Sentences with phrase «just math and language arts»
However, education experts and parents alike recognize that there is much more to education than just math and language arts, as important as those subjects are.
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He had just told a gathering of state superintendents of education that «white suburban moms» were rebelling against the Common Core academic standards — new guidelines for math and language arts instruction — because their kids had done poorly on the tough new tests.
Schools statewide are at varying stages in the implementation of new Common Core State Standards in English language arts and math, adopted in 2010 and rolled out in K - 12 classrooms just within the last two years or so.
Houston Elementary fits the profile of a struggling school: Just 12 percent of students in third, fourth and fifth grade last year met expectations on the districtwide standardized math test, and 6 percent met expectations in English language arts.
Teachers» valued - added with randomly assigned classes matched their value - added for classes assigned using standard practice for the full sample of math and English language arts teachers and for the sample of just math teachers.
Under pressure from the federal government, California is expanding a field test of computer - based assessments to test students in both math and English language arts, rather than just one subject area.
Ninety percent of Rocketship students have demonstrated math proficiency, and 80 percent have demonstrated English language arts proficiency, compared to just 54 and 36 percent of students, respectively, in surrounding schools.