Sentences with phrase «increase achievement levels»

«When charter schools come into an education marketplace, they provide incentives to the traditional public schools to increase achievement levels,» he said.

Not exact matches

Goal - setting actually changes the chemistry of our brains, and studies have shown that that activity can increase motivation and boost achievement levels by approximately 30 percent.

On this level it becomes possible for the increasing complexity of order to be directed toward the achievement of civilization, and for the means of divine persuasion to become ethical aspiration (see EM 119).

All the arguments levelled in the US are the same ones we dealt with — and now that our work has been independently evaluated we are proving that a whole school approach to educating children about food, where it comes from, how its produced, and cooked is a more effective way of reducing obesity, but also increasing pupil attainment and achievement.

Physical punishment is associated with a range of mental health problems in children, youth and adults, including depression, unhappiness, anxiety, feelings of hopelessness, use of drugs and alcohol, and general psychological maladjustment.26 — 29 These relationships may be mediated by disruptions in parent — child attachment resulting from pain inflicted by a caregiver, 30,31 by increased levels of cortisol32 or by chemical disruption of the brain's mechanism for regulating stress.33 Researchers are also finding that physical punishment is linked to slower cognitive development and adversely affects academic achievement.34 These findings come from large longitudinal studies that control for a wide range of potential confounders.35 Intriguing results are now emerging from neuroimaging studies, which suggest that physical punishment may reduce the volume of the brain's grey matter in areas associated with performance on the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, third edition (WAIS - III).36 In addition, physical punishment can cause alterations in the dopaminergic regions associated with vulnerability to the abuse of drugs and alcohol.37

Running mate to Presidential Candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Nana Addo, Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia has ridiculed the achievements of the Mahama led - administration, saying the NDC has only been successful in increasing the levels of corruption in the country.

About a 30 % increase in average expenditure per pupil (over four years, between age seven and 11) is expected to produce an increase in achievement of a level equivalent to 25 - 30 points on the PISA scale.

Major achievements have been made in the domestic HIV / AIDS response as a result of increased realignment and coordination of efforts at the federal level.

Students who practiced the Transcendental Meditation program showed significant increases in math and English scale scores and performance level scores over a one - year period.A significant portion of the meditating students — 41 percent — showed a gain of at least one performance level in math, compared to 15 percent of the non-meditating students in the control group.Among the students with the lowest levels of academic performance, «below basic» and «far below basic,» the meditating students showed a significant improvement in overall academic achievement compared to students in the control group, which showed only a slight gain.

It will feature three new multiplayer maps, a new multiplayer game mode called «Takeover,» a new Guerrilla Mode co-op map, new achievements, and an increased level cap.

Test - based incentive programs, as designed and implemented in the programs that have been carefully studied, have not increased student achievement enough to bring the United States close to the levels of the highest achieving countries.

Stay tuned to the grant winners: Academy 21 at Franklin Central Supervisory Union in Vermont, which is focused on a high - need, predominantly rural community; Cornerstone Charter Schools in Michigan, which seeks to prepare Detroit students for college and health - focused careers; Da Vinci Schools in California, which will integrate blended learning, early college, and real - world experiences with its existing project - based learning approach; Education Achievement Authority in Michigan, which, as part of the statewide turnaround authority is trying to create a student - centric system for students in Detroit; Match Education in Massachusetts, which already operates high - performing schools in Boston and will now focus on using technology to increase the effectiveness of its one - on - one tutoring; Schools for the Future in Michigan, which will serve students significantly below grade level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadership.

When students feel that they «matter,» their levels of motivation and achievement are more likely to increase.

But she acknowledges reaching the president's college - graduation goals will take considerable efforts, with low - income students among those targeted for increased achievement on the higher - education level.

The original legislation called for major increases in education spending to offset the cost of reaching NCLB's ambitious goals for student achievement, but federal spending never reached the lofty levels outlined in the law.

Students who have parents deployed to a war zone are more vulnerable to a range of psychological, emotional and social issues, including an increased level of stress and anxiety, health problems, behavioural disorders and academic under - achievement.

Highlights of this year's NAPLAN results include: • There is evidence of movement of students from lower to higher bands of achievement across year levels and most domains over the last 10 years • Year 3 reading results continue to show sustained improvement • ACT, Victoria and NSW continue to have high mean achievement across all domains • There are increases in mean achievement in the Northern Territory in primary years reading and numeracy since 2008 • WA and Queensland have the largest growth in mean achievement across most domains since 2008 • Percentage of students meeting the national minimum standard remains high — over 90 per cent nationally and in most states and territories, across all domains and year levels

I also detect no evidence that the establishment of kindergarten programs as a result of the funding initiatives prompted an increase in academic expectations of students in the early grades, which would have adversely affected children with low levels of achievement.

According to a recent study in the journal Science, methods like those used in Interactive Learning increased learning for all students and decreased the achievement gap between economically disadvantaged and non-disadvantaged students in a large, introductory - level college biology class.

In 1999, Michigan increased the reward for good academic performance by offering the Michigan Merit Award, a one - year $ 2,500 scholarship for any student who scores at Level I or Level 2 on the Michigan Educational Achievement Program (MEAP) tests in reading, mathematics, science, and writing.

Research shows that interest, confidence and achievement are positively related to one another: improvement in performance over time requires concurrent increases in students» level of interest in mathematics and their competency beliefs (Denissen, Zarret, & Eccles, 2007).

Both of these studies suggest that NCLB - style accountability provisions may increase student achievement and also demonstrate how state - level NAEP data can be used to evaluate accountability systems.

Hanushek examines the report's two main conclusions: a) that test - based incentive programs «have not increased student achievement enough to bring the United States close to the level of the highest achieving countries;» and b) that high school exit exam programs «decrease the rate of high school graduation without increasing achievement.»

If done properly, we feel this will help shrink the achievement gap while maintaining an increased level of student engagement.

These national ERAOs and their counterparts at the state level are focused on enacting sweeping education policy changes to increase accountability for student achievement, improve teacher quality, turn around failing schools, and expand school choice.

Over that same period, achievement levels for students at age nine showed a moderate increase.

Even though student achievement increased after the passage of NCLB, the law was demonized for not having fulfilled its utopian objective of bringing all students up to a level of full proficiency.

This view would assign less importance to concerns about declining test scores at the elementary - school level, since the increasing skill of the workforce provides evidence that overall student achievement is not falling.

to consider should be the following: 1) the achievement of full employment or reduction in the unemployment rate; 2) increase the income distribution measured by the Gini index; 3) reduction of the levels of crime in society; 4) increase in service levels of education, health, housing and transport to the population; 5) increase of the investment in infrastructure, education, health, housing and sanitation; 6) increase in the HDI - Human Development Index, used by the United Nations, which takes into account GDP per capita, the longevity of people and their education (measured by illiteracy rate and the enrollment rates at various levels of education); and 7) increase of GNH (Gross National Happiness) indicator, which analyzes 73 variables that contribute most to the goal of achieving the well - being and satisfaction with life (See GNH posted in website

These indicators allow assessing whether the economic system is contributing to the increase of its wealth, the fall in its public debt, reducing levels of inflation, the generation of surpluses in the trade balance and balance of payments, the decrease in tax burden, the conquest of independence or reduction of economic dependence of the country on the outside and the achievement of a genuine economic progress.

Alonso served as CEO of Baltimore City Public Schools (City Schools) for six years, where he led a reform effort marked by a rebalancing of authority and responsibility among stakeholders, the building of a coalition in support of City Schools, leading edge labor contracts, and a focus on individual students and teaching and learning that yielded marked improvement in achievement and climate data across all levels, the first increases in enrollment in 40 years, and widespread political and ground root support for what have been divisive reform strategies in other districts.

Drawing on data collected between autumn 2011 and spring 2015, annual increases in reading, writing and maths amongst schools participating in the Achievement for All programme were notably above the expected level of progress (equivalent to 3.0 APS for KS2, and 3.6 APS for secondary schools — see notes to editors).

Parent involvement in school experiences and increasing student achievement depends on income, education level, and employment status.

In reading, by contrast, assignment to a Level II or Level III teacher was associated with a large and statistically significant increase in reading achievement, while estimates of the effects of having a teacher from both of the other two groups remained positive but statistically insignificant.

In spite of increased expenditures, U.S. high school achievement levels have improved only marginally and still trail many other nations in math and science.

Where progress is understood differently — to mean «increasing «proficiency» reflected in more extensive knowledge, deeper understandings and higher - level skills within a domain of learning» (Masters, 2017)-- an emphasis only on reporting achievement on summative assessments would give very little sense of a child's progress from where they began.

So I'm urging school districts to increase serving fish in the cafeteria to replicate what the Finns and Koreans do and match their level of achievement.

Positive attitude helps them focus and absorb information quicker and more effectively than any other technique, not only because it creates the right environment for enjoying the eLearning experience, but also because it increases motivation and achievement levels by making learners more productive, helping them to retain and recall more information.

Classroom instruction that provides opportunities for incremental progress feedback at students» achievable challenge levels pays off with increased focus, resilience, and willingness to revise and persevere toward achievement of goals.

Thus, an increase in the level of achievement in high school of a standard deviation yields an average increase of between $ 110,000 and $ 230,000 in lifetime earnings.

While the push for higher levels of academic achievement and accountability continues to increase, more people have realized that a single test can not provide a comprehensive evaluation of student performance.

These supplemental math programs (e.g., Jostens, PLATO, Larson Pre-Algebra, and SRA Drill and Practice) were equally effective across elementary and secondary levels, and using them for more than 30 minutes per week increased the beneficial impacts on math achievement.

This included: attendance levels (studies show a positive relationship between participation in sports and school attendance); behaviour (research concludes that even a little organised physical activity, either inside or outside the classroom, has a positive effect on classroom behaviour, especially amongst the most disruptive pupils); cognitive function (several studies report a positive relationship between physical activity and cognition, concentration, attention span and perceptual skills); mental health (studies indicate positive impacts of physical activity on mood, well - being, anxiety and depression, as well as on children's self - esteem and confidence); and attainment (a number of well - controlled studies conclude that academic achievement is maintained or enhanced by increased physical activity).

Increasing achievement by focusing grade - level teams on improving classroom learning: A prospective, quasi-experimental study of Title I schools.

It points out that we have much research showing that if we sent those DC kids off to Montgomery or Fairfax county schools, as sometimes happens, their achievement levels would increase significantly.

Upping the Ante of Text Complexity in the Common Core State Standards: Examining Its Potential Impact on Young Readers Educational Researcher, January / February 2013 Researchers examine the theoretical and empirical support for assumptions underlying the CCSS's acceleration of text complexity in grades 2 - 3 and identify patterns in American reading achievement and instruction in order to illustrate the consequences of an increase in the first step of the CCSS staircase of text complexity levels.

«Increased awareness of the positive correlations between engaged parents / families and student achievement has led to a number of increased levels of activity at the school building, «community» and district level as well as increased state and federal guidance for improving parent / family engagemenIncreased awareness of the positive correlations between engaged parents / families and student achievement has led to a number of increased levels of activity at the school building, «community» and district level as well as increased state and federal guidance for improving parent / family engagemenincreased levels of activity at the school building, «community» and district level as well as increased state and federal guidance for improving parent / family engagemenincreased state and federal guidance for improving parent / family engagement.»

It has been shown in numerous national studies and surveys that, on average, ELLs under achieve in comparison to their English - speaking peers in academic domains and that the achievement gap tends to increase the higher the grade level (e.g., Fry, 2007; Rumberger, 2007; McNeil et al., 2008).

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AB 2548 would have helped guarantee that our state's new system of accountability will provide parents, educators and community groups with the information they need to help increase equity and close achievement gaps that deprive the state's most vulnerable students of a level playing field.