Sentences with phrase «performing students in the school district»

Like in many small towns, Kankakee businesses couldn't find the workers to fill local jobs, and the high - performing students in the school district had to seek careers away from home — and sometimes in another state.

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Cherokee County School District is a high - performing, award - winning public school district serving 42,000 students in Metro AtSchool District is a high - performing, award - winning public school district serving 42,000 students in Metro District is a high - performing, award - winning public school district serving 42,000 students in Metro Atschool district serving 42,000 students in Metro district serving 42,000 students in Metro Atlanta.

Lawmakers in both houses in recent weeks have introduced bills designed to ease aspects of the education policies in the budget, ranging from a codification of students opting out of state tests to exempting top - performing school districts from the new teacher evaluation criteria.

About one - third of children in rural districts and about 37 percent in New York City were considered proficient in the skills they need in English and math, while just an average of 16 percent of students in upstate city schools performed well on the tests.

Tisch said she opposed the move to «decouple» students» test scores from teachers» job ratings on grounds that it might detract from state efforts to improve instruction in low - performing school districts.

More than 550 Rochester City School students performed last night at stunning Kodak Hall in the All - City Concert of Rochester City School District.

The administration has also already announced a $ 51 million plan to expand Advanced Placement courses, with full implementation at high schools expected by 2021 and a $ 15 million program called «Single Shepherd» to hire guidance counselors for each middle and high school student in low - performing school Districts 7 and 23, which will be fully implemented by next fall.

Warrensburg Central School District fifth and sixth grade chorus students will perform as part of American Young Voices at the Times Union Center in Albany on Tuesday, May 30 at 7 p.m. more

Warrensburg Central School District fifth and sixth grade chorus students will perform as part of American Young Voices at the Times Union Center in Albany on Tuesday, May 30 at 7 p.m.

The researchers compared two groups of high school students from low - income neighborhoods in Los Angeles — 521 students who were offered admission to high - performing public charter schools through the district lottery, and 409 who were not.

Over the past few years, the districts profiled in the report — the Houston Independent School District, the Sacramento City Unified School District, the Charlotte - Mecklenburg school system in North Carolina, and the Chancellor's District in New York City, a special 25,000 - student district of low - performing schools — have improved test scores and narrowed achievement gaps between minority and white stuSchool District, the Sacramento City Unified School District, the Charlotte - Mecklenburg school system in North Carolina, and the Chancellor's District in New York City, a special 25,000 - student district of low - performing schools — have improved test scores and narrowed achievement gaps between minority and white sDistrict, the Sacramento City Unified School District, the Charlotte - Mecklenburg school system in North Carolina, and the Chancellor's District in New York City, a special 25,000 - student district of low - performing schools — have improved test scores and narrowed achievement gaps between minority and white stuSchool District, the Charlotte - Mecklenburg school system in North Carolina, and the Chancellor's District in New York City, a special 25,000 - student district of low - performing schools — have improved test scores and narrowed achievement gaps between minority and white sDistrict, the Charlotte - Mecklenburg school system in North Carolina, and the Chancellor's District in New York City, a special 25,000 - student district of low - performing schools — have improved test scores and narrowed achievement gaps between minority and white stuschool system in North Carolina, and the Chancellor's District in New York City, a special 25,000 - student district of low - performing schools — have improved test scores and narrowed achievement gaps between minority and white sDistrict in New York City, a special 25,000 - student district of low - performing schools — have improved test scores and narrowed achievement gaps between minority and white sdistrict of low - performing schools — have improved test scores and narrowed achievement gaps between minority and white students.

In addition, it wasn't particularly well aligned with the district's other main accountability program, school probation, which focused on second - quartile students rather than the lowest - performing students in a schooIn addition, it wasn't particularly well aligned with the district's other main accountability program, school probation, which focused on second - quartile students rather than the lowest - performing students in a schooin a school.

The lab set up four different models in four cities with low - performing urban school districts — Chicago, Dallas, New York City, and Washington, D.C. — and over two school years, handed out a total of $ 6.3 million to 38,000 students.

Agreement between school boards and superintendents over achievement goals, an emphasis on the lowest - performing students, and the adoption of districtwide curricula are among the most successful strategies being used in four urban school districts, concludes a report released last week.

A school that misses AYP two years in a row has to allow students to transfer to a better - performing public school in the same district.

Districts with schools that had persistently failed to make «adequate yearly progress» in their test - score performance were required to offer the students in those schools options ranging from a seat in a higher - performing public school to free tutoring services.

In 2010, the law was amended to double the number of charter students permitted in the state's lowest - performing districts, from about 9 percent to 18 percent of public school studentIn 2010, the law was amended to double the number of charter students permitted in the state's lowest - performing districts, from about 9 percent to 18 percent of public school studentin the state's lowest - performing districts, from about 9 percent to 18 percent of public school students.

On the third page of the study, the authors write: «Negative voucher effects are not explained by the quality of public fallback options for LSP applicants: achievement levels at public schools attended by students lotteried out of the program are below the Louisiana average and comparable to scores in low - performing districts like New Orleans.»

Balancing those funder desires, New Visions created a Request for Proposals to all community school districts and high school superintendents in the city, inviting any group of educators to propose a small high school — limited to some 100 students per grade — with a focus on the Bronx, which had the highest concentration of low - performing schools.

This year the list is topped by four major research pieces: an analysis of how U.S. students from highly educated families perform compare with similarly advantaged students from other countries; a study investigating what students gain when they are taken on field trips to see high - quality theater performances; a study of teacher evaluation systems in four urban school districts that identifies strengths and weaknesses of different evaluation systems; and the results of Education Next's annual survey of public opinion on education.

In 2009, CREDO reported that charter students performed somewhat worse in reading and substantially worse in math than their district school counterpartIn 2009, CREDO reported that charter students performed somewhat worse in reading and substantially worse in math than their district school counterpartin reading and substantially worse in math than their district school counterpartin math than their district school counterparts.

In contrast, as district employees, these aspiring teachers will receive a salary and benefits, along with credit for being student teachers while they serve full - time in three Opportunity Culture schools under the district's highest - performing educatorIn contrast, as district employees, these aspiring teachers will receive a salary and benefits, along with credit for being student teachers while they serve full - time in three Opportunity Culture schools under the district's highest - performing educatorin three Opportunity Culture schools under the district's highest - performing educators.

The report, «Boosting Performance and Containing Cost through Mayoral Academies,» contrasts the low performance of low - income and minority students and the wide achievement gaps in traditional district schools, and the high performance of low - income and minority students and smaller achievement gaps in high - performing charter schools in neighboring states.

During the current academic year, a limited number of districts in five states — Alaska, Delaware, Indiana, North Carolina, and Virginia — have been permitted to offer students a choice of supplemental educational services a year before having to provide the option of transferring to a higher - performing school.

The Colorado Opportunity Contract Pilot Program, enacted in 2003, established a voucher program for a limited number of low - income, low - achieving students who had attended schools in any of 11 poorly performing school districts.

A study of 700 students from 11 school districts in Tennessee found that students doing projects using videotaped problems over a three - week period performed better in a number of academic areas later in the school year.

A 1992 study of 700 students from eleven school districts in Tennessee found that students doing projects using videotaped problems over a three - week period performed better in a number of academic areas later in the school year.

The achievement growth in math was not statistically significant relative to the achievement growth of the matched district - school students, but the study concluded that Milkwaukee district - school students were «performing at somewhat higher levels as a result of competitive pressure from the school voucher program.»

While this means that some of the students, whose test scores are included in the school's performance measure, may have only been in that school for a relatively short time, it avoids problems associated with excluding the high - mobility students - typically the lowest - performing students - from the district's overall accountability measure.

Students attending a district school co-located with a charter school perform 0.08 standard deviations better in math and 0.06 standard deviations better in reading, while those in district schools within a half - mile of a charter school perform 0.02 standard deviations better in both math and reading.

First, CTBA cites a longitudinal study of Milwaukee's voucher program by researchers at the University of Arkansas, claiming that voucher students in grades 3 - 8 «performed statistically similar» to a matched group of district - school peers on standardized tests.

Thus, high - performing district or charter schools use chants, ceremonies, signs, and strong discipline to forge a culture defined by college - going and career success; at the same time, unlike schools of a half - century ago, they rarely seek to use those same exercises to help invest students in the American nation as a civic enterprise.

Students in district schools with three or more charter schools within a one - mile radius perform significantly better in math than students with just one charter in the neighborhood, and they are also significantly less likely to be rStudents in district schools with three or more charter schools within a one - mile radius perform significantly better in math than students with just one charter in the neighborhood, and they are also significantly less likely to be rstudents with just one charter in the neighborhood, and they are also significantly less likely to be retained.

The scaling of high - performing CMOs provides one of the highest levels of return and leverage for philanthropic funds, particularly when you consider that CMOs tend to deliver much higher student achievement than the local district; these schools will continue to serve students in a high - quality way over time; and there are few investments in K — 12 that have consistently yielded this level of performance.

In School Breakfast in America's Big Cities, a January 2011 report released by the Food Research and Action Center, 16 of the 29 urban districts examined in the study «performed above the national average in reaching low - income students with breakfasIn School Breakfast in America's Big Cities, a January 2011 report released by the Food Research and Action Center, 16 of the 29 urban districts examined in the study «performed above the national average in reaching low - income students with breakfasin America's Big Cities, a January 2011 report released by the Food Research and Action Center, 16 of the 29 urban districts examined in the study «performed above the national average in reaching low - income students with breakfasin the study «performed above the national average in reaching low - income students with breakfasin reaching low - income students with breakfast.

Increasingly, states and school districts use measures based on growth in individual students» test scores to evaluate which schools are performing well and how effectively educators are teaching.

Indeed, it would be remarkable if, all other things being equal, low - income students did not perform better in high - poverty charter schools than in high - poverty district schools given the self - selected nature of the classmates and parental community in charter schools.

We could spend an entire EdNext volume arguing over the CREDO results alone, but I think some things are clear: one, nationally, low - income kids gain faster in charters than in district schools; two, many of CREDO's state and city - specific studies show very strong comparative gains for low - income charter students; and three, the movement as a whole has made significant progress by doing exactly what the model calls for and closing low - performing schools.

In Detroit, charter schools slightly outperform district schools, but their students are still among the lowest - performing in the natioIn Detroit, charter schools slightly outperform district schools, but their students are still among the lowest - performing in the natioin the nation.

Leaders in high - performing, high - poverty schools hold a view similar to this one expressed by a superintendent in a Northwest school district: «There is a bright red thread running from every student - learning problem to a problem of practice for teachers, and finally to a problem of practice for leaders.»

Size: Fifth largest school district in California with 62,000 students and covering 320 square miles Number of High Schools: 9 Number of Career Academies: 17 (15 funded by CPA, 2 unfunded) Number of Career Pathways: 5 (Artswork, Business Careers, Engineering / Building Trades, and Visual and Performing Arts) Number of Student Participating: 2,623

And that's in a school in a high - performing district with students who are doing quite well.»

The Commission will examine state and local policies to increase parent and family engagement, including: how the school calendar meets the needs of students and families to optimize engagement such as parent - teacher conferences and half - days; district and school - level policies to address student attendance issues; access to information regarding teacher effectiveness; and parental involvement in school policies such as placement of students in low - performing schools and in the classrooms of ineffective teachers.

Building on an initiative piloted this school year in Virginia, participating districts could offer students a choice of supplemental educational services, or SES, a year before having to provide the option of transferring to a higher - performing school.

The U.S. Department of Education's plan to grant states broad flexibility under the No Child Left Behind Act will free up as much as $ 800 million in money school districts now must set aside for tutoring students, but may mark a significant financial blow to an education industry that has grown up around serving low - performing schools.

In this webinar, hear from Michael Casey, director of technology at Del Mar Union School District (DMUSD), a San Diego county - based, high - performing school district serving approximately 4,300 K - 6 stuSchool District (DMUSD), a San Diego county - based, high - performing school district serving approximately 4,300 K - 6 sDistrict (DMUSD), a San Diego county - based, high - performing school district serving approximately 4,300 K - 6 stuschool district serving approximately 4,300 K - 6 sdistrict serving approximately 4,300 K - 6 students.

Charter advocates wanted to advance a social justice message by emphasizing the impressive results being achieved by the independently run, but publicly funded, schools, which they say are providing a lifeline for thousands of poor and minority students otherwise stuck in low - performing district schools.

Dr. Patricia F. Deklotz, Superintendent, Kettle Moraine School District, WI Dr. Patricia Deklotz has been superintendent of the Kettle Moraine School District, a high performing K - 12 district serving 4,200 students located in southeastern Wisconsin, sinDistrict, WI Dr. Patricia Deklotz has been superintendent of the Kettle Moraine School District, a high performing K - 12 district serving 4,200 students located in southeastern Wisconsin, sinDistrict, a high performing K - 12 district serving 4,200 students located in southeastern Wisconsin, sindistrict serving 4,200 students located in southeastern Wisconsin, since 2006.

Three school districts implemented a suite of evidenced - based practices and realized student achievement gains in low - performing schools.