Sentences with phrase «part in student performances»

It also means that the opportunity to take part in student performances and festivals is still open - many dancers, actors and musicians have started their careers through this route.

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In an announcement on Wednesday, EDI stated that the Model X would be part of its Platinum Driving Course, a set of lessons aimed at training student drivers in the operation of high - performance, luxury vehicleIn an announcement on Wednesday, EDI stated that the Model X would be part of its Platinum Driving Course, a set of lessons aimed at training student drivers in the operation of high - performance, luxury vehiclein the operation of high - performance, luxury vehicles.

For example, a college student's relentless pursuit of academic excellence in order to become a very successful professional may, in considerable part, be an unconscious performance before his or her parents, teachers, or others who embody an important cultural ideal.

Paul will discuss How Children Succeed as part of «Student Mindsets and Motivation: Attitudes, Stress and Performance,» a symposium for educators that will be held in Alfred J. Lerner Hall on the Columbia University campus, at 115th Street and Broadway.

On June 16, Grimm took part in «Will on the Hill», an annual event hosted by the Shakespeare Theatre Company of Washington D.C. in which congress members join actors on stage in a performance to benefit local theater, art and humanities programs that serve 23,000 students.

Also yesterday, the Assembly passed legislation to institute a new teacher - evaluation system that will grade instructors in part on students» performances on standardized English and math exams.

Washington (CNN)- Students participating in a White House talent show got a surprise visit Tuesday when President Barack Obama showed up at the end of their performance — and wondered why he wasn't part of the act.

The policy group highlighted North Carolina's state community college system as having established a new mechanism to place students in courses based in part on high school performance, rather than just through testing.

As part of Mayor Michael Bloomberg» s initiative on black and Latino males, a school now gets extra points for making significant progress with students in that group whose prior performance has put them in the lowest third academically.

Following up on a complaint that a school was near a loud train track, Bronzaft compared the performance of students in the half of the building facing the tracks with that of the children in the quieter part of the school.

Scholarly articles published by over 20 researchers in Monographs, titled «The Relation of Childhood Physical Activity to Brain Health, Cognition and Scholastic Achievement» indicate that while physical activity in schools has diminished in part because of a growing emphasis on student performance and academic testing, decreased physical activity is actually related to decreased academic performance.

Doing cheer and then soon later taking part in SING (a student run performance) really let me become more confident.

One - third of the students voluntarily elected to enroll in the commitment device, which indicates that they were looking for strategies to improve their performance — so much so that they were willing to risk part of their paycheck.

In the culture of high - stakes testing, reducing student anxiety about such exams is a critical part of improving their performance.

The What Works Clearinghouse, part of the federal government's Institute of Education Sciences, released in September 2006 its review of 55 studies of character education programs, which looked at «student outcomes related to positive character development, prosocial behavior, and academic performance.»

In challenging the use of value - added models as part of evaluation systems, the teachers» unions cite concerns about the volatility of test scores in the systems, the fact that some teachers have far more students with special needs or challenging home circumstances than others, and the potential for teachers facing performance pressure to warp instruction in unproductive ways, such as via «test prep.&raquIn challenging the use of value - added models as part of evaluation systems, the teachers» unions cite concerns about the volatility of test scores in the systems, the fact that some teachers have far more students with special needs or challenging home circumstances than others, and the potential for teachers facing performance pressure to warp instruction in unproductive ways, such as via «test prep.&raquin the systems, the fact that some teachers have far more students with special needs or challenging home circumstances than others, and the potential for teachers facing performance pressure to warp instruction in unproductive ways, such as via «test prep.&raquin unproductive ways, such as via «test prep.»

In the second part of this post, John Larmer writes about how PBL aligns with a Smarter Balanced performance task and how PBL teachers can prepare students for the test.

In my music classes, my goal is to frame tasks given to students as part of the authentic performance cycle that real musicians follow.

• 57 % of the public supports basing teacher salaries in part «on how much their students learn,» while just 31 % opposes performance pay.

The students in my class agreed that the most valuable part of the process was the three rehearsal classes when we invited Mr. Wat's advanced acting class to watch their performances and provide feedback.

The law goes back four decades and says that the board of trustees of each school district shall evaluate teachers, at least in part, by their student's performance on the state's standards - based tests.

Critics often suggest that superior performance in the charter sector is a result of high levels of attrition, caused by implicit or explicit efforts on the part of school staff to «counsel out» the students who are hardest to educate.

The monitoring of literacy and numeracy achievement against a set of absolute proficiency levels would require a shift in thinking on the part of students, teachers and parents who are used to interpreting test performances only in terms of year level expectations.

LAUSD has been negotiating with UTLA to try to put in place a pilot program with three percent of district teachers, who would be evaluated in part on student performance on the state's standards - based tests.

Students can also take part in practical workshops linked to productions, offered on performance skills, directing and design.

In response, many states adopted new systems in which teachers» performance would be judged, in significant part, on their contributions to growth in student achievemenIn response, many states adopted new systems in which teachers» performance would be judged, in significant part, on their contributions to growth in student achievemenin which teachers» performance would be judged, in significant part, on their contributions to growth in student achievemenin significant part, on their contributions to growth in student achievemenin student achievement.

«The textbook deal is part of wider cooperation between the UK and China, and the government hopes to boost British students» performance in maths.»

In exchange for that flexibility, the administration will require states to adopt standards for college and career readiness, focus improvement efforts on 15 percent of the most troubled schools, and create guidelines for teacher evaluations based in part on student performancIn exchange for that flexibility, the administration will require states to adopt standards for college and career readiness, focus improvement efforts on 15 percent of the most troubled schools, and create guidelines for teacher evaluations based in part on student performancin part on student performance.

In addition, the administration greatly expanded the TIF program, which awards grants to high - need districts to fund performance - based compensation systems, and established a new rule for winning applications: proposals would need to differentiate teacher and principal effectiveness, based in significant part on student growth, and create compensation systems that reflected those resultIn addition, the administration greatly expanded the TIF program, which awards grants to high - need districts to fund performance - based compensation systems, and established a new rule for winning applications: proposals would need to differentiate teacher and principal effectiveness, based in significant part on student growth, and create compensation systems that reflected those resultin significant part on student growth, and create compensation systems that reflected those results.

In an analysis of the program, political scientist William Howell wrote that RttT encouraged applicants to develop «common core state standards,» design a teacher evaluation plan based in part on the performance of their students, ensure «successful conditions for high - performing charter schools,» and numerous other reforms (see «Results of President Obama's Race to the Top,» research, Fall 2015In an analysis of the program, political scientist William Howell wrote that RttT encouraged applicants to develop «common core state standards,» design a teacher evaluation plan based in part on the performance of their students, ensure «successful conditions for high - performing charter schools,» and numerous other reforms (see «Results of President Obama's Race to the Top,» research, Fall 2015in part on the performance of their students, ensure «successful conditions for high - performing charter schools,» and numerous other reforms (see «Results of President Obama's Race to the Top,» research, Fall 2015).

As part of the Programs in Professional Education (PPE) institute, Improving Quality in Education Systems: Building Quality Schools, participants spent two weeks tackling tough issues like how to build sustainable schools, design effective systems for monitoring and evaluating student and school performance, and define quality schools.

It's also part of the National STEM School Education Strategy 2016 - 2026 and comes at a time when Australian student performance in maths is flatlining, a substantial proportion of Australian 15 - year - olds are failing to meet the National Proficient Standard, and Year 12 high - level mathematics participation is declining.

In some ways, what we do in music classes is cutting edge: Differentiation, interactive learning, student - generated content, and performance - based and project - based learning were all standard parts of the music experience for students long before they were identified by researchers as best practiceIn some ways, what we do in music classes is cutting edge: Differentiation, interactive learning, student - generated content, and performance - based and project - based learning were all standard parts of the music experience for students long before they were identified by researchers as best practicein music classes is cutting edge: Differentiation, interactive learning, student - generated content, and performance - based and project - based learning were all standard parts of the music experience for students long before they were identified by researchers as best practices.

This problem can be addressed in large part by improving content standards and the assessments used to gauge student performance.

Student - test - based measures of teacher performance are receiving increasing attention in part because there are, as yet, few complementary or alternative measures that can provide reliable and valid information on the effectiveness of a teacher's classroom practice.

Houston's drop and the leveling of state performance are likely due, at least in part, to changes in the pool of students required to take the test.

The Urban Academy and more than 30 other alternative high schools that are part of the New York Performance Standards Consortium have adopted these rigorous performance assessments as an alternative to the Regents Exams, which high school students throughout New York State are required to pass in English, math, history, and science in order to earnPerformance Standards Consortium have adopted these rigorous performance assessments as an alternative to the Regents Exams, which high school students throughout New York State are required to pass in English, math, history, and science in order to earnperformance assessments as an alternative to the Regents Exams, which high school students throughout New York State are required to pass in English, math, history, and science in order to earn a diploma.

The report, part of a book of essays entitled «The Future of Assessment: 2025 and Beyond», suggests that current trends in the education sector are «narrowing the curriculum and focusing on those students whose performance has the greatest impact on the headline accountability measures».

Assistive music technology devices such as Band in a Box or Soundbeam can be utilised in ways that engage physically challenged students to experience music performance as part of a group.

That's in part because schools» accountability for the progress that English - learners make in learning the language is now integrated into Title I, the federal program under which the performance of all other students is scrutinized.

The initiative is premised, in part, on the conviction that Minnesota teachers» lack of «cultural competence» contributes to the poor academic performance of the state's minority students.

We can do a better job evaluating teachers, informed at least in part by the performance of their students.

[vi] The transformation model required replacing the principal, implementing curricular reform, and introducing teacher evaluations based in part on student performance and used in personnel decisions (e.g., rewards, promotions, retentions, and firing).

Easily the most ambitious effort to deploy common measures of non-cognitive skills as part of a performance management system is unfolding in California's CORE Districts, a consortium of nine school districts that collectively serve over one million students in more than 1,500 schools.

Performance Pay: «Do you favor or oppose basing the salaries of teachers, in part, on their students» academic progress on state tests?»

For one, officials said last week, they are looking to deemphasize federal performance benchmarks as part of the evaluation parents, students, teachers and taxpayers should use in analyzing schools and districts.

In California, we find that SIG schools were able to improve student performance and families» assessment of the schools and they did this, at least in part, both by improving the composition of the educator workforce through differentially retaining more effective teachers and by improving the professional supports for teachers in the schooIn California, we find that SIG schools were able to improve student performance and families» assessment of the schools and they did this, at least in part, both by improving the composition of the educator workforce through differentially retaining more effective teachers and by improving the professional supports for teachers in the schooin part, both by improving the composition of the educator workforce through differentially retaining more effective teachers and by improving the professional supports for teachers in the schooin the school.

While interest in judging school performance based on the gains individual students make over time is high, the best way to do so is not even part of the current debate, one veteran testing expert argues.

Under both NCLB and the new ESSA federal laws, states are required to provide annual report cards on student performance in schools and districts, and the federal government has since provided grants to all states to develop longitudinal student data systems, in part to give parents and policymakers richer information about student achievement.

The most ambitious effort to deploy common measures of non-cognitive skills as part of a performance management system is unfolding in California's CORE Districts, a consortium of nine school districts that collectively serve over one million students.