Sentences with phrase «narrowing the achievement gap by»

«I want to see our urban school districts and large charter networks play an even greater role in effectively narrowing the achievement gap by reimagining schools in order to create and support equitable learning environments.»

The charter school movement began nearly two decades ago with tremendous potential for narrowing the achievement gap by improving education for disadvantaged students.

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?

Our staff is committed to narrowing the achievement gap by offering high - quality instruction and real - world experiences.

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«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.

Classroom strategies backed by research and ongoing teacher development are helping to narrow the achievement gap at this Title I school.

Anaheim, Calif — The narrowing achievement gap between black and white students, first reported about two years ago, is also beginning to show in college and graduate - school admissions tests, according to a new analysis of national data by the researcher whose earlier analyses first summarized the change.

In 2011, I noted that the narrow, relentless focus on «closing achievement gaps» had created «a dangerous complacency» by «giving suburban and middle - class Americans the false sense that things are just fine in their own schools.

If the policy goal were to equalize educational opportunity and / or to narrow achievement gaps, in retrospect America would have been better served by intensive kindergarten targeted on particularly needy kids.

Winners of the $ 4 billion Race to the Top jackpot committed to grand goals in using the federal grants to raise student achievement, as measured by higher test scores, narrowed achievement gaps, and increased graduation and college - going rates — all in four years.

The achievement gaps in academic performance between students grouped by socioeconomic status and race / ethnicity have barely narrowed in the 50 years since this data has been collected in the United States.

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.

A new, 50 - state report by the Center on Education Policy found that reading and math scores are rising and achievement gaps are narrowing, gains that are attributable in part to NCLB.

This contrasts with the voluminous research on class size, which shows that class size reduction is one of the very few ways to narrow the achievement gap and one of only four reforms cited by the Institute of Education Sciences as proven to work through rigorous evidence.

Evers» group hopes to narrow the racial achievement gap across Wisconsin by highlighting and sharing across districts those efforts that seem to be working.

It required schools to publish their scores on state tests not just as averages, but broken down by students» race, sex and other groups, a rule that most educators agree has focused attention on narrowing achievement gaps.

Its graduation rate rose from 64.3 percent in 2007 to 78.8 percent in 2012, according to data provided by the district, and it narrowed the achievement gaps between the district's Hispanic students and Texas» white students by more than 50 percent on state tests in high school math and science.

The Schools of Opportunity Project's aim is to help narrow so - called «achievement gaps» (i.e. the differences in student performance driven by differences in classroom opportunities) by acknowledging schools that, like Ossining, offer innovative programs that embrace new teaching methods and strive to provide every student with the tools to excel.

The rubrics are aligned to the research based practices documented by Drs. Patricia Gandara and María Estela Zárate in their recent publication titled «Seizing the Opportunity to Narrow the Achievement Gap for English Learners: Research - based Recommendations for the Use of LCFF Funds» from the Civil Rights Project at UCLA.

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.

They say that charter schools also are public schools, as well as fully authorized by state law, and they work to narrow the achievement gap for many low - income students who have not thrived in traditional public schools.

Further, particular aspects of teachers» professional community — a shared sense of intellectual purpose and a sense of collective responsibility for student learning — were associated with a narrowing of achievement gaps in math and science among low - and middle - income students.14 Strong professional learning communities require leadership that establishes a vision, creates opportunities and expectations for joint work, and finds the resources needed to support the work, including expertise and time to meet.15 Collaborative teacher teams can improve practice together by: 16

«By narrowing the achievement gap for low - income students and students of color, Uncommon is driving learning at an accelerated rate for thousands of students.

In this book, Johnnie McKinley presents the results of her in - depth study of a group of teachers in grades 3 — 8 who managed to radically narrow the achievement gap between their black and white students by using a set of culturally responsive strategies in their classrooms.

This session touches on narrowing the Achievement Gap and the Confidence Gap as well as Planning the Transitions from Grade 8 to Grade 9 by:

The program also helped narrow the achievement gap between English learners and English proficient students by 75 % in math and 50 % in reading.

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

Given this, the fact that during the 90s the gap in achievement measured by NAEP increased only slightly in math and increased in reading but began to narrow again BEFORE NCLB should be celebrated as an achievement of hard working schools facing deteriorating conditions within their communities.

By narrowing socioeconomic - based achievement gaps, high - quality universal prekindergarten will not only induce faster growth, it will also reduce income inequality.

The fact that almost all achievement gaps have widened, and that narrowed gaps are due to a decrease in performance by white and non-low-income students shows that we are failing to lead our students, especially those who have been historically underserved students, from reaching their full potential,» says MarylandCAN executive director Jason Botel.

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.