Sentences with phrase «primary grade programs»

State teams working on collaborative projects on issues of standards, assessments, data systems, and accountability & program improvement initiatives for early education, kindergarten and primary grade programs.

Not exact matches

Best for students in grades six through twelve Students will examine two public laws and other primary resources related to the Bracero worker program and apply their knowledge to evaluate whether the program was carried out as intended.

Sickness was my primary setback — around the end of the first 10 - day sleep program period, both babies developed low - grade fevers and green runny noses.

Each chapter is sub-divided into the reach of the program (international, national or state and territory), type (in - school, excursions and so on) and suggested grade level (primary or secondary).

Districts that participate in the program, which began during the early 1980s, receive state money to hire instructional assistants for the primary grades.

The ScratchJr programming app and the Kibo robot are both supported by a hefty amount of research and were carefully designed to match the abilities, interests, and developmental stages of preschool and primary grade children.

In their special strategies study, Stringfield et al. (1997) found that reform programs that focused on the primary grades had larger achievement gains in reading than schools that spread their efforts out across the elementary grades or into the secondary grades.

We used quantitative and descriptive methods to examine the programs and practices in 11 moderate - to high - poverty schools selected because of their dual reputation for implementing recent reading reform and for beating the odds by promoting greater than expected primary - grade reading achievement.

In other words, there is no single quick answer to the question of how best to reshape a school's reading program and the repertoire of instructional practices teachers employ in of the quest of helping all children read well by the time they leave the primary grades.

CARY, N.C. (Oct. 6, 2015)-- Cardinal Charter Academy has been awarded Cambridge International School status by Cambridge International Examinations and is now approved to offer Cambridge programs and qualifications, including Cambridge Primary I for third and fourth grade.

A reading program for gifted children in the primary grades.

The results of this study raise, once again, the question as to why schools both in Australia and the United States so often reserve programs of ability grouping for students in the upper years of primary school, and why teachers are so reluctant to allow young gifted children to grade advance.

Participants will experience firsthand how technology accelerates learning in the primary grades through language immersion, early childhood, special education, and the arts while Minnetonka's 1:1 iPad program highlights the district's approach to digital learning at the secondary level.

But he's also written a book, Programming in the Primary Grades, Beyond the Hour of Code.

After reviewing research on effective prevention and literacy instruction delivered in preschool, kindergarten, and primary grades, as well as organizational factors at the classroom, school, and district levels, Snow et al. (1998, pp. 314) conclude that «effective instruction includes artful teaching that transcends — and often makes up for — the constraints and limitations of specific instructional programs.»

The Primary Years Program (PYP) for ages 3 to 12, or preschool through fifth grade, stresses the development of the whole child in the classroom and the outside world (www.ibo.org/pyp).

As a result of a differentiated literacy program and specific interventions, the percentage of underachieving students in the primary literacy program meeting grade - level literacy benchmarks rose from 55 percent in 2000 to 80 percent in 2003 (Evanston / Skokie School District 65, 2004).

It also revealed that the majority of states organized both their standards and testing programs around grade - level clusters reflecting primary / elementary, intermediate / middle school, and high school levels.

Both the draft primary report cards, the one for Kindergarten and the one for Grades 1 to 3, have headings that represent a mix of subject areas as defined by IRPs and the areas of development as defined by the Primary Pprimary report cards, the one for Kindergarten and the one for Grades 1 to 3, have headings that represent a mix of subject areas as defined by IRPs and the areas of development as defined by the Primary PPrimary Program.

The ministry is not proposing that teachers evaluate social responsibility in the Primary years, where social responsibility is an area of development in the Primary Program, but it is proposing that teachers evaluate it in Grades 4 — 9 where it is not currently part of the required educational programs.

How the Superkids K — 2 Reading Program is uniquely designed to meet the CCSS for the primary grades.

Taking Stock: Assessing and Improving Early Childhood Learning and Program Quality provides recommendations from the National Early Childhood Accountability Task Force convened to address a comprehensive vision for a state accountability system for early education programs for prekindergarten children and for linking such efforts to standards - based assessment efforts in kindergarten and the primary grades.

The Lillian and Betty Ratner School is a coeducational independent institution enrolling students aged 20 months through kindergarten filling the Montessori Pre-Primary Program and a rich Primary and Middle School for students first through eighth grade.

There was a 53.4 % decrease in retention in the primary grades associated with the program.

If you are seeking employment as classroom teachers in kindergarten and primary grades you must fulfill the Colorado De partment of Education requirements for licensure in addition to the ECE master's degree; some preschool programs in public schools also require licensed teachers.

A Comprehensive Approach The core elements of P - 3 include high - quality preschool programs for 3 - and 4 - year olds, full - day kindergarten, and primary grades (grades 1 - 3) that provide meaningful instructional and emotional support.

Our specific calls include greater support for novice principals to ensure they gain the skills and wisdom they need to thrive in the profession and for principals engaged in early childhood education to strengthen their capacity to align pre-K programs with primary grades.

May Sands Montessori School serves students from Kindergarten through grade 8 in four distinct program levels: Primary (Kindergarten) Lower Elementary (grades 1 - 3), Upper Elementary (grades 4 - 6), and Early Secondary (grades 7 and 8).

This project, legislated in 1990 by Congress with reauthorization in 1994, was developed to foster collaboration between Head Start agencies and local education agencies to help low - income children and their families make successful transitions from Head Start programs to the primary grades of school.

The AusPareting in Schools program is designed for families of primary - school aged children, particularly families of children entering into prep (kindergarten) grade, as well as primary school personnel.

Target group: The Mind Magic program Confidence Box was created for primary aged students (Grades K - 5) to be implemented by classroom teachers.

The Passport Program provides educators and mental health professionals with a comprehensive curriculum to help children in the primary school grades learn positive mental health concepts and navigate the journey through the situational and developmental problems of growing up.

Over the past few years, more than 40 public preschools and lower primary schools (grades 1 — 3) implemented a Spanish version of the Second Step Program in San Luis Potosí, Mexico.

The current study involved evaluating two versions of the AOP, each containing two 10 - week school - based components — Social Life Skills (SLS; Roberts C. et al., 2003) and Optimistic Thinking Skills (OTS; Roberts R. et al., 2003) implemented in Grades 6 and 7, respectively, plus a self - directed program for parents and families (PF; Drake - Brockman and Roberts, 2001) to be implemented in the second half of the last year of primary school.