Sentences with phrase «narrowing achievement gaps over»

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«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.

SED found the achievement gap stands at about 20 percentage points, though it has been narrowed slightly over the last two years.

Over the past few years, the districts profiled in the report — the Houston Independent School District, the Sacramento City Unified School District, the Charlotte - Mecklenburg school system in North Carolina, and the Chancellor's District in New York City, a special 25,000 - student district of low - performing schools — have improved test scores and narrowed achievement gaps between minority and white students.

«Importantly, the narrowing gap in reading achievement as students progress by year level suggests that the value - add over time that is experienced in coeducational schools is not being realised in single - sex schools,» Dix writes.

Research on summer learning loss indicates that income - based gaps in student achievement tend to widen over the summer and narrow when school is in session, suggesting that low - income students have the most to gain from shortened summers.

Over the past decade he has led a number of significant reform efforts that have helped narrow the achievement gap and increase student performance on both state and national assessment exams.

Over the past decade he has led a number of significant systemic reform efforts that have helped narrow the achievement gap and increase student performance on both state and national assessment exams.

«Over the past six years, we've done everything possible to narrow the achievement gap — and we have,» Mr. Bloomberg testified.

Unlike income achievement gaps, the racial academic achievement gaps have declined significantly over the past four decades, the researchers said, so the recent narrowing of the racial readiness gap among kindergarteners is merely a continuation of the trend.

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.

It's worth noting that the scores for 17 - year - olds have been flat overall, although the scores of white, black, and Hispanic students have all risen and achievement gaps have narrowed over time.

Yet, compelling evidence has emerged over this same time period that effective classroom assessment can have a profoundly positive impact on student achievement, narrowing achievement gaps.

Wisconsin has some of the worst racial achievement disparities in the nation, and Madison has seen plenty of debate over the best ways to narrow the gap.

The bottom may move up, but I suspect over time, to the see those high scores go down and the achievement gap will be narrowed but not due to an increase from the bottom, but a decrease from the top.

Over the past two years, McREL has worked extensively with teachers and administrators in the district to help them narrow their achievement gaps while increasing overall student performance.

The nation's race - and gender - based achievement gaps are narrowing, according to new data that compare the reading and mathematics achievement of today's 9 -, 13 -, and 17 - year - olds with their peers over a 40 - year span.

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.

For decades, the standardized test scores of California students have shown that achievement gaps based on race, ethnicity and class — while troubling — tended to narrow over time.

In high schools, the effect narrowed the achievement gap in math by 50 percent over the length of the study.

While recent reforms are promising, more rigorous research is needed to assess whether they improve student outcomes over the long term and narrow achievement gaps.

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

And in closing the white - black achievement gap, the comparison is more pronounced — with fourth graders the gap narrowed by 6 points in math and 10 points in reading during 2000 - 2009 versus no change in the reading gap over the past four years and a one point widening of the gap in math.

In response to his comments, over 50 California - based civil rights, social justice, and education organizations signed the letter below urging the Governor to continue the state's commitment to equity by not just narrowing, but closing the achievement and opportunity gaps, continuing the work of the Local Control Funding Formula, and supporting a strong accountability system.

With a sustained focus on these efforts over the course of more than a decade, the district's black - white achievement gap narrowed by 29 percentage points between 2003 and 2009.

No gains or narrowing of the achievement gap have been realized as a result of using digital technology for over thirty years, suggesting that technology alone is not really as powerful of an educational tool as we would like to believe.