Sentences with phrase «higher student achievement before»

We also find evidence that schools with higher student achievement before the start of the EITP benefited the most from the program.

Not exact matches

Perhaps it's because white students score higher on achievement tests and graduate at substantially higher rates that many of the loudest voices in this debate aren't troubled by asking for patience and time to get things exactly right before proceeding.

Denver has taken the first step toward fixing high schools by identifying problems such as the achievement gap that begins before students even enter GW's IB program.

The notion that high - quality standards correlate with higher student achievement was disproved long before Loveless wrote his paper.

Education during these formative years can also begin closing the educational achievement gap between low and high - income students before formal schooling begins.

Before becoming the Director of Student Achievement for the Weehawken Township School District in Weehawken, NJ, Denis taught high school math, from Algebra to Advanced Placement, for thirteen years at Lake Forest High School in Lake Forest, Illinois and supervised the mathematics programs in Sparta, Edison, and Chathamhigh school math, from Algebra to Advanced Placement, for thirteen years at Lake Forest High School in Lake Forest, Illinois and supervised the mathematics programs in Sparta, Edison, and ChathamHigh School in Lake Forest, Illinois and supervised the mathematics programs in Sparta, Edison, and Chatham NJ.

Given the experience to date with an overwhelming focus on student achievement scores as a basis for high - stakes decisions, policymakers would do well to pause and carefully examine the issues that make teacher assessment so complex before implementing an assessment plan.

Top MBA colleges have high requirements and require their students to pass through its stringent criteria such as having a certain amount of work experience, strong professional achievements, academic distinctions etc. and though this improves the quality of the MBA applicants, it also leaves a lot of young smart people disgruntled because now they will have to work and accumulate years of experience before they are eligible to apply for the MBA.