Sentences with phrase «more advantaged students»

It is worth noting, however, the more work remains for everyone, as more advantaged students in traditional district settings still have the greatest gains of all.

We also found that one type of charter — affiliated conversions — serves a much more advantaged student population than either independent start - ups or independent conversions.

Since exiting rates are smaller at schools with more advantaged students, these schools also enjoy more experienced teachers.

In general, foundations and governments have not financed random assignment experiments on how preschool has affected more advantaged students.

On average, disadvantaged students are almost three times as likely as more advantaged students not to attain the baseline level of proficiency in science.

The results of this approach may also be biased in favor of schools serving more advantaged students if the test - score growth of disadvantaged students differs in ways not captured by the value - added model.

If the measures are insufficient and the academic growth of disadvantaged students is lower than that of more advantaged students in ways not captured by the model, the one - step value - added approach will be biased in favor of high - SES schools at the expense of low - SES schools.

As I have explored in previous posts, there is evidence of the effects of preschool on more advantaged students from studies that use other rigorous methods, but I have not yet cited a random assignment experiment.

KIPP's success, he argues, is largely attributable to the selection of more advantaged students into their schools, the investment of significantly greater resources, and the unusual motivation of their staff.

For income mixing, the question of whether, how much, and under what circumstances going to school with more advantaged students benefits low - income or minority students is unsettled, with much ink spilled over conflicting assertions.

We can reform our testing system in the long term, but for now we owe it to all children to help them meet the standards that will allow them to compete on the same terms as more advantaged students.

For evaluating the effects of preschool on more advantaged students, the only random assignment experiment that I am aware of looks at the Brigham Young University Preschool Program.

The way we distribute funds and staff to schools ensures that the most talented teachers end up working with more advantaged students.

A recent meta - analysis found «growing but still inconclusive evidence» that the achievement of more advantaged students was not harmed by desegregation policies (Harris, 2008, p. 563).

Note, for example, that black students and disadvantaged students are currently more likely to attend schools with full - day kindergarten than more advantaged students.

He finds that it is more important for student teachers to be trained in schools with low staff turnover that tend to have more advantaged students.

During the school year, disadvantaged children manage to catch up somewhat to more advantaged students.

With few exceptions, students eligible for free and reduced - price lunch and students of color in the 50 cities were less likely than more advantaged students to enroll in a high - scoring elementary and middle school, take advanced math classes in high school, and sit for the ACT / SAT.

The percentage of black students who scored at the proficient level on state tests was 20 to 30 points less than white students and similar gaps exist between Native American students and white students and students from low - income families and more advantaged students.

More resources will improve student achievement, and can reduce test score gaps between disadvantaged students and more advantaged students.

Despite serving a more advantaged student population than traditional public schools in LAUSD, charter effects on student test score growth were unimpressive.

Measurement has often been used as means to compare these students to more advantaged students and thus push them even further to the margins, when it should be employed to support their development as diverse human beings.

School mobility improved the reading performance of white and more advantaged students, but had no effect on the reading performance of minority students.

Because the current system includes no monetary rewards directly tied to effectiveness, many effective teachers seek more «compensation» through better working conditions, often choosing to leave schools with a high population of disadvantaged students and challenging teaching conditions for schools serving more advantaged students.

It was clear that disadvantaged students did not use technology in the same way as the more advantaged students did; adult guidance mattered decisively.