Sentences with phrase «narrow the achievement gap children»

«All the available evidence shows that in order to narrow the achievement gap children from disadvantaged backgrounds should have equal access to the best schools.»

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If the achievement of children who are temporarily eligible for free school meals due to the recession is higher than children whose families are on benefits for a longer period of time, then the gap between free school meal and non-free school meal children will narrow.

«Over the last decade we have made substantial progress in narrowing the gap between children from disadvantaged backgrounds and the rest - the average achievement for those pupils has risen more sharply than for others,» she claimed.

The narrowing of achievement gaps has been greatest in low - income Norwegian communities that made large increases in the number of children attending early childcare centers

The intervention also appeared to narrow the achievement gap between English language learners and children proficient in English.

During the era of No Child Left Behind very little progress has been made in narrowing the achievement gap between advantaged and disadvantaged students.

After almost five years, the federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act already has made a significant impact on U.S. schools, based on improved test scores and a narrowing of the achievement gap, according to U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings.

The plaintiffs argued that the curriculum would widen rather than narrow Seattle's achievement gap between minority and white children.

According to the Harvard Civil Rights Project, «No Child Left Behind has not helped the nation and states significantly narrow the achievement gaps.

Schools actually narrow the achievement gap; it's what affluent children get before they start school that gives them significant academic advantages over the children of the middle class and the poor, according to the research.

High - quality early education programs can improve outcomes and narrow achievement gaps for all kids, particularly children from low - income families.

The universal pre-K program was a hallmark of de Blasio's campaign to make free pre-K education a right for every New Yorker and to narrow achievement gaps, which start very early in child development.

The principal intellectual and moral argument that advocates make — and for which I have considerable sympathy — is similar to that of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) backers: giving needy kids a boost up the ladder of educational and later - life success by narrowing the achievement gaps that now trap too many of them on the lower rungs.

Oklahoma's program has narrowed the achievement gap between lower - and higher - income children while elevating early math and literacy skills for all participants.

Public schools will continue to reinforce inequality and harden achievement gaps until gross disparities in children's early development are narrowed.

Ultimately, the task force considered one central question: What can be done to narrow the achievement gap by extending the Catholic school advantage to more Latino children?

Schools where students feel safe, engaged and connected to their teachers are also schools that have narrower achievement gaps between low - income children and their wealthier peers.

Expanding access to high - quality preschool within the reauthorization of ESEA will narrow achievement gaps, and reflect the real, scientific understanding that learning begins long before a child enters kindergarten.»

So while genetics may well place an upper limit on intelligence, poor children are often denied the opportunity to reach their own maximum potential — meaning that, in the right environment, the achievement gap might be significantly narrowed.

Launched by the Ounce of Prevention Fund in 2000, Educare works to narrow the achievement gap between at - risk children and their more advantaged peers by giving students the skills they need to succeed in school.

We find that California's school children did much better in the second year of the new statewide standardized tests, though achievement gaps have not substantially narrowed.

Overall, student achievement in mathematics increased and achievement gaps between some races narrowed this school year compared to six years ago — despite the increasing number of children in poverty.

ESSA replaces No Child Left Behind, and provides states, districts and schools with increased flexibility over how to use funding, how to demonstrate student progress and achievement and how to improve school performance and narrow the opportunity gap, among other changes.

While white, black and Hispanic children all made modest test score gains in DC since 2003, the Rhee agenda has not significantly narrowed achievement gaps between the various demographic groups, nor has it brought disadvantaged DC youth up to the national average scores for peers of their same race and class in other cities.

Although a universal prekindergarten program available to all children may not narrow socioeconomic - based achievement gaps as much as a targeted program, it is likely to generate greater future economic growth.

Moreover, international experience confirms that it is possible to make progress in closing these gaps: not only have two dozen countries made substantial progress in overall achievement, but 17 countries that exceed US performance levels also have a narrower gap among children of divergent socioeconomic backgrounds.

By supporting resources that engage children in literacy opportunities over the summer, communities can narrow the achievement gap.

Among the goals of the guidelines are increased educational equity and a narrowing of the achievement gap between students at well - funded and poorly funded schools; enhanced parental and family influence on and engagement with homework practices; and a rebalancing of students» academic lives with their extra-curricular, family and community commitments and their developmental needs as children and adolescents.

Publicly funded pre-K is often touted as a means to narrow achievement gaps, but this goal is less likely to be achieved if poor / minority children do not, at a minimum, attend equal quality pre-K as their non - poor / non-minority peers.

Ticket sales will benefit Educare Arizona, a national network of early childhood centers dedicated to narrowing the achievement gap for low - income children.

It is an innovative partnership between private philanthropists, Head Start / Early Head Start, Tulsa Public School officials and community partners dedicated to narrowing the achievement gap for children in their communities.

A recent study published in the Journal of Primary Prevention confirms that PAT measurably improves school readiness, virtually eliminating the achievement gap normally observed between poor children and their more affluent peers at the point of kindergarten entry, and that gap continued to be narrowed in the third grade.

High - quality pre-K programs produce both short - and long - term benefits for children and can also contribute to narrowing the achievement gap through building increased academic skills among disadvantaged groups.

Research and evaluation are inextricably linked to all of the Educare's work to narrow the academic achievement gap for children in poverty.

The study has also amplified the potential of community based ECE programmes in boosting school readiness and therefore offers promise in narrowing achievement gaps for children from disadvantaged backgrounds.

The Birth to Five Policy Alliance was established in 2005 to help shift the odds for very young children and narrow the achievement gap.

Research and evaluation are inextricably linked to all of the Ounce of Prevention Fund's work to narrow the academic achievement gap for children in poverty.

The plan provides a roadmap for creating a coordinated, high - quality system of early childhood services that will support all of the community's youngest children and their families and make meaningful progress in narrowing the achievement gap among them as they enter kindergarten.

In Illinois and in states across the country, the Ounce advocates for early childhood education programs that are proven to be effective in narrowing the achievement gap and that support the healthy development of vulnerable young children.

It has been proposed that increased access to high - quality Pre-Kindergarten programs for all low - income children would enhance achievement and narrow the achievement gap found between children from low - income families and their more affluent counterparts.