Not exact matches
After years
of stagnation in the
late 1980s and early 1990s,
achievement began to rise again in the
late «90s — particularly in the earlier grades and most notably in math — as states set new
academic standards, started testing their
students regularly, and installed their own versions
of «consequential accountability» systems.
In a recent blog post, Associate Professor Hunter Gehlbach discussed his findings from his
latest research study, «Creating birds
of similar feathers: Leveraging similarity to improve teacher -
student relationships and
academic achievement.»
Yet the Department's waiver policy says that, in order to receive waivers, states «must submit a request that addresses each
of the following four principles, consistent with the definitions and timelines described
later in this document, to increase the quality
of instruction for
students and improve
student academic achievement in the State and its [districts].»
Concerns over our educational system, fueled by our
students» poor performance in international comparisons
of achievement, have reinvigorated the call for early
academic instruction as a remedy for inadequate teaching
later on.
The timeline shall ensure that not
later than 12 years after the end
of the 2001 - 2002 school year, all
students... will meet or exceed the State's proficient level
of academic achievements on the State assessments...»
The New York City Department
of Education's stunning announcement that it intends to release teacher ratings based on
student test scores and
academic achievement is the
latest example
of a growing national movement to fix our country's broken public education system...
In a letter dated May 3, dozens
of advocacy groups asked Brown to recommit to closing the
academic achievement gap for high - need
students as he considers an opening on the State Board
of Education and a new plan for measuring school performance
later this year.
According to the National Council
of Teachers
of English, «Well over a decade into federal education policy that endows significant consequences to single tests
of student achievement too
late in the
academic year to lead to any action, teachers might be pleased that the term «formative -LSB-...]
The only measures a State may include within its
Academic Achievement indicator in addition to the required measure of student performance on the statewide reading / language arts and mathematics assessments under ESEA [Education and Secondary Education Act, of which ESSA is the latest version] section 1111 (b)(2)(B)(v)(I) are the two optional measures: (1) an achievement index or similar measure of student performance in reading / language arts and mathematics at multiple academic achievement levels above or below proficient (see question B - 10 and B - 11); and (2) measures of student growth in reading / language arts and mathematics for high schools (see questions B - 14 and
Academic Achievement indicator in addition to the required measure of student performance on the statewide reading / language arts and mathematics assessments under ESEA [Education and Secondary Education Act, of which ESSA is the latest version] section 1111 (b)(2)(B)(v)(I) are the two optional measures: (1) an achievement index or similar measure of student performance in reading / language arts and mathematics at multiple academic achievement levels above or below proficient (see question B - 10 and B - 11); and (2) measures of student growth in reading / language arts and mathematics for high schools (see questions B - 14 a
Achievement indicator in addition to the required measure
of student performance on the statewide reading / language arts and mathematics assessments under ESEA [Education and Secondary Education Act,
of which ESSA is the
latest version] section 1111 (b)(2)(B)(v)(I) are the two optional measures: (1) an
achievement index or similar measure of student performance in reading / language arts and mathematics at multiple academic achievement levels above or below proficient (see question B - 10 and B - 11); and (2) measures of student growth in reading / language arts and mathematics for high schools (see questions B - 14 a
achievement index or similar measure
of student performance in reading / language arts and mathematics at multiple
academic achievement levels above or below proficient (see question B - 10 and B - 11); and (2) measures of student growth in reading / language arts and mathematics for high schools (see questions B - 14 and
academic achievement levels above or below proficient (see question B - 10 and B - 11); and (2) measures of student growth in reading / language arts and mathematics for high schools (see questions B - 14 a
achievement levels above or below proficient (see question B - 10 and B - 11); and (2) measures
of student growth in reading / language arts and mathematics for high schools (see questions B - 14 and B - 15).
With this, most if not all VAM researchers agree, largely because these snapshot tests were / are incapable
of capturing where
students were, in terms
of their
academic achievement before entering a classroom or school, and where they ended up X months
later.
Social relations between
students in interracial schools may affect minority
students»
academic achievement or
later occupational success (Schofield, 1991), meaning they could have jobs where there are a higher percentage
of whites or have a job that pays more than.