Sentences with phrase «percent of districts»

In 2012, 14 percent of districts reported providing additional compensation to either reward or retain teachers in fields of shortage, and only 6 percent used financial incentives to reward or retain teachers in harder - to - staff locations.81

But the one - third to 40 percent of districts that said they have only some or little confidence they can pull it off could signal trouble complying with a new state law requiring all districts to give the Common Core math or English language arts field test six months from now.

About 60 percent of the districts in Illinois are deficit - spending this year.

And 90 percent of districts reported they were better off because that money was available to help cushion the fall in local and state revenues.

Nearly 85 percent of districts are expecting funding cuts for the 2011 - 12 school year.

An online council survey completed by 41 big - city districts in fall 2012 found that the tasks most commonly carried out by their principal supervisors were: visiting schools (93 percent of the districts); conversing with principals about school performance data (90 percent); and visiting classrooms with principals (82 percent).

Which is what both Cut the Gap in Half does (by setting lower levels for districts improving proficiency for minority students versus white and Asian peers), and No Child waiver gambit tacitly endorses (by allowing states to only focus on the worst five percent of school districts and at least ten percent of districts with wide achievement gaps).

The U.S. Department of Education has reported that 82 percent of districts will see cuts to their Title I funding for disadvantaged students this school year.

Only 8 percent of the districts in a study of midwestern districts had written documentation detailing requirements for training evaluators (Brandt et al., 2007; Loup, Garland, Ellett, & Rugutt, 1996).

Eighty - eight percent of districts approved revenue limit exemptions just this last November.

Seventy - five percent of districts responding reported shortages, with 81 % saying the problem is getting worse.

While most other districts reported that some teachers were working on these implementation steps, more than 15 percent of districts said that teachers had not started CCSS lesson planning.

More than half of districts with more than 10,000 students had completed planning, whereas only 21 percent of districts with fewer than 10,000 students had finished the planning process.8

Reardon noted that Chicago's learning gains for elementary school students surpass those of 98 percent of districts across the country.

At the other end of the spectrum, we found that 38 percent of districts among the lowest 50 performers were also at the bottom on the CST ELA.

Today, 85 percent of the districts participating in the survey said they monitored attendance.

Fifty - eight percent of districts in which economically disadvantaged students did well on the ELA portion of the SBAC were also likely to have good results on the math portion of the SBAC.

And data cited by the International Association for K - 12 Online Learning, a trade group, shows that at least 75 percent of districts use some form of online learning.

In early 1964, fewer than 20 percent of districts in the South had begun to desegregate (Orfield 1969).

The state's results are preliminary, with 15 percent of districts still not reporting their choice of evaluation instruments in compliance with this week's deadline, which is included in the state's new tenure law that required districts to have evaluation instruments chosen by the start of this calendar year and in place for the start of the next school year in September.

In fact, 22 percent of all districts — regardless of size, location, performance, or number of high - need students — are affected by enrollment capacity.

We found that only 8 percent of districts have no form of evaluation.

Seventy - four percent of districts identify new teacher support and mentoring as a state policy that can reduce teacher shortages.

Seventy percent of districts in Colorado and small and rural, and those districts serve a high percentage of students who are English - language learners.

We find among the top 50 districts for SBAC ELA performance for economically disadvantaged students, 30 percent of these districts were also top performers on the CST ELA.11 Nearly one - third of districts that exceeded expectations under the old standards are doing much better than expected with the new standards, as measured by these tests.

In the past, 30 percent of districts required ELs to meet the ELA standard on the CST to be reclassified.

And 65.5 percent of districts reported that they outsourced at least one service.

The richest 25 percent of districts have $ 21 more per child.

While Danielson clearly leads the pack, about 40 percent of districts reporting have chosen other evaluation models.

Fifty - nine percent of the districts studied showed these spending disparities.

For example, the wealthiest 5 percent of school districts have a Penny Power of $ 73.07 compared to the poorest 5 percent of districts at $ 56.16.

Eighty percent of the districts studied had a total pay freeze or pay cut in at least one school year between 2008 - 09 and 2011 - 12 — although none had a cut or freeze every year, and eight districts showed positive salary growth each year between 2008 - 09 and 2011 - 12.

OLYMPIA — With about 90 percent of districts signed on statewide, Washington joined 34 other states and the District of Columbia and met the deadline to apply for money in the second round of the federal Race to the Top competition.

About 75 percent of the students enrolled in those schools are minorities, compared to 37 percent of the districts overall minority enrollment.»

Today, nearly 90 percent of districts use some form of credit recovery, reports the National Center for Education Statistics.

About 60 percent of districts have added their curriculum with lesson plans in the system and many districts have posted their units for all teachers to use.

She quoted a recent survey that found 18 percent of districts cut reading specialists and 25 percent cut library staff this year.

Yet the fact remains that by the state's own numbers, more than 80 percent of districts are still getting smaller checks from Trenton than they did 2009 - 2010.

Only 21 percent of districts post job openings on websites of alternative certification / preparation programs.

Only 6 percent of districts require a portfolio or a demonstration / sample performance lesson with adults.

Almost 20 percent of districts do not provide even the most basic formal district - sponsored induction program for beginning teachers.

Only 14 percent of districts provide beginning teachers with a residency year during which teachers can practice their skills before leading a classroom of their own.

Forty percent of districts consider «contribution to workforce diversity» minimally or not at all when hiring teachers.

Rochester is in the bottom two percent of all districts in New York State in each one of those categories.

41 percent of districts do not use cash bonuses, salary increases, or different steps on the salary schedule to recruit or retain teachers to teach in fields with shortages.

More than 40 percent of districts do not provide or offer teachers the opportunity to participate in lesson study or study groups with other teachers.

Forty - three percent of districts responded that teachers of color were «very difficult» to hire, more so than special education teachers, teachers of English Language Learners, and high school science teachers.

Only 14 percent of districts provide beginning teachers classroom assistance, such as teacher aides.

Fifty - six percent of districts post job openings on websites targeting primarily minority populations.

OLYMPIA - With about 90 percent of districts signed on statewide, Washington joined 34 other states and the District of Columbia and met the deadline to apply for money in the second round of the federal Race to the Top competition...