Sentences with phrase «low numbers of special education students»

When explaining how Jumoke Academy managed to have such low numbers of special education students, «Dr.» Michael Sharpe, the charter school's disgraced former CEO explained to a Connecticut legislative committee that he had a «secret program» that intervened at the kindergarten level and cured students of their special education needs.

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The designation of low - scoring students as eligible for special education was more common in schools where a small number of students had failed the 8th - grade exam, making it easier for educators to target specific students.

The researchers suggested that, although it was unlikely that the reform was intended to increase numbers of children retained or placed in special education, the net effect was that these low - achieving students were removed or delayed from the accountability stream.

But as the National Assessment Governing Board, the U.S. Department of Education division that oversees NAEP notes, states that exclude more special ed and ELL students tend to have higher scores (and performance on NAEP) than those that exclude lower numbers of kids.

«We had high numbers of special education students, low test scores, and low morale.»

By requiring the calculation of separate API numbers for student subgroups, it exposed gaps in achievement for low - income students, special education students and Hispanic and African - American children.

Each year, schools receive additional per pupil funding based on the number of students that are classified as low - income, special education, English learners, or students in foster care.

Leaders in the district of about 47,000 students expect to lose $ 832,808 in special education funding, $ 921,000 in Title I funding — which supports schools with a large number of low - income students — and $ 300,000 in funding for programs that improve teacher quality, immigrant education and assist the homeless, among others.

In a conference call with reporters, Education Secretary Arne Duncan noted the changes roiling education nationally: school districts with higher numbers of low - income families, more students who qualify as English language learners, and in some states, the inclusion of children with special needs in tEducation Secretary Arne Duncan noted the changes roiling education nationally: school districts with higher numbers of low - income families, more students who qualify as English language learners, and in some states, the inclusion of children with special needs in teducation nationally: school districts with higher numbers of low - income families, more students who qualify as English language learners, and in some states, the inclusion of children with special needs in the tests.

* Teachers teaching larger numbers of special education students in mainstreamed classrooms are also found to have lower «value - added» scores, on average.

There were a disproportionate number of lower income students in special education.