Sentences with phrase «higher performing schools showed»

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In Oswego, New York, a high school student was told that he could not perform his Christian «rap» routine in the school talent show.

We look forward to showing you the 46 Success Academies that make up the highest performing school district in the state,» added Success Academy Chief Executive Officer Eva Moskowitz.

Strikingly, children from low - income families, who typically don't perform as well at school, show similar academic performance as children from high - income families.

Off to college this fall, Colleen loves to take dance classes, perform in her high school's show choir, and hang out with friends.

She would act in local theatre shows, but decided against going to one of LA's prestigious performing arts high schools, opting instead for a normal teenage experience with her friends.

The report also shows that there are large areas of the country which currently have no access to a high performing school.

High school students using PBL in American studies performed as well on multiple - choice tests as students who received a traditional model of instruction, and they showed a deeper understanding of content (Gallagher & Stepien, 1996).

It's worth noting that the decline shown in the West Ward may be overstated because of the way New Jersey reports data on two of Newark's high - performing charter school networks (it provides these network results in a single record, rather than breaking them out campus by campus).

As the recent comparative studies have shown, these results pale in comparison to Boston's high - performing charter sector but are stronger than those in most other urban public school systems.

that the No Excuses approach needs to be overhauled, but that» if there is one group of schools that have shown they have what it takes to help teachers learn and change over time, it's the high - performing charter schools founded in a no - excuses approach.»

Yet data clearly show that some groups of students, poor and minority students in particular, do not fare appreciably better in schools that are higher performing overall.

But it also unrepentantly underscores the state's big challenges: Massachusetts lags far behind the world's highest - performing nations, many of which are pulling farther ahead; other nations and other U.S. states have shown stronger recent gains; too few Massachusetts high school graduates are prepared for college - level work; and other U.S. states have done a better job of closing the achievement gap.

A number of cities are showing that the charter sector is best able to reliably create and grow high - performing schools.

Do the many charter school success stories recounted in The Founders mean that high - performing charters will soon show up in every city?

Suburban areas with high - performing school districts have shown little support for vouchers, so it was surprising to have the first locally enacted voucher program come from Douglas County, a Denver suburb with one of the highest median incomes in the country.

On the importance of setting high expectations, analysis shows students in schools where teachers have low expectations are 1.2 times more likely to perform poorly in mathematics, after accounting for socioeconomic status.

Rigorous studies consistently show that the impact of a more - effective teacher is substantial A high - performing teacher, one at the 84th percentile of all teachers, when compared with just an average teacher, produces students whose level of achievement is at least 0.2 standard deviations higher by the end of the school year.

Furthermore, our research shows that board members of higher - performing D.C. charter schools, when compared to those at lower - performing ones, are more knowledgeable about their schools (particularly relative to its performance rating, demographics, and financial outlook), and more apt to evaluate their leaders using staff satisfaction as a factor in doing so.

San Diego's Hoover High wins plaudits for its innovative programs, but shows up on a list of the city's low - performing schools — a revealing tale of the crisis in urban high schoHigh wins plaudits for its innovative programs, but shows up on a list of the city's low - performing schools — a revealing tale of the crisis in urban high schohigh schools.

Rigorously - conducted research studies have shown that Boston is, in fact, home to the highest performing charter school sector in the country.

Charter schools are evolving and growing to meet parent demand for high - performing public school options, and these finalists continue to show that high academic achievement is possible for all students.

High - performing charter schools have shown that disadvantaged students can achieve at high levHigh - performing charter schools have shown that disadvantaged students can achieve at high levhigh levels.

Closing low - performing schools and reopening new schools or sending students to other, higher - performing schools has shown positive outcomes for students and may be the most beneficial choice in some cases.

Over the last five years, our measures show the already high percentage of California charter schools that are high performing has increased modestly while the percentage of low - performing charter schools has dropped by about one - third.

This study shows how high - performing school systems use data to improve instruction for elementary students.

According to the New Jersey Department of Education, «High Performing» schools are classified as schools that show proficiency levels at the top 10 percent of the state in all categories of students.

The researchers determined that the study results can not be dismissed with claims that the students not in the voucher program (the control group, which included students who were not offered a voucher) attended higher - performing DC public schools that the students in the program (the treatment group, which included students who were offered or used a voucher): Evidence showed that «the study's control group students were attending average DC schools.»

With a 71 % poverty rating, this district has managed to show such a high level of student growth through reform, that the Indiana State Department of Education used the 8 - Step Process for continuous improvement of the Warren Township schools as a model for persistently low - performing schools.

Meanwhile, Massachusetts, generally the top performing state in the nation, showed a significant decline in math and reading scores among high school seniors, falling 2 and 3 points respectively.

Yet districts across the country are showing it can be met and are turning low - performing schools into places where all of its students learn to high levels.

Charter schools have created high - performing options for millions of families across the country, and initiatives such as New York City's small high schools of choice have shown that public - school choice in large districts can significantly improve graduation rates.

«What we've been trying to do in these studies is, firstly, to show that even among very high performing students, sleep restriction to five hours in bed over multiple nights - simulating a school week - can degrade performance.

It showed that a greater percentage of APP graduates than novice principals as a whole became principals in higher - need, lower - performing schools.

Fordham even implicitly shows how its testing approach will eventually impact non-voucher private school students: «[i] f a private school's voucher students perform in the two lowest categories of a state's accountability system for two consecutive years, then that school should be declared ineligible to receive new voucher students until it moves to a higher tier of performance (emphasis added).»

Chavez was not identified as a low - performing school by the state because of higher test scores, but students didn't appear to show as much improvement as other schools.

Put simply, this means that the best teachers close achievement gaps, while the worst teachers widen them.38 And these results are not just a matter of which teachers receive the less challenging teaching assignments: A major, multiyear study from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation showed that high - performing teachers remained so across schools, regardless of whether those schools were high - or low - poverty.39

While all of our schools faced funding adversity, many now show achievement scores comparable to the highest performing states.

The show will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 16 and Saturday, Nov. 17 and at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 18 at the Len Fonte Center for the Performing Arts at Nottingham High School.

One year into an aggressive, expensive school turnaround initiative, some of Denver's lowest - performing public schools are showing marked academic improvement by providing an education nearly identical to that of the highest - performing charter schools in the country.

«I'm worried that we latch onto the data that shows magnets are high - performing and we want to replicate them without understanding what makes the school high - performing.»

Six low - performing Boston schools participating in a pilot program that gives teachers more training, support, and leadership roles are showing higher growth on state tests than other low - performing city schools...

Other research shows that high school guidance counselors carry heavy student loads and are expected to perform a wide range of other duties.

There's not enough data yet, however, to show that the residency program is producing high - performing teachers who outshine graduates from traditional routes, something Drew Furedi, the executive director for talent management at the Los Angeles Unified School District, acknowledges.

Much like disaggregating test score data by race and income in the early 2000s revealed inequities in what were generally considered to be good school systems, breaking apart graduation rates by school district shows that even high - performing states have pockets of failure.

Community data will be coupled with survey results from parents, teachers, education support professionals and administrators for a picture of where Howenstine stands on some 42 indicators research shows exist at high - performing schools.

Prior research has shown when identifying either high - or low - performing districts or schools, there is a great deal of sensitivity to the performance measure (s) being used, the way school characteristics are controlled, and the year of measurement (see Abe et al 2015 for a good description).

Redesign schools to create time for collaboration: OECD studies show that higher - performing countries intentionally focus on creating teacher collaboration that results in more skillful teaching and strong student achievement.

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.

While the experimental public schools showed slightly higher levels of academic growth than traditional schools overall, the number of students performing at grade level was lower than the state average.

Well, the change that we made to improve our graduation rate is a change that hurts us on the test scores... We're showing these big improvements, our kids are performing closer to where they want to be — and they're not there yet — but in some cases, 30 — 40 percent higher on their test scores than [at other schools], but we're on the list.