Sentences with phrase «percentage of minority students»

Moreover, this «diversity - gap» between students and teachers tends to be wider in areas where percentages of minority students are higher.

In the past few years, charter public schools in Colorado have outperformed comparable public schools in nearly every area, while serving high percentages of minority students in urban areas.

The concern was that some states would be starting with such low percentages of minority students at grade level that just requiring that as a starting point would subject the law to ridicule for having embarrassingly low standards.

Table 1 Percentage of Minority Students Enrolled in Regular Educational Programs and Special Programs

Nationally, charter schools serve larger percentages of minority students than do their peer district schools.

According to the districts and OCR, the fact that these school districts have higher percentages of minority students justifies the investigation.

The group began the RtI initiative as a way to avoid having a disproportional percentage of minority students identified as special needs but ultimately decided to expand the focus beyond special needs students.

You also notice that Pleasantville has a lower percentage of minority students taking Advanced Placement courses than other similar cities.

For example, charter public schools in Colorado have outperformed other public schools in nearly every area while serving high percentages of minority students in traditionally urban areas.

School districts with high percentages of minority students have the highest number of ineffective teachers.

On the negative side, the study found a low percentage of minority students, reduced - price lunch students, special education students and English learners served by charters, as well as overall low math scores.

It has a large percentage of minority students (African American, Asian, and Hispanic), recent immigrants, and students from low socioeconomic backgrounds — and a higher percentage of special - needs students than most high schools have.

Between 2002 and 2012, 37 of the 38 districts in Erie and Niagara counties experienced a growth in the percentage of minority students.

Data have also shown that although the total number of underrepresented minority resident students admitted to all UC schools did not change over the last 4 years, the percentage of minority students admitted to the first - tier schools (e.g., Berkeley) dropped significantly.

In the first year after the switch to a charter, the percentage of minority students enrolled increased to 88 percent and, in year two, 93 percent.

The allegation is based on a 90 - page study, conducted by the organization's executive director, that found higher pupil - teacher ratios, teachers with fewer years of experience, and more minority teachers and principals in schools that had high percentages of minority students.

Specifically, I separated out the effects on test - score gains of a student's race and ethnicity, as well as accounted for the influence of a student's peers, by evaluating the influence of demographic characteristics of the student body, including average income level and percentage of minority students.

The school characteristics include whether it is in an urban area, grade level (e.g., high school), the number of students enrolled, student - teacher ratio, the percentage of students who are eligible for the free or reduced - price lunch program, the percentage of minority students, and measures of student achievement in reading and math.

In Boston and other large cities in Massachusetts, charter schools serve a higher percentage of minority students than district schools do.

Uncertified teachers, teaching fellows, and TFA corps members all tend to teach in schools that, relative to those employing more certified teachers, have a higher percentage of minority students; more low - income, ESL, and special - education students; and students with lower achievement levels.

Since 2006 - 07, the percentage of economically disadvantaged students increased slightly from 64.5 percent to 67.5 percent while the percentage of minority students decreased slightly from 79.6 to 76.7 percent.

Schenectady and Middletown contended that they and other poor school districts, which also had a higher percentage of minority students, were less likely to receive their full funding amount under the formula.

Put a cap on the percentage of minority students allowed, but set a minimum percentage for students who must enroll from outside of the district.

Wisconsin schools — including Madison's — have few minority teachers, compared to their high percentages of minority students.

The study focused on racial mixes to show if there's a «representation gap» between the percentage of minority students compared to the ethnic mix of their teachers.

Further, the percentage of minority students predicted math achievement, and girls outperformed boys in reading, but after controlling for these effects, differentiated instruction remained a significant, positive predictor of math and reading achievement.

Over the last several years, charter public schools in Colorado have outperformed comparable public schools in nearly every area, while serving high percentages of minority students.

The state runs a list of districts and for each, computes the percentage of minority students in general education and the percentage of minority students in special education.

Using this same 40 percent adjustment for poverty to describe the funding gap between districts with the highest and lowest percentages of minority students, the data show that many states with large shortfalls for their high - poverty children — such as New York and Illinois — have similar shortfalls for minority students.

This discovery was highlighted in a StudentsFirstNY report released last month that examined the distribution of teacher quality across NYC and found that students in schools with high poverty or percentages of minority students were more likely to have teachers rated «Unsatisfactory.»

The following interactive map shows the location of Hartford - area magnet schools and their percentage of minority students:

Theme may be important too; looking at the table above, we can see that the themes with the highest percentage of minority students, character education *, college prep, and career prep, enroll 48.5 %, 43.5 %, and 43.1 % Hartford students, respectively, while the themes with the lowest percentage of minority students, early childhood *, STEM, and arts, enroll 24.8 %, 35.7 %, and 39.4 % Hartford students respectively (weighted averages based on total school enrollment).

The categories with the highest percentage of minority students were character education * (78.9 %), college prep (74.4 %), and career prep (71.1 %), while the categories with the lowest percentage of minority students were early childhood * (54.3 %), STEM (57.4 %), arts (61.0 %), and liberal arts * (62.3 %)(I have marked categories with only one or two schools with an asterisk here and later in this essay; all other categories have at least four schools).

How does the percentage of minority teachers compare with the percentage of minority students in Denver Public Schools?

What are the nationwide college enrollment, persistence, and graduation average rates for schools with a high percentage of minority students, and how does that compare to rates for schools with a low percentage of minority students?

Schools with high percentages of minority students and urban schools are harder to staff, and teachers tend to leave these schools when more attractive opportunities become available.

It's important to understand other data — the percentages of minority students in that state's law schools; the state's bar passage rate of minority - identifying applicants; and the percentage of actively practicing diverse attorneys in the state.