more recent data, Russell Rumberger and Gregory Palardy speculated in 2005 that, because students across the income and ability spectrum can be shown to benefit from attending high - performing schools, aggressive efforts to homogenize schools» demographic profiles will likely hurt better - prepared students, with predicted declines for the highest - achieving students (who are now concentrated in high - income schools) exceeding the expected gains for low - income and minority students.

For example, a student who is achieving at a low level may or may not benefit by transferring to a school that is producing high gains only with high achieving students.

The same can be said of a high achieving student who transfers to a school that is producing high gains with low achieving students.

At Cameron College Prep, Ms. Tey and her team were able to make significant academic gains with their students, achieving the highest mathematics growth scores in the state of TN during the 2013 -2014 school year.

They asked whether a cohort of children in a particular school in a particular grade achieved less the year after a high value - added teacher left than did the previous cohort of students, and, conversely, whether children gained more the year after a high - value - added teacher joined the staff.

These retention and persistence realities deeply hamper the ability for schools, particularly high - poverty schools, to initiate and sustain school improvement efforts necessary to achieve real gains for students.»

On other tests, it will be comparatively easy for high - achieving students to make large gains, biasing value - added in favor of teachers working in those schools.

That said, the highest - quality research studies find that charter schools tend to produce greater gains in math and reading test scores for traditionally disadvantaged students, compared to the gains these same students would achieve if they attended a traditional public school.

«The steady gains charter schools have achieved year after year, even as they serve a higher percentage of District students, are beginning to add up,» McKoy said in a statement.

[18] While academic gains achieved by students in KIPP schools were mostly positive, the study found that these KIPP schools had unusually high attrition rates.