Sentences with phrase «proficiency than public school students»

Recent state testing reveals that voucher students score lower in reading and math proficiency than public school students.

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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.

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

More than half of the Washoe County public schools had been labeled «in need of improvement» for failing to get enough students to proficiency on the state standardized tests required by the No Child Left Behind Law.

Establishes a system of meaningfully differentiating all public schools on an annual basis that is based on all indicators in the State's accountability system and that, with respect to achievement, growth or the other academic indicator for elementary and middle schools, graduation rate, and progress in achieving English language proficiency, affords: Substantial weight to each such indicator; and, in the aggregate, much greater weight than is afforded to the indicator or indicators of school quality or student success.

For charter schools in operation from five to eight years, Hoxby finds that five percent more students reach proficiency in reading than their public school peers.

In the first broad attempts to analyze the performance of Hawaii's charter schools, the state Department of Education and the Hawaii's Educational Policy Center have found that charter - school students are doing as well as or better than students at traditional public schools on the state's proficiency tests.

In 2016, according to the editorial, «children who attended public charter schools in these eight districts were 146 % more likely to pass state exams than students at traditional district schools, and three times more likely to score at the highest proficiency level.»

On this year's statewide achievement test, students at mayor - sponsored charter schools were 11 percentage points more likely to achieve proficiency in English, and 10 points more likely to achieve proficiency in math, than were students of local public schools, according to an analysis by the Indianapolis Mayor's Office of Education.

A report from the National High School Center at AIR and the University of Chicago Consortium on Chicago School Research (CCSR) found that ninth grade course performance is more predictive of high school graduation for English language learners (ELLs) in Chicago Public Schools (CPS) than other ELL - specific indicators, including English language proficiency level and whether students experienced interruptions in their educSchool Center at AIR and the University of Chicago Consortium on Chicago School Research (CCSR) found that ninth grade course performance is more predictive of high school graduation for English language learners (ELLs) in Chicago Public Schools (CPS) than other ELL - specific indicators, including English language proficiency level and whether students experienced interruptions in their educSchool Research (CCSR) found that ninth grade course performance is more predictive of high school graduation for English language learners (ELLs) in Chicago Public Schools (CPS) than other ELL - specific indicators, including English language proficiency level and whether students experienced interruptions in their educschool graduation for English language learners (ELLs) in Chicago Public Schools (CPS) than other ELL - specific indicators, including English language proficiency level and whether students experienced interruptions in their education.

It's shocking, especially when more than 50 percent of students in traditional public schools lack proficiency and charter schools are providing children of greatest need with the only choices they've ever had.»

More than half of all students at a 2011 NSOC performed at or above proficiency on standardized tests, with the exception of one school, and 49 percent of the public schools reached AYP, consistent with the national average.