Sentences with phrase «program raised grades»
The results were modest: the program raised grades over just one marking period and only among low achievers.
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The board also raised school lunch prices from $ 1.55 to $ 1.75 in grades 1 through 6 and from $ 1.60 to $ 1.80 for grades 7 and 8 to cover the cost of the program.
My family has raised puppies since I was in 6th grade, and also participated in the breeding program — having 2 litters of Labrador Retreiver pups right in our computer room!
I explore three broad hypotheses for why African Americans might not have benefited as much as whites from the funding initiatives: 1) kindergarten funding disproportionately drew African Americans out of higher - quality education settings; 2) instead of raising additional revenue to fund local kindergarten programs fully, school districts offered lower - quality kindergarten programs to African Americans or moved funds from existing school programs from which African Americans may have disproportionately benefited; and 3) African Americans were more adversely affected by any subsequent «upgrading» of school curricula as more students entered elementary grades having attended kindergarten.
While the demands of the federal No Child Left Behind Act have some districts fighting to raise the achievement of students who aren't performing at grade level, the 185,000 - student Philadelphia district plans to expand greatly the number of enrichment programs for its students.
The Commission will examine factors in raising student achievement from prekindergarten through high school including: state accountability and curriculum requirements; model programs to improve student achievement beginning in early learning programs and continuing throughout high school; strategies for every student to achieve at grade level such as intervention and support systems; and policies to improve student attendance and retention.
NCTQ's bi-annual 2017 State Teacher Policy Yearbook grades states on how well their programs and policies raise the quality of the teachers in their schools.
New York City's merit pay program came to a halt when researchers at the RAND Corporation found the program did not raise student achievement in mathematics or reading in any grade, nor did it improve teacher job satisfaction.
Born, raised, and educated in Shreveport, Louisiana, Julia has been teaching for over 25 years in special education programs, worked with 504 students, and recently taught second grade.
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.
All three programs significantly raised previously low - performing students» grade point averages (GPAs).
The studies, which examine «departmentalization» efforts in other places, raise questions about whether the rapidly expanding city program that encourages schools to departmentalize fifth - grade math could be doing more harm than good.
A federal program that pays private - school tuition for poor DC families, for instance, has been shown to raise students» reading performance by more than two grade levels after just three years, compared to a control group of students who stayed in public schools.
For example, «Incorporated literature - based units and readers workshops to raise students» reading levels by at least 1 1/2 grade levels» or «Introduced a reward program for class attendance and participation; thus achieving a 100 % attendance rate year round».
From both side academic and the ballet program they care about the kids like there own always making sure that they excel good grades i can not thank them enough for helping me raise a little boy in NYC public school wonderfull staff i wish he could stay there up to 12th grade.