Sentences with phrase «poor attendance numbers»

According to the State protocol for handling parents who choose to opt their children out, there is no penalties for parents, and the district might suffer from poor attendance numbers on the test.

Not exact matches

It explicitly asks programs to recruit and enroll students with poor attendance records rather than push out students who might bring down program numbers.

Linda Darling - Hammond and colleagues have cautioned that statistical models can not fully adjust for teachers who have a disproportionate number of students with greater challenges, or whose scores on traditional tests may not accurately reflect their learning, such as special education students; English language learners; and those affected by poor attendance, homelessness, or severe problems at home.

Supt. John Deasy and the board have together brought an unrelenting focus on poor children of color and there has been much progress as a result of his leadership including increased graduation and attendance rates, increases in the numbers of African American and Latino students taking Advanced Placement courses and exams, and reduced suspensions along with an overhaul of the school discipline policy.

However, students are not randomly assigned to teachers — and statistical models can not fully adjust for the fact that some teachers will have a disproportionate number of students who have greater challenges (students with poor attendance, who are homeless, who have severe problems at home, etc.) and those whose scores on traditional tests may not accurately reflect their learning (e.g. those who have special education needs or who are new English language learners).

There were a number of school factors that were significantly associated with poor attendance in both the non-Indigenous and Indigenous cohorts (tables 6 and 7).

A number of sociodemographic factors were significantly associated with poor school attendance (tables 4 and 5).

A higher number of schools attended within the semester and a suspension record (non-Indigenous: OR = 2.36 95 % CI 2.19 to 2.54; Indigenous: OR = 1.43 95 % CI 1.33 to 1.52) were also positively associated with likelihood of poor attendance.

In addition to maternal alcohol use, there were a number of sociodemographic factors that were associated with poor attendance.

A number of factors have been associated with poor school attendance, including low socioeconomic status and low levels of parental education.1 3 In Australia, Indigenous young people have been identified to have significantly worse attendance and school retention when compared with non-Indigenous children, and it has been suggested that this is a key driver of the gap in academic outcomes between non-Indigenous and Indigenous young people.6 — 8 In addition Moore and McArthur9 identified that maternal and family risks, such as family instability, mental illness and drug and alcohol issues, are associated with reduced child participation in school.