The report cards rate public schools for the first time on a scale of 0 to 100 based on state test scores and other factors, such as graduation rates, attendance and
progress on closing achievement gaps.
Some schools thought of as high or low performers in the past based on test scores could have ratings that show the opposite because of other factors being used in the ratings, including test score growth over time, readiness for graduation and
progress on closing achievement gaps between student groups.
It's also troubling that we're not making
progress on closing the achievement gap.
«This also shows that thanks to charter schools, we're finally making
progress on closing the achievement gap that's plagued our public education system.»
Not exact matches
«If real
progress is to be made in
closing the
achievement gap for the most disadvantaged pupils, then those actually teaching the pupils need to be consulted
on its use.
Up to eight states would be authorized to conduct demonstration programs testing whether state control of Head Start actually leads to better coordination of preschool programs, greater emphasis
on school readiness, improvement in poor children's preschool test scores, and
progress in
closing the
achievement gap between poor and advantaged students.
Here we examine the
progress that Houston is making
on closing the
achievement gaps.
«Alabama is light years ahead of everyone else in
closing the
achievement gap,» Sandi Jacobs, Reading First's former assistant director in Washington, said to me in October of 2005, two years before the state posted the biggest two - year increase in 4th - grade reading scores ever recorded
on the National Assessment of Educational
Progress.
Some civil rights advocates have voiced similar concerns about accountability systems that rely exclusively
on growth measures, which could allow schools serving disadvantaged students to avoid sanction even if their students» academic
progress is insufficient to
close achievement gaps.
In high - poverty areas where
progress has been made in
closing achievement gaps, such as in Union City, N.J., and Clarke County, Ga., it wasn't a focus
on standardized testing that worked.
New York City's
progress in
closing its
achievement gap on those tests drew national attention as a possible model for other urban school districts.
States set annual district and school targets for grade - level
achievement, high school graduation, and
closing achievement gaps, for all students, including accelerated
progress for subgroups (each major racial and ethnic group, students with disabilities, English language learners, and students from low - income families), and rate schools and districts
on how well they meet the targets.
The results
on the Smarter Balanced assessments, the centerpiece of the California Assessment of Student Performance and
Progress, or CAASPP, were released
on Sept. 9 and showed the vast
achievement gaps that decades of education reforms have failed to
close.
The Port Clinton City School District received an «A»
on graduation rate and a «B»
on progress, but a «D»
on achievement and an «F» in «
gap closing,» which tracks «how well schools are meeting the performance expectations for our most vulnerable populations of students in English language arts, math and graduation.»
Rather, it says schools would be placed in one of five performance categories based
on student
achievement and
progress in reading and math, how well a school
closes gaps between groups of students in academic
achievement and in graduation rates, and
on overall attendance and graduation rates.
Districts must be able to push forward with
progress made
on improving instruction if they are to
close achievement gaps.
The state of California has implemented a number measures to
close one of the largest and most persistent
achievement gaps in the nation, Recently released scores for the National Assessment of Educational Progress, a nationwide test for fourth - and eighth - graders in math and reading given every two years, show that California's students are still performing below the... Continue reading California: Moving the Needle on the Achi
achievement gaps in the nation, Recently released scores for the National Assessment of Educational
Progress, a nationwide test for fourth - and eighth - graders in math and reading given every two years, show that California's students are still performing below the... Continue reading California: Moving the Needle
on the
AchievementAchievement Gap
Because of this, Indianapolis is one of the few big cities in the nation where charter school students are
progressing enough
on standardized tests to
close the
achievement gap between urban districts and the state average.
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today recognized 337 schools as National Blue Ribbon Schools for 2014 based
on their overall academic excellence or their
progress in
closing achievement gaps among student subgroups.
Washington Gov. Jay Inless has said he wants the bill to go a bit further - instead of just one A-to-F grade, schools should receive five of them based
on such issues as test scores but also
progress in
closing the
achievement gap and performance relative to similar schools.
Although we've focused more and more attention
on dealing with the seemingly intractable
gaps in
achievement between black and Hispanic students and white students in the last quarter century, we've made little
progress in
closing the
gaps.
The
gap between Hispanics and whites
on the National Assessment of Educational
Progress, known as the Nation's Report Card, has stayed fairly stagnant over the past few years in both math and reading, even as the country has become more focused
on closing achievement gaps as required by the 2002 federal education law, No Child Left Behind.
Saldaña also got support from the board to consider whether a school is recognized by the state for high performance or substantial
progress in
closing the academic
achievement gaps before the district decides
on closure.
Now that the discussion of whether NCLB would actually
close «
achievement gaps» by 2014 is nearly in our rear view mirror (it is not going to happen, not even
close — it is going to take 80 more years based
on recent NAEP research, NCLB actually slowed our
progress) let's take a look at the discourse by proponents
New Haven, Conn. — Connecticut's fourth - and eighth - grade students continue to score higher than their national peers in reading, and have made modest long - term gains in math based
on 2017 results from the Nation's Report Card — but our current rate of
progress means The Constitution State would need a century to
close the
achievement gap.
Bloomberg Chancellor Joel Klein loved to boast about how the leadership team assembled in New York made great
progress on raising
achievement and
closing the test - measured
gap between white and minority students.
But the
achievement gap is fundamentally a literacy
gap, and the jury is still out
on how much
progress the charter sector has really made in
closing it.
To make substantial
progress on closing overall
achievement gaps, policies to address disparities in outcomes within school districts are still needed.
Schools are chosen for the award based
on overall academic excellence or
progress in
closing achievement gaps among subgroups of students.
On Sept. 16, CEA celebrated the
progress made through five years of funding from the National Education Association Foundation's «
Closing the
Achievement Gaps» project.
The National Blue Ribbon Schools Program recognizes public and private elementary, middle, and high schools based
on their overall academic excellence or their
progress in
closing achievement gaps among student subgroups.
The scores are based
on student proficiency
on spring math and reading tests, individual student year - to - year growth
on those tests and
progress schools make in
closing the
achievement gap, plus graduation rates for high schools.
In April 2008 the then Australian Government (and subsequently supported by the then Opposition)[9] further committed to providing an annual report to Parliament
on progress towards
closing the gap with a particular focus on the achievement of the COAG Closing the Gap Targets found in the National Indigenous Reform Agreement
closing the
gap with a particular focus on the achievement of the COAG Closing the Gap Targets found in the National Indigenous Reform Agreement (NIR
gap with a particular focus
on the
achievement of the COAG
Closing the Gap Targets found in the National Indigenous Reform Agreement
Closing the
Gap Targets found in the National Indigenous Reform Agreement (NIR
Gap Targets found in the National Indigenous Reform Agreement (NIRA).