Sentences with phrase «rates of school attendance»

Sleep - deprived teens also have higher self - reported rates of depression, higher rates of obesity and lower rates of school attendance.

The administration and the House Appropriations Committee also proposed elimination or severe cuts, respectively, to the 21st Century Community Learning Centers program.45 Currently funded with more than $ 1 billion, this program provides enrichment opportunities in safe environments to more than 1.6 million students per year, 46 70 percent of whom are students of color.47 Much of this funding supports after - school programs, but 21st CCLC also funds before - school and summer programs.48 Research indicates that participation in 21st CCLC is linked to better attitudes toward school, higher rates of school attendance, fewer suspensions, and better performance in school, among other outcomes.49 In addition, many of these programs provide students with snacks or meals.50

This infographic focuses on the rates of school attendance, comparing Indigenous and non-Indigenous student groups.

Not exact matches

One study concluded: «The achievement growth rates of Catholic school attendance are especially strong for students who are in one way or another disadvantaged: lower socio - economic status, black, or Hispanic.»

%) than soccer, where attendance by a doctor was rare (3.0 %), this despite the fact that statistics show that soccer, both boys» and especially girls, have concussion rates among the highest of all high school sports.

The issue of breastfeeding ought to be more of a priority in our country.It covers several major problems all in one.Healthcare, economy, environment, jobs (alot more would be created from an increase in nursing than from formula production) our children's performance in school and the rate of college attendance, obesity, and less unwanted pregnancies (sounds harsh but most of our world problems are connected to an exploding overpopulation and a lack of adequate resources).

Involvement has been shown to increase grades, leads to more consistent homework completion, improve student behavior at school, increase high school graduation rates, reduce school drop - out rates, increase college attendance, and lower rates of experimentation with tobacco, alcohol, and recreational drugs.

U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D - Astoria) has announced a federal grant of $ 552,000 for volunteer mentoring and tutoring in an effort to increase attendance and graduation rates in Long Island City schools.

«In November, the nonpartisan Research Alliance for New York City Schools presented findings from a rigorous analysis of school closures under Mayor Bloomberg, showing that graduation rates improved by 15 - points for students who left and attendance and graduation rates improved for those who remained during the transition.

More than 165 schools reported attendance rates of 25 percent or less.

The region boasts a superior public education system — low student / teacher ratios of 12:1, high school attendance rates of 95 % (5 % absentee rate) and 88 % of the Capital District graduates go on to college.

The authors compared job loss rates during middle and high school years with college attendance rates a few years later, at 19 years of age.

Evaluations of career academies have shown a positive impact (download) on academic outcomes such as high school attendance, credits earned, grade point averages, and graduation rates.

School teams should supplement any of this information with data about attendance, completion rate of assignments, ability to meet deadlines, behavior and disposition, and overall self - efficacy.

One study [PDF] documenting schools that made this shift found that 60 % of students were able to get at least eight hours of sleep and that both attendance rates and standardized tests scores went up.

Decreases in the rate of student tardiness due to oversleeping was also reported, as well as an increase in overall attendance rates for some schools.

A major study of 415,000 school students conducted over five years to 2012, «Student Attendance and Educational Outcomes: Every Day Counts», has linked increasing rates of absenteeism with declining scores in national literacy and numeracy tests.

What they saw was sobering but not surprising: Despite attempts to close achievement gaps between students of color, immigrant students, and low - income students and their more affluent white peers, wide disparities persisted in student performance on state tests, graduation rates, school attendance, and college - going rates.

In particular, because schools that serve difficult populations are likely to have higher student / teacher turnover, higher remediation rates, and lower attendance, these measures are likely to be biased if the goal of the system is to gauge school performance fairly.

Both student and teacher attendance is higher than at other local schools, with the student attendance rate surpassing that of every other middle school in the district (and significantly better than the citywide average).

Interestingly enough, no study has yet shown better high school test scores, but the Boston studies have shown higher grade point averages and, of course, attendance goes through the roof and dropout rates are decreased.

Brian Gill talks with Education Next about why students who attend charter high schools have higher rates of high school graduation and college attendance.

In Florida, among the study population of charter 8th graders, 57 percent of students attending a charter school in 9th grade went to either a two - or four - year college within five years of starting high school, whereas among students who started high school in a traditional public school the college attendance rate was only 40 percent.

But consider this: In the typical 180 - day school year, an average daily attendance rate of 93 percent means students are missing, on the...

«While we strongly recommend pupils should not be taken out of school during term time except in exceptional circumstances, we believe the interim arrangements provide a fair and proportionate approach using the average Derbyshire annual attendance rate.»

Participation in afterschool programs is influencing academic performance in a number of ways, including better attitudes toward school and higher educational aspirations; higher school attendance rates and lower tardiness rates; less disciplinary action, such as suspension; lower dropout rates; better performance in school, as measured by achievement test scores and grades; significant gains in academic achievement test scores; greater on - time promotion; improved homework completion; and deeper engagement in learning.

To explore these questions, we studied the 29 high school closures begun between 2003 and 2009 in New York City to determine the degree to which a closure affected a range of student outcomes, including graduation rates, mobility, attendance, and academic performance.

Think of it like this: If you had 100 students in a school and five absences every day, you'd have a 95 percent average daily attendance rate.

States should also provide information that might bear on the ability of the school to do a good job - for example, the percentages of teachers with degrees in the subject they are teaching and teacher attendance rates.

At these schools, the population of entering 9th graders was less likely to be older than usual for their grade, had higher middle - school attendance rates, and had higher average 8th - grade test scores.

In Ohio, for example, state leaders devised alternative graduation pathways for the class of ’18 based on such feeble criteria as attendance rates and course grades, in effect allowing allow students to leave high school without demonstrating actual readiness for anything that follows.

Data related to school and student demographics (for example, attendance, graduation rate, race / ethnicity, class, gender, level of teaching experience, level of teachers» education)

For the past 16 years, the Puente program has strived to boost the academic achievement of underserved Latino high school students, who have the highest dropout rate and lowest college attendance among all racial and ethnic groups in the United States.

In the Chicago Public Schools, where 85 percent of the 400,000 - plus students live below the poverty line, test scores, attendance, and teacher retention all went up during Duncan's seven - year tenure, while the dropout rate declined.

They are available to students who follow the school's Code of Conduct, have a good or improved attendance rate, have a good attitude and respect for learning, and who have tried hard.

Confidence in gross findings can be developed by replication, by averaging results over several time periods, and by using several measures of the development of human capital — not tests alone, but also attendance rates, dropout rates, and promotion rates (a very high - quality assessment will track indicators of human capital such as post-secondary school earnings and higher - education outcomes as well).

«The success of the program is measured by the increase in attendance rates, the decrease in behaviour issues, increase in higher results in school reports, and the increase in the number of girls being involved in school sporting teams and nominating for leadership roles in the school.»

However, recent practical initiatives have seen Numbulwar become the highest performing school in terms of attendance rates for the Arnhem region.

The district has a 97 percent attendance rate, and fewer than 1 percent of high school students drop out, a much lower rate than in surrounding districts with similar demographics.

And in light of the students» excellent rates for attendance and graduation and their rising test scores, school leaders believe that service learning engages students and enhances academic success at every grade level.

In the five years since adopting the SEL - oriented approach, Washoe schools have seen higher rates of attendance and scores on state reading and math tests, and fewer disciplinary infractions and suspensions among students with higher social and emotional skills.

For years, the superintendent of the 2,500 - student Calhoun County schools has been charged outrageous rates for Internet service so slow his teachers couldn't get online to take attendance.

However, even after compulsory attendance laws were enshrined nationwide by 1917, it wasn't until 1930 that half of Americans set foot in a high school, and not until 1950 that the high school graduation rate struck 50 percent, according to Zimmerman.

The state also has made attendance a priority: In its plan to comply with a new federal education law, Washington will track schools with high rates of chronic absenteeism.

Attendance is one of the criteria used by state education officials to determine Georgia's school climate ratings, which grade schools on the safety of its learning environment.

The results: a school attendance rate significantly higher than similar programs nationally, improved communications with parents, and a remarkable collaboration with school teachers that could prove a model for out - of - school - time programs.

Forman asked, and answered: «He analyzed school data to help the school figure out how to boost the attendance rate of students who were chronic no - shows.»

The rapid - turnaround randomized evaluation found that the short - term intervention did not improve attendance rates during the second semester of the 2015 - 2016 school year.

A majority of St. Louis Public Schools students scored below proficient in math and English, but higher scores in the attendance and graduation - rate categories made up for poor results in academic achievement, Emily Stahly, a research assistant at the Show - Me Institute, found in an analysis earlier this year.

Districts would have to collect, submit and publish data on a variety of indicators of success such as graduation and dropout rates, expulsions and suspensions, attendance, and surveys of student and community perceptions of their schools.