Sentences with phrase «levels of achievement»

Fisher and Frey will share how FIT Teaching, when implemented with fidelity and dedication, can result in high levels of achievement in all student populations.

For example, a larger number of students from disadvantaged communities can take Advanced Placement courses if they have demonstrated proficient levels of achievement on a test that accurately and fairly measures their academic ability.

Research suggests that students at nearly all levels of achievement do just as well in blended classes as they do in traditional classrooms.

Students in foundation - funded public charter schools also had levels of achievement that were the same as or higher than students in public charter schools that were not funded by the foundation in 13 sites.

Among the subgroups defined by race, black and Hispanic students are overrepresented at the lower levels of achievement and underrepresented at the higher levels relative to white peers.

The National Blue Ribbon Schools award honors public and private elementary, middle, and high schools where students perform at very high levels or where significant improvements are being made in students» levels of achievement.

Its primary goal is to ensure that all students, particularly those who are low - achieving, demonstrate proficient and advanced levels of achievement of the Maine Learning Results.

In spite of this concentrated effort, NAEP results show continued high relative concentrations of students within certain sub-groups at the lowest levels of achievement.

The inspection team found that «pupils were well - educated and their levels of achievement and learning were excellent.

While no student population is showing levels of achievement we should feel satisfied with, just 34 percent of Latino students met standards compared with 66 percent of their white peers.

In addition to reporting average scores overall and by various student subgroups, NAEP results are presented by the following levels of achievement within subject areas and by student groups:

These high graduation rates seem at odds with the high proportions of students demonstrating performance below proficient or even basic levels of achievement in reading and math on the NAEP.

Importantly, increased education spending tends to lead to greater levels of achievement.

On the standardized test of academic progress administered across all DC public schools, the PARCC, Latin students demonstrated high levels of achievement:

In fact, not to brag, but according to the Connecticut Master Test results, depending on the subject, my child has reached Goal * or Advanced * levels of achievement.

Yet, teachers need to reach the same levels of achievement whether their students attend 180 days a year or 80 days a year.

Moreover, most tests are not designed to compare the learning gains of students who start at very different levels of achievement.

Did you know there are four different reader profiles — and those four profiles have very different levels of achievement?

Through their own practical experiences as turnaround school administrators and using research - based methods found in the No - Nonsense Nurturer approach, our associates have the tools to help you assess current levels of performance and design a comprehensive plan to lead your school toward growth and high levels of achievement.

So they can all progress - to new levels of achievement.

Parents seeking find the best fit for their child need to consider both the value - added gains demonstrated by a given school and the school's record of success with students at various levels of achievement.

Students who participate in music have higher levels of achievement than their non-musical peers.

In Data - Driven High School Reform, Lachat writes, «Putting student learning at the center of school accountability requires the capacity to assess and use data to monitor student performance and to evaluate the extent to which new structures and approaches to curriculum, instruction and assessment result in higher levels of achievement» (2001).

Varsity Tutors provides intensive 4 and 6 week test prep programs for Texas students, helping them achieve new levels of achievement on the state standardized exams.

Implementing practices that would put the district on a trajectory of growth and higher levels of achievement

While most districts saw similar growth regardless of their share of disadvantaged students, districts with low levels of achievement and growth tended to have higher shares of high - need students.

No Child Left Behind required all schools to bring all students to high levels of achievement but took no note of the challenges that disadvantaged students face.

High - need districts (where over 55 percent of students are economically disadvantaged or English Learners) saw lower levels of achievement on average, with about 33 percent of students meeting the standards compared to about 60 percent for districts with fewer high - need students.

The Broad Center for the Management of School Systems is an independent nonprofit organization that prepares talented and visionary K - 12 public school system leaders to support students in our nation's urban communities in reaching new levels of achievement.

The focus on high expectations, high levels of achievement, and college readiness for all has lead to a school year that has not time for anything except academics, and it doesn't even have time to do that properly if you're a student who doesn't get something the first time it's taught.

We are excited to have him assume the role of chairman of the board as we believe he will help take GEO's programs to new levels of achievement,» said Kevin Teasley, president and CEO of the GEO Foundation.

If experiences of other states that have already implemented PARCC - and CCSS - aligned exams are illustrative, New Jersey's teachers, students and parents can expect steep declines in the percentage of students scoring in the higher levels of achievement.

Student - Engaged Assessment ignites the capacity of students to take responsibility for their own learning, building the independence, critical thinking skills, perseverance, and self - reflective understanding they need to meet the demands of the Common Core, reach higher levels of achievement, and succeed in college, career and life.

We also reported a moderate but positive relationship between superintendent tenure and higher levels of achievement.

The Smarter Balanced Achievement Level Descriptors (ALDs) describe four levels of achievement (1 - 4) across three grade spans: 3 - 5, 6 - 8, and High School.

Author Dr. Douglas Fisher focuses on seven evidence - based components of learning that ensure high levels of achievement: planning, launching, consolidating, assessing, adapting, managing, and leading.

The LNF sets out levels of achievement that pupils are expected to reach in reading, writing and maths skills.

But because school effects on average levels of achievement are smaller than the effects of families and communities, even if teachers were the largest school effect, they would not be a very big portion of the overall effect.

Chronically absent students hit lower levels of achievement than their peers, and chronic absenteeism is a powerful predictor of which students will eventually drop out of school.

Tracked students may never have the opportunity to escape to higher groups or levels of achievement.

A closing thought on the moral imperative: as a society, if we only help the weakest teachers improve, we're not going to improve the average levels of achievement by enough to ensure our students can find work and thrive in the 21st Century.

Children who are chronically absent in kindergarten show lower levels of achievement in math, reading and general knowledge in first grade.

Students can score at four different levels of achievement on the Smarter Balanced assessment.

Our students are different: perhaps yours enter fifth grade with lower levels of achievement, or

Evidence indicates that bullied children demonstrate significantly lower levels of achievement.

Yet, even in the few findings presented here, we have been able to build a better understanding of a culture of low - income families that are working together with schools and supportive organizations in their communities to produce very high levels of achievement in terms of high school graduation and college attendance.

Schools making good progress but not yet reaching desired average levels of achievement are not rewarded, and schools with high - achieving students have no further incentive to improve if they've already reached the mandated proficiency level.

Students receiving special education services are as different from each other as the members of any other group, assuming pre-determined levels of achievement based on disability status limits these students» opportunity to learn and diminishes the collective responsibility of adults to provide high quality instruction aligned with grade - level content to these students.

She was acting on a conviction that since 100 % of scholars are capable of high levels of achievement, as the teacher she needed to ensure that 100 % of the scholars were actively participating in the lesson.

Expert use of literacy and mathematics assessments to measure students» prog - ress and to tailor instruction and supports to enable all children to reach higher levels of achievement.