Sentences with phrase «school attainment rates»

We already know what happened to high school attainment rates.

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After finding a suitable dataset (High School graduation rates), I wanted to understand how attainment changes not just by ethnicity but also across the country.

Children who started school a year later did not perform better in teacher ratings of their academic attainment than children who had started at an age appropriate time.

An April 2013 report released by the U.K. Higher Education Academy reported lower rates of progression to Ph.D. studies for undergraduates coming from a state high school, or from a family with parents of low educational or professional attainment.

Participation in high - quality early childhood programs at ages 3 and 4 years is associated with greater school readiness and achievement, higher rates of educational attainment and socioeconomic status, and lower rates of crime.

Our key finding is that increased per - pupil spending, induced by court - ordered SFRs, increased high school graduation rates, educational attainment, earnings, and family incomes for children who attended school after these reforms were implemented in affected districts.

Parents of pupils who, for a wide range of reasons, make attainment and progress at a slower rate, including those with special educational needs, deserve to have accurate information about how their children are doing at school.»

Attainment in Scottish schools has been rated as above international averages in a review from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).

The New Schools Network (NSN) has raised doubts over the accuracy of Ofsted's judgements, after analysis found that a third of primaries given top ratings actually failed to meet the national average for Key Stage 2 attainment.

Nine schools were involved in the pilot, which resulted in a 96 percent pass rate, and increased student retention, attainment and ambitions.

General educational attainment of these students rose: four - and five - year high - school graduation rates increased by 17 percent and college enrollment rates increased by 30 percent.

A study of 300 schools which increased their EBacc entry rates between 2010 and 2013 found that pupils» average attainment in GCSE English and maths increased following the curriculum changes and that pupils at these schools were also less likely to have left education after the age of 16, than peers at other schools.

Existing research suggests that these aims are being met, with pupils at schools that substantially increased their EBacc rates showing higher average attainment in GCSE English and maths and lower probabilities of leaving education after the age of 16.

Low literacy rates» association with crime extends to factors which are most visible at school — low attainment, negative experiences, exclusion and truancy.

While GCSE grades for all pupils are higher in schools with Ofsted ratings of «Outstanding» or «Good» than in those rated «Requires improvement» or «Inadequate», the size of the Attainment 8 gap is consistent across all four types of schools.

These higher rates of educational attainment due to the Milwaukee voucher program represent improvements of 15 — 20 percent over the rates obtained by the comparison group of public - school students — nearly as large as those for the African American students in the New York City study.

Today, the school proudly bears the «Outstanding» rating, has transitioned to an Academy, and — based on its KS2 attainment — is now placed 33rd in the country.

First, we looked just at the impact of average school attainment on the economic growth rate.

And the impact on New Orleans attainment has been very significant (high school graduation rates are up twenty points).

But currently, Latino students lag behind white students in some key measures of educational attainment, such as high school graduation, enrollment in two - or four - year colleges, and college completion rates.

The report uses empirical data analysis to correct the record on the effects of unions on the teaching workforce and, in turn, on an important measure of student education attainment: high school dropout rates.

It's great news that there are 1.8 million more children in schools rated good or outstanding than there were in 2010 and the attainment gap between disadvantaged children and their peers is narrowing.

Gender gaps in educational attainment, which are not unique to the United States, are more difficult to explain using conventional economic models than gaps based on socioeconomic status or race, because males and females grow up in the same families and attend the same schools.Recent evidence provides one possible explanation for the especially large gender gap in high school graduation rates among blacks and Hispanics.

Because teacher retention and quality are not the only factors that influence student outcomes, Han also looked at the effects of unionism on an important education attainment benchmark: high school dropout rates.

However, there is much more work that can be done, and many states have the necessary data to answer important research questions about CTE (including questions about equity and access, effect of participation on high school graduation rates, college enrollment and attainment, and civic and employment outcomes).

The top performing 500 comprehensive schools in England, based on GCSE attainment, continue to be highly socially selective, taking just 9.4 % of pupils eligible for Free School Meals (FSM), just over half the rate of the average comprehensive (17.2 %)

High school graduation rates are up, but college attainment is flat.

We also looked at whether schools that offered more opportunities to participate in sports had different rates of attainment:

With regard to attainment, a 10 percentage point increase in a school's overall winning percentages associated with a 1.3 percentage point improvement in its CPI, which is an estimate of its high school graduation rate.

The advisers will be placed in communities with low college - going rates and low adult educational attainment rates as part of MCAN's efforts to increase the number of students gaining additional training or degrees after high school.

A Level 1 rating signifies «high performance, a good school choice with many positive qualities,» recognizing academic growth and attainment from UChicago Charter's diverse student body, as well as the various campuses» strong attendance and high quality student data record keeping.

The program embeds well - trained, near - peer college advisers into high schools across Michigan, particularly in communities with low college - going rates and low adult educational attainment rates.

The purpose of this program is to provide competitive grants to applicants with a record of improving student achievement and attainment in order to expand the implementation of, and investment in, innovative practices that are demonstrated to have an impact on improving student achievement or student growth, closing achievement gaps, decreasing dropout rates, increasing high school graduation rates, or increasing college enrollment and completion rates.

Academy trusts will be judged on their schools» Ofsted ratings, published performance measures on progress and attainment and their improvement over time before being allowed to expand as...

«Communities interested in addressing the barriers present in their community that are stopping residents from accessing education beyond high school can use Charting the Course to build and embed a collaborative process for improving college attainment rates,» said Brandy Johnson, Michigan College Access Network Executive Director.

The goal of AdviseMI is to increase the number of high school students who enter and complete postsecondary education by embedding well - trained, dedicated, near - peer college advisers into high schools across Michigan, particularly those with low college - going rates and low adult educational attainment rates.

Schools with lower attainment rates are already under scrutiny.

«It is deeply worrying that the Education Policy Institute (EPI) research clearly shows that outstanding Ofsted ratings are much more likely to be given to schools with disproportionately low percentages of pupils on free school meals or low prior attainment.

The chief inspector warned that almost one in three secondary schools in the region, which had a GCSE pass rate of less than 55 per cent last year, were inadequate or required improvement, and raised particular concerns about attainment of poorer pupils and those in care.

Finally, an analysis of the pathway from high school to college reveals that attending college immediately after high school, specifically four year institutions, is associated with higher rates of certificate and degree attainment.

Only about 46 percent of children aged three through six in families below the federal poverty line are enrolled in center - based early childhood programming, compared to 72 percent of children in families above the federal poverty line.1 Poor children are about 25 percent less likely to be ready for school at age five than children who are not poor.2 Once in school, these children lag behind their better - off peers in reading and math, are less likely to be enrolled in college preparatory coursework, less likely to graduate, and over 10 percent more likely to require remediation if they attend a four - year post-secondary institution.3 All of these issues compound one another to create a cycle of low opportunity: children in poverty are less likely to achieve high educational attainment, and low educational attainment leads to lower median weekly earnings and higher rates of unemployment.

At College Futures, we work to help students who are low - income and underrepresented in higher education achieve college success by increasing their rate of bachelor's degree attainment and closing the racial, ethnic, and gender gaps that begin in high school or earlier and persist through college completion.

Both younger and older cohorts of blacks and Hispanics have made relative progress in the attainment of certificates and AAs but still lag behind whites in the entry into and completion of BA programs; completion rates in BA programs also lag substantially for those from low - income families or with weak academic achievement in high school.

We calculate the diploma and GED attainment rates of six separate cohorts of Florida 9th graders who began high school between 1995/96 and 2000/01.

I implement a dose response difference - in - differences estimation strategy, which uses the changes in special education brought about by the PBMAS to estimate the effect of special education status on student performance on state standardized exams, high school graduation rates, post-secondary attainment and quality at public universities in Texas, and earnings in the Texas labor market.

The campaign, which seeks to focus on homeless students at every stage of academic development, set three goals for the country: young children experiencing homelessness will participate in quality early childhood programs at the same rate as their housed peers by 2026, high school students will reach a graduation rate of 90 percent by 2030, and post-secondary students will reach an attainment rate of 60 percent by 2034.

The campaign will encourage high - quality learning practices aimed to eliminate disparities in access to quality early childhood programs, work toward raising high school graduation rates, and create more pathways to postsecondary attainment.

The most recent data available shows that the attainment rate for pupils on free school meals in academies improved by 8.3 percentage points between 2009 and 2010.»

High school programs are held accountable to three criteria: academic achievement and high school graduation rates, technical skill attainment, and transitions to college, employment or the military.

The website includes information on pupils» attainment in exams, attendance rates and school budgets.