Sentences with phrase «national academic benchmarks»

PLT's PreK - 8 Environmental Education Activity Guide provides a structured alignment to both national academic benchmarks and state - specific standards.

More than 40 states have adopted the Common Core State Standards, new national academic benchmarks in reading and math.

A majority of school officials responsible for implementing the Common Core State Standards say the new national academic benchmarks are more rigorous than their previous state standards and will improve the skills of students, according to a new national survey released Wednesday.

Not exact matches

Year after year, La Cañada High School students have demonstrated their ability to make the grade, continually exceeding the academic expectations set forth by state and national benchmarks.

Instead, Sawhill argues that reforms should first provide larger grants for those who achieve academic benchmarks and then phase in a «gradual denial of assistance to, say, the bottom - scoring 20 percent of applicants» on a national exam.

The project's creators hope it will help the national groups drawing up academic - content standards for students match their benchmarks with those for teacher education.

His recent op - ed in USA Today commends the NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) for raising the academic benchmarks that teams must meet for postseason play, but contends that university governing boards and college presidents also need to do more to reinforce the educational missions of their institutions.

The report released by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is considered a benchmark on the academic progress of an estimated 60 million secondary students attending private and public middle and high schools in the United States.

The Auburn University Veterinary Teaching Hospital has been ranked No. 1 in the nation among academic veterinary teaching hospitals, according to results from a national benchmarking firm.