Sentences with phrase «number of advanced math»

These patterns are qualitatively similar and even larger in magnitude when we consider the number of advanced math courses taken in high school as the outcome.

We're looking at the teachers that students have in 4th through 8th grade and two different measures: end of the 8th - grade test score and at the number of advanced math courses students take in high school.

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The immigration bill features a new class of visas for entrepreneurship and would significantly boost the number of H1 - B visas available to immigrants with advanced degrees, particularly in math and science.

There has been significant recent press coverage given to the decline in the number of students taking advanced maths or science subjects both in the later years of secondary schooling and at university.

DPS has more than doubled the number of students taking and passing Advanced Placement courses, and black students now take advanced math classes at the same rate as whites (Hispanic students lag by only 1 percentageAdvanced Placement courses, and black students now take advanced math classes at the same rate as whites (Hispanic students lag by only 1 percentageadvanced math classes at the same rate as whites (Hispanic students lag by only 1 percentage point).

This exposure can happen through assigned biographical readings about women scientists, mathematicians, or engineers; calling attention to current events highlighting the achievements of women in math and science; and by making students aware of the number of women who receive advanced degrees in math and science fields each year.

From mastering fractions and whole - number division by the end of elementary school to completing more - advanced math courses by the end of high school, each milestone a student achieves is one step closer to success in school and in life.

A sample of 36 Great Expectation model elementary schools were matched with 556 Oklahoma non-Great Expectations elementary schools based on the following variables: ethnicity, free and reduced lunch eligibility, school size, average number of days students absent, percent of parents attending conferences, percent of teachers with advanced degrees, percent passing third grade reading test, district population size, unemployment rate, average household income, teachers per administrator, percent of student's in special education, instructional support budget, and district percent passing Algebra I. Five years of pass rates on third grade reading and third grade math state exams were examined.

For instance, schools participating in the Carnegie Foundation's Student Agency Improvement Community, a network of researchers and practitioners applying the science of learning mindsets to daily classroom practice, have seen stronger outcomes among low - income black and Latino students since implementing interventions focused on learning mindsets.34 Equal Opportunity Schools, a national nonprofit organization, has also partnered with school, county, and district leaders to increase the number of black and Latino students enrolled in advanced placement courses and has seen gains in both participation and passage rates as a result.35 In addition, several studies show that learning mindsets interventions can reduce the effects of stereotype threat among female, black, and Latino students in math and science classes.36

• While 83.4 percent of white students scored proficient or advanced in math, that number was 78.1 percent for Asian students, 63.6 percent for American Indian students, 61.9 percent for Hispanic students, and 46.4 percent for black students.

Although Shelby County has one of the lowest percentages of students who are economically disadvantaged in the state, only about half of its students tested proficient or advanced on state math tests in 2011, according to state numbers.

More than half of districts use a number of outcome measures, including student end - of - year math grades, the percent of students advancing to the next level of math courses, student performance in state standardized tests, and teacher feedback on student outcomes (Figure 8).

A + College Ready works to dramatically increase the number of students in Alabama taking math, science, English, and social studies Advanced Placement courses, earning qualifying scores on AP exams, and attending and succeeding in college.

As the above chart shows, the percentage of students in LAUSD deemed proficient or advanced rose, albeit by less than a percentage point, in a number of subjects: math, history and science.

The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction's figures did indicate that the number of Milwaukee voucher students who showed they were proficient or advanced in math jumped 6 percent compared to a year ago, although those scoring in those categories for reading increased only by about 1 percent.