Sentences with phrase «particularly on black students»

Several teachers in our sample also mentioned the possibility that some black teachers can have a negative influence, particularly on black students.

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Embedding on - going assessment into curriculum has been shown to improve student learning, particularly for struggling students and when assessments reveal students» thinking processes in ways that inform instruction (Black and Wiliam, 1998).

They had negative effects on students» educational attainment, particularly among black students.

Teske and Schneider note that the existing empirical work on school vouchers is quite positive on a variety of issues: academic considerations appear paramount when parents choose schools; voucher recipients are more satisfied with their schools than their peers within public schools; and vouchers lead to «clear performance gains for some groups of students using the vouchers, particularly blacks, compared with the control group.»

The effects of the reform on the teacher workforce have been particularly meaningful in schools with higher percentages of black students because they were more likely to have teachers extended rather than granted tenure.

The largest nationwide study of charter performance from Stanford University's Center for Research on Education Outcomes found particularly strong outcomes for low - income black and Hispanic students and that recent improvements in charter performance are «mainly driven by opening higher - performing schools and by closing those that underperform.»

A 2011 study of the effects of teacher turnover on the performance over five years of more than 600,000 fourth - and fifth - graders in New York City found that students who experienced higher teacher turnover scored lower in math and English on standardized tests — and this was «particularly strong in schools with more low - performing and black students.»

The task force, chaired by Joel Klein, former head of New York City public schools, and Condoleezza Rice, former U.S. secretary of state, cites mediocre U.S. showings on international assessments; high dropout rates, particularly among black and Hispanic students; poor civics performance; limited study of foreign languages; and lack of college preparedness as evidence that the nation's security is at risk.

On the other hand, disproportionality «was particularly acute for Black students in high - poverty schools, where they were overrepresented by nearly 25 percentage points in suspensions from school.»

It is people like Ravitch, who wrote in The New York Times, one week after George W. Bush's inauguration, that «Mr. Bush is basing his national plan on the Texas model, which over the past decade has successfully improved the performance of black and Hispanic students, particularly in math and writing.»

The majority of articles and studies on gifted minority students have focused on issues of identification, primarily because some minority groups of gifted learners, particularly Black, Hispanic American, and Native American, have been underrepresented in gifted programs.

That's based in large part on loyal, vocal support for her from the families of her student body, which is overwhelmingly poor, black and Latino — groups among whom opposition to Trump in the election was particularly strong.

They conclude with policy prescriptions, starting with the need to change from a focus on standardized tests to what is still the «black box» of actual student learning and to changing classroom practices, particularly formative assessment.

The Coleman Report, mandated by the Civil Rights Act of 1964, was commissioned to shine a light on unequal educational opportunity across the country, and to expose differences between schools attended by black and white students, particularly in the South.

While Gleason focuses on the struggles of black teachers, some of the problems they face are relevant to Asian American teachers — particularly that their high attrition rates result from feeling isolated and furthermore, stereotyped by white teachers and their students.

Since the mid-1990s, New Haven has embarked on a voluntary desegregation initiative that is intended to increase rates of racial diversity within its public schools and improve academic outcomes for students of color, particularly those who are black or Hispanic.