Sentences with phrase «only on their academic outcomes»

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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.

«Learning by Doing», a 2015 report by DEMOS, comments that evidence suggests that character attributes not only reinforce academic learning but also have a significantly positive influence on later life outcomes, including those relating to health, well - being and careers.

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.

There have been 15 gold standard empirical studies of private school choice and academic outcomes: 10 are positive, 3 are neutral, and 2 are negative — only based upon on results in early years of those two studies.

If our focus is only on the bottom line (academic outcomes) we're barking up the wrong destination.

Gaps must be closed on the significant academic, personal and social outcomes that society wants for its children — not only on standardized tests — and on the social and school «inputs» that powerfully shape school achievement.

As EdChoice researcher Greg Forster has shown, not only do private school choice programs have a positive effect on students» academic outcomes in public schools, they do taxpayers a big favor at the same time.

Backed by the commitment and determination of our board of directors, volunteers and a growing community network, E3 Rochester was formed in 2012 to create systemic change in K - 12 education for the children of the City of Rochester to drastically change the dire student academic outcomes in the worst performing urban district in the nation: in 2015, just 46 % of students graduated from high school on time, with only 5 % proficient to enter college or begin a career.