Sentences with phrase «performance of high school students»

And what can possibly be wrong with knowing as much as we can about the educational performance of high school students?

The Spring 2014 issue of Education Next includes a study looking at the impact of the Kalamazoo Promise program on the performance of high school students in the district.

The returns on this massive investment, as judged by the performance of high school students on the National Assessment of Educational Progress, have been meager at best.

It is to greatly improve the performance of high schools students.

Not exact matches

The Role of Provincial and Reserve School Systems in Explaining Aboriginal Student Performance,» author John Richards finds that innovative approaches in BC help account for much better high - school completion rates for Aboriginal students, compared to other provinces with large Aboriginal populaSchool Systems in Explaining Aboriginal Student Performance,» author John Richards finds that innovative approaches in BC help account for much better high - school completion rates for Aboriginal students, compared to other provinces with large Aboriginal populaschool completion rates for Aboriginal students, compared to other provinces with large Aboriginal populations.

When discussing student performance on achievement tests, Barton notes that private or religious schools account for a disproportionately high number of National Merit Scholars and says that is because «one school utilizes religions principles and one does not.»

Numerical scores in this analysis place the average performance of Waldorf students above that of students in OECD countries, and above 2 of the 3 high school systems in Austria.

National studies show that students who eat school breakfast are more likely to: reach higher levels of math achievement; score higher on tests; have better concentration, memory and alertness, improved attendance, behavior, and academic performance; and maintain a healthy weight

The high school environment does not generally promote or support a path to purpose, according to Denise Pope, a lecturer with the Stanford University School of Education and co-founder of Challenge Success, an organization concerned about students who compromise health, integrity and learning due to performance preschool environment does not generally promote or support a path to purpose, according to Denise Pope, a lecturer with the Stanford University School of Education and co-founder of Challenge Success, an organization concerned about students who compromise health, integrity and learning due to performance preSchool of Education and co-founder of Challenge Success, an organization concerned about students who compromise health, integrity and learning due to performance pressure.

The Parents Teachers Association (PTA), of the Tsito - Awudome Senior High School (AWUSCO), in the Volta Region, have explained that the decision to levy students despite the implementation of government's Free Senior High School Policy was a collective resolve by parents to support the school's efforts to enhance the academic performance of stuSchool (AWUSCO), in the Volta Region, have explained that the decision to levy students despite the implementation of government's Free Senior High School Policy was a collective resolve by parents to support the school's efforts to enhance the academic performance of stuSchool Policy was a collective resolve by parents to support the school's efforts to enhance the academic performance of stuschool's efforts to enhance the academic performance of students.

Many schools have high populations of homeless students and see chronic absenteeism, which is a major predictor of poor performance.

Under the proposal, half of the expected 300 students would have to meet the higher performance standards while the others — who could be admitted by taking a school tour or signing up for information at a fair, for example — could gain entry based on less stringent criteria, the notice stated.

Beginning at 9:00 pm host Gary Axelbank will talk with Peter Murphy, the Policy Director of the New York Charter School Association, and Dr. Jessica Shiller of the Department of Middle and High School Education at Lehman College about student performance, a cap on the number of charter schools, funding, teacher's union issues, and more.

The 0.075 figure reported here suggests that there is essentially no link between state education spending (which has exploded) and the performance of students at the end of high school...

Teachers at the Parkoso Community Day Senior High School in the Asokore Mampong Municipality of the Ashanti Region, are struggling to assess the performance of first - year students.

In an interview, one of the two Principals of the Adventist High School, Ede, Mr. Anthony Ojo said the introduction of tablets of knowledge «Opon Imo» has tremendously eased the teaching and learning process and as well boosted the performances of students academically and morally.

The Buffalo Public School District begins a brand new school with high hopes of improving student perforSchool District begins a brand new school with high hopes of improving student perforschool with high hopes of improving student performance.

Although the placement of high school students is limited to the Detroit metropolitan area, opportunities in high - performance computing do exist for undergraduate (summers) and graduate (year - round) students at WSU.

In fact, during the summer 2002 program, a Detroit high school student conducted research in high - performance computing and simulation dealing with the fragmentation of protonated diglycine (a small peptide ion) when it collides with a diamond surface.

«What we found was that African - American students, older adults, students who attend part - time, those who had a GED versus a high school diploma and those assigned to the lowest level of developmental education brought significantly less performance - based funding to the institution,» McKinney said.

The study showed that prediction of student graduation may be significantly improved by including in the college admission process consideration of AP exam performance and a small set of personality traits, along with traditional indicators of student abilities and high school grades.

This summer school is aimed at graduate students and postdoctoral fellows from computational as well as experimental research groups who seek to develop a deep understanding of TDDFT, regarding its capabilities, applications, limitations, and high - performance computing context.

High school and college students sometimes use Adderall, a type of stimulant medication, without a doctor's order because they believe it will boost their mental function and school performance.

Collaborative for High Performance Schools, San Francisco, CA Facilitates the design and construction of energy - and resource - efficient schools in an effort to increase student performance while protecting the ePerformance Schools, San Francisco, CA Facilitates the design and construction of energy - and resource - efficient schools in an effort to increase student performance while protecting the envirSchools, San Francisco, CA Facilitates the design and construction of energy - and resource - efficient schools in an effort to increase student performance while protecting the envirschools in an effort to increase student performance while protecting the eperformance while protecting the environment.

What is clear is that for many gay youth, middle school is more survival than learning — one parent of a gay teenager I spent time with Tyler Barney, a high school student in Mt Juliet, said he made the discovery that decreased performance has to do with phones lithium - ion batteries when

The film sees Kalu take on a community leadership role as traditional Hawaian burial sites are disturbed; Kalu's status Kumu sees her teach her male high school students as they prepare for a end of performance, accompanied by sixth grade tomboy Ho'onani, who is also «in the middle» like Kalu.

The Gallows DVD Review by Kam Williams Horror Flick Features 2nd Generation of Grisly Goings - on at Haunted High School Back in 1993, a student accidentally died onstage during the opening night performance of «The Gallows,» a macabre play being staged at Beatrice High.

This movie, which embraces some wonderful performances by both adults and high - school kids, should prove a draw for all ages and might just remind some of us who are years beyond their student days of our own successes and misses way back when.

Sort of «The Scarlet Letter» set in a Southern California high school, «Easy A» stars Emma Stone in a hugely charismatic performance as a whip - smart student who takes pity on geeky guys by letting them say they've had sex with her.

The supporting cast, mostly young actors playing high school students, are generally adequate; Max Riemelt, who also starred in Napola (Elite für den Führer) under the direction of Dennis Gansel, stands out among his colleagues as Marco, while Frederick Lau has been nominated in the Best Supporting Actor category at the upcoming German Film Awards for his performance as Tim (along with the film itself for Best Film and Best Editing).

There were also many high - profile speakers, including U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan; Harlem Children Zone CEO Geoffrey Canada, Ed.M» 75; and Harvard University President Drew Faust, as well as musical performances by Yo - Yo Ma, students from Conservatory Lab Charter School, and Familiarevolution featuring Janelle Bechdol, Ed.M» 14.

Benefits to School Life Looking at the lasting impact of LOtC experiences in terms of academic performance, Learning Away's recent research found that school trips resulted in higher academic achievement, with 61 per cent of students achieving higher than their predicted grade following a school trip based on the subjectSchool Life Looking at the lasting impact of LOtC experiences in terms of academic performance, Learning Away's recent research found that school trips resulted in higher academic achievement, with 61 per cent of students achieving higher than their predicted grade following a school trip based on the subjectschool trips resulted in higher academic achievement, with 61 per cent of students achieving higher than their predicted grade following a school trip based on the subjectschool trip based on the subject area.

The White House «fact sheet» on America's College Promise lists what states and colleges would have to do: participating colleges would have to «adopt promising and evidence - based institutional reforms to improve student outcomes,» while states would have to coordinate high schools, community colleges, and four - year schools to reduce remediation rates and, to create incentives to improve, «allocate a significant portion of funding based on performance, not enrollment alone.»

The performance of students attending small schools has been recorded as between 11 per cent and 34 per cent higher when compared to children in overcrowded schools; 15 per cent higher in mathematics scores and 4 per cent to 9 per cent higher points in reading scores.

A commonly proposed strategy for raising achievement levels in schools is to specify high expectations or «standards» of student performance and to hold students, teachers and schools accountable for achieving those standards.

Measures of school performance based on carefully constructed comparisons of student achievement growth, and other important outcomes, such as high - school graduation and college enrollment rates, require student - level data that are not publicly available.

What I found is that schools that exceed expectations — as well as those that are making significant improvement from a base of overall poor performance — engage in the extensive practice of six research - informed instructional strategies and develop a culture that communicates high expectations and support for all students.

In a study that examined whether some countries are particularly effective at teaching students from disadvantaged backgrounds, Eric A. Hanushek, Paul E. Peterson, and Ludger Woessmann find little difference in the rank order of countries by the performance of students from families where a parent had a college education and the rank order of countries by the performance of students whose parents had no more than a high school diploma.

Towards an adaptive education system in Australia says that, despite individual bright spots, overall student performance is declining in international tests, and an unacceptably high number of students are not ready for life after school.

LSE surveyed schools in four UK cities of Birmingham, London, Leicester and Manchester and found that student performance in high stakes exams significantly increased post mobile phone ban.

His current work includes a project on the evaluation of high school performance using non-test score outcomes that is funded by the Spencer Foundation, and an IES - funded project on the outcomes of students who attend for - profit colleges.

In another Pew study, while nearly three - quarters of high school teachers admit that digital research tools can have a positive impact on student performance, 87 % also say that digital tech has resulted in a generation of teenagers who are far more easily distracted than teens of the past.

They may also be appropriate for schools characterized by a high degree of staff cohesion, in which teachers work collaboratively to improve student learning and it is difficult to isolate the performance of a single teacher.

When the MEAP high - school exam was a no - stakes test, students had no reason to try their best on the primary indicator of performance in the state's high - school accountability system.

In particular, because schools that serve difficult populations are likely to have higher student / teacher turnover, higher remediation rates, and lower attendance, these measures are likely to be biased if the goal of the system is to gauge school performance fairly.

There is no evidence that high school students who enroll in college - level courses such as Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate classes improve their academic performance in college unless they take the tests offered at the end of each course, says a study by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley.

To solve this problem, the state now requires high school students to take three years of math and science, and teachers will pilot end - of - year course assessments to gauge student performance and how well the courses stack up.

By the time they are in high school, the performance expectations indicate that students should be able to conduct this research «in a safe and ethical manner including considerations of environmental, social, and personal impacts.»

We look at level of school (high school, middle school, or elementary school), total enrollment, percentage of the student body that is white, average experience of teachers, and school performance, as measured by the school's academic rank within the state.

It could be that competition would drive higher levels of performance and benefit students in ways that are not evident when you just study what happens immediately when students move from a public to an existing private school.