Sentences with phrase «school district in the state based»

After implementing Capturing Kids» Hearts, Ash Fork School District went from underperforming to the highest performing school district in the state based on standardized testing.

Ash Fork, AZ National Showcase School 2015 - 2016 «Ash Fork School District went from underperforming to the highest performing school district in the state based on standardized testing.

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Over 1,000 schools in 308 school districts in 36 states from Alaska to Florida currently utilize the curriculum, and over 175,000 students have taken courses based on it, according to the NCBCPS Web site (www.bibleinschools.net).

Brooke ensures that the policies and practices of Maryland state and local agencies and school districts are designed to allow low - income families and individuals maximum access to nutrition programs; and that the state, counties, school districts, and community - based providers take advantage of options in federal law to maximize access and benefits.

This report provides a status report on community eligibility implementation nationally and across the states and the District of Columbia in the 2016 — 2017 school year, based on school and school district participation and enrollment in community eligibility District of Columbia in the 2016 — 2017 school year, based on school and school district participation and enrollment in community eligibility district participation and enrollment in community eligibility schools.

The Governor signed a law last year requiring all school districts to implement an evaluation system based on the statewide system approved by the State Education Department or risk losing their increase in education aidresulting in 99 percent compliance (687 out of 691 school districts implemented a system).

Per - pupil funding levels should be adequate across all programs and settings — both school districts and community based organizations — in order to support high - quality pre-k for 3 - and 4 - year - olds, and the state should establish a timeline for ensuring adequate resources while expanding access to all eligible children, particularly in high - need communities.

This written notice will include the specific basis for the determination, the date when the child will no longer be able to attend school in the district, and information about appealing the decision to the New York State Education Commissioner.

Prohibits school districts from promoting or placing a student based solely or primarily on a student's performance on state - administered ELA and math assessments in grades 3 through 8; and requires school districts to notify parents / guardians of the district's grade promotion and placement policy along with an explanation of how such policy was developed

The cap, which enjoys broad popular support, faces its biggest hurdle among those in the base of the Assembly Democrats, who say a cap would harm school districts who are already facing deep cuts due to a reduction in state aid.

A glitch Wednesday in the computer - based ELA state assessments that made it difficult to download the tests affected schools in 263 districts, including some in Western New York.

The increase in projected levies — both the county averages and the district - by - district figures — was calculated by Newsday, based on numbers provided to the state by 123 of the Island's 124 school districts.

Included among the proposed reforms is a teacher evaluation system based half on student test scores, an increase in the length of time before a teacher is eligible for tenure and allowing the state to take over failing schools and districts.

Timbs lauded Cuomo's proposal to begin consolidation, but said instead of adding another round of categorical aid, funding for pre-Kindergarten should be included in the state's school aid formula, distributed based on district - need.

The study, «Resegregation and Equity in Oklahoma City,» authored by Jennifer Jellison of the Harvard Project on School Desegregation, examined the assumptions underlying the Supreme Court's 1991 Oklahoma City - based Dowell decision, a landmark decision that for the first time sanctioned a return to segregated schooling by stating that districts may be released from a desegregation order if they had met certain conditions.

An Illinois school district is using an untested state law to try to force the federal government to pay more for educating children who live on a military base in its district.

Arne Duncan, the Obama administration's secretary of education, having previously served as schools superintendent in Chicago, one of the nation's most troubled school districts, gave back - to - back speeches early in his tenure decrying the state of the field: «By almost any standard, many if not most of the nation's 1,450 schools, colleges, and departments of education are doing a mediocre job of preparing teachers for the realities of the 21st - century classroom,» and «America's university - based teacher preparation programs need revolutionary change, not evolutionary thinking.»

A new effort, Project for Policy Innovation in Education (PPIE), based at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, is bringing together university - based researchers with district and state educational leaders to pursue policy research that will have a real impact in their communities.

In California, for example, which has the most charter schools of any state, the law stipulates that «admission to a charter school shall not be determined according to the place of residence of the pupil...» In Texas, another important charter state, the law prohibits «discrimination in admission policy on the basis of... the district the child would otherwise attend....&raquIn California, for example, which has the most charter schools of any state, the law stipulates that «admission to a charter school shall not be determined according to the place of residence of the pupil...» In Texas, another important charter state, the law prohibits «discrimination in admission policy on the basis of... the district the child would otherwise attend....&raquIn Texas, another important charter state, the law prohibits «discrimination in admission policy on the basis of... the district the child would otherwise attend....&raquin admission policy on the basis of... the district the child would otherwise attend....»

As Table 1 illustrates, insofar as state and local revenues are generated on a per - student basis, the school district will receive roughly $ 2.1 million in additional revenues for the new students.

«The U.S. market for tech tends to be handled on a school - to - school or district - to - district basis, where in other countries the purchasing decisions are made on the state or federal level.

Based on responses from more than 1,200 elementary, middle, and high schools in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, the survey numbers are estimates for all 79,000 public schools in the United States, extrapolated from the survey sstates and the District of Columbia, the survey numbers are estimates for all 79,000 public schools in the United States, extrapolated from the survey sStates, extrapolated from the survey sample.

The language in the budget proposal says it would be an increase of $ 1 billion in Title I to encourage states and districts to adopt student - based funding systems where money, including state, local and federal funds, follows the child to the school that they attend within the public sector.

In my own address to the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education this year, I reported that K - 12 online education options continue to expand, with students participating in site - based online labs, hybrid courses, and part - and full - time virtual options that are offered by a variety of providers including charter schools, districts, state supplemental programs, corporations, and collegeIn my own address to the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education this year, I reported that K - 12 online education options continue to expand, with students participating in site - based online labs, hybrid courses, and part - and full - time virtual options that are offered by a variety of providers including charter schools, districts, state supplemental programs, corporations, and collegein site - based online labs, hybrid courses, and part - and full - time virtual options that are offered by a variety of providers including charter schools, districts, state supplemental programs, corporations, and colleges.

Now another district in the state is also facing possible loss of accreditation from the Atlanta - based Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.

Amid continuing legal and political battles over the eight charter schools without walls now operating in the Keystone State, the legislature shifted the power to grant charters for such Internet - based schools from local school districts to the education department.

The law goes back four decades and says that the board of trustees of each school district shall evaluate teachers, at least in part, by their student's performance on the state's standards - based tests.

The state is investigating choosing a select group of successful schools and basing the foundation level on actual expenditures in those districts.

By 1996 the virtual fire was beginning to blaze: an experimental WebSchool in Orange County, Florida (a precursor to the Florida Online High School), offered online courses to local students; Federal Way School District in Washington State founded the Cyber - School Academy with nearly 50 students (both elementary and secondary); the Concord Virtual High School (later to be called Virtual High School) was awarded a $ 7.5 million federal Technology Innovation Challenge Grant; and the University of Nebraska — Lincoln was awarded a combination of grants to research and develop Internet - based high - school courses (later marketed by a for - profit enterprise called ClassSchool), offered online courses to local students; Federal Way School District in Washington State founded the Cyber - School Academy with nearly 50 students (both elementary and secondary); the Concord Virtual High School (later to be called Virtual High School) was awarded a $ 7.5 million federal Technology Innovation Challenge Grant; and the University of Nebraska — Lincoln was awarded a combination of grants to research and develop Internet - based high - school courses (later marketed by a for - profit enterprise called ClassSchool District in Washington State founded the Cyber - School Academy with nearly 50 students (both elementary and secondary); the Concord Virtual High School (later to be called Virtual High School) was awarded a $ 7.5 million federal Technology Innovation Challenge Grant; and the University of Nebraska — Lincoln was awarded a combination of grants to research and develop Internet - based high - school courses (later marketed by a for - profit enterprise called ClassSchool Academy with nearly 50 students (both elementary and secondary); the Concord Virtual High School (later to be called Virtual High School) was awarded a $ 7.5 million federal Technology Innovation Challenge Grant; and the University of Nebraska — Lincoln was awarded a combination of grants to research and develop Internet - based high - school courses (later marketed by a for - profit enterprise called ClassSchool (later to be called Virtual High School) was awarded a $ 7.5 million federal Technology Innovation Challenge Grant; and the University of Nebraska — Lincoln was awarded a combination of grants to research and develop Internet - based high - school courses (later marketed by a for - profit enterprise called ClassSchool) was awarded a $ 7.5 million federal Technology Innovation Challenge Grant; and the University of Nebraska — Lincoln was awarded a combination of grants to research and develop Internet - based high - school courses (later marketed by a for - profit enterprise called Classschool courses (later marketed by a for - profit enterprise called Class.com).

With the decline in enrollment has come a drop in revenues: state aid is based on the number of students attending a district's schools.

To create such programs, states and districts must identify the most important elements of student performance (usually academic achievement), measure them (usually with state tests), calculate change in performance on a school - by - school basis, and provide rewards to schools that meet or beat performance improvement targets — all of which must be backed by system supports that enable all schools to boost results.

It is also based on the argument that the contracting firms will benefit from economies of scale that are unavailable to the average school district in the United States.

These sites all offer users the ability to compare their school with others in the same school district or state (because standard tests in each state vary, it's difficult to make such comparisons across districts in different states), and a few rank schools based on test performance or other factors.

Rewards in the form of a waiver, or incentives in the form of a state innovation grant or site - based merit pay, could be included in a public academy contract with a host school district; so must corrective action policies for academic or fiscal malfeasance.

Moving the scale of quality of the United States» teaching force toward this higher level would, he recognizes, require significant changes in school districts» employment practices, basing recruitment, compensation, and retention policies on the identification and compensation of teachers according to their effectiveness.

The report, conducted by the Center on Education Policy, a Washington - based research organization that tracks implementation of the federal law, found that schools and districts are better aligning instruction and state standards, that test scores are rising, and that the number of schools labeled «in need of improvement» is holding steady.

These subgroup ratings weigh heavily in the overall performance rating for a school or district because the rating given by the state is based on the lowest performance on any single criterion (TAAS, dropout rate, attendance rate) for any subpopulation.

The Texas Board of Education's decision to allow school districts to buy a videodisk - based science curriculum with state textbook funds will encourage traditional publishers to step up their efforts in the electronic media, experts said last week, but it is unlikely to signal the end of printed textbooks in the schools.

Increasingly, states and school districts use measures based on growth in individual students» test scores to evaluate which schools are performing well and how effectively educators are teaching.

But the panel urged the Congress to continue the state - level assessment in 1994 on a trial basis only, and recommended against lifting the prohibition barring school districts and schools from reporting NAEP scores.

As a parent, it's critical that you know about alternative types of classroom - based assessments, in addition to traditional tests and the standardized tests mandated by your school district or state department of education.

Critics» use of different data bases — a few innovative school districts, a few states, the entire nation — has also resulted in conflicting conclusions.

And second, though charters» current locations are partly based on student need, they also reflect political compromises: In many states, suburban Republican lawmakers have been happy to support charters so long as they don't threaten the traditional public schools in their own leafy districtIn many states, suburban Republican lawmakers have been happy to support charters so long as they don't threaten the traditional public schools in their own leafy districtin their own leafy districts.

Previously, charter and district schools in Florida each received the same per - student allocation in base operating funds from the state's school - finance program, which combines both state and local money.

Thomas Payzant: Focusing on the Big Picture at Dallas ISD Dallas News, February 7, 2012 «Standards - based reform has been a game - changer in states and school districts since the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act in 1993 - 94, which required states to develop standards in language arts and math and to develop annual student assessments aligned with those standards,» writes Professor Thomas Payzant.

Working for the past 20 years to define the characteristics and fundamental elements of an evidence - based high - quality induction program that accelerates the development of both teachers and their students, New Teacher Center (NTC) established the Teacher Induction Program Standards (TIPS) in an effort to create an industry standard that can be adopted by school districts, educational institutions, state agencies, and policymakers as the benchmark for success.

While there has been a gradual increase in the number of school - based health clinics, which provide preventive and remedial care and even crisis interventions, clinics serve only a small minority of students, and few states and districts have policies in place to help them scale up and become sustainable.

Where the public school or school district a homeless child was attending on a tuition - free basis or was entitled to attend when circumstances arose which caused the child to become homeless is located outside the State, the homeless child shall be deemed a resident of the school district in which the child is temporarily located and shall be entitled to attend the schools of such district without payment of tuition.

School district of origin means the school district within the State of New York in which the homeless child was attending a public school on a tuition - free basis or was entitled to attend when circumstances arose which caused such child to become homeless, which is different from the school district of current locSchool district of origin means the school district within the State of New York in which the homeless child was attending a public school on a tuition - free basis or was entitled to attend when circumstances arose which caused such child to become homeless, which is different from the school district of current locschool district within the State of New York in which the homeless child was attending a public school on a tuition - free basis or was entitled to attend when circumstances arose which caused such child to become homeless, which is different from the school district of current locschool on a tuition - free basis or was entitled to attend when circumstances arose which caused such child to become homeless, which is different from the school district of current locschool district of current location.

For instance, universities and research contractors should be asked to submit proposals for helping state agencies and school districts not just in evaluating a specific program but in building the capacity of school agencies for piloting and evaluating initiatives on an ongoing basis.