Sentences with phrase «overall graduation rate increased»

During her five years as superintendent at Norwalk - La Mirada, the overall graduation rate increased to 94 percent from 76.5 percent.

While its overall graduation rate increased 6 percentage points to 80 percent last year, it managed to close an achievement gap between white students and everyone else.

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But he touted accomplishments in his first term such as universal prekindergarten, his affordable housing plan — which he recently announced is ahead of schedule — increased high school graduation rates, overall crime being down and a drop in the use of the stop and frisk policing method are rooted in maintaining the city's nature.

He found that the societal benefits would amount to $ 50,000 per child annually and an overall savings of $ 1.2 trillion by reduced crime and increased rates of on - time high school graduation.

To our knowledge, there is no compelling explanation for the overall growth in the 2000s or for the especially large increases in the graduation rates of black and Hispanic students.

With regard to attainment, a 10 percentage point increase in a school's overall winning percentages associated with a 1.3 percentage point improvement in its CPI, which is an estimate of its high school graduation rate.

The program's primary objective is to increase access for urban youth to school - based, culturally - sensitive, and trauma - informed mental health services that are aimed at raising students» awareness of the impact of trauma on well - being, enhancing students» positive coping skills, promoting students» attitudes toward school engagement, increasing graduation rates, and improving the overall psychosocial well - being of urban youth.

The D.C. Public Charter School Board did not report graduation rates for individual schools, but it said that early numbers indicate an overall two - point increase from last year, to 71 percent for all charter high schools.

Leverage the vast data available to measure the effectiveness of programs, and increase overall student success, graduation rates, or college or employment readiness.

Noble is, therefore, well - aware that its students — most of whom are low - income students of color — increase their individual chances of graduating from more competitive colleges with higher graduation rates overall.

Minnesota's new accountability system increases the focus on equity by supporting high schools with graduation rates below 67 percent overall or for any student group.

«Our goal is to turn around the 5,000 lowest - performing schools over the next five years, as part of our overall strategy for dramatically reducing the dropout rate, improving high school graduation rates and increasing the number of students who graduate prepared for success in college and the workplace,» said Arne Duncan, the administration's new secretary of education in August of that year.

Standards increased in all four measured categories, which include three standardized tests and overall graduation rate.

CTE participation increases overall engagement in the school community, academic performance and high school graduation rates.

An additional $ 25 million will be spread among the winners of the Governor's Awards for Innovation in Higher Education, which encourages community colleges to develop creative and equitable solutions for increasing transfers to four - year institutions, graduation rates, and improving overall time - to - degree.

They also saw an increase in graduation rates that exceeds that of NYC schools overall.

A closer look at student demographics by academic need shows that overall graduation rates have improved as students» needs have remained constant or increased slightly.

However, two of the high schools actually had decreased graduation rates, which were compensated by the other two to form an overall average increase.

Initiated and Implemented a Higher Order Thinking requirement; resulting in a 5 % overall increased graduation rate