Sentences with phrase «received sig»

The department also released Awards 2011 — 2013 for School Improvement Fund (MS Excel), which provides information about which schools received SIG funds in 2010 — 11, 2011 — 12, and 2012 — 13, and which model each school used.

Using data from California schools that received SIG funds, this study found significant improvements in the test scores of schools on the «lowest - achieving» margin but not among schools on the «lack of progress» margin.

Most of the schools across the country that have received SIG funds are middle schools.

More than 1,000 schools across the country received SIG grants and researchers found mediocre results.

According to the new information, on average, two - thirds of schools that received SIG funding in the first possible year posted increases.

These rules require state educational agencies (SEA) to report a list of the local education agencies (LEA), including their NCES (National Center for Education Statistics) identification numbers, that received a SIG award under section 1003 (g) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) and the amount of the grant.

The fact that the schools are clean, bright, sane, and safe is testament to heroic effort given the relatively low level of funding (some schools received SIG grants).

In using a regression - discontinuity design (comparing schools that received the SIG treatment to slightly higher performing schools that did not receive the treatment), the authors were not able to generate a sample size that would be sensitive to positive significant effects that, in my mind, could be considered a success.

For starters, the state closely partners with individual schools receiving SIG grants.

It is noticeable that the Department did not compare SIG results to other low - income schools or schools that applied for but didn't receive SIG funding.

This study's analysis of the effect of receiving a SIG grant on student outcomes looked at fewer than 200 of those schools, all of which implemented a SIG - funded model in 2010 - 11.

The SEA must also collect and report school - level data on nine leading indicators and eight achievement indicators for any Tier I or Tier II school that receives a SIG award.

The most notable finding is that there is very little difference between the goings - on of SIG schools and similarly low - performing schools that didn't receive SIG funding.

It compared schools that fell just short of receiving a SIG grant based on their test scores with schools that received SIG grants.

Priority schools and school divisions receiving SIG funds for «Tier I» and «Tier II» schools must implement one of the following four USED intervention models in their persistently lowest achieving schools:

Under the new state rules, districts interested in receiving SIG funds must submit an application to the California Department of Education.

Washington is one of 13 states that will receive SIG funding.

When a school district applies, it must indicate that it will implement one of four school intervention models in each of its persistently lowest - achieving schools for which it receives SIG funds, based on school needs:

Prior to receiving SIG funds, educators, school administrators, and the local union were already collaborating, setting common goals and restructuring classroom instruction.

New Jersey is one of 13 states that will receive SIG funding.

The researchers compared these Turnaround Arts schools with similar turnaround schools in their states receiving SIGs, as well as those in their school districts.

Once schools receive SIG funds, they will be able to begin to spend them immediately to turn around schools this fall.

Not exact matches

Food and drink manufacturers who operate filling machines from SIG Combibloc receive the carton sleeves in shipping boxes on pallets.

The Trotter was in the first group of schools back in 2010 to receive the funding — called a School Improvement Grant (SIG)-- under the Obama administration.

We compared the performance of SIG schools to the performance of schools that applied for SIG (and were eligible) but didn't receive awards.

The federal government should have either randomized which SIG - eligible schools received funding for the SIG treatment, or the authors should have used a quasi-experimental student - based methodology that allowed for a larger sample (similar to the methodology CREDO uses).

Last month Mehta received the American Education Research Association's Emerging Scholar Award by the Educational Change SIG of AERA.

In particular, rich data on SIG schools in one of the studies shows that schools improved both by differentially retaining their most experienced teachers and by providing teachers with increased supports for instructional improvement such as opportunities to visit each other's classrooms and to receive meaningful feedback on their teaching practice from school leaders.

Similarly, SIG and non-SIG schools reported receiving generally the same types of district and state supports.

Select a locality for approved applications from local educational agencies (LEAs) receiving School Improvement Grants (SIG) beginning with federal fiscal year 2009.

«There's a lot to do in a short period of time,» said Philip Yaccick, principal of the Weston Preparatory Academy, a charter school in Detroit, which received a $ 1.8 million SIG grant.

The first was a quantitative analysis of student academic outcomes, comparing results for schools that received federal School Improvement Grant (SIG) funding to similar schools in the same districts that did not.

A signature program of the Obama administration, the SIG funds are available to any local educational agency or charter that receives Title I money and meets a needs criteria established by the California State Board of Education three years ago.

Dr. Newcomb also received the 2011 Social Justice Teaching Award from the Leadership for Social Justice SIG of the American Educational Research Association «for work that represents exemplary commitment to teaching that promotes social justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion in the field of educational administration.»

Her most recent book, Race - ing Moral Formation: African American Perspectives on Care and Justice (co-edited with John Snarey), received the 2006 Outstanding Book Award from the Moral Development and Education AERA SIG.

Less effective School Improvement Grants (SIG) schools were more likely to report that the support they received from either state or local entities emphasized grant compliance, auditing requirements, or job protection.

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today announced that five states will receive more than $ 85 million to continue efforts to turn around their persistently lowest - achieving schools through awards from the Department's School Improvement Grants (SIG) program.

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today announced that 10 states will receive more than $ 95 million to continue efforts to turn around their persistently lowest - achieving schools through awards from the Department's School Improvement Grants (SIG) program.

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today announced that six states and the District of Columbia will receive more than $ 38 million to continue efforts to turn around their persistently lowest - achieving schools through new awards from the Department's School Improvement Grants (SIG) program.

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today announced that seven states will receive over $ 43.4 million to continue efforts to turn around their persistently lowest - achieving schools through the Department's School Improvement Grants (SIG) program.

Since last school year, West Seattle has narrowed the achievement gap due in part to receiving a School Improvement Grant (SIG).

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today announced that Louisiana will receive $ 67.6 million to turn around its persistently lowest achieving schools through the School Improvement Grants (SIG) program.

Looking back, what's been learned through SIG schools receiving NEA support?

Today, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced that New Hampshire, Hawaii, and Idaho will receive approximately $ 5.2 million to continue efforts to turn around their persistently lowest achieving schools through the Department's School Improvement Grants (SIG) program.

But Superintendent Glenda Ritz says her office is still trying to work out a discrepancy with the U.S. Department of Education over how much SIG funding Indiana will receive.

After the meeting, board members Pickett and David Shane said the aim was to require Ritz to replace roughly $ 1.3 million each school received from SIG last year for any school that does not receive the grant again.

The average high school graduation rate also increased for schools that received School Improvement Grants (SIG).

The A + Denver report found most of the state's SIG schools still lagged statewide average growth on annual reading, writing and math exams despite receiving an average infusion of $ 1 million to improve.

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today announced that Washington will receive more than $ 50 million to turn around its persistently lowest achieving schools through the School Improvement Grants (SIG) program.

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today announced that Florida will receive $ 170.2 million to turn around its persistently lowest achieving schools through the School Improvement Grants (SIG) program.