Sentences with phrase «on the academic progress made»

«Summer reading loss can have a significant impact on the academic progress made by our students during the school year,» said Tennessee First Lady Crissy Haslam.

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At Tuesday's meeting, Pryor and his staff reported on progress made in key reform areas, including a new teacher evaluation system and a new set of academic goals called the Common Core State Standards.

A new summary of 12 years of research on North Carolina's pre-kindergarten program for at - risk 4 - year - olds shows that «dual - language learners» make the greatest academic progress in the program.

Progress on Academic Lab Safety 02 October 2013 The University of California system has taken a series of encouraging steps to make its labs safer.

On the one hand, this suggests that progress is being made; on the other, it suggests that women are being removed selectively from the academic mixturOn the one hand, this suggests that progress is being made; on the other, it suggests that women are being removed selectively from the academic mixturon the other, it suggests that women are being removed selectively from the academic mixture.

Academic scientists quoted in stories late last week by NPR and The New York Times suggested that the amount of oil spewing out from the broken pipe on the gulf floor may be much more than 5000 barrels (794,936 gallons) per day — the official estimate of both BP and the government for the first 3 weeks of the crisis, before BP made any progress in stanching the flow.

Building on two years of work by the Academic Cabinet, led by Catherine Snow before I arrived, we have made considerable progress in the development of core courses.

So now, here we are, barely ten years into this huge reform, with our little platoon of teachers and administrators and parents fighting feverishly on the front, beginning to make some progress on test scores and feel some confidence about improving our kids» academic opportunities — and I look up from my trench and, instead of seeing the school house door thrown open with garlands of WELCOME signs, I see teachers back to cheering from the windows as the reform generals scurry away, white flags in hand.

The states that made the most progress after allowing for other factors — Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Kentucky, and Georgia, to name the top five — have taken steps, in various ways, to raise academic standards and back them up with rigorous assessments, implement tough but thoughtful accountability systems, and strengthen human capital practices to attract, develop, and retain educators who can deliver on high standards.

Specifically, the proposed regulations provide that the additional K — 12 indicator (s) that a state uses can not «change the identity of schools that would otherwise be identified» unless a school is making «significant progress» on at least one of the academic indicators — test scores, graduation rate, additional K — 8 academic indicator, and EL progress.

Accelerate Progress on Education Boston Globe, June 10, 2013 «By every indication, including early indications of academic performance, we've made a strong start with these policies on choice and innovation.

The program was filled with outstanding student performances and reports on the impressive progress this highly diverse district has been making in achieving academic gains for all students.

There seems to be some consensus that teacher effectiveness centers on student growth — the amount of social, emotional and academic progress a student makes over the course of a year.

Institute proactive advising practices that intervene when students fail to complete key milestone courses, take courses on their degree map, or make satisfactory academic progress

KIPP Austin College Prep has been a KIPP Top Performer on the MAP Assessment (Measures of Academic Progress — A Worldwide Assessment) in Reading and Math for two years, making some of the most growth in reading and math in the entire KIPP network.

An effective principal also makes sure that notion of academic success for all gets picked up by the faculty and underpins what researchers at the University of Washington describe as a schoolwide learning improvement agenda that focuses on goals for student progress.7 One middle school teacher described what adopting the vision meant for her.

The first makes state assessment data comparable by adjusting proficiency rates based on the discrepancy between how well low - income students performed on The National Assessment of Academic Progress (NAEP) in each state compared to how well low - income students performed on their own state exam.

According to the California Department of Education news release, «The 2013 California Distinguished Schools Program directly focuses on the right of California's students to an equitable and rigorous education, and recognizes those schools that have made progress in narrowing the academic achievement gap.»

«While we await direction from ED (Department of Education) on new requirements for federal accountability, California will continue to use the API as the key indicator in determining whether the school or LEA (district) has made adequate academic progress.»

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today recognized 269 schools as 2012 National Blue Ribbon Schools based on their overall academic excellence, or for making progress in improving student academic achievement levels.

Under a growth system, a school might be rated based on how much progress 5th grade students make over their 4th grade scores during an academic year.

On - track indicators of college and career readiness must measure not only academic and engagement factors that ensure learners are making progress toward content mastery or proficiency, but also behavioral factors that relate to the mastery of the lifelong learning skills needed to succeed in postsecondary pathways.

Coffelt, 46, says the district is on track to accomplish the first of two major goals that he set: that every student would make a year or more of academic progress annually.

Knowing that students will rely on their foundational skills in literacy and math for years to come, we support students in making progress toward individual academic goals while meeting or exceeding U.S. national standards.

There is demonstrated support for an annual report card on how each school spends local, state and federal funding and what progress it has made on measures of student academic achievement.

These pathways allow students to make quick progress on their academic plan, saving them time and money.

The latest statewide assessment scores reveal that students and educators across New Jersey are rising to the challenge of higher academic standards and building year - over-year on the impressive progress they've made.

Through this statistical method, educators are better able to measure the impact that schools make on students» rates of academic progress from year to year.

Gov. Bill Haslam today announced that Tennessee had the largest academic growth on the 2013 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) of any state, making Tennessee the fastest improving state in the nation.

Recipient of the Title I Academic Achievement Award which is given to schools receiving federal Title I funds that demonstrate that all students are making significant progress toward proficiency on California's academic content stAcademic Achievement Award which is given to schools receiving federal Title I funds that demonstrate that all students are making significant progress toward proficiency on California's academic content stacademic content standards.

School certification is the process by which a school verifies that a student is enrolled on at least a half - time basis, is making satisfactory academic progress, and is eligible for federal and / or private student loans.