Sentences with phrase «improve academic preparation»

The College Board last week introduced a series of curriculum guides for high - school teachers designed to help improve the academic preparation of college - bound students and to encourage teachers to play a greater role in the school - reform movement.

An alternate, or perhaps complementary, theory is that NHRP induces students to improve their academic preparation in high school, making them more attractive candidates to these colleges.

A consensus for change is developing, but as Bridget Terry Long points out in a new policy proposal commissioned by the Hamilton Project, reform efforts often sidestep substantial questions about how to improve academic preparation and — importantly — help students avoid remedial placement altogether...

The importance of AP exam results indicates the need for schools and districts to pay close attention not only to the quality of teaching in Advanced Placement courses but also to improving the academic preparation of students prior to their enrollment in those courses.

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Under a 10 - principle plan to improve teacher preparation programs unanimously approved by the Georgia state regents last month, elementary education candidates will be required to complete an academic minor in both reading and math.

The findings demonstrate the feasibility of improving labor market preparation and successful school - to - work transitions without compromising academic goals and preparation for college.

Learning Around the Clock: Benefits of Expanded Learning Opportunities for Older Youth identifies and describes Expanded Learning Opportunities (ELOs) that improve academic performance, college and career preparation, social and emotional development, and health and wellness outcomes for underserved youth.

Please use this for test preparation or to improve your academic skills.

With the passage of ESSA, local and state policymakers can leverage federal funding to strengthen principal preparation and development, an investment that can reap significant dividends — both in the form of increased teacher retention and the improved academic opportunities that come with a strong instructional leader.

The ACE program is designed to provide the academic enrichment and skill support needed to boost student preparation for honors classes, as well as improve student PARCC test scores.

Its seven recommendations for the state embrace the idea that effective preparation of teachers is an essential part of improving academic achievement, especially with the implementation of the Common Core State Standards and the Next Generation Science Standards.

But, too often, the only preparation aspiring principals get is university classes that cover mainly the administrative and legal aspects of the job, not the critical work they do to improve academic achievement and create an instructionally supportive culture.

That's ridiculous and it undermines all the work that's been done in our state to strengthen teacher preparation and improve the teacher certification exams and process,» said Jamie Dangler, UUP's vice president for academics and a member of the state's edTPA Task Force.

In 1998, The Wallace Foundation, along with The Education Trust of Washington, D.C., launched Transforming School Counseling, a national initiative to improve the professional preparation of school counselors and increase their capacity to provide appropriate academic and career development counseling to middle and high school students, especially those in low - achieving schools.

State changes included implementing higher admission standards for teacher preparation programs, improving ways to test content knowledge, and developing higher - quality student teaching experiences.100 A separate report from NCTQ focused on states» progress toward aligning teacher preparation programs to new Common Core academic standards.