Sentences with phrase «readiness gap narrows»

Surprising reversal: School readiness gap narrows between rich and poor kids Atlanta Journal - Constitution, August 26, 2016

In Reversal, Kindergarten Readiness Gaps Narrow — Growing parental involvement in early learning may be helping close gap

We find that readiness gaps narrowed modestly from 1998 - 2010, particularly between high - and low - income students and between white and Hispanic students.

Not exact matches

An early - childhood - education program in Maryland is helping to narrow the school readiness gap between disadvantaged children and their middle - class peers, says a state education department report.

Despite the narrowing of kindergarten readiness gaps in recent years, they remain large.

Unlike income achievement gaps, the racial academic achievement gaps have declined significantly over the past four decades, the researchers said, so the recent narrowing of the racial readiness gap among kindergarteners is merely a continuation of the trend.

To get one of the federal waivers, states had to submit plans that included adopting curriculum standards geared toward college and career readiness, developing teacher evaluation systems that incorporated student testing data and tracking and narrowing achievement gaps between groups of students.

«Given that income inequality in the United States has continued to rise in the 2000s, we expected the gap in school readiness would also continue to grow, but instead it has narrowed,» said Reardon in a statement.

A new study finds that wealth - and race - based gaps in school readiness for children entering kindergarten narrowed modestly between 1998 and 2010.

The foundation says that Houston outperformed peer districts in academic achievement; increased its graduation rate faster than other urban districts; narrowed the achievement gaps for low - income and Hispanic students; and improved college - readiness levels.

Houston was recognized for its students» academic achievement gains, its ability to increase the district graduation rate faster than any other urban district in the running for the prize, and its progress in narrowing the achievement gaps for low - income and Hispanic students and improving students» college - readiness, among other achievements.

New Jersey charter schools continue to narrow the achievement gap on the third year of Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) exams based on data released this fall from the New Jersey Department of Education for the 2016 - 17 school year.

The Sutton Trust is partnering with Impetus Trust to launch an early years initiative to narrow gaps in school readiness.

A recent study published in the Journal of Primary Prevention confirms that PAT measurably improves school readiness, virtually eliminating the achievement gap normally observed between poor children and their more affluent peers at the point of kindergarten entry, and that gap continued to be narrowed in the third grade.

The study has also amplified the potential of community based ECE programmes in boosting school readiness and therefore offers promise in narrowing achievement gaps for children from disadvantaged backgrounds.

When researchers measuring school readiness gaps control for parenting differences, the racial and ethnic gaps narrow by 25 - 50 percent.

Designed to narrow the gap between disadvantaged children and their more affluent peers, Head Start provides comprehensive programming during the preschool period to improve children's social competence and academic readiness for school.