Sentences with phrase «lower percentage of students»

In eight states, the typical charter school serves a somewhat lower percentage of students with disabilities than the average public school in its state.

In his State of the State address, he noted that while low percentages of students scored well on statewide tests, high percentages of teachers were rated effective.

Students in schools with high percentages of students of color were almost four times as likely to be taught by a U-rated teacher as students in schools with low percentages of students of color.

A relatively low percentage of students attend schools where officials report that absenteeism, tardiness, and lack of parent involvement are not problems at all or are minor problems.

PISA shows that Australian students were generally positive about how much support their science teachers provided; however, while the differences were small, a significantly lower percentage of students at disadvantaged schools than advantaged schools reported the teacher showing interest in every student's learning, providing extra help, and helping students with their learning.

Looking at states that performed worst, Nevada and Oregon had lower percentages of students in charter schools, poorer academic growth compared with traditional public schools and lower proportions of ethnic minorities and poor students in their charter schools.

A higher percentage of schools where 76 percent or more of students were eligible for free or reduced - price lunch required school uniforms than did schools where lower percentages of students were eligible for free or reduced - price lunch.

The research also finds that nearly all states graduate significantly lower percentages of students from low - income families, students of color, English - language learners, and students with disabilities.

«We have a much lower percentage of students living at home and a higher percentage coming from abroad.»

The USDA, which manages the NSLP, could not provide specific information about districts participating leaving program, but most that have come out publicly about dropping the program have predominantly white populations of students and have a very low percentage of students receiving free or reduced - price lunches.

The public schools in the city had faced a number of tumultuous years — even becoming state - operated in 1995 — but, if the low graduation rates and test scores, and low percentage of students reading on grade level were any indication, there was more to be done.

Now that many of those rules have been waived by the U. S. Department of Education for the vast majority of the states, they no longer need to be worried about penalties if lower percentages of students are identified as proficient.

The abysmally low percentage of students at the proficiency level in both reading and math in this study demonstrates the results of the current policy of having inexperienced, untrained recruits teaching the most - needy students.

An even lower percentage of students with cognitive disabilities (0.84 %) are enrolled in charter schools than public schools (0.45 %).

Not surprisingly, the charter schools represented by authorizers at the event showed lower percentages of students with disabilities, and slightly higher rates of suspension and expulsion than the Detroit Public schools.

Indeed, compared with high - poverty schools and schools with high percentages of students of color, wealthier schools and schools with lower percentages of students of color offer more rigorous core programs.

Notably, this extends even further to students with disabilities, who can be given an enrollment preference within Newark Enrolls at schools with lower percentages of students with disabilities.

The state has some of the lowest percentages of students in small schools at the elementary, middle, and high school levels.

While this sounds both noble and egalitarian, it in fact expects those schools that had a lower percentage of students scoring at the proficient level in 2002 to make more rapid progress over the ensuing years than those with higher - performing students.

At the same time, charter schools served a higher percentage of students whose parents are college educated and a lower percentage of students whose parents are high school dropouts.

The state has a lower percentage of students attending small schools than most other states.

Charter schools enrolled a lower percentage of students with disabilities than traditional public schools, but little is known about the factors contributing to these differences.

All else being equal, a typical individual who attended the school with the largest percentage of students identifying voting as a component of good citizenship was 14 percentage points more likely to vote than the person who attended schools with the lowest percentage of students identifying voting as a civic duty.

Data from charter schools and traditional public schools in New York City shows that a lower percentage of students transfer out of charter schools than traditional public schools.

In general, the higher the percentage of students in a school eligible for Free Lunch, the lower the percentage of students who score proficient or above on state tests.

The selective vocational high schools, those that skim the best students from a county's high schools, also have some of the lowest percentages of students eligible for Free lunch and high mean SAT scores.

Out of 1,183 Title I schools in Wisconsin, 58 — none in Dane County — were identified as «priority» schools, meaning they have the lowest percentage of students scoring proficient or advanced on math and reading tests.

The most experienced teachers, and thus the highest paid, are much more likely to work in low - poverty schools and serve a lower percentage of students of color.

Readers will notice that the J, I, & H districts have the lowest percentages of students eligible for Free lunch and the highest SAT scores on average, whereas the A, B, & CD districts have the highest percentage of students eligible for Free lunch and lower mean SAT scores.

Compared to traditional public schools, charter schools enrolled a lower percentage of students with intellectual disabilities (0.84 % compared to 0.45 %).

When data is disaggregated by special education status, Nauset now has a lower percentage of students with disabilities scoring at the advanced level and a higher percentage of students with disabilities scoring at the failing or needs improvement level than in either 1998 or 1999.

Pisa 2015 also found that the later students are selected into different academic programmes / schools and the lower the percentage of students who have to repeat a grade, the greater the equity in science performance.

Among U.S. states, Alabama had the lowest percentage of students scoring proficient in 4th and 8th grade.

Once trained, the advisers will work in 70 high schools across the state to serve as postsecondary education advisers, with a special focus on schools where a lower percentage of students attend college after high school.

Although Shelby County has one of the lowest percentages of students who are economically disadvantaged in the state, only about half of its students tested proficient or advanced on state math tests in 2011, according to state numbers.

We know that urban charter schools enroll a lower percentage of students with disabilities than nearby traditional public schools, and frequently have a lower percentage of English Language Learners as well.

One 2005 review by Russell Rumberger and Gregory Palardy of the educational effects of high - school demography found evidence that the factors that seem to matter for improvements for low - income students in integrated settings include high teacher expectations, more hours of homework completed, college - prep courses, and a lower percentage of students reporting feeling unsafe.

Wyoming also has the second - lowest percentage of students with debt.