Sentences with phrase «in test score graduation»

Perhaps surprisingly given the gains in test score graduation requirements reported in column 2 of table 4, the estimates in column 4 of this table suggest not.

Perhaps surprisingly given the gains in test score graduation requirements reported in Table 4, the estimates in Table 7 suggest not.

Not exact matches

You may recall that the original impetus for focusing on this previously unexplored set of skills, in How Children Succeed and elsewhere, was the growing body of evidence that, when it comes to long - term academic goals like high - school graduation and college graduation, the test scores on which our current educational accountability system relies are clearly inadequate.

It's reflected in improved grades and test scores, strong attendance, a higher rate of homework completion, higher graduation rates, improved attitudes and behaviors in the child, as well as the child being more likely to become involved in positive extra-curricular activities.

Florida high school students who can't pass the two state tests needed for graduation could find it harder to earn a diploma starting next year, as the state moves to change what other exams — and scores — can be used in their place.

When compared to control group counterparts in randomized trials, infants and toddlers who participated in high - quality home visiting programs were shown to have more favorable scores for cognitive development and behavior, higher IQs and language scores, higher grade point averages and math and reading achievement test scores at age 9, and higher graduation rates from high school.

Low graduation rates and test scores rank it among the lowest performing districts in New York.

Mayoral control is typically evident of an elected education board failure and is often proposed in inner cities that, like Syracuse, have low graduation rates and test scores.

The system has seen dramatic improvements in test scores and a record - high graduation rates under his tenure.

«Under Mayor de Blasio, crime just hit another all - time low, jobs are at record highs, the city is building and preserving affordable housing at a record pace, while graduation rates and test scores continue to improve,» Levitan said in an emailed statement.

New York spends more money per student than any other state in the country, and yet its schools yield mediocre education outcomes, such as test scores and graduation rates.

Since taking office in 2002, the mayor has closed 91 schools that regularly posted low test scores or graduation rates and has replaced them with smaller schools, on the premise that the more intimate environments served struggling students better.

Syracuse has one of the highest concentrations of poverty among black and Hispanic people in the United States and some of the lowest test scores and graduation rates in the state.

among black and Hispanic people in the United States and some of the lowest test scores and graduation rates in the state.

White calls this one of the «bold ideas» he wants the board to consider in 2016 after the district has struggled for years with low test scores and graduation rates.

The mayor would no doubt say this has brought major results — he most frequently cites an increase in graduation rates, but critics point to indicators that would say otherwise, including relatively flat test scores and the small percentage of city graduates who are prepared to do college level work.

IN THEIR CONVERSATION THEY TALK ABOUT WHAT CHANGES SHOULD BE DONE TO THE PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM IN ORDER TO HAVE A HIGHER HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION RATE, AND WHAT SHOULD BE DONE TO IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO CURB LOW TEST SCORES.

She managed the historic introduction of universal pre-K and oversaw significant gains in student achievement from test scores to high school graduation rates.

In this case, failing means student test scores are in the bottom 5 percent, test scores are getting worse instead of better, or the schools» graduation rates are below 60 percent for three consecutive yearIn this case, failing means student test scores are in the bottom 5 percent, test scores are getting worse instead of better, or the schools» graduation rates are below 60 percent for three consecutive yearin the bottom 5 percent, test scores are getting worse instead of better, or the schools» graduation rates are below 60 percent for three consecutive years.

In addition to a significant jump in math test scores, students receiving tutoring and mentoring failed two fewer courses per year on average than students who did not participate, and their likelihood of being «on track» for graduation rose by nearly one - halIn addition to a significant jump in math test scores, students receiving tutoring and mentoring failed two fewer courses per year on average than students who did not participate, and their likelihood of being «on track» for graduation rose by nearly one - halin math test scores, students receiving tutoring and mentoring failed two fewer courses per year on average than students who did not participate, and their likelihood of being «on track» for graduation rose by nearly one - half.

The current tests are not as high a barrier to high school graduation as they are often alleged to be, as a student may generally take the exam multiple times in order to achieve a passing score.

In Massachusetts, test - score performance improved, once graduation requirements were imposed (see Figure 1).

After all, achievement - test scores and graduation rates in the middle - class suburb were already surpassing state averages.

Individual CMS schools vary widely in demographic composition: CMS high schools in 2003 ranged from less than 10 percent to close to 90 percent nonwhite, and were also dissimilar in average test scores and rates of high school graduation.

Well, I'm not making the case for taking our eyes off the prize (proficiency in the subject, good test scores, high promotion and graduation rates, and so on).

The measures used in the NEPC report — whether schools make AYP, state accountability system ratings, the percentage of students that score proficient on state tests, and high - school graduation rates — are at best rough proxies for the quality of education provided by any school.

Mean scale scores on state reading and math tests, median growth percentage, four - and seven - year graduation rates, progress in achieving English - language proficiency

Differences in test scores, college attendance, and graduation rates between wealthy and poor students are reaching an unprecedented disparity, with tremendous implications for the American public schooling system.

In Ontario, schools have raised their test scores and graduation rates by providing resources such as full - time student success teachers, who help English - language learners and other students in neeIn Ontario, schools have raised their test scores and graduation rates by providing resources such as full - time student success teachers, who help English - language learners and other students in neein need.

Once good standards and decent tests are in place, states should release test scores (and other revealing information such as graduation rates) every which way, and they should rate their schools on an easy to understand scale, ideally from A to F, as Florida started doing under Governor Jeb Bush.

In 2011, the Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education declared Lawrence a «chronically underperforming district,» citing years of low test scores and graduation rates.

Controlling for student demographics, 8th - grade test scores, English language skills, special education program participation, free or reduced - price lunch status (a measure of family income), and mobility during middle school does not alter the basic patterns of graduation and college attendance seen in the descriptive comparisons.

Studies have long demonstrated that parental involvement in a child's education at home and school results in higher grades and test scores, enrollment in higher - level programs, and higher graduation rates and college attendance.

Controlling for 10th - grade test scores explains about half the graduation differential for charter high schools in Florida but less than 20 percent of the difference in Chicago.

In the most regulated environment, larger participants — those schools with 40 or more students funded through vouchers in testing grades, or with an average of 10 or more students per grade across all grade levels — receive a rating through a formula identical to the school performance score system used by the state to gauge public school performance, inclusive of test score performance, graduation rates, and other outcome metricIn the most regulated environment, larger participants — those schools with 40 or more students funded through vouchers in testing grades, or with an average of 10 or more students per grade across all grade levels — receive a rating through a formula identical to the school performance score system used by the state to gauge public school performance, inclusive of test score performance, graduation rates, and other outcome metricin testing grades, or with an average of 10 or more students per grade across all grade levels — receive a rating through a formula identical to the school performance score system used by the state to gauge public school performance, inclusive of test score performance, graduation rates, and other outcome metrics.

The legality of linking high school graduation to test scores in Texas has been challenged by the Mexican American Legal Defense Fund (MALDEF).

That has left unions ill - prepared to respond to current demands on teachers and schools to boost test scores, increase graduation rates, and better prepare students for success in college or on the job.

Accomplished educators tell me they're frequently afraid to utter simple truths: that dramatic increases in test scores or graduation rates can indicate fraud as well as excellence.

* What happens in states (about half of them) that already have statewide graduation tests (e.g., Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System and the Ohio Graduation Test) with minimum passigraduation tests (e.g., Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System and the Ohio Graduation Test) with minimum passiGraduation Test) with minimum passing scores?

Her litany of complaints about the academic results of Klein's «radical restructuring» is somewhat familiar — «inflating» test results and «taking shortcuts» to boost graduation — except for the charge that «the recalibration of the state scores revealed that the achievement gap among children of different races in New York City was virtually unchanged between 2002 and 2010, and the proportion of city students meeting state standards dropped dramatically, almost to the same point as in 2002.»

The Chicago Public Schools first brought in AUSL in 2006 to turn around eight schools in which test scores, attendance, discipline issues, and graduation rates made it clear that the students were not getting the education they needed.

We included administrative data from teacher, parent, and student ratings of local schools; we considered the potential relationship between vote share and test - score changes over the previous two or three years; we examined the deviation of precinct test scores from district means; we looked at changes in the percentage of students who received failing scores on the PACT; we evaluated the relationship between vote share and the percentage change in the percentile scores rather than the raw percentile point changes; and we turned to alternative measures of student achievement, such as SAT scores, exit exams, and graduation rates.

The initial government evaluation gathered data through 2008 - 09, so the graduation rate analysis is only based on about 300 students (as compared to 1,300 students from multiple grades included in the test - score analysis).

In the piece, headlined «Alternative» Education: Using Charter Schools to Hide Dropouts and Game the System, ProPublica reporter Heather Vogell describes how traditional schools and districts are pushing kids into low - cost, low - quality alternative programs in order to hide dropouts from the public and boost test scores and graduation rateIn the piece, headlined «Alternative» Education: Using Charter Schools to Hide Dropouts and Game the System, ProPublica reporter Heather Vogell describes how traditional schools and districts are pushing kids into low - cost, low - quality alternative programs in order to hide dropouts from the public and boost test scores and graduation ratein order to hide dropouts from the public and boost test scores and graduation rates.

A 2008 study of graduation patterns in Chicago Public Schools, for example, found that the number of days students were absent in eighth grade was eight times more predictive of freshman year course failure than eighth grade test scores.

The Boston no excuses charter study, for example, shows no increase in high school graduation rates and no increase in post-secondary enrollment despite large increases in test scores.

Just why schools of choice produce higher graduation rates — even when, as in Milwaukee and D. C., test score results are not noticeably different — remains a puzzle.

But it was an inner - city high school, initially primarily black, in later years increasingly Hispanic, with all the attributes common to such: poor scores on the various tests, district, state and national, that have come over the years to evaluate schools; poor attendance; low graduation rates; and serious student discipline problems.

For example, the Gates Foundation's small school reforms were widely panned as a flop in early reviews relying on student test scores, but a number of later rigorous studies showed (sometimes substantial) positive effects on outcomes such as graduation and college enrollment.

For which purpose, let us return to 30,000 feet and suggest that the two essential sets of data for tracking America's progress or lack thereof in revitalizing the high school are objective test scores and graduation rates.