Sentences with phrase «rate of academic improvement»

Partnership schools had the largest rate of academic improvement of any California public school system of more than 10,000 students

Not exact matches

He was returning to a theme he and the governors had sounded in Charlottesville last September at the education summit, where their list of suggested goals included «the reduction of the dropout rate and the improvement of academic performance, especially among at - risk students.»

Under this new system, teachers are evaluated on student academic growth and classroom practice and receive a rating of Highly Effective, Effective, Needs Improvement (called «Developing» if they are in their first three years of teaching), or Unsatisfactory.

By rejecting any partnerships, Houston risks triggering a 2015 law that requires the TEA to close schools or replace the school board if any of a district's schools receive five straight «improvement required» ratings for poor academic performance.

And, a growing body of empirical research shows that positive school climate improvement efforts increase academic achievement, reduce bully - victim - bystander behavior as well as student dropout rates and increase teacher retention rates.

This was a highly contentious issue, although, based off of the data, it should not have been; academic, student retention rates, parent satisfaction surveys, student and staff surveys would indicate that our school community has been committed to our values of Student Achievement, We Serve, and Continuous Improvement for 10 years now.

Despite these hardships and gaps, U.S. youth have benefitted from significant academic and health improvements over the past seven years, including a 20 percent decrease in the number of kids without health insurance and an 11 percent reduction in the high school dropout rate.

But Cheatham says she'd like to see the district's rating improve and she pointed out that the district's score for growth, or improvement in academic achievement, is 64, above the state overall score of 60.6.

This indicates that although Capital Preparatory Magnet only receives a GreatSchools rating of a three out of ten, there is great improvement in student academic performance between the third and fifth grades.

District statistics were collected during the second year of program implementation and demonstrate academic success, including substantial percentage gains through state assessment scores, state accountability ratings, and improvement gains.»

The academics not only include test scores, but also graduation rates and growth of improvement.

These efforts resulted in increased student academic achievement and improvements in school ratings made by the Florida Department of Education.

At least one other measure of academic improvement, like graduation rates and, for nonnative speakers, proficiency in English, must be included.

Instead, they may first see improved attendance or graduation rates before they begin to see improvements in other measures of academic success.

raised graduation rates by more than 60 %, and had the biggest academic improvement of any large school system in California.

i3 funds are competitive grants (Development, Validation and Scale - up) given to LEAs and nonprofit organizations that have significantly closed the achievement gaps between economically disadvantaged students, students from major racial and ethnic groups, students with limited English proficiency, students with disabilities; or have demonstrated success in significantly increasing student academic achievement for all groups of students; or have made significant improvements in other areas such as graduate rates or increased recruitment and placement of high - quality teachers and principals.

Progress monitoring is used in conjunction with universal screening in an MTSS model (or by anyone who is interested in improving learning results for children) to set goals for a student's learning growth, quickly and frequently assess a student's academic performance, measure his / her rate of improvement, and to evaluate the effectiveness of instruction.

Such short - term benefits include decreased classroom disruptions, improvement in teacher ratings of the child's ADHD behavior, improvement in compliance with adult requests, improvement in peer interactions, and increase in on - task behavior and academic productivity.