Sentences with phrase «rankings of academic quality»

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How universities fare on reputational quality - of - life and academic rankings — such as those published by the Princeton Review or U.S. News & World Report — can have a measurable effect on the number of applications they — and their competitors — receive and on the academic competitiveness of the resulting freshman class, according to a new study.

President Barack Obama has often noted in speeches the enthusiasm of Korean parents for their children's education, the high quality of Korean teachers, the number of learning hours that Korean students spend, and the outstanding educational achievements these have produced; for example, top rankings in international academic - achievement tests, and low rates of school dropouts and juvenile delinquency.

For example, in 2016 the AFC issued its first - ever «report card» ranking states by the quality of their private - school choice programs, and its scorecard values academic, administrative, and financial accountability, not just access.

Yet sadly, Mississippi is usually ranked last in the nation for academic achievement and the quality of our public schools.

They also argued the rankings set a low bar for academic quality by comparing charter schools with local public districts, many of which are struggling urban schools, rather than with top - performing schools elsewhere.

Beginning this year authorizers will be ranked based on three components: the academic performance of the students in charter schools they authorize; adherence to «quality practices» aligned to NACSA standards; and compliance with applicable laws regarding charter school authorizing.36 Low - performing authorizers can be prohibited from authorizing new schools, or have their authorizing authority revoked entirely.

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Completed in 2016, U.S. News & World Report's «Best Fine Arts Schools» rankings were based on the results of a peer assessment survey of academic experts to evaluate the academic quality among nearly 200 of the nation's graduate fine arts programs.

As a follow - up to this earlier post on law firm rankings, David Bernstein of Volokh complains that one reason that there's so much focus on the U.S. News rankings is that the publication has a virtual monopoly on the rankings, though others (like Leiter) provide more useful information to those concerned about academic quality.