Sentences with phrase «numbers of students who»

We can split hairs over KIPP's claims that between 9 percent and 13 percent of its students are on special education IEPs and the 5.6 percent reported last year by the OKCPS (KIPP's locally reported numbers are also different than what it reports to the federal OCR), but data on the numbers of students who are tested in the spring explain that sort of discrepancy — and much more.

In the decades since, it's remained largely the same size — even as the numbers of students who seek these fellowships has skyrocketed.

Middle school students are more likely to face discipline problems when surrounded by large numbers of students who are repeating grades, according to a new study from researchers at Duke University.

But an equally plausible explanation is that charters attract large numbers of students who are struggling in public schools before ever setting foot on a charter - school campus.»

So, if we truly want record numbers of students who receive a rich, life - changing education, which methods should we turn our limited time and attention to?

Many times school districts will have large numbers of students who would qualify at 95 %.

Others are high - impact administrators responsible for turning around struggling schools or expanding the numbers of students who receive gifted education services.

When you add the numbers of students who attend magnet and other criteria - based schools, it is clear that the NAACP is far off the mark.

In cases where achievement is weighted heavily, as with the current formula, schools with high numbers of students who perform as above on state tests have lower school performance grades of C, D, or F. By simply shifting the formula to 50 - 50, many of those C schools would earn a B, and D schools would move to C, and so on.

LCFF gives more funds to districts that have higher numbers of students who are low - income, English learners, homeless, and foster youth and gives districts more flexibility in spending.

KIPP NJ schools are serving comparable or greater numbers of students who qualify for free lunch, have special needs or come from African American or Latino demographics than the Newark and Camden school districts.

Teachers who are normally supportive of equity measures oppose this one because they may be reassigned to schools with large numbers of students who are more difficult to educate and will not be assured of the assistance they need to succeed.

While observers will judge Bloomberg and Klein's tenure using standardized test scores — and even they agree those scores are important measures — Klein has made no secret of the fact that he wishes his team's work to be marked in the end by significant upticks in both the graduation rate and the numbers of students who pass basic tests in order to qualify for a Regents diploma.

Or will measuring and reporting the numbers of students who frequently miss school count as the first major step toward addressing the problem of absenteeism?

That is, we can estimate the numbers of students who fall off track for earning a diploma at various points between the 9th grade and the expected time of graduation.

It provides valuable information about my entire school population, for example, the numbers of students who are LD, ADD, ESL, or Title One.

While Pecchia concedes that Youngstown has had to close schools because of slumping enrollment, the new assignments mean large numbers of students who would have been eligible for vouchers next year won't be for at least two years.

Last month, The New York Times reported something that Latin teachers everywhere already know: This supposedly «dead language» is attracting increasing numbers of students who recognize the good things it does to their minds.

California's school funding model is nearly «impossible to comprehend» and should be made more transparent and more focused on helping districts that serve large numbers of students who are the most expensive to educate, a new report argues.

A recent investigation revealed that several high schools in Washington, D.C., skirted district rules to graduate large numbers of their students who didn't meet the standards for earning diplomas.

The findings, published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, indicate that sharing a classroom with greater numbers of students who participate in a brief intervention can boost all students» grades over and above the initial benefits of the intervention.

While most of the roundtable meeting was private, officials met with media and during the briefing revealed that four of the districts had significant numbers of students who opted out of standardized testing.

With the state English and math tests looming next month, opt - out movement advocates are predicting even higher numbers of students who take a pass than last year.

Johann Lang, in a letter to Spalatin in March 1516 (shortly before he was appointed to Erfurt) referring to the large numbers of students who were dropping out of the courses on scholastic philosophy and theology, and explaining the rebirth of biblical studies (he used the Renaissance type word reviviscere) and the new Strong interest in antiquae scriptores, identified the phenomenon by pointing to the international influence of Reuchlin and Erasmus, «men of great erudition and integrity».

The findings are skewed by the high numbers of students who enroll in for - profit schools and end up dropping out before they finish their programs.

Certain countries, for example, in the past have set quotas on the numbers of students who pursue higher education in certain disciplines based on workforce demands.

In 2011, he announced an $ 11.5 million investment to support the creation of a new university center, to help renovate Millikin's oldest residence hall and to double the number of students who participate in a scholars program.

Over the years Richard Leblanc, an adjunct at Osgoode Hall Law School and associate professor of governance law and ethics in the School of Administrative Studies at York University, has been struck by the number of students who had difficulty staying awake during class.

The funeral was attended by a large number of students who attended his class.

The funeral was attended by a large number of students who attended his classes.

This circumstance made only the more significant the number of students who soon crowded his lecture hall, and the number of students, professors and townspeople who filled and overflowed any church where he had been advertised to preach.

Because of the diversity of programs in seminaries and the number of students who are not oriented toward congregations, the seminary agenda is probably wider than it was a generation ago, when most students were bound for congregations.

There is on one side of this coin the students» tendency to attend lectures which they need for their examinations; on the other side is the fact that there is strong political support for Küng among the students (there was a huge rally and torchlight parade last December on the night following the Roman edict to withdraw his missio canonica), and for many students, both Protestant and Catholic, the issues in the Küng case are larger than the man himself, Küng's status at the university is not dependent on the number of students who come to his lectures (nor on the number of his doctoral students), but the fall semester will be some index of the viability of this new «third track» in theology.

I am impressed with the number of students who are not affiliated with the theology department who have spread the word formally, informally, or by responding to the University and sending their input to the provost or to the loveTHEOnotredame gmail account, speaking in favor of keeping both theology requirements.

The number of students who arrive at today's university bringing a sense of the church's global social mission is small indeed.

High school sports are valuable not because of newspaper stories or scholarship offers or the number of students who watch from the pool deck, but rather for what the process of playing at a competitive level teaches those who compete.

Though given that there are an equal number of students who are wired very anxious as those wired needing more stress to engage and focus, many of the systemwide anti-stress measures at Paly are a zero sum game — they help AND hurt about the same number of students.

However one comment on this:»... Though given that there are an equal number of students who are wired very anxious as those wired needing more stress to engage and focus, many of the systemwide anti-stress measures at Paly are a zero sum game — they help AND hurt about the same number of students.»

Homeschool statistics show, the U.S. has recently been showing an increase in the number of students who are being taught at home.

The number of students who passed science last year were not included in the report.

The number of students who qualify for a free or discounted meal based on income levels also matters because schools and entire school systems may qualify for grants and other federal funding based on the reported level of need among students.

State education officials said there has been an increased focus on providing fresh fruits and vegetables in student lunches, as the state noted a significant increase in the past decade in the number of students who require meals at school.

Carmen Griffith was instrumental in increasing the number of students who participate in the breakfast program.

Another important factor to consider when comparing your school or district with another one is how many students are qualified for free and reduced price lunch in each, and what percentage of the cafeteria volume is represented by paying students; note that the percentage of students in any category eating in the cafeteria is not the same thing as the number of students who are classified as being in that particular category.

Something else that impressed me: the number of students who had books and newspapers open — studying — in the mess hall.

The number of students who applied to SUNY schools this fall jumped 6 percent compared to last year as word spread that New York will offer free tuition to income - eligible students.

WASSCE passes has surged from 13 % in 2008 to 24.7 % in 2016 for number of students who had A1 to C6.

This year saw more than 900 Westchester students sign up for the challenge, nearly double the number of students who signed up in the first two years combined.

The percentage of low - income children who participated in the program actually decreased, despite a growing number of students who qualified.

A total number of 250 students occupy the whole block, but the number of students who were seriously affected is 100.