Sentences with phrase «saw graduation rates»

Storey County, Lincoln County and SPCSA increased their graduation rates by more than 9 percentage points, while Carson City, Lyon, Lander and Elko Counties saw their graduation rates increase between 5 and 7 percentage points.

Historically underserved student groups in Nevada saw their graduation rates improve but there still remains considerable work to be done to prepare all Nevada students for post-secondary success.

The Class of 2016 saw Graduation Rates of 62 % in Charter Schools Compared to 90 % in Traditional Public Schools

Graduation rates for 2016 are not available yet, but in 2015 only three of the schools met their targets; three schools saw their graduation rates decline.

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Texas Charter School System Suffers Low Graduation Rates — The Class of 2016 saw Graduation Rates of 62 % in Charter Schools compared to 90 % in Traditional Public Schools

Capital Region schools, on average, saw their graduation rates increase nearly 1 percentage point to 85.4 percent last year, according to data released Friday by the State Education Department.

As examples, he points to Rocketship, a group of schools in California serving low - income students that credits their high achievement in part to a daily two - hour computer lab; Carpe Diem, a top math performer in Arizona; and Robert A. Taft Information Technology High School, a Cincinnati school that converted to a technology focus and saw its graduation rate soar from 21 percent to more than 95 percent.

You don't want to see the graduation rate go down, or test scores fall, or teen pregnancy rates climb.

They've also seen their graduation rates increase.

In 2016, district superintendents across the state raised concern that new, more rigorous end - of - course examinations were too difficult and that the state would see graduation rates fall by up to a third under the new policy.

The basic idea, again, is that over the last 40 years we've not only seen graduation rates increase substantially, we're also seeing significantly higher achievement (at least according to -LSB-...]

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The system has seen dramatic improvements in test scores and a record - high graduation rates under his tenure.

Under Mayor de Blasio, we're seeing record high graduation rates, record low drop - out rates and rising test scores.

I think you are starting to see concrete results — you're seeing increased results in the graduation rates — I would like to look at that and see how we can strengthen that and make it better.»

In an address at the studios of public broadcaster WCNY, she talked about the successes the city saw in 2014, such as its high school graduation rate finally rising above 50 percent.

Over the last decade, New York City public school students have seen real improvements in their schools, most clearly evidenced by a graduation rate that has been climbing steadily after decades of stagnation.

The city has also seen an increase in high school graduation rates, two successive rent freezes and more than 350,000 jobs in the last four years.

«We may see a slight incline in the graduation rate but I'm questioning whether or not we are ignoring the fact that we are losing so many ninth graders,» she said.

But only when data is tied to action do we see increases in student achievement and high school graduation rates, as well as more dollars and resources directed to low - performing schools.

The state's recovery district, which got under way in 2006, has seen a boost in graduation rates.

While the scale of the dropout crisis remains troubling, it is worth noting that the majority of the nation's largest cities have seen improvements in their graduation rates over this period and that some of those gains have been substantial.

Sixty - five percent of students in Montana now go to a school with a Graduation Matters initiative, and we are already seeing the results of this statewide focus on graduation — our dropout ratesGraduation Matters initiative, and we are already seeing the results of this statewide focus on graduation — our dropout ratesgraduation — our dropout rates are down.

What they saw was sobering but not surprising: Despite attempts to close achievement gaps between students of color, immigrant students, and low - income students and their more affluent white peers, wide disparities persisted in student performance on state tests, graduation rates, school attendance, and college - going rates.

Those goals include raising West Charlotte High School's graduation rate from 54 percent in 2011 to 90 percent in 2016, and she saw that the Opportunity Culture models could help by focusing on its eight feeder schools.

In its 10th year of existence, Guajardo's nonprofit development organization in Texas is run entirely by college - educated locals, and the school districts which it helps are seeing significant increases in graduation rates and college matriculation.

Though they had it in hand, they didn't need data to see the impact of, for example, low graduation rates on the health of their communities.

Of course, we've recently seen a spate of news stories reminding us how easy it can be to game graduation rates and fudge these numbers.

Just 51 percent of black students graduate from high school; the graduation rate among white students is 72 percent (see Figure 1).

Then we will see real quick who will stay the course and apply these higher standards and have lower graduation rates than the phony ones we have today.»

Richard Whitmire: Dropout and graduation rates, grades, and many test scores show boys faring poorly compared to girls (see Figure 1).

Interact with the charts below to see how graduation rates for U.S. students, and different student populations, have changed over time and how your state's graduation rate compares.

And in 2017, the school saw a 100 percent graduation rate — 17 percentage points above the national average — and a 98 percent college acceptance rate.

However, Miami - Dade is among school districts that have bucked that trend, achieving higher - than - average graduation rates among its Latino students and seeing large numbers of them scoring well on Advanced Placement tests.

The data reveal striking patterns in high school graduation rates between 1970 and 2010 (see Figure 1).

The graduation rate rose by more than 20 percentage points and, leaving aside the years when the state recalibrated its evaluation framework, student - achievement rates in the city improved annually (see Figure 1).

The Oakland Unified School District has scored another big grant from a technology company to help expand its computer science and math curriculum — a move designed to accelerate graduation rates in a district that has seen 40 percent of its students drop out of school in recent years.

Graduation rates have risen — from 52 percent in 2010 to 66 percent in 2014 — and voters saw enough other gains to approve a tax levy in November to fund the plan for four more years.

Some in Montgomery see promise in a newly appointed superintendent and more county funding this year, but there are also concerns about wide gaps in achievement, lagging graduation rates and language barriers.

We see no reason why the current group of 1,584 low - income D.C. students participating in the program won't realize the same benefit of higher high - school graduation rates that their predecessors did.

During his tenure, OUSD saw increased graduation rates, decreases in out - of - school discipline, a decade - high investment in teacher pay, and historic improvements in district operations.

For several years, data suggested that the city had seen improvements among all ethnic groups, including in graduation rates, which have risen about 14 percentage points for black and Hispanic students since 2005, and a national standardized test given every other year to a sampling of fourth and eighth graders.

Evans, Edgewater, and West Orange high schools saw jumps of more than 10 percentage points in their graduation rates between the 2011 and 2014 school years.

In Kentucky, a form of ILPs called the individual graduation plan (IGR) has been a requirement since 2002, and the state has seen a dramatic increase in completion rates since switching to a web - based platform in 2006.

California's new Accountability and Continuous Improvement System helps educators and the public to see how districts and schools are performing on test scores, graduation rates, and other measures of student success.

The Schott Foundation for Public Education, which tracks the educational progress of black males, plans to step up its efforts to see that graduation - rate gaps are closed.

We find that they did, with double - dosing increasing four - and five - year high - school graduation rates by 8.7 and 7.9 percentage points, respectively, a 17 percent improvement (see Figure 2).

There was — and will continue to be — much to argue about, including test scores, graduation rates, and class sizes (see Diane Ravitch and / or Sol Stern at «related posts» below), but there is no doubt that Klein and Bloomberg have introduced some much needed common sense, business management practices, accountability, and, yes, a laser - like focus on student achievement, to a system that had become unmanageable and unproductive.

Kirp sees the beating - the - odds story of Union City, New Jersey — a high - poverty school district that turns out high test scores and graduation rates — as a challenge to the agenda of «education reformers.»

«That we've seen another rise in the graduation rate — despite a significant increase in the expectations for high school students — indicates the hard work and professional expertise of the teachers, principals and other educators in the commonwealth's high schools are making a real difference,» Staples said in a statement.