Sentences with phrase «level of academic rigor»

Upper Carmen uses a blended, multi-age classroom model and a proprietary reading curriculum (designed by school leader Sue Smith and called BethTommy Read - to - Read) to achieve a high level of academic rigor and personalized learning.

ICs dictate the level of academic rigor during Summerbridge's summer program through their interactions with TFs.

The nationwide push toward greater school accountability and common standards has generated a chorus of calls for raising the level of academic rigor in U.S. schools.

High Tech High School, located in North Bergen, New Jersey, is a county - wide vocational school that combines high levels of academic rigor with a strong focus on vocational subjects.

Not exact matches

The Patriot League, a Division I - AA nonscholarship conference modeled after the Ivy League, with a level of talent and academic rigor that's close to the Ivy's, began accepting football playoff bids in 1997, and its teams have gone 2 - 6 in the postseason.

And my bet — I could be wrong, but this is my bet — is if we start with kids very early, and we provide them with the kind of intense and continuous academic rigor and support that they need, then when they get to the middle school and high school level, we're not going to need those superhuman strategies at all.»

Not surprisingly, perhaps, board members who are or were educators (27 percent of the total surveyed) believe that funding is a barrier and that the focus on student achievement is misplaced; these beliefs were held «regardless of the actual level of funding in the district,» «regardless of the actual teacher salaries» in the district, and «even after controlling for the type of student population that the district serves and the actual rigor of academic standards» in the district.

Notably, the Math - in - CTE model was not developed to address rigor or level of mathematics or order of instruction required to meet state academic standards.

Two of Millspaugh's biggest academic concerns are similar to those at Chillum: the level of rigor and English - language learners» need for more academic language.

Meetings allow Daniel to talk with teachers about two of her biggest concerns — building up students» inventory of academic language and increasing the level of rigor.

Through the creation and development of a high - quality, teacher - led professional learning community, teachers will become empowered to implement highly engaging strategies, routines, and texts in their lessons, which will develop independent readers and writers and increase the level of rigor and academic standards in ELA classrooms.

We had experts evaluate our bilingual classrooms to see if they were teaching at the level of rigor in their native language so that they would have the Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency (CALP) needed to operate in both languages.

While the field of teacher preparation has made significant advances in recent decades — creating stronger clinical partnerships, developing better performance assessments, making better use of newly available data sources, meeting more demanding state approval and national accreditation standards, and developing new models and patterns of preparation — not all of these advances have been universally adopted at the program level.3 To consolidate the gains and to overcome challenges to implementing universal high standards for admission and academic rigor in teacher preparation, states, school districts, and teacher preparation programs must work together to enact key policy changes.

The report, Removing Roadblocks to Rigor: Linking Academic and Social Supports to Ensure College Readiness and Success, was released to offer a broad definition of academic and social support aligned with rigor and focus on integrating a range of intentional strategies that enable students at all levels to successfully undertake challenging courseRigor: Linking Academic and Social Supports to Ensure College Readiness and Success, was released to offer a broad definition of academic and social support aligned with rigor and focus on integrating a range of intentional strategies that enable students at all levels to successfully undertake challenging couAcademic and Social Supports to Ensure College Readiness and Success, was released to offer a broad definition of academic and social support aligned with rigor and focus on integrating a range of intentional strategies that enable students at all levels to successfully undertake challenging couacademic and social support aligned with rigor and focus on integrating a range of intentional strategies that enable students at all levels to successfully undertake challenging courserigor and focus on integrating a range of intentional strategies that enable students at all levels to successfully undertake challenging coursework.

• Large numbers of students with high school diplomas admitted to county and community colleges require remediation to pursue college - level courses, especially those requiring academic rigor, including math and science.

Teachers cite a lack of high - quality instructional materials that support students» language and academic needs, while at the same time providing the rigor to stay on grade - level.

At the high school level, Ronan focuses on increasing the academic rigor of course offerings and expanding college access.