Sentences with phrase «raised attendance rates»

For decades, arts educators and researchers have praised the arts for fostering student participation and raising attendance rates.

Not exact matches

Because the single - year test - score increases raise as many questions as they answer about what is really happening in the schools, the administration is also boasting higher attendance rates in their new small high schools, a sign, they say, that students are more engaged in their schooling.

Those conversations, he explains, led to a tightly coordinated effort between the district, the United Way of Greenville County, and other community partners to tackle poor attendance, raise academic achievement, and boost graduation rates in the White Horse Road community, a section of the county with the highest concentrations of poverty.

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».