Sentences with phrase «kids on their academic achievement»

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We all want our kids to do well in school and to master certain skills and concepts, but our largely singular focus on academic achievement has resulted in a lack of attention to other components of a successful life — the ability to be independent, adaptable, ethical, and engaged critical thinkers.

With our culture and our nation's emphasis on high academic achievement, the perception that in order to get into college kids need straight As and perfect test scores, increased course work and more complex curricula, teachers are feeling the pressure to cover more material, and to prepare kids for the next grade.

We know that chronic hunger seriously undermines kids» physical and mental development, increases behavioral problems, encourages risky behavior and has lasting, detrimental effects on academic achievement and later job performance.

And don't forget reams of research showing that few preschool programs, even good ones, have lasting effects on kids» academic achievement.

In «New Kids on the Block,» (research), Sanbonmatsu, Kling, Duncan, and Brooks - Gunn report the findings of their MTO study and offer several possible explanations for the program's lack of overall positive effects on academic achievement.

Since ESSA requires the use of proficiency rates, one design objective is a combination of measures on academic achievement to reduce both the short - term gaming around «bubble kids» (both real and perceived) and also the long - term incentive to lowball cut - scores for various achievement bands on statewide tests.

«With so much focus on academic achievement for kids today, what might be the unintended consequences?»

Kids growth in academic achievement can vary dramatically from one year to the next depending on health, home life, etc., regardless of the teaching.

2012 KIDS COUNT Data Book The Annie E. Casey Foundation's new 2012 KIDS COUNT Data Book finds that, despite the increasing economic hardship on U.S. families, students» academic achievement and health conditions have improved in most states.

A recent study on school vouchers shows that the program may be harming kids» academic achievement, at least in math.

I was the youngest of three kids in a family that placed a high value on academic achievement.

Hunterdon children fared better on many of the Kids Count measures of child and family well - being and ranked first with respect to unemployment, infant mortality, juvenile arrests, child care availability and academic achievement.