Sentences with phrase «percent of students learning»

This requires that teams understand that they can't be satisfied with only 80 percent or 85 percent of students learning what is most important.

Last year, 71 percent of students learning English at Consortium schools graduated on time, compared to only 37 percent of English learners around the city.

Last year, 71 percent of students learning English at consortium schools graduated on time, versus 37 percent of English learners citywide.

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Of those teachers, 100 percent reported that the National School Program lessons help students learn basic golf motor skills and concepts.

Students at Elm City (86 percent of whom qualify for free or reduced - price lunch) now control their schedule and follow their own personal interests in their learning much more than they used to, and they have more autonomy in the subjects they study, including daily «enrichment» courses in robotics, dance, and tae kwon do.

About 6 percent of Arlington Heights» students are low - income, 15 percent have disabilities and 7 percent are learning English as a second language.

Backlash over the rollout of the Common Core learning standards, along with aligned state tests and new teacher evaluations, came to a head last April when more than 20 percent of the state's eligible students refused to take the state standardized math and English language arts exams.

The school has also not been able to raise the standard of teaching and learning over a number of years, which has left up to about 80 percent of second and third - year students unable to properly...

A recent review showed that 20 percent of students statewide boycotted the controversial exams associated with the Common Core learning standards, with higher rates upstate and on Long Island.

At a recent conference held by the teacher's group Educators for Excellence, State Education Commissioner Mary Ellen Elia says she plans to try to convince parents not have their children repeat this year's boycott of standardized tests associated with the Common Core learning standards, which resulted in 20 percent of students statewide opting out of the tests.

At a recent conference held by the teacher's group Educators for Excellence, New York State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia says she plans to try to convince parents not have their children repeat this year's boycott of standardized tests associated with the Common Core learning standards, which resulted in 20 percent of students statewide opting out of the tests.

The problems with the computerized tests come as about 20 percent of students in New York have opted out of the exams each year in protest to new learning standards.

There, caring and dedicated Albany teachers provide a safe, nurturing learning environment for 300 or so students — 90 percent of whom are economically disadvantaged.

One - quarter of Schuyler's students have learning disabilities and about 10 percent are new to this country and learning to speak English.

Once, when I played one of these shows for my college students, they were pleasantly surprised (and filled with hope) to learn that a political party dedicated 100 percent to solving the climate crisis actually exists.

The dissatisfaction with the Common Core learning standards and associated standardized tests led to 20 percent of students boycotting the tests last spring.

20 percent of students statewide boycotted the controversial exams associated with the Common Core learning standards, with higher rates upstate and on Long Island.

Whatever the parties negotiate or King decides, the evaluation system will be based 20 percent on standardized test scores when applicable, 20 percent on other evidence of student learning and 60 percent on classroom observation and other measures of teacher effectiveness, in keeping with the 2010 state law on teacher evaluation.

About 400 students in Niagara Falls, or about 13 percent, opted out of at least some part of the state ELA tests this week, the School Board learned Thursday night.

• Notably, nearly two - thirds (64 percent) of the students who experienced cyberbullying said that it really affected their ability to learn and feel safe at school.

The study also found that nearly two - thirds (64 percent) of the students who experienced cyberbullying stated that it really affected their ability to learn and feel safe at school.

According to the study, 50 percent of the wealthiest students with a learning disability reported receiving accommodations; only 30 percent of low - income, working - class, and middle - class students with a learning disability said they received extra help.

Just 34 percent of students with learning disabilities complete a four - year degree within eight years of finishing high school, according to the National Center for Special Education Research, compared to 56 percent of all students nationally who the National Student Clearinghouse reports graduate within six years.

About 10 years ago, my colleagues and I ran an experiment in which we learned 72 percent of college students trusted links that appeared to originate from friends — even to the point of entering personal login information on phishing sites.

This partnership with University of Chicago is part of a larger citywide strategy to invest in expanding access for youth to learning, mentoring and employment opportunities that will better ensure all of our students graduate 100 percent college ready and 100 percent college bound.»

If the failure rates of 34 percent for lecturing and 22 percent in classes with some active learning were applied to the 7 million U.S. undergraduates who say they want to pursue STEM majors, some 2.38 million students would fail lecture - style courses vs. 1.54 million with active learning.

That's 840,000 additional students failing under lecturing, a difference of 55 percent compared to the failure rate of active learning.

They found that students were zoning out between 20 and 25 percent of the time while they were learning by software.

Did you know that 98 percent of students who take yoga in school say that after yoga they're more ready to learn?

During the past four years, the share of Virginia students passing the Algebra I and Algebra II Standards of Learning (SOL) assessments has risen by 34 and 43 percent, respectively.

Fifty - seven percent of Americans support basing teacher salaries in part «on how much their students learn.»

Sherri Pritchard, the school's social - studies «learning facilitator» — there are no teachers and no principal here — said 95 percent of her online students pass Virginia's end - of - course history test, which would put them well ahead of both the Hampton school district's and state's pass rates.

Based on these statements, we can categorize the schools roughly into five groups: those that have a child - centered or progressive educational philosophy and typically seek to develop students» love of learning, respect for others, and creativity (29 percent of students); those with a general or traditional educational mission and a focus on students» core skills (28 percent of students); those with a rigorous academic emphasis, which have mission statements that focus almost exclusively on academic goals such as excelling in school and going to college (25 percent of students); those that target a particular population of students, such as low - income students, special needs students, likely dropouts, male students, and female students (11 percent of students); and those in which a certain aspect of the curriculum, such as science or the arts, is paramount (7 percent of students).

Approximately 38 percent of white students and only 20 percent of black graduates met the academic - curriculum requirements adopted in 1985 by the state's Board of Trustees of the Institutions of Higher Learning, the report says.

Eighty - nine percent of students at Linked Learning sites agreed that their school was preparing them for success in career, while 49 % indicated that «helping others in the community» is «very important» compared to 35 % of a national sample.

In TSI, students learn to address 90 percent of the technology problems their teachers and fellow students encounter, saving the district money on repairs and staff and earning themselves a certificate upon completion that helps them get jobs in the community.

The student body is 40 percent regular education students and 60 percent special ed, with a broad range of needs — from learning and emotional disabilities to physical and mental impairments.

Master teachers create an active - learning environment in which students are on task in their thinking and speaking or are collaboratively working close to 100 percent of the time.

Forty - nine percent of students taking the survey enjoy being at school, 54 percent enjoy their classes and 64 percent believe learning can be fun.

Forty - four percent of respondents believe that having students spend more time using computers or other digital devices would have a generally positive effect on student learning, while 35 % believe the effect would be negative.

While 5 percent of students have a learning disability, a staggering 15 percent or more may have unidentified and unaddressed learning and attention issues, leading to a dangerous blind spot for teachers.

In the article by Paul Howard - Jones published in 2014, 95 percent of teachers in the UK (n = 137) thought that students learn better when taught in their preferred learning style (Howard - Jones, 2014).

In a 2006 survey of students who dropped out of high school, 81 percent said that if schools provided opportunities for real - world learning, including internships and service - learning, it would have improved their chances of graduating high school (Bridgeland, Dilulio, and Morison, 2006).

Seventy - five percent of students reported enjoying learning new things, and that same percentage felt that what they learn will benefit them in the future.

More than half of the teachers participating in the survey (61 percent) report that they want parents to support student learning activities such as listening to students read, tutoring and helping with homework.

Studies have shown that only about 25 percent of today's teachers produce enough progress — well over a year's worth of learning growth in a year's time — to help students close achievement gaps and leap ahead.

If you are unhappy with your Learning Management System, you'll join the 60 percent or so of university instructors and students who are unhappy with their Learning Management System, too.

Today, only about 25 percent of U.S. classrooms have teachers whose students learn enough to close achievement gaps in a few years and make further progress like the world's top students.

Overall, the majority of students, at least 80 percent, taking a PBL course state that the greatest value is the ability to apply what they have learned to their lives outside of class.

Almost 80 percent of elementary - school students and 90 percent of junior - high - school students engaged in what their teachers described as a «passive learning style»: they quietly absorbed new information without any questions or interaction with the instructor.