Sentences with phrase «matched public school peers»

Not exact matches

In her assessment of four California public schools that use Waldorf methods, Oberman found that students tested below peers in language arts and math in the second grade, but they matched or tested above their peers in the same subjects by eighth grade.

In 2007 they approved funding for the first public Waldorf methods high school, in the Sacramento Unified School District; and (3) Three key findings on urban public schools with Waldorf methods: (a) In their final year, the students in the study's four California case study public Waldorf - methods elementary schools match the top ten of peer sites on the 2006 California test scores and well outperform the average of their peers statewide; (b) According to teacher, administrator and mentor reports, they achieve these high test scores by focusing on those new three R's — rather than on rote learning and test prep — in a distinct fashion laid out by the Waldorf model and (c) A key focus is on artistic learning, not just for students but, more importantly perhaps, for the aschool, in the Sacramento Unified School District; and (3) Three key findings on urban public schools with Waldorf methods: (a) In their final year, the students in the study's four California case study public Waldorf - methods elementary schools match the top ten of peer sites on the 2006 California test scores and well outperform the average of their peers statewide; (b) According to teacher, administrator and mentor reports, they achieve these high test scores by focusing on those new three R's — rather than on rote learning and test prep — in a distinct fashion laid out by the Waldorf model and (c) A key focus is on artistic learning, not just for students but, more importantly perhaps, for the aSchool District; and (3) Three key findings on urban public schools with Waldorf methods: (a) In their final year, the students in the study's four California case study public Waldorf - methods elementary schools match the top ten of peer sites on the 2006 California test scores and well outperform the average of their peers statewide; (b) According to teacher, administrator and mentor reports, they achieve these high test scores by focusing on those new three R's — rather than on rote learning and test prep — in a distinct fashion laid out by the Waldorf model and (c) A key focus is on artistic learning, not just for students but, more importantly perhaps, for the adults.

Two years later they were scoring in the 79th percentile, matching or outscoring their white peers in New York City public schools.

Specifically, students enrolled in urban charter schools receive the equivalent of 40 additional days of learning growth in math and 28 days of additional growth in reading compared to their matched peers in [traditional public schools].

And in Ohio, a study by the pro-choice conservative think tank, the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, financed by the pro-voucher Walton Family Foundation, found «students who use vouchers to attend private schools have fared worse academically compared to their closely matched peers attending public schools.»

Yet Fordham's new report on Ohio students found that «students who use vouchers to attend private schools have fared worse academically compared to their closely matched peers attending public schools.»

The students who use vouchers to attend private schools have fared worse academically compared to their closely matched peers attending public schools.

Students who use vouchers to attend private schools have fared worse academically compared to their closely matched peers attending public schools.

It found that students who used vouchers did not see academic gains in their new schools and that they performed worse, on average, than their matched peers in the public schools that they left.

In Ohio, the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, a conservative think tank and proponent of school choice, released a study of that state's program which found: «Students who use vouchers to attend private schools have fared worse academically compared to their closely matched peers attending public schools.»

One in Ohio by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute released in July 2016 found that students who use vouchers «fared worse academically compared to their closely matched peers attending public schools.»