Sentences with phrase «rising standards of achievement»

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He tells us «It was to integrate educational, industrial and agricultural programmes to bring full employment, and to make possible the achievement of economic independence and a big rise in our standard of living.

After years of stagnation in the late 1980s and early 1990s, achievement began to rise again in the late «90s — particularly in the earlier grades and most notably in math — as states set new academic standards, started testing their students regularly, and installed their own versions of «consequential accountability» systems.

If all schools could be persuaded to switch to one of the top quartile textbooks, student achievement would rise overall by roughly.127 student - level standard deviations.

All but one of the eight elementary turnaround schools show substantial gains in closing the achievement gap, with the percentage of students meeting or exceeding standards on the state test rising 8 - 28 percent, compared to the school's pre-turnaround status.

Higher standards boost the achievement of the kids who rise to the challenge, and helps those students longer - term, but it also encourages some of the other students to drop out.

[3] That means that if all schools could be persuaded to switch to one of the top quartile textbooks, student achievement would rise overall by roughly.127 student - level standard deviations or an average of 3.6 percentile points.

No one knows for sure why math achievement has risen so rapidly, but it's likely some combination of standards - based reforms, rising education expenditures, and falling class sizes.

Now, after a few years of implementing higher standards and aligned assessments, student achievement is rising.

[iii] That means that if all schools could be persuaded to switch to one of the top quartile textbooks, student achievement would rise overall by roughly.127 student - level standard deviations or an average of 3.6 percentile points.

To bring these standards to life for aspiring teachers, Educators Rising will release a set of micro-credentials (i.e. portfolio - based assessments of specific competencies where students can earn achievement badges) in October 2016.

«There is an urgent need for E-Act to take action to tackle underperformance in a relatively large number of academies in the trust and to ensure that pupils» achievement rises to a good standard.»

In 2011, we launched our Opportunity Culture initiative to help the U.S. close achievement gaps and meet rising global standards by extending the reach of excellent teachers to more students.

There is abundant evidence that when we raise the standards in classrooms, achievement rises for all levels of students, not just the brightest.

In addition to providing teachers with a resource to help boost the achievement of their LEP students, this guide addresses issues that are particularly relevant to the needs of migrant secondary students: • Focusing on credit accrual • Meeting graduation requirements in an era of rising standards • Promoting continuing education options • Suggesting ways of using technology to enhance continuity of instruction

Some limited restorative progress was made during the last session in the adoption of an A-F performance grading system for schools and districts tied to student achievement, but, true to form, most educators, administrators, and school boards have risen in opposition to this grading system and are working to overturn it or at least further water down its underlying standards and rigor.

Perhaps it should not surprise us that standard educational achievement scores have dropped as the incidence of two - income families has risen.