Sentences with phrase «only academic performance»

When only academic performance is measured, and evaluated, it can seem overwhelming to take time out of the school day to meet students» social and emotional needs.

And the reference to «educational performance» has been narrowly interpreted to mean only academic performance and not behavioral or social performance, life skills, or vocational skills.

Published in The Washington Post Every weekday, 700 children from some of the poorest parts of the Atlanta area stay after school for three hours with Wings for Kids, a program that aims to bolster not only academic performance but also social skills, relationships with caring adults and a sense of belonging at school.

Not exact matches

These academics only attribute consistent long - term superior performance to a fluky aberration.»

The only time where you can contribute to your child's academic performance is when they have homework.

Not only are these goals met, but the children who receive massage are also reportedly more connected to one another, express more empathy, and have improved academic performance.

Academic research supports them as a way to increase physical activity at work Thinking abilities only drop slightly when using one, but not below average performance marks Sitting at a desk all day could be shaving years off your life A neuroscience professor at a research institution is getting one after studying them

As new measures of academic performance appear, experts stress that quantitative indicators are only part of what counts as scientific impact.

Academic Performance Index scores released in October showed it again second only to the San Marino Unified School District, and gaining ground.

Students who practiced the Transcendental Meditation program showed significant increases in math and English scale scores and performance level scores over a one - year period.A significant portion of the meditating students — 41 percent — showed a gain of at least one performance level in math, compared to 15 percent of the non-meditating students in the control group.Among the students with the lowest levels of academic performance, «below basic» and «far below basic,» the meditating students showed a significant improvement in overall academic achievement compared to students in the control group, which showed only a slight gain.

Not only does eating a range of fresh, nutrient - packed food help students maintain good health, but it can also help them boost their academic performance and their mood.

This not only results in improved academic performance, parents say, but also enhances confidence and empathy for those who are different.

Though the survey was conducted only a few months into the 2013 - 14 academic year, 68 percent of parents reported that they had noticed measurable improvement in their child's academic performance since receiving the scholarship.

As a result, it is not clear if there is no effect because start times are not a factor in the academic performance of prepubescent students, or because the schools start much later and only very early start times affect performance.

Based on such analysis, the student may not only get an academic «diagnosis» of his or her aptitude, but also determine ways in which performance can be strengthened and improved, and gaps can be closed.

Among the more salient conclusions are: 1) that what children bring to school is vastly more important than what happens thereafter, as the Coleman Report found; 2) in examining all of the variables that impinge on student academic performance (teacher effectiveness, socio - economic advantage, appropriate evaluation criteria, etc.), none is demonstrably more significant than time spent learning «one - on - one»; and 3) that only an individualized computer program can address all these issues effectively and simultaneously.

A short - sighted view - the one that pervades the school - reform ideology - is that academic outcomes alone matter and that performance on tests is the only measure worth applying.

In light of the ongoing push to establish common academic standards across states, the authors examined data from the 2007 National Assessment of Educational Progress to see whether citizen ratings of school quality are responsive to the level of student performance relative to the nation as a whole or only relative to other schools within the same state.

The claim that schools alone hold the key to improving academic performance only attacks the tip of the iceberg.

A majority of parents and school officials believe that children who are troubled, whatever the cause, not only demonstrate poor academic performance and inappropriate behavior in school, but also adversely affect the learning opportunities for other children in the classroom.

Low academic achievement is particularly important to control for because children only receive special education services if their disabilities are adversely affecting their educational performance.

Instead of applying only to «failing» schools, the new powers would now pertain to all schools in districts «in academic crisis» that had performance scores below the state average.

Though the increase in school attendance among disciplined students led to only very modest improvements in their academic performance on state reading exams, it did not have a substantively negative effect on their peers» academic performance.

So far, the only component of the academic performance index has been the Stanford 9, since these were the only data available (see Figure 1).

Bringing together experts across a range of fields, the report made the case for why regular exercise crucially belongs in schools: It not only provides physical health benefits to students but also enhances their cognitive functioning, leading to higher academic performance.

realizing that food affects not only the physical health of the student, but also his or her behavior and academic performance.

Research shows that quality teachers make the difference — not only in students» academic performance but also in lifetime achievement.

Research shows that quality teachers make the difference — not only in students» academic performance but also in their lifetime success.

A bonus payment to teachers can improve student academic performance — but only when it is given upfront, on the condition that part of the money must be returned if student performance fails to improve, research at...

Yet that seems to be only part of the story: Dr. Jerrim said he was surprised to discover a considerable gap in access to selective colleges and universities even after accounting for differences in academic performance as measured by grades or standardized tests.

At Marina (California) Junior High School, teachers discovered that students academic performance improved dramatically after only 20 days of chess instruction.

For example, instead of averaging or differently weighting scores on academic performance and academic growth, a state could decide to identify for CSI only schools that have low academic outcomes and are not demonstrating growth.

Common Core doesn't dictate curriculum or pedagogy Checker assured us, it only requires that «everybody's schools use the same academic targets and metrics to track their academic performance» and «then those schools can and should be freed up to «run themselves» in the ways that matter most: budget, staffing, curriculum, schedule, and more.»

For many Charter Schools, the test score is just one measure to assess student academic performance, not the only assessment tool.

While states with disparate academic approaches have made some strides over the past few years — notably Florida and California — national averages have varied only slightly, despite billions of dollars invested to improve performance at the national, state, and local levels.

Indeed, as per a statement made by Ron Adler, president of the Ohio Coalition for Quality Education, not only is it «disappointing that ODE spends so much time denying that poverty and mobility of students impedes their ability to generate academic performance... they [continue to] remain absolutely silent about the state's broken report card and continually defend their value - added model that offers no transparency and creates wild swings for schools across Ohio» (i.e., the EVAAS system, although in all fairness all VAMs and the SGP yield the «wild swings» noted).

Records containing information reflecting academic evaluations of employee performance shall be open to inspection only by the employee and by officials of the university responsible for supervision of the employee.

He said he was encouraged that the report identified only a small number of charter schools with what he felt were «clearly exclusionary practices» based on academic performance.

NAGB's efforts to track college readiness in the United States is uniquely important as it has the only assessment program that reports on the academic performance of a representative national sample of high school students.

This is much preferable to the EBacc performance measure in which only a core of five academic subjects, with no recognition of success in more creative or practical subjects, was targeted.

The research reinforces the fact that investments in high quality early childhood education and care programs for at - risk children is not only a solution for reducing achievement gaps and improving academic performance, but pays long - term dividends beyond school.

For example, Stanford University, in the first national study conducted on the academic performance of charter school students, found that only 17 percent of charter school students were outperforming their public school peers on math assessments.

Berliner seemed to shield teachers from much of the responsibility for poor academic performance by students as he testified that conditions beyond the classroom — he mentioned about nine of them — account for 60 percent of what influences a student's scholastic achievement whereas in - school factors such as class size, curriculum, the quality of the principal and the teacher account for only 20 percent.

This echoed findings from a previous study that analyzed information search patterns on the District's first public school information site and revealed that parents were most interested in demographic characteristics of the student population, followed by location, and, only then, academic performance (Schneider & Buckley, 2002).

Indeed, only Ark, Harris and the Diocese of Westminster have reached a level of better - than - average results for performance, once you account for pupils» prior academic results.

By transforming these schools, Seton not only improves student academic performance, but the network schools become cornerstones for addressing neighborhood social issues, strengthening families and transforming students» lives resulting in safe, engaged communities.

Additionally, IB increased not only students» academic performance, but also their confidence and self - worth.

The board cited only three items they now require from Pioneer High: a clean membership audit, enrollment numbers that support a viable operating budget, and an improvement in their academic performance.

Taking ethnic studies not only improved the academic performance of students but also promoted their academic engagement and discouraged dropping out.

This indicates that although Capital Preparatory Magnet only receives a GreatSchools rating of a three out of ten, there is great improvement in student academic performance between the third and fifth grades.