Sentences with phrase «school test score for»

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It is no coincidence that the school system in Finland, the darling of the international educational community for its superior test scores, is built on an experience - based model, where science and math are taught through doing, and labs take precedence over textbooks.

Girls, for example, now make up about half of the enrollment in high - school science and math classes and are scoring almost identically to their male classmates on standardized tests.

Google famously used to ask everyone for a transcript and G.P.A.'s and test scores, but we don't anymore, unless you're just a few years out of school.

In order to be eligible for the Army's Loan Repayment Program, the applicant is required to enlist in the Army with at least a high school diploma, score at least a 50 on the Armed Forces Qualification Test, hold a loan that is guaranteed under the Higher Education ACT, agree to serve in a critical military occupational specialty, have a written contract, and decline Montgomery GI Bill enrollment.

Comparing national test scores, Catholic schools in general (as with most private schools) perform better in both reading and math than public schools although the advantage is stronger in reading than in Math though the difference in Math was still statistically significant; however, this could be due to the self selecting nature of the students in Catholic schools where the parents have made the decision to value education to the extent of paying for it.

I scored in the top 4 % on my GRE, but they test for vocabulary after high school.

You may recall that the original impetus for focusing on this previously unexplored set of skills, in How Children Succeed and elsewhere, was the growing body of evidence that, when it comes to long - term academic goals like high - school graduation and college graduation, the test scores on which our current educational accountability system relies are clearly inadequate.

And a 2014 study of student performance at schools in California and New York, conducted by the American Institutes for Research, found that attending deeper - learning schools had a significant positive impact, on average, on students» content knowledge and standardized - test scores.

Children's test scores in Jordan determine not only what school they attend, but what work they will do for the rest of their lives.

- The Department of Education, which has for years pushed an agenda that places paramount importance on schools» test scores, especially in reading and math, leaving no time for the nutrition education which is such an important part of helping children learn to make sensible eating choices.

Test scores go up, truancy goes down and attendance goes up,» says Joshua Simonds, the former executive director of the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra, who devotes himself to advocating for arts in the schools as part of a well - rounded education.

Schools certainly feel the immediate costs of failing to prioritize wellness — poor test scores for students, lower standardized test scores school - wide, reduced funding resulting from absenteeism, which is why it is so important to share this report with school administrators and boards of education.

Watch your mail and school communication for information about your child's test scores.

The «No Child Left Behind» act, signed by President Bush in January, greatly expands federal oversight of public education, mandating annual testing of children in grades 3 through 8 and one grade - level in high school, insisting every classroom teacher be fully certified and setting a 12 - year timetable for closing racial and economic achievement gaps in test scores.

Florida high school students who can't pass the two state tests needed for graduation could find it harder to earn a diploma starting next year, as the state moves to change what other exams — and scores — can be used in their place.

The type of learning you're describing, with open classroom discussion, a lot of choice for students, inquiry - based learning, projects, it seems at odds with the kind of call - and - response, very teacher - directed style that you see at a lot of so - called «no excuses» charter schools that produce high test scores with disadvantaged populations.

However, even after control for confounding and selection factors associated with infant feeding practices, increasing duration of breastfeeding was associated with small but significant increases in scores on standardized tests of ability and achievement, teacher ratings of classroom performance, and greater success at high school.

Table 1 shows clear and highly significant (P <.0001) tendencies for increasing duration of breastfeeding to be associated with higher scores on measures of cognitive ability, teacher ratings of performance, standardized tests of achievement, better grades in School Certificate examinations, and lower percentages of children leaving school without qualificaSchool Certificate examinations, and lower percentages of children leaving school without qualificaschool without qualifications.

On average, children who were breastfed for ≥ 8 months 1) scored between 0.35 and 0.59 SD units higher on standardized tests of ability or achievement and teacher ratings of school performance than children who were not breastfed, and 2) were considerably less likely than nonbreastfed children to leave school without qualifications (relative risk = 0.38; 95 % CI: 0.25, 0.59).

When compared to control group counterparts in randomized trials, infants and toddlers who participated in high - quality home visiting programs were shown to have more favorable scores for cognitive development and behavior, higher IQs and language scores, higher grade point averages and math and reading achievement test scores at age 9, and higher graduation rates from high school.

For example, research has found homeschoolers generally score 15 to 30 percentile points above public school students on standardized tests and they're achieving above average scores on the ACT and SAT tests.

For all applicants, the first task is to fill out the application online and for students in grades 1 - 12 to arrange to have school reports, teacher recommendations, and test scores forwarded to our online admissions portFor all applicants, the first task is to fill out the application online and for students in grades 1 - 12 to arrange to have school reports, teacher recommendations, and test scores forwarded to our online admissions portfor students in grades 1 - 12 to arrange to have school reports, teacher recommendations, and test scores forwarded to our online admissions portal.

I also thought that his time - goals for raising test scores for the middle school students were unrealistic.

During the early school years, children spend a lot of time learning basics like reading and math — fundamental skills necessary for a productive life (not to mention good test scores!).

The free PDF from Wild Olive includes designs for test scores, grade levels, subjects and a few more generic school icons.

A New York City proposal to diversify middle schools on Manhattan's Upper West Side, by setting aside seats for children with low test scores, is facing stiff resistance from parents worried their high - achieving children might lose access to the popular public schools.

If schools had to compete for students the same way businesses compete for customers, schools would need to strive toward increasing test scores and better preparing students for the workforce.

State Legislature bans school districts from using student test scores to decide teachers» eligibility for job tenure.

UPPER EAST SIDE — Republican mayoral contender Joe Lhota wants to give teachers a pay boost for everything from improving kids» test scores to teaching in low - performing schools.

Mayoral control is commonly proposed as a solution for failing school districts like Syracuse's, which faces low graduation rates and test scores.

For all their paranoia and guilty consciences, lawmakers did manage to agree on a bill addressing the 178 public schools classified as «failing» because of their persistently bottom - of - the - barrel test scores.

No consequences for teachers or principals related to student scores on state tests in English language arts and math given in grades 3 - 8 until the start of the 2019 - 20 school year.

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo named members to a Common Core review panel and called for fewer standardized exams Monday, but gave no sign of rolling back his controversial initiative to tie test scores to school closings and teacher evaluations.

It comes amid concerns over low test scores for many of the state's students, and harsh rhetoric from Governor Cuomo, saying he wants a «death penalty» option for dealing with failing schools.

For years, this school has lagged behind other schools in New York City on state math and English language arts tests (scoring 30 % in math and 22 % in ELA respectively, in 2014).

A sticking point is how many years and for which school years the state would remove Common Core - aligned test scores from consideration in the teacher evaluations.

The ACT has scheduled a makeup exam on Jan. 14 for 53 students whose answer sheets went missing after taking the test at Roslyn High School in October, which has left them lacking scores to submit on their college applications.

The DOE wants the middle school planed for vacant sections of popular P.S. 158 to admit students who meet somewhat stringent admissions criteria, such as good attendance records or test scores, as well as students who would meet lower standards, according to a notice released by the department.

He listed among his pet causes improving stubbornly poor test scores and college readiness among public school students, bolstering support for the NYPD, cutting business regulations and ameliorating the «national disgrace» of living conditions within the New York City Housing Authority.

The Board of Regents, with Cuomo's support, recently placed a moratorium on the use of student test scores for teacher evaluations through the 2018 - 19 school year.

A proposal to diversify middle schools on the Upper West Side, by setting aside seats for children with low test scores, is facing stiff resistance from some parents.

Alhough students» scores on the Common Core - aligned state tests won't be used for teacher and principal evaluations, the growth scores will still be calculated and used for school accountability to comply with federal law, a state Education Department official said.

While unions have said they worry that teachers could be unfairly judged based on their students» test results, the scoring for students and teachers is quite different — students get an objective standardized test score, while teachers are evaluated under multipart programs that are developed by local teachers unions and school leaders.

New York City's new schools chancellor pledged to boost training for elementary math teachers, after a national test found a drop in average math scores for the city's fourth - graders.

The changes placed greater emphasis on student test scores as a component of evaluations and established financial penalties for any school districts that did not comply.

Fariña recently told Capital she believes some charter schools can have a positive effect on the public system, while knocking others (without naming specific schools) for touting high test scores, but not accepting special education or English Language Learner students.

Billy Easton, Executive Director of the Alliance for Quality Education, points out that test scores dropped much more dramatically in schools with high rates of poverty where school funding is significantly lower.

Making teacher evaluations more dependent on test scores, reforming tenure and adding charter schools in the city were all priorities of StudentsFirstNY and became significant pieces of the governor's agenda for the 2015 legislative session, which he announced in his State of the State speech on Jan. 21.

The state released its annual standardized test scores on Tuesday, bringing measured good news for the city's most struggling schools.

New York City's new schools chancellor pledged to boost training for elementary math teachers on Tuesday, after a national test found a drop in average math scores for the city's fourth - graders.