Sentences with phrase «more subgroups of students»

Identification of, and comprehensive, evidence - based intervention in, the lowest - performing five percent of title I schools, all public high schools with a graduation rate below 67 percent, and public schools in which one or more subgroups of students are performing at a level similar to the performance of the lowest - performing five percent of title I schools and have not improved after receiving targeted interventions for a State - determined number of years; and

While Duncan is technically right that more schools are held accountable for more subgroups of students, he is also letting more schools avoid NCLB's consequences.

Not exact matches

It is required to report whatever metrics its state chooses not only for all its tested grades (3 - 5), but also for a number of distinct «subgroups» including those defined by race / ethnicity, as long as there are more students in each subgroup than the minimum n - size the state has chosen.

Over time we expect more and more schools to succeed with the majority of their students, but to struggle with certain extra-needy subgroups.

«Schoolwide» improvement is for schools that miss new AYP growth targets for all students or for subgroups that total more than one - third of school enrollment.

Across grades and different student subgroups, the Coleman study found that most of the variation in student achievement is within rather than between schools, but a larger share of the variation is found between schools in earlier grades and among more disadvantaged subgroups.

[The Delaware Department of Education] proposes to decrease the percentage of non-proficient students in each subgroup by 50 % by 2030, which would result in no more than half to two - third of certain subgroups of students achieving proficiency.

Until this year, the rating system in Texas specified separate targets for racial subgroups that accounted for more than 10 percent of the student body (and more than 30 students).

More recently, black and Latino students in NYC gained the most of any subgroup on new tests aligned with higher standards.

Students in three of six subgroups tested showed significant reading gains due to the voucher offer after four or more years.

Theories connecting being physically present in school to better academic outcomes have never been more substantiated, yet NAEP scores show stagnation nationwide and a widening gap between subgroups while about 6.8 million students in the United States missed more than three weeks of school during the 2013 - 2014 school year (Attendance Works and Everyone Graduates Center 2017).

A Tier 3 school that has implemented targeted supports for more than three years, but has not improved the performance of the same student subgroup compared to the «all students» group will be classified as Tier 4 and qualify for comprehensive supports.

Under the new law, states and districts are required to provide comprehensive support and improvement to: the lowest - performing 5 percent of schools, high schools that fail to graduate one - third or more of their students, and schools in which subgroups perform at the same level as students in the lowest - performing schools despite local interventions.

More notably, Valor's achievement and growth were consistent across diverse subgroups of non-economically disadvantaged, economically disadvantaged, English language learners and students with disabilities.

Absent a district - wide effort to improve academic engagement and performance of this large and growing student subgroup, read more

And the reality is that, with the exception of students with disabilities, charter schools generally have a higher percentage of students from demographic subgroups that lag academically behind their more advantaged peers.»

The new provisions are an acknowledgment that multilingual America must do more to meet the language needs of a student subgroup — comprising 10 percent of school children nationwide and 22 percent, about 1.4 million students, in California — that has trailed in graduation rates, college admission and other key academic indicators.

While, overall, SOL scores at year - round schools were similar to scores in traditional calendar schools, SOL scores of certain student subgroups were more likely to improve at a faster rate at year - round schools.

Instead of basic workshops about bullying, Villenas says more targeted information about bias - based bullying, specifically, would help teachers understand the issues faced by particular subgroups in their schools and how they play out among students.

• Some of the same folks who are complaining about the «indecipherable» display presented to the board are also urging it to add on more indicators and the results of student subgroups to the summary display.

CSI schools are those in the bottom 5 percent of performers in the state, those where more than a third of students don't graduate, and those where subgroups of students are chronically underperforming.

Including former English learners in the English learner subgroup allows states and districts to present a more robust picture of how well their English learner students are progressing after meeting exit criteria.

In response, I have attempted to produce a repository of data reports that more fully and accurately visualize 3 years of student performance in Math and ELA across subgroups and years for Silicon Valley school districts.

Under NCLB, an entire district can be subject to immediate state - level intervention if one or more of its student subgroups fail to meet AYP for two consecutive years.

This was the first time states were required to report data by race, disability, and other important subgroups, which revealed to parents and advocates a more accurate picture of how students were doing.

Likewise, Hispanic students as a whole had a dropout rate of 11.8 percent, but drastic gaps existed among subgroups — Guatemalan students had dropout rates of 27 percent and Dominicans of slightly more than 8 percent.

The panelists — including Arkansas's Fort Smith Public Schools Superintendent Benny Goodman and the National Center for Learning Disabilities's Laura Kaloi — also advocated for using multiple assessment measures to judge school quality, adding more flexibility for improving low - performing schools, maintaining a focus on holding schools accountable for the performance of student subgroups, tracking student growth, and ensuring states set high standards.

-- With respect to a student previously identified as an English learner and for not more than 4 years after the student ceases to be identified as an English learner, a State may include the results of the student's assessments under paragraph (2)(B)(v)(I) within the English learner subgroup of the subgroups of students (as defined in subsection (c)(2)(D)-RRB- for the purposes of the State - determined accountability system.

That's because more schools will reach the minimum number of 30 students needed to report the results of any subgroup of students.

Discipline problems increased for all subgroups in the study when around more older and retained students, but white students and girls of all races experienced the largest jump in discipline issues.

NCLB's safe harbor provision, however, uses complementary logic: A subgroup that does not achieve its annual performance goal can still «pass» if the percentage of students scoring below proficient in that subgroup decreases by 10 percent or more.

The U.S. Department of Education had proposed that principals, like teachers, be evaluated as «effective» or «highly effective» based on a year or more of student academic growth across all subgroups.

The CALI site has an interesting first page — a list shows the frequently used material for the day, and week by the student subgroup - 1L, 2 / 3L and there is a link to more zeitgeist1 at the bottom of the page.