Sentences with phrase «numbers of students failing»

In addition, they sometimes had large numbers of students failing with a 1, the lowest score.

A significantly greater number of students fail science, engineering and math courses that are taught lecture - style than fail in classes incorporating so - called active learning that expects them to participate in discussions and problem - solving beyond what they've memorized.

Driscoll's personal relationships were also key to weathering the difficult early phase of this reform, when a fair number of students failed.

By 15 years of age, large numbers of these students fail to meet even minimum standards of reading, writing, mathematics and science, and many have essentially disengaged from the schooling process.

Another strategy to file in the «cheap and effective» category: A study published this year found that weekly automated text messages sent to parents about their child's grades, absences, and missing assignments encouraged them to be more involved in their child's learning, improving attendance by 17 percent and reducing the number of students failing a class by 39 percent.

So I do worry that in some schools we'll have 80 percent or some large number of students failing.

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(Illuminating in this connection is the fact, established by a number of studies, that many female college students program themselves to fail, in order not to abandon the accepted image of femininity.)

Players do have a brain afterall and what Wenger does is encourage them to use it rather than just instruct them like most other managers do, now when it all comes together, we go a whole season unbeaten, when it fails, we go a decade without a trophy all in it is why a large number of former Wenger students and players have gone on to greater things within and beyond football, Even Guardiola took a chunk of his coaching badges under Wenger even after playing under Fergie just before hanging up his boots, Viera went on to a senior role at Man.

With more rigorous assessment tests this year creating concerns that the number of failing students could rise, Chicago Public Schools plans to revamp its promotion policy for third -, sixth - and eighth - graders.

From student numbers to the treatment of EU citizens, everywhere you look the department is failing

But if groups of failing schools are eventually turned into charters, it could give the sector an opportunity to dispel the common criticism charters don't enroll sufficient numbers of high - needs students.

Universities can also accept an unlimited number of AAB students which has increased competition with teenagers failing to get a place if they even marginally miss out on their grades.

Some lawmakers believe a lawsuit could claim that the higher number of failing city schools is in breach of state and federal law which denies each student a «sound basic education.»

By contrast, Moskowitz kept her schools open for one reason: In a city where the overwhelming number of black and Latino students are failing their proficiency tests, she believes students can not afford to miss the precious education they get.

- GDP per capita is still lower than it was before the recession - Earnings and household incomes are far lower in real terms than they were in 2010 - Five million people earn less than the Living Wage - George Osborne has failed to balance the Budget by 2015, meaning 40 % of the work must be done in the next parliament - Absolute poverty increased by 300,000 between 2010/11 and 2012/13 - Almost two - thirds of poor children fail to achieve the basics of five GCSEs including English and maths - Children eligible for free school meals remain far less likely to be school - ready than their peers - Childcare affordability and availability means many parents struggle to return to work - Poor children are less likely to be taught by the best teachers - The education system is currently going through widespread reform and the full effects will not be seen for some time - Long - term youth unemployment of over 12 months is nearly double pre-recession levels at around 200,000 - Pay of young people took a severe hit over the recession and is yet to recover - The number of students from state schools and disadvantaged backgrounds going to Russell Group universities has flatlined for a decade

The bills that were passed also failed to lift the cap on the number of charter schools in the state — but they did unlock a cash freeze that has prevented charters from getting their first increase in per - student funding since 2009.

Those fighting to keep Jonathan Levin HS open acknowledge that its grades on the DOE's School Progress Reports have slipped, but note that Tweed has failed to give the school the support it needs to serve rising numbers of English language learners and special education students.

But in this case the administration is showing a cynical willingness to game the system by arbitrarily changing the rules to avoid an expected — and potentially embarrassing — significant rise in the number of struggling and failing students.

PhD students can now elect representatives to a national students» council and to the academic senate of an increasing number of universities, enjoy economic benefits similar to those of undergraduate students, choose to write their thesis in a foreign language, appeal following a failed defence, and hold their title right after a successful defence, because all further bureaucratic requirements like filing copies of the thesis to the national libraries have been transferred to the universities.

The authors consider why more than 40 % of the students who enter U.S. four - year colleges fail to graduate and what can be done to reduce that number.

Unfortunately, there are no official statistics for the number of Ph.D. students who fail to complete their studies.

Homework Study Hall Startled by the number of failing grades his students were receiving, principal David Chambers made making up missed work a mandatory activity.

The designation of low - scoring students as eligible for special education was more common in schools where a small number of students had failed the 8th - grade exam, making it easier for educators to target specific students.

There is also evidence that the number of university applicants identifying teaching as their first preference has been quite stable over recent years, suggesting that a growing number of students are entering teaching after failing to obtain a place in their course of first choice.

But gains in precision obtained by increasing the number of students observed will be offset by losses associated with failing to control for baseline test scores.

The EdChoice Program, which uses a failing schools model to determine which students are eligible, will also likely see a spike in the number of students who qualify, thanks to a change in the criteria used to rate school performance.

Schools in danger of receiving a «Low - Performing» rating were likely to mitigate their risk both through an increase in the number of math courses for students who previously failed the 8th - grade exam and other increased staffing and instructional time.

Plaintiffs in these lawsuits say they favor high standards and accountability and then point to data showing that large numbers of students in urban districts fail to meet heightened standards.

The NCLB accountability system divides schools into those in which a sufficient number of students score at the proficient level or above on state tests to meet Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) benchmarks («make AYP») and those that fail to make AYP.

That's a fine strategy if the goal is to help a limited number of students escape a failed system, but it doesn't hold as an overall reform strategy.

In one, indicators showed that a large number of students were failing one or more courses in ninth grade.

A 2009 report by Parthenon Group, a private consulting firm commissioned by the NYC Department of Education, showed that the city's «failing schools» had enrolled a disproportionate number of «high need» students.

But despite a series of unanimous Supreme Court decisions meant to reverse this trend, in the ensuing years large numbers of black students failed to gain access to the best programs the newly integrated schools offered.

At the same time, an increasing number of cases have appeared in lower courts that involve students and families suing schools for failing to provide adequate discipline within school facilities.

Bloomberg turned nearly all the city's high schools into schools of choice, increased the number of charter schools from 22 to 159, instituted a grading system for schools, and closed those that were failing to educate their students.

That decision by the state board of education, made Jan. 12, comes as a growing number of states are grappling with whether to hold firm on high school graduation requirements even as many students fail to pass graduation exams.

NPR looks into the «summer melt» phenomenon — the large number of poor high school students who say they are continuing on to college but fail to show up in the fall.

With respect to the research on test - based accountability, Principal Investigator Jimmy Kim adds: «While we embrace the overall objective of the federal law — to narrow the achievement gap among different subgroups of students — NCLB's test - based accountability policies fail to reward schools for making progress and unfairly punish schools serving large numbers of low - income and minority students.

In many cases, ceaseless «fix all» education reforms, disparities in funding, and our institution's cold obsession with the bottom line numbers fail to consider the teacher — much like how meticulous data analysis often fails to deeply consider the rich complexities of our students.

Florida Fails Children of Miami - Dade County «Our anticipated gains in the number of foreign - born students alone will require us to build one elementary school a month just to keep up,» Roger C. Cuevas, Miami - Dade County school superintendent, told Education World.

Charter advocates in Massachusetts sought to increase the number of urban students who can enroll in charters, and the state had several well - qualified charter operators eager to open new schools, but both efforts failed in the legislature and in a referendum after a fierce campaign by teachers» unions.

If a school district fails to make adjustments in the face of rising charter school enrollment, and it keeps the same number of staff and facilities despite having fewer students, it will pay a double penalty: Because charter school tuition payments are pegged to a district's average spending per student, a school district's charter payments rise when costs per student rise.

Meanwhile, the number of students who failed eighth - grade state math exams has tripled from 14,000 in 2012 to 44,483 since Common Core exams in grades 3 to 8 were introduced.

million K - 12 public school students (NCES, 2016) and there is a growing number of vulnerable Latinos systematically failing academically.

During his eight years in Tallahassee, the governor established a far - reaching accountability system, including limits on social promotion in elementary school; introduced a plethora of school choice initiatives (vouchers for the disabled, vouchers for those in failing schools, tax - credit funded scholarships for the needy, virtual education, and a growing number of charter schools); asked school districts to pay teachers according to merit; promoted a «Just Read» initiative; ensured parental choice among providers of preschool services; and created a highly regarded system for tracking student achievement.

In Vallas's view, district intervention was necessary in schools where principals and teachers by themselves failed to improve student performance over a number of years.

Teachers that find their classes with large numbers of students that have failed the tests of the previous grade should consider that they will be out of a job in September 2011 and plan accordingly.

It's a tale of an audacious coup in public policy that combined a determination to demonstrate that large numbers of students were failing, rejection of expert advice about how to set benchmarks, and misuse of the word proficient.

Hundreds of business leaders, politicians, parents, students, educators, and advocates turned out for the first legislative hearing on Governor Deval Patrick's proposal to expand the number of charter school seats in school districts with the lowest MCAS scores as well as another proposal that would allow for a state takeover of failing schools.