Sentences with phrase «reading by the end»

The governmental initiative has been launched in response to the latest phonics screening check results, which show that despite strong progress there are still regional variations in the proportion of children reaching the expected standard in reading by the end of Year 1.

(Observe what a big deal it is when a state insists that children must be able, say, to read by the end of third grade in order to move on to fourth.)

He established a waiver process that effectively allowed two - thirds of the states to deviate from various requirements of the law — most prominently the requirement that all students be proficient in math and reading by the end of this year.

Under the new system, grades one through three are measured against a goal of reading by the end of third grade; grades four through six on proficient or advanced performance on the English and math portions of a state test indicating middle school readiness; seven, eight, and nine on high school readiness with passing all ninth - grade; grades 10, 11, and 12 focus on the goal of high school graduation.

If the report's message is that children should not be reading by the end of kindergarten, or that they will read when they're darned good and ready, it's perilously close to reckless.

Indeed, the strongest argument in favor of reading by the end of kindergarten and Common Core's vision for early literacy is simply to ensure that children — especially the disadvantaged among them — don't get sucked into the vortex of academic distress associated with early reading failure.

Why Reading by the End of Third Grade Matters,» a national report released last month by the Annie E. Casey Foundation.

For example, students who entered in 6th grade score 0.23 standard deviations lower in math and 0.14 standard deviations lower in reading by the end of 8th grade than would have been expected had they attended a K - 8 school.

States, schools and educators must help each student learn to read by the end of third grade as soon as possible.

And it could thwart early education initiatives aimed at getting all children ready for kindergarten and broader efforts to ensure every child masters reading by the end of third grade.

«Since we had NAPLAN, and My School, there's more pressure on teachers to say the child is going to be reading by the end of the year.

If you can only teach 40 percent of kids to read by the end of grade 3 you should lose your job.

Why reading by the end of third grade matters.

If you are a teacher, school principal, district superintendent, or school board member: You can accomplish the aspiration of reliably teaching your students to read by the end of Grade 2Read more

For many poor, language - minority, and dialect - speaking children attending low - performing schools, the odds of learning to read by the end of third grade are far too low.

Forty - one states, Washington D.C. and a group of eight districts in California have been let out of some of the No Child Left Behind law's biggest requirements — getting 100 percent of students to proficiency in math and reading by the end of this school year, paying for tutors for students at low - performing schools and allowing students to transfer to other schools.

In pitching the reading initiative during his election campaign, Walker said students who couldn't read by the end of third grade should not advance to the next grade.

Why Reading by the End of Third Grade Matters (PDF), and Early Warning Confirmed (PDF) by The Annie E. Casey Foundation point to the importance of ensuring students are reading on grade level by the end of third grade.

Extensive research over the past 30 years has established the classroom and home experiences that support independent reading by the end of third grade.

The AYP provision required states to establish benchmarks for improvement on test results each year, with the goal of all students being proficient in both math and reading by the end of 2014.

It shows that chronically absent students are less likely to read by the end of the third grade than demographically similar peers, and shows that chronic absence is concentrated among economically disadvantaged schools and a sub-set of schools.

We know that many students continue to struggle to read by the end of the third grade, and show ever - weaker comprehension as they move through elementary school and beyond.

Teaching students to read by the end of third grade is the single most important task assigned to elementary schools.»

If there is a goal to ensure that students are reading by the end of 3rd grade, it might be good to include a metric in the Big Picture that measures student on track fluency in grades 1 - 3.

I have had students enter my class not knowing any letters, but they often leave reading by the end of year with significant gains in learning English.

The Campaign focuses on an important predictor of school success and high school graduation — grade - level reading by the end of third grade.

In Liberia, 68 % of girls in Bridge PSLs (Compared with only 42 % at local comparison schools) who couldn't read a single word at the beginning of the year, could read by the end of the year.

I don't know whether her friend was able to read by the end of kindergarten or not, but both are now in high school and their grades and test scores define them as being extremely academically «successful.»

And without a waiver, all students must be working at grade level in math and reading by the end of the current school year.

Probability, I'll see well over 100,000 pages read by the end of July.

The Times Argus covers the release of the Annie E. Casey Foundation's report on the importance of early literacy: Early Warning: Why Reading by the End of Third Grade Matters.

Why Reading by the End of Third Grade Matters to focus attention on the critical importance of achieving grade - level reading proficiency for all children by the end of third grade.

Why Reading By The End Of The Third Grade Matters provides an excellent summary of research on how poverty affects children's academic growth.

Why Reading by the End of Third Grade Matters.

Not exact matches

«By the end of each day, I was exhausted mentally from hours of reading and writing.

If you were confused by the ending, you can read our breakdown here and follow along with our «Infinity War» coverage here.

By doing this, the hope is that audiences will end up at your site after reading an article you've commented on.

If they get to the end of your content feeling no better off than before they started reading / listening / watching it, you not only did a disservice to your business with your weak effort — you've done the entire Web a disservice by cluttering it up with yet more junk.

He explained that some time ago he was conducting an empirical study of street prostitutes in the city of Chicago, and, through a connection at a company he was consulting with, met a high - end call girl who had read «Freakonomics,» and who was willing to help him with his study by providing data.

Two came on great reads by the Seahawks» defense (though one throw he probably should have held onto), and the last, as mentioned, came in an end - of - game, desperation situation.

Walmart Pay, which will be available in all stores by summer, uses a camera that reads a code that appears on cash registers at the end of a transaction to enable payment.

By 8:30 a.m. (the time I usually ended up rolling out of bed), I had read several chapters of a good business book, listened to part of a podcast, spent time in prayer, done some P90X Yoga, and worked on a side - project that I'd been «too busy» to work on for years.

By the decade's end, Media Ideas forecasts, most smartphones will be equipped with reading - friendly technology, and tablets will increasingly curb the need for printers and photocopiers.

I read the other day they're going to be responsible for 68 percent of the world's carbon emissions by the end of the next ten years.

The statement dozens of Sinclair anchors read in near - unison ended by calling the media landscape «dangerous to our democracy.»

«Peace by week's end hinted by Churchill,» read another one.

By the time you read this, I'll have ended mine (Toronto Life) • Liberal, Harsh Denmark (NY Review of Books)

I've been reading an historical novel — World Without End by Ken Follett — and it's got me thinking about how Western civilization evolved from the middle ages to the age of enlightenment.

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