Sentences with phrase «number of absences»

Lawmakers say the legislation is needed because some schools, especially those in Asian communities, have a high number of absences on the Lunar New Year, which begins on Friday.

Tacoma, Washington and 16 other school districts are sending letters that let parents know how many absences their child has that quarter, and also the average number of absences for children in the school and in their child's grade.

«Our survey shows that engaging in clear and consistent messaging for the purposes of building awareness of typical and acceptable levels of absences, as well as current numbers of absences, is still very much needed in schools across the country,» she added.

That is why students are allowed a certain number of absences per year: in case of sickness and for any other reason a student would want to be absent.

As with tensions in the chamber, having a large number of absences certainly isn't unheard of in the Capitol, but the issue seems to have been on display more than normal in the past couple of weeks.

Seat time recovery allows students who are currently passing a course or just below passing and have more than the maximum number of absences the opportunity to recover class hours.

Several variables, including number of absences, were significant predictors of high school completion.

«But what we've found is that even small number of absences can make a big difference later in student outcomes.»

Figures 1a, 1b, and 1c compare the average number of absences, the share of students who were suspended, and the average test - score gains between fourth and eighth grade of students who ranked in the bottom - and top - quartile on each skill.

Engage in clear and consistent messaging for the purposes of building awareness of typical or acceptable levels of absences as well as current numbers of absences.

A few reasons they might be classified as at - risk students include: high number of absences, single - parent home, low academic performance or low - income family.

We have since adopted the newly - fashionable 3 -4-2-1 formation of late, which both Tottenham and Chelsea have been using increasingly well this term, but due to a number of absences in our squad, we may be forced to have to revert back to a back - four.

The 21 year - old joined the club from Bolton in the summer for a reported # 2.5 Million, and ended up starting the Premier League season in the starting line - up following a number of absences.

Prior to the new policy, the district never specified the number of absences a student was allowed, nor did it define an excused absence.

We would also expect this to possibly have an impact on general health, so we would expect the number of absences to decrease for example and, as sleep improves, we would expect behavioural issues to become less of a problem in the classroom.

Keep in mind that external factors such as the grade with which the student failed the course and the student's number of absences may affect eligibility in your district.

Carefully worded messages on postcards reminded parents of the importance of absences and of their ability to influence them, added information about students» total absences, or added the number of absences among target students» classmates.

I watched as extra money was awarded or not awarded to people who taught subjects never tested, to people who far exceeded the number of absences within the matrix, to teachers who actively improved their practice, to people who did not intend to be career teachers, to people who showed strong compassion for students, to teachers who worked in isolation or collaboration, and to teachers who did or did not focus exclusively on teaching to the test.

These are absences that may be excused by parents, but the number of absences exceeds 10 % of the school year.

Schools must limit the number of absences that are allowed and must require students with excessive absences to re-enter or repeat the course.