Sentences with phrase «percentage of public school students»

According to the most current figure from the National Center for Education Statistics (http://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=96), the percentage of public school students in the United States who were English Language Learners (ELLs) was higher in the school year 2011 — 12 (9.1 %, or an estimated 4.4 million students) than it was in 2002 — 03 (8.7 %, or an estimated 4.1 million students).

65 — percentage of public school students in North Carolina who would be eligible for voucher in the second year of proposal from Rep. Paul Stam (Ibid)

But boundary participation rates, or the percentage of public school students who attend the in - boundary school for the neighborhood where they live, vary widely across the city and are extremely high in several adjoining neighborhoods.

In the 2012 - 13 school year, 84 percent of New Orleans public school students attended charter schools... New Orleans [currently] leads the nation in the percentage of public school students enrolled in charter schools, with the next - highest percentages in Washington D.C. and Detroit (41 percent in each).

The Association also released data on school districts with the highest percentage of public school students attending charter schools.

With respect to grades K — 8, the Institute says, «the percentage of public school students in Orleans Parish at and above basic has increased 15 percentage points since 2009.

Percentage of public school students attending charters Derived from the National Alliance of Public Charter Schools

Participation in these types of programs can improve students» English language proficiency, which in turn has been associated with improved educational outcomes.1 The percentage of public school students in the United States who were ELLs was higher in fall 2015 (9.5 percent, or 4.8 million students) than in fall 2000 (8.1 percent, or 3.8 million students).2

There are more than 4500 charter schools across the United States today, but in only a few cities do charter schools enroll a significant percentage of public school students.

Finally, we asked why some states have a greater percentage of public school students enrolled in charter schools than other states.

Not exact matches

This wasn't an overnight development; according to data compiled by the Southern Education Foundation, the percentage of American public school students who are low income has been rising steadily since the foundation started tracking the number in 1989.

A percentage of proceeds will help in providing a well - rounded education that includes music to public school students across the nation.

Moving a small percentage of traditional public school students into charter schools leaves the majority of students in «broken» schools.

Sharpton added that Devos — a longtime backer of charter and Christian schools --» does not believe in public education,» and would transform federal school funding into a voucher system that would favor a small percentage of well - off students while neglecting the rest.

While 52 percent of those surveyed for the annual PDK / Gallup poll said they oppose allowing students to attend private school at «public expense,» support for the notion has jumped 12 percentage points since the...

No other public or charter high school in the state with similar percentages of low - income and ESL students even approached these rates.

Close to three - fourths of the public say their local schools are doing well at attending to the needs of more - talented students, but that percentage plummets to just 45 percent when asked about the effectiveness of local schools at meeting the needs of the less - talented (Fig. 3).

Fifty - two percent of city charter school students were in 90 - 100 % minority schools, compared to only 34 % of traditional public school students — a difference of eighteen percentage points, very similar to the overall difference of twenty percentage points between the two sectors of schools (Table 22 on p. 63 of our report).

In 2014 — 15, Arizona, Colorado, and Utah were respectively ranked first, second, and third among states in the percentage of K — 12 public school students attending charter schools.

The public is equally divided as to whether school districts should receive extra federal assistance if they have a sizable percentage of immigrant students.

Despite serving a substantially greater proportion of students from low - income families and minorities than district schools, a higher percentage of CMU schools (86 percent) made AYP in 2010 - 11 than did public schools statewide (79 percent).

We modified the CRP analysis by comparing the percentage of students in hypersegregated minority charters within the central city of each CBSA to the percentage of students in hypersegregated minority traditional public schools within the same central city.

In ELA, the average score of students in New York State public schools increased by six percentage points.

The focal measures in this table are shown in the last two columns, where the authors present the percentage of charter school students (from the entire metropolitan area) in schools with greater than 90 percent minority students alongside the similar figure for traditional public schools.

The problematic figure in this table is the percentage of traditional public school students in hypersegregated schools used as the point of comparison.

Paul E. Peterson speaks with Patrick Wolf of the University of Arkansas about his study finding that students in Milwaukee who received vouchers to attend private schools were 2 - 5 percentage points less likely to be accused or convicted of crimes than comparable students who attended public schools.

However, both parents and the general public give lower grades to schools with a high percentage of students from poor families.

Among the study population of charter 8th graders, students who attended a charter high school in 9th grade are 8 to 10 percentage points more likely to attend college than similar students who attended a traditional public high school.

Cambridge, MA — A Harvard University study released today provides the first evidence from a nationally representative sample of Americans that the public, and especially parents, grade their local schools on the basis of student achievement and not on the percentage of students at the school who are African American or Hispanic.

Between 1968 and 2012, the percentage white of overall student enrollment in public schools dropped from 80 percent to 51 percent.

According to the U.S. Department of Education, about 50 percent of the public school student population is nonwhite (a percentage that's expected to increase for years to come).

Among the study population of charter 8th graders, students who attended a charter high school in 9th grade are 8 to 10 percentage points more likely to attend college than similar students who attended a traditional public high school (see Figure 1).

For years, online education served a small percentage of the public school population — for course make - ups, for students unable to go to school, and for prodigies pursuing their passions in athletics or music.

When informed that 75 percent of students graduated from high school, the public took that as neutral to mildly good news, as the percentage giving schools an «A» or «B» increased by a trivial 2 points and the percentage getting a «D» or «F» dropped by 1 point (both statistically insignificant changes).

Compared with traditional public schools, charter schools in North Carolina enrolled a larger percentage of black students and lower percentages of Hispanic and white students.

Every school had to report to the public the percentage of students at each grade level who performed at «proficient» or above in reading, math, and, later, science.

Under NCLB, every school had to report to the public the percentage of students at each grade level who performed at «proficient» or above in reading, math, and, later, science.

Why are there large gaps between the percentages of students classified as disabled in charter and traditional public schools?

This has been done effectively at local public schools such as PS 396 in the Bronx, where a significant percentage of children have special needs and all of the students could be characterized as economically disadvantaged.

And on the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS)- the state's standardized test, first administered in the spring of 1998 - Worcester public school students in different grade levels were 8 to 20 percentage points less likely to score at or above proficiency than were students statewide.

The authors of the new study modified the analysis conducted by the CRP so that the percentage of students in segregated charter schools in just the central city would be compared to the percentage of students in segregated traditional public schools within the same central city for 8 large metropolitan areas.

For instance, University of Wisconsin economist Derek Neal's analysis of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth found that, even after adjusting for family background characteristics, students from Catholic schools were 16 percentage points more likely to go to college than were public - school students.

With 19 percent of its public - school students enrolled in charter schools, Arizona was the state with the highest percentage of charter - school students in 2014.

A majority of the states in our sample have charter sectors that enroll a higher percentage of low - income students than their traditional public schools peers.

Across the country, charter public schools are serving a higher percentage of students from low - income backgrounds than district - run public.

Minnesota and Massachusetts charter schools enroll a larger percentage of LEP students than the average of other public schools in their states.

In eight states, the typical charter school serves a somewhat lower percentage of students with disabilities than the average public school in its state.

Massachusetts, Michigan, and Minnesota charter schools stand out in that they enroll a higher percentage of students of color than the average of all public schools in their respective states.

Public charter schools continue to enroll higher percentages of black and low - income students than DCPS, as well as the same percentage of students with disabilities, and higher percentages of our most disabled children.

Strengthening school districts — Launched in 2009, the Irvine - funded California Linked Learning District Initiative was implemented over seven years within nine California school districts that, together, served 14 percent of the state's public high school students (including a high percentage of low - income youth of color, within rural and urban geographies).