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We need a clear, coordinated focus on closing the achievement gap in California.

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«If real progress is to be made in closing the achievement gap for the most disadvantaged pupils, then those actually teaching the pupils need to be consulted on its use.

NYC public school students have substantially closed the achievement gap with their counterparts in the rest of the state on standardized English and math exams, according to an analysis released yesterday.

WHEREAS, research shows that women are substantially less likely to self - select or be recruited for elective office, this gender gap in political ambition persists across generations and over time and that qualified female candidates who are equally or more qualified than men are often seen as less qualified or less viable than male candidates; and WHEREAS, research confirms that the presence of more women in a governing body leads to greater transparency and a focus on progressive policies such as closing the funding and achievement gaps in education, closing gaps or loopholes in contraception coverage and affordable health care, closing the wage gap, and removing obstacles that contribute to poverty of women & children; and

Closing student achievement gaps, and preparing more students to be on track to college and career readiness and success in STEM subjects.

Bolder, Broader Action: Strategies for Closing the Poverty Gap Education Week, May 27, 2011 «We have set the nation's highest standards, been tough on accountability and invested billions in building school capacity, yet we still see a very strong correlation between socioeconomic background and educational achievement and attainment,» writes Senior Lecturer Paul Reville.

What they saw was sobering but not surprising: Despite attempts to close achievement gaps between students of color, immigrant students, and low - income students and their more affluent white peers, wide disparities persisted in student performance on state tests, graduation rates, school attendance, and college - going rates.

Our second lens focused on what national and international research shows about «hard to teach, hard to reach» (Boag - Munroe and Evangelo, 2010) and «closing the gap in educational achievement», including the debates about Leon Feinstein's research (2015); looking at definitions, causes and effects.

Examining longer - term effects, however, the study's authors found that double - dosed students» scores on the math portion of the ACT (taken in the spring of 11th grade) were 0.15 standard deviations higher, the equivalent of closing roughly 15 % of the black - white achievement gap.

Since finding success in the classroom, Dr. Rajagopal and his students have spoken throughout the nation at conferences on closing the achievement gap.

The federal role in education has been a growth industry since at least the Johnson administration, when the Elementary and Secondary School Act (ESEA, now the Every Student Succeeds Act, ESSA) was passed as a part of the War on Poverty, with a focus on closing the achievement gap and equalizing funding between the rich and the poor.

A related question is whether focusing on demographic groups is not only ineffective but also counterproductive in closing achievement gaps.

In 2011, I noted that the narrow, relentless focus on «closing achievement gaps» had created «a dangerous complacency» by «giving suburban and middle - class Americans the false sense that things are just fine in their own schoolIn 2011, I noted that the narrow, relentless focus on «closing achievement gaps» had created «a dangerous complacency» by «giving suburban and middle - class Americans the false sense that things are just fine in their own schoolin their own schools.

Highlights this spring will include a discussion about how hip hop culture can offer teaching and learning tools in science with Assistant Columbia University Professor Christopher Emdin; a conversation with Spelman College President Beverly Daniel Tatum; a presentation by filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan on his research on closing America's achievement gap; and a talk with autism activist Temple Grandin.

An analysis of test score gains made by students in 49 countries which was published in Ed Next last year found that students in the U.S. were not on track to close the global achievement gap.

A RCT of charter schools in New York City by a Stanford researcher found an even larger effect: «On average, a student who attended a charter school for all of grades kindergarten through eight would close about 86 percent of the «Scarsdale - Harlem achievement gap» in math and 66 percent of the achievement gap in English.»

Up to eight states would be authorized to conduct demonstration programs testing whether state control of Head Start actually leads to better coordination of preschool programs, greater emphasis on school readiness, improvement in poor children's preschool test scores, and progress in closing the achievement gap between poor and advantaged students.

Many of these new schools are focused on solving one of our society's most intractable problems: how to close the achievement gap between low - income minority students in our nation's inner cities and their white middle - and upper - class contemporaries in the suburbs.

They're asking why so much school time is spent on tests that aren't much used to assist individual children but rather to compare schools and districts in an to attempt to close the achievement gap, says Hess.

The New York Times Magazine spotlighted charter networks KIPP, Uncommon Schools, and Achievement First in a major feature on how to close the achieAchievement First in a major feature on how to close the achievementachievement gap.

It is a challenge in part because Uncommon wants to prove «not only are we able to close the achievement gap at scale, but also that we can do it on the public dollar» alone.

Though they differ in their interpretation of the «success» (or not) of desegregation, they agree on the fundamentals: Integration helps to raise minority student achievement, but it's not nearly a strong enough intervention by itself to close achievement gaps.

Highlights this spring will include a discussion about how hip hop culture can offer teaching and learning tools in science with Assistant Columbia University Professor Christopher Emdin; a conversation with Spelman College President Beverly Daniel Tatum; a presentation by filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan on his research on closing America's achievement gap; and...

The American Enterprise Institute turns its lens on Mooresville, N.C., where a once - struggling school district righted itself and closed an enormous achievement gap in just a few years.

The report recommends various measures to help close the achievement gap, including: more investment in early years education; ensuring all schools have access to good examples of top quality teaching and leadership; good careers guidance for all pupils; extra support for teachers, such as a mortgage deposit scheme to help high - performing school staff get on the housing ladder; and promoting and measuring character development, wellbeing and mental health in schools.

He suggests that schools can have only a limited influence on closing the achievement gap between students who live in poverty and their more affluent peers unless school improvement is combined with broader social and economic reforms.

«Alabama is light years ahead of everyone else in closing the achievement gap,» Sandi Jacobs, Reading First's former assistant director in Washington, said to me in October of 2005, two years before the state posted the biggest two - year increase in 4th - grade reading scores ever recorded on the National Assessment of Educational Progress.

Since boys are about a grade level behind girls in reading and writing and girls have just about closed the gap in mathematics and science, I'll focus on raising the achievement of boys.

All but one of the eight elementary turnaround schools show substantial gains in closing the achievement gap, with the percentage of students meeting or exceeding standards on the state test rising 8 - 28 percent, compared to the school's pre-turnaround status.

Educators will hear how competency - based education, a focus on college - and career - readiness, creating caring environments, and social - emotional learning can play important roles in closing achievement gaps and reaching all learners.

In 2015, Camino Nuevo earned the Bright Spot Award from the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics for closing achievement gaps between English learners and native English speakers.

Based on Stubbs» State assessment data, closing the achievement gap in math is a priority.

In high - poverty areas where progress has been made in closing achievement gaps, such as in Union City, N.J., and Clarke County, Ga., it wasn't a focus on standardized testing that workeIn high - poverty areas where progress has been made in closing achievement gaps, such as in Union City, N.J., and Clarke County, Ga., it wasn't a focus on standardized testing that workein closing achievement gaps, such as in Union City, N.J., and Clarke County, Ga., it wasn't a focus on standardized testing that workein Union City, N.J., and Clarke County, Ga., it wasn't a focus on standardized testing that worked.

In other words, Coleman's strategy was to study how much the achievement of African American and white students varied depending on the school they attended, and then use that as an indicator of the potential role of schools in closing the gaIn other words, Coleman's strategy was to study how much the achievement of African American and white students varied depending on the school they attended, and then use that as an indicator of the potential role of schools in closing the gain closing the gap.

New York City's progress in closing its achievement gap on those tests drew national attention as a possible model for other urban school districts.

I would further suggest that these days we seem to be awash in existential educational questions like those, brought on by such new controversies (at least, newly packaged) as whether it's good to try to close the achievement gap, whether it's counterproductive to demand «proficiency» as opposed to «improvement,» whether «differentiated instruction» is another form of tracking, whether common standards are anti-American, etc..

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Kicking the can down the road on assessment and accountability, in Montgomery County and in school systems across the nation, will neither help close achievement gaps nor prepare students for the Common Core.

It inaugurated big - time federal aid to K - 12 education, initially in the name of equitable opportunity, now more targeted on academic achievement and gap - closing.

A decade ago, the No Child Left Behind Act ushered in an era of federal educational accountability marked by relentless focus on closing race - and income - based «achievement gaps» in test scores and graduation rates.

Applicants were evaluated based on outstanding achievement as evidenced by extraordinary improvement in school performance, success in closing achievement gaps, local or national recognition for his or her school, and personal reward or recognition.

That schools can score well on growth measures even if their low - income students and / or students of color don't close gaps in achievement and college - and - career readiness.

The Port Clinton City School District received an «A» on graduation rate and a «B» on progress, but a «D» on achievement and an «F» in «gap closing,» which tracks «how well schools are meeting the performance expectations for our most vulnerable populations of students in English language arts, math and graduation.»

Her belief that all children can and will succeed in life fuels her on a daily basis as she closes the achievement gap alongside her colleagues and with our students.

In order for states to close the achievement gap and ensure the success of all students, every state will need teachers who can interpret assessment results and take action based on accurate assessment data.

In fact, the achievement gap has nearly closed in these schools, 94 and Blackstone Valley Prep now exceeds statewide averages on several performance indicatorIn fact, the achievement gap has nearly closed in these schools, 94 and Blackstone Valley Prep now exceeds statewide averages on several performance indicatorin these schools, 94 and Blackstone Valley Prep now exceeds statewide averages on several performance indicators.

Interestingly, in this case and in others where district - wide differentiated instruction initiatives were underway, the explicit rationale provided by district personnel was to help teachers ensure that the needs of «high - ability learners» were not being ignored, given the predominant state emphasis on interventions to close the achievement gap between low - and high - achieving students.

NBFA employees thrive in a collaborative environment of thoughtful, self - reflective professionals on a mission to change the life outcomes of Bridgeport youth by helping to close the nefarious achievement gap.

This suggests that in order to close achievement gaps, schools need to work on helping students gain these skills and mindsets and that simply focusing on improving instruction and revising curriculum alone will not close the gap.

Rather, it says schools would be placed in one of five performance categories based on student achievement and progress in reading and math, how well a school closes gaps between groups of students in academic achievement and in graduation rates, and on overall attendance and graduation rates.