Sentences with phrase «of scholarship students»

It depends upon the type of the scholarship the student receives.

That is particularly encouraging news considering 70 percent of the scholarship students are black or Hispanic, and the average household income is just 9 percent above poverty.

So not only does the departure of scholarship students improve the performance of their public school peers, it also leaves more money per pupil to be spent on those peers.

None excludes participation in religious schooling (and, in fact, the majority of scholarship students attend faith - based schools).

Students in the evaluation's control group would have to remain in school nearly 4 more months on average to catch up to the reading achievement level of the scholarship students.

Likewise, the percentage of Scholarship students achieving at least «basic» increased 3 percentage points, compared to a 4 percentage point dip statewide.

Since 2013, the percentage of scholarship students at Basic and above increased 4 percentage points; the percentage performing at Mastery and above increased 2 percentage points.

The Florida Senate passed HB 15, a bill that would increase the size of the scholarships students receive through the state's Tax Credit Scholarship Program.

There are also a couple benefits that 529 plans offer — you can withdraw the amount of any scholarships your student receives tax - free, and you can use the plan to fund another child's or relative's education should the designated beneficiary decide to skip college.

The OSP's reading effects should be considered the low estimate of the possible impact of attending a private school, according to Wolf, because many of the scholarship students did not remain in private school throughout the entire three - year period.

While a majority of the participating schools in Florida and Indiana told us they plan to increase their enrollment of scholarship students in the coming year, less than a quarter of Louisiana respondents said they plan to increase their enrollment.

So parents of scholarship students are furious that Edwards is considering breaking his promise.

But the Department of Community and Economic Development has stopped issuing authorizations, leaving the educational futures of scholarship students up in the air.

The Times reported last month that Bellomo's colleage Davide Nalin, a prosecutor, is also being investigated for making the same demands of scholarship students.

Moreover, while the researcher tasked with tracking the achievement of scholarship students was unable to make clear apples - to - apples comparisons with Florida public school students last year, he was able to do so in years past when Florida's public school students also took the nationally norm - referenced Stanford Achievement Test.

Since 2008, the percent of scholarship students at the basic level and above in third grade English Language Arts has increased 24 percentage points, while math scores have increased by 23 percentage points.

The Florida House of Representatives unanimously passed HB 15, a bill that would increase the size of the scholarships students receive through the state's Tax Credit Scholarship Program.

the proportion of scholarship students who switched (or were likely to switch) out of public schools vs. those who already were in (or were likely to attend) private schools even without the assistance of the scholarship