Sentences with phrase «improves grades in school»

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Finally, in Houston in 2010 — 11, he gave cash incentives to fifth - grade students in 25 low - performing public schools, as well as to the parents and teachers of those students, with the intent of increasing the time they spent on math homework and improving their scores on standardized math tests.

Recommendation: To improve SFAs» ability to design menus that comply with the new lunch requirements, the Secretary of Agriculture should modify federal regulations or guidance to allow school districts flexibility in complying with the defined calorie ranges for schools with students in both the grades 6 - 8 and 9 - 12 groups.

«I know that he really wants to improve things at the local schools, but I would have liked to hear more about his process of how he'll do it, especially for the early grades,» said Moore, who is in her 40s.

The school is eligible to receive millions of dollars in federal money to improve its performance, but Dr. Tisch said its problems ran so deep — students read far below grade level, and there was little instruction taking place — that money alone might not be enough to solve them.

Students in third through eighth grades in the Syracuse City School District have improved their standardized test scores in both math and English, but the scores still lag behind statewide scores.

Students who do poorly on the exams have to try to improve their performance in summer school or face having to repeat a grade.

In addition to being an organizer and consultant for the Jumpstart Core Curriculum Institute (JCCI), a program founded by Leslie Brown that develops strategies for improving literacy, science, math, technology, and social - science skills among disadvantaged minority students in grades K - 12, I teach chemistry to high school students at the University of South Carolina?s Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) Summer PrograIn addition to being an organizer and consultant for the Jumpstart Core Curriculum Institute (JCCI), a program founded by Leslie Brown that develops strategies for improving literacy, science, math, technology, and social - science skills among disadvantaged minority students in grades K - 12, I teach chemistry to high school students at the University of South Carolina?s Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) Summer Prograin grades K - 12, I teach chemistry to high school students at the University of South Carolina?s Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) Summer Program.

Successful implementation of preschool to 3rd grade programs yields benefits in increasing school readiness, improving attendance, and strengthening parental involvement in school education — strategies that can close the achievement gap for children at risk, according to a new University of Minnesota study.

Based on data collected in a Missouri school district by her MU colleagues Christi Bergin, associate research professor, and David Bergin, associate professor of educational psychology, Wang and her colleagues developed a scale that improves understanding of classroom engagement and can be readily used in fourth through 12th - grade classrooms.

The study showed that prediction of student graduation may be significantly improved by including in the college admission process consideration of AP exam performance and a small set of personality traits, along with traditional indicators of student abilities and high school grades.

The researchers also compared sugary ready - to - eat cereal to oatmeal and found oatmeal's nutritional advantage (more nourishing whole food meal) made it a better choice at improving brain power and encouraging better test scores.1 Additional stats show higher test grades and better school attendance in breakfast eaters than in non-breakfast eaters too.2 Bottom line: to excel in whatever we do, whether it be school, work, play or relationships, we need breakfast to be at the top of our mental game.

This is 2002 and although Lady Bird (real name Christine; with typical feistiness she tells a priest at her Catholic school that Lady Bird is her given name, «Given to me by me») doesn't get good grades, she reckons that maybe 9/11 will improve her chances of getting in to NYU as applications are down due to terrorism.

What follows is a pretty typical year in the life of a high school girl, navigating her relationship with her best friend (Beanie Feldstein) and the boys she likes (Lucas Hedges and Timothee Chalamet) as she tries to improve her grades and her standing in life to escape the suffocation of her family.

By contrast, schools with a D grade in 1999 improved by 10 points.

CASEL president Roger P. Weissberg and Joseph Durlak, a Loyola University psychologist, reviewed 300 studies and found that, compared with nonparticipants, students participating in programs aimed at improving the social and emotional learning environment in schools «have significantly better attendance records; their classroom behavior is more constructive and less often disruptive; they like school more; and they have better grade point averages.

Indeed, simply assigning grades to schools may inspire them to improve in order to get better grades.

Schools with an A grade in 1999 improved by 0.4 points on the writing test; B schools had an average gain of 0.4 points; and C schools gained 0.5 Schools with an A grade in 1999 improved by 0.4 points on the writing test; B schools had an average gain of 0.4 points; and C schools gained 0.5 schools had an average gain of 0.4 points; and C schools gained 0.5 schools gained 0.5 points.

Schools earning D grades improved by 16 points, while schools that received F grades in 1999 made gains of 26 points, equal to 1.25 standard deviSchools earning D grades improved by 16 points, while schools that received F grades in 1999 made gains of 26 points, equal to 1.25 standard devischools that received F grades in 1999 made gains of 26 points, equal to 1.25 standard deviations.

Being retained in third grade led students to take fewer remedial courses in high school and improved their grade point averages.

Provides comprehensive data for individual states in the following categories: summary of grades, student achievement, standards and accountability, efforts to improve teacher quality, school climate, resources: equity and spending.

Districts and charter schools could use the extra dollars to lower class sizes, improve classroom technology, or target teacher training in grades K - 4.

Brooke MacKenzie is a learning specialist at Riverdale Country School in New York, and works with students in first through third grades to improve their reading and writing skills.

Lower - grade versions of IB, designed to improve learning from day one, are gaining steam in elementary schools and middle schools.

When their parents are involved, kids are more likely to earn higher grades and score better on standardized tests; they attend school more regularly, have improved social skills, and are better behaved in school; and they are more likely to continue their education past high school.

A Lesson in Proofing Students in middle and high school learn to use Word's Find / Replace feature to check written work, increase accuracy, and improve their grades.

During this time, Florida was engaged in other education reforms as well: instituting several school - voucher programs, increasing the number of charter schools in the state, and improving the system used to assign grades to schools based on the FCAT.

Since the 1990s, a major thrust in improving our mathematics achievement has been the effort to move an authentic Algebra 1 course from the high school and into grade 8, similar to what high - achieving countries have been doing for a long time.

I improved my grades but never got in gear at this challenging college far removed from my high school friends.

The topics range from early grade reading and assessment, to improving the school staffroom and targeting big ideas in maths.

«For students whose parents had college degrees, their parents» involvement in the seventh grade set forth a chain of reactions that improved their school behavior from teachers» perspectives in the eighth grade, which in turn increased their grades and test scores in the ninth grade,» Hill says.

Citizen Schools records show improved attendance, grades, and career planning for youth involved in its programs.

For example, at Pembroke Elementary School, detentions slid from twenty - eight to three among students who had laptops, suspensions dropped from five to zero, and 91 percent of the students with laptops improved their grades in at least one academic area.

Ormiston Forge Academy in Cradley Heath capped a remarkable year with 84 per cent of the A level cohort achieving three or more passes at grades A * - E. Just 18 months after the Academy was judged as Good by Ofsted and in the same year it was designated as a National Support School, every indicator at Key Stage 5 has improved yet again.

Students themselves and the United States as a whole benefit from improved performance in the early grades only if that translates into measurably higher skills at the end of school.

In 2011, it went to the Globe Academy in London, which over three years has successively improved its GCSE grades, including during the period of adjustment from its predecessor school into the Academy in September 201In 2011, it went to the Globe Academy in London, which over three years has successively improved its GCSE grades, including during the period of adjustment from its predecessor school into the Academy in September 201in London, which over three years has successively improved its GCSE grades, including during the period of adjustment from its predecessor school into the Academy in September 201in September 2010.

Her Northwestern High School class in Rock Hill, South Carolina, is part of a remedial program for students in grades 9 through 12 designed to improve the test scores of students who fail the school's «exit exam.&School class in Rock Hill, South Carolina, is part of a remedial program for students in grades 9 through 12 designed to improve the test scores of students who fail the school's «exit exam.&school's «exit exam.»

According to surveys conducted by the Attleboro Public Schools, retention rates — holding students back — in grades 2 - 8 decreased by more than 43 percent, special education referrals dropped by more than 55 percent, and discipline and suspensions — especially in the middle schools — declined significantly, while attendance rates improved for both students and teSchools, retention rates — holding students back — in grades 2 - 8 decreased by more than 43 percent, special education referrals dropped by more than 55 percent, and discipline and suspensions — especially in the middle schools — declined significantly, while attendance rates improved for both students and teschools — declined significantly, while attendance rates improved for both students and teachers.

Participation in afterschool programs is influencing academic performance in a number of ways, including better attitudes toward school and higher educational aspirations; higher school attendance rates and lower tardiness rates; less disciplinary action, such as suspension; lower dropout rates; better performance in school, as measured by achievement test scores and grades; significant gains in academic achievement test scores; greater on - time promotion; improved homework completion; and deeper engagement in learning.

However, we found that for rising 9th - grade students, the closure of their most likely high - school option led them to enroll in somewhat higher - performing high schools and substantially improved their likelihood of graduating with a New York State Regents diploma.

In fact, I believe it is high time that we commit the full resources required to reform and improve every school in America so that every child is learning, so that every child is at grade level or abovIn fact, I believe it is high time that we commit the full resources required to reform and improve every school in America so that every child is learning, so that every child is at grade level or abovin America so that every child is learning, so that every child is at grade level or above.

These include: a proven literacy approach designed to meet the individual needs of the students; the Everyday Mathematics program for students in grades K - 6; an after - school program to help students improve MCAS scores; and other special programs.»

Behavior and Grades Improve after Fred Jones Training: A true story about change at Granite Hills High School in Porterville, California

Our results demonstrate that, among students who enter in a typical grade, attending a charter school improves reading and math scores by an amount that is both statistically and substantively significant.

Grades improve not because of what kids are learning in the video club, but because the video club is making them enjoy school more, so they show up more often, find a circle of like - minded friends, and become more engaged in school.

The program is a hybrid: it gives formula grants to states, but to receive their share of funds (fixed amounts calculated by a formula tied to the states» levels of need) states had to submit applications specifying in detail how they would set up competitive grant programs for their districts aimed at helping low - performing, high - poverty schools improve reading instruction in grades K — 3.

Grades: Professional, Parents Action for Healthy Kids is a partnership of over fifty public and private agencies that focuses on changes in schools to improve nutrition and increase physical activity.

Although more than half the students who spend an extra year in the same grade and attend summer school improve their scores on standardized tests, the remaining students held back continue to struggle.

Though adults give the nation's public schools only mediocre grades — a plurality confer a «C» — they are willing to invest more money in public education and they are reasonably confident that doing so will improve student learning.

The Commission will examine factors in raising student achievement from prekindergarten through high school including: state accountability and curriculum requirements; model programs to improve student achievement beginning in early learning programs and continuing throughout high school; strategies for every student to achieve at grade level such as intervention and support systems; and policies to improve student attendance and retention.

While New Orleans schools have improved considerably since pre-Katrina (see «Good News for New Orleans,» features, Fall 2015) and families seem to have a variety of schooling options (see «Many Options in New Orleans Choice System,» research, Fall 2015), only 22 of the 90 schools in the 2015 — 16 OneApp received a letter grade of A or B under the state's accountability system.