Sentences with phrase «improved subgroup performance»

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We sought to clarify the neural mechanism by which different tDCS montages improved WM performance in participant subgroups.

Has the national performance of a particular subgroup of the student population improved over time?

Identification of, and comprehensive, evidence - based intervention in, the lowest - performing five percent of title I schools, all public high schools with a graduation rate below 67 percent, and public schools in which one or more subgroups of students are performing at a level similar to the performance of the lowest - performing five percent of title I schools and have not improved after receiving targeted interventions for a State - determined number of years; and

Part of their job will be to assemble «a repository of practices that are most effective in improving performance of student subgroups,» Cohn said.

Efforts to improve school attendance and reduce dropout rates are part of the larger effort to increase achievement and close performance gaps between student subgroups.

A Tier 3 school that has implemented targeted supports for more than three years, but has not improved the performance of the same student subgroup compared to the «all students» group will be classified as Tier 4 and qualify for comprehensive supports.

In return, the state must lay out plans for improving performance of the lowest - achieving schools and student subgroups, including African - American students and students with disabilities.

During her tenure at Hamilton, student achievement improved in all subgroups as evidenced by growth on the California Academic Performance Index.

Absent a district - wide effort to improve academic engagement and performance of this large and growing student subgroup, read more

All of California's public schools are held to higher levels of accountability to improve the academic performance of these subgroups.

The panelists — including Arkansas's Fort Smith Public Schools Superintendent Benny Goodman and the National Center for Learning Disabilities's Laura Kaloi — also advocated for using multiple assessment measures to judge school quality, adding more flexibility for improving low - performing schools, maintaining a focus on holding schools accountable for the performance of student subgroups, tracking student growth, and ensuring states set high standards.

Allows elementary and middle schools to earn additional points in its accountability system for accelerating student achievement, including increasing student performance in math, decreasing the number of minimally proficient students, improving the performance of certain student subgroups and / or using an inclusion model for special education.

(e) The board shall establish the information needed in an application for the approval of a charter school; provided that the application shall include, but not be limited to, a description of: (i) the mission, purpose, innovation and specialized focus of the proposed charter school; (ii) the innovative methods to be used in the charter school and how they differ from the district or districts from which the charter school is expected to enroll students; (iii) the organization of the school by ages of students or grades to be taught, an estimate of the total enrollment of the school and the district or districts from which the school will enroll students; (iv) the method for admission to the charter school; (v) the educational program, instructional methodology and services to be offered to students, including research on how the proposed program may improve the academic performance of the subgroups listed in the recruitment and retention plan; (vi) the school's capacity to address the particular needs of limited English - proficient students, if applicable, to learn English and learn content matter, including the employment of staff that meets the criteria established by the department; (vii) how the school shall involve parents as partners in the education of their children; (viii) the school governance and bylaws; (ix) a proposed arrangement or contract with an organization that shall manage or operate the school, including any proposed or agreed upon payments to such organization; (x) the financial plan for the operation of the school; (xi) the provision of school facilities and pupil transportation; (xii) the number and qualifications of teachers and administrators to be employed; (xiii) procedures for evaluation and professional development for teachers and administrators; (xiv) a statement of equal educational opportunity which shall state that charter schools shall be open to all students, on a space available basis, and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, creed, sex, gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age, ancestry, athletic performance, special need, proficiency in the English language or academic achievement; (xv) a student recruitment and retention plan, including deliberate, specific strategies the school will use to ensure the provision of equal educational opportunity as stated in clause (xiv) and to attract, enroll and retain a student population that, when compared to students in similar grades in schools from which the charter school is expected to enroll students, contains a comparable academic and demographic profile; and (xvi) plans for disseminating successes and innovations of the charter school to other non-charter public schools.