Sentences with phrase «same educational outcomes»

The theory is that every child is capable of the same educational outcomes, regardless of problems at home.

Where several alternative programs are available that address the same educational outcome, for example, increasing the rate of high school completion, we combine program costs with effectiveness data in cost - effectiveness analyses.

Not exact matches

However, the underlying reasons for conversion are the same: more opportunity to realise better educational outcomes, independence from a local authority, greater flexibility in the organisation of the school and how it chooses to spend its funding.

Before looking at student outcomes, we first used the same method to confirm that participation in the district's standard G&T programs led to measurable differences in students» educational experiences.

Because we could follow the same children over a period of time, we could do a better job of ruling out the role of influences other than middle - school attendance on educational outcomes.

It demonstrates that effects of socio - economic status on educational outcomes can be mitigated, and this can be done on a whole - school and system - wide basis by the very people and the same schools where low performance was once the norm.

«Effects of socio - economic status on educational outcomes can be mitigated, and this can be done on a whole - school and system - wide basis by the very people and the same schools where low performance was once the norm.

There are at least three plausible hypotheses about a closure's potential impact on outcomes for these students: that they would do better, because a closure eliminates their weakest educational option; that their outcomes would be the same, because they would likely transfer to a similarly low - performing school nearby; or that their outcomes would be the same or worse, because even if they transferred to higher - performing schools, the schools may not be well - suited to meet their needs.

Comparing two teachers» expectations — one black and one white — for the same student at the same point in time eliminates the effect of other aspects of the educational environment on teacher expectations and student outcomes.

Topics to be covered include: • The # 1 reason hospitalized or homebound students often fail in traditional models • How a targeted online homebound education program can be less costly while improving educational outcomes • How K12 provides homebound students access to the same rigorous learning experience as their in - school classmates • How this model also works effectively in alternative learning environments, such as addiction centers or juvenile detention facilities

That same conventional wisdom also suggests that the type of community in which a student lives and attends school will exert a strong and pervasive influence on a variety of educational outcomes.

By contrast, researchers have devoted considerable attention to studying racial disparities in educational opportunities and outcomes — and there is compelling evidence that when students have a teacher of the same race, they tend to learn more at school (see «The Race Connection,» research, Spring 2004).

At the same time, the law provides guardrails to ensure our work is appropriately targeted toward improving educational opportunities and outcomes for all students and all schools,» Wright said in prepared remarks.

The intent of California's Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) is to give districts more flexibility with their state funding but at the same time to create a new school finance system that recognizes that students with specific demographic factors need greater support to address their academic needs and improve educational outcomes: English Learners, low income students and foster youth.

If we can't do a better job of articulating educational «outcomes» in terms that will elevate society, we'll only continue cooking the same old stew and choking on it.

Despite the painfully bad educational outcomes in many public schools in ghettos across the country, there are also cases where charter schools in the very same ghettos turn out students whose test scores are not only far higher than those in other ghetto schools, but sometimes are comparable to the test scores in schools in upscale suburban communities, where children come from intact families with highly educated parents.

Because the students who win charter school lotteries are the same, on average, as the students who don't, we can be confident that any differences in outcomes between the two groups are the result of gaining access to a charter school, and not the other factors that influence a student's educational experience.

Blaming teachers for educational outcomes is exactly the same as blaming police officers for the crime rate.

It was hypothesized in terms of discriminant validity that worse outcomes would be found in boys, younger students, those who did not comprehend the spoken language well, students whose mothers had lower educational level, those in need of special education support, and those repeating the same class.

These children do well across a range of physical, psychological and educational outcomes and, interestingly, children raised by same - sex parents actually fared better on measures of general behaviour, general health and family cohesion.