These rounds are often more significant and complex, so failing to
meet early benchmarks sends a strong negative message to successive investors.
Not exact matches
Specifically, the tool helps to identify whether enrollment
benchmarks are
met, whether the home visiting programs are being im - plemented with fidelity to the model, and whether there are appropriate linkages between home visiting and the states
early learning standards.
The authors of Little to Gain would do
early - childhood education a considerable service if instead they pushed aggressively for teacher education and professional development that enabled more teachers to
meet Common Core
benchmarks with the teaching techniques they favor, not demand that we «withdraw kindergarten standards from the Common Core so that they can be rethought along developmental lines.»
The Department rejected an
earlier proposal that transfer schools that fail to
meet the
benchmark for three years be put into receivership.
The «Mind the Gaps» study, by ACT, draws on the Iowa City, Iowa - based testmaker's
earlier research showing that taking a strong core curriculum in high school and
meeting benchmark scores in all four subjects of the ACT college - entrance exam enhance students» chances of enrolling in college, persisting...
The National Institute for
Early Education Research analyzed preschool programs in all 50 states, and found Arizona was one of nine states that
met less than half of the quality
benchmarks.
Using nine specific quality
benchmarks, including things like whether teachers had specialized training in
early childhood education, if the maximum class size was 20 students or fewer and what the student to staff ratio was, Erin Baumgartner found that none of the 50 campuses included in the study
met all nine of the quality
benchmarks and that students of limited English proficiency were less likely to be enrolled in pre-kindergarten programs with six or more quality indicators.
It may be that some of the more common
benchmarks in the district, including having teachers with at least a bachelor's degree, the provision of at least one meal and the use of some set of
early learning standards, may not be the right ones or enough on their own to
meet each student group's needs.
Early warnings from rigorous 11th grade assessments can help close the preparation gap before postsecondary enrollment, but only if students are provided targeted supports to
meet college - ready
benchmarks.
As a result, Tennessee will hold high schools accountable for students
meeting the ACT college readiness
benchmark and participating in
early postsecondary opportunities, such as dual enrollment and earning an industry certification in an approved program of study.
Specifically, the tool helps to identify whether enrollment
benchmarks are
met, whether the home visiting programs are being im - plemented with fidelity to the model, and whether there are appropriate linkages between home visiting and the states
early learning standards.