Sentences with phrase «influence on academic outcomes»

The legislation recognizes that achieving excellence in American education depends on providing access to opportunity for all children, and that increasing inequality within external social, economic, health and community factors — traditionally viewed as outside of the domain of schools — have a significant influence on academic outcomes and a persistent achievement gap.

Interested in ethnic identity development and its influence on academic outcomes, peer relationships, and psychological well - being.

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Research says teaching kindness has a positive influence on a range of academic, health, and social outcomes for kids.

In real terms, these rules which exist in virtually every jurisdiction, include laws and regulations which forbid the unauthorized use of state resources for political purposes, contributions from dubious sources, violation of campaign funding limits as prescribed by enabling laws, the use of money to influence voters and election outcomes, non-disclosure of campaign spending, abuse of media, broadcasting and political advertising rules, and rules on declaration of assets, academic qualifications, health and other disclosures and internal party guidelines and rules.

«Learning by Doing», a 2015 report by DEMOS, comments that evidence suggests that character attributes not only reinforce academic learning but also have a significantly positive influence on later life outcomes, including those relating to health, well - being and careers.

«Given the strong influence of poverty on student academic achievement, these changes have increased the challenge of improving student outcomes in IPS,» the report read, promising a plan to cultivate schools capable of erasing the achievement gap associated with inner city schools where high levels of poverty and greater racial diversity exist.

Looking to crack the code on how to increase positive behavior that directly influences academic outcomes?

The Evaluation of the Comprehensive School Reform Program Implementation and Outcomes: Fifth - Year Report (2010) presents overall findings from the evaluation of the comprehensive school reform (CSR) program, including an examination of whether CSR funding had a positive influence on academic achievement.

Schools are put on a level playing field by adjusting for demographic factors that can influence academic outcomes.

First place: The Effect of Subway Access on School Choice, Luis Andres Herskovic and Sebastian Gallegos, University of Chicago Second place: Accountability, Schools and Student Discipline: Accountability and Its Influence on High - School Suspension Rates, E. Christine Baker - Smith, New York University Third place: The Impact of Adjunct Instructors on College Student Academic and Labor Market Outcome, Xiaotao Ran and Di Xu, Columbia University

promote school success by focusing on social and behavioral characteristics, which recent research shows can positively influence academic outcomes *

Educational outcomes are shaped by many factors, but research shows that teacher quality is the most important in - school factor influencing student achievement.59 Of course, other out - of - school factors, which are often caused by poverty, can also influence student outcomes.60 Because teacher quality has been shown to have a measurable impact on standardized test scores, some academics have started trying to directly measure the impact of Act 10 on student outcomes by examining how students fared on standardized tests after its passage.

A major influence on high school reform outcomes to date has been the end of social promotion in elementary schools: students in the third, sixth and eighth grades who do not achieve a minimum score on the Iowa Test of Basic Skills are either retained or sent to academic preparatory centers.

The mechanisms such interests use are many — influencing election outcomes by injecting huge sums of money into them (see the NYT editorial on the KOch Brothers and AB32, for example), installing fossil fuel employees in government bureaucracies (BP's ex-chief scientist is currently Head of Science at the DOE, one Steve Koonin, also of Caltech — welcome to the fossil fuel - academic complex), and distorting science to fit their agenda (witness the endless fraudulent claims about zero - emission combustion, despite the persistent absence of any stand - alone prototypes.)

More specifically, his work examines the risk and protective factors that impact the academic and behavioral development of children and youth, with a focus on how the school and family environments influence student outcomes.

Children living in poverty have lower scores on standardized tests of academic achievement, poorer grades in school, and lower educational attainment.2, 3 These patterns persist into adulthood, ultimately contributing to low wages and income.4, 5 Moreover, increased exposure to poverty in childhood is tied to greater deficits in these domains.6, 7 Despite numerous studies demonstrating the relationship between family resources and children's educational outcomes, little is known about mechanisms underlying the influence of poverty on children's learning and achievement.