Sentences with phrase «schools based on»

«We chose these new schools based on the number of English language learners there are at the school,» James - Cervantes said.

The commission recommended that new state special education funding in the 2014 - 2015 budget ($ 20 million) be distributed to both school systems and charter schools based on the level of services that students need and the cost of providing these services to students.

Student - on - student bullying may also trigger a school district's responsibilities under the U.S. Constitution, which prohibits discrimination in public schools based on many of the same characteristics protected by the civil rights laws.

The award honors public and private elementary, middle, and high schools based on their overall academic excellence or for their progress toward significantly improving student academic achievement levels.

Families can search schools based on a variety of factors such as neighborhood, grade level, before - or after - school care, language programs, and much more.

Friendship Public Charter School hereby submits this notice of intent to award a sole source contract to Uncommon Schools based on its role as the exclusive provider of Teach Like a Champion train the trainer workshop which is exclusively presented by Uncommon Schools and the materials produced and sold are created exclusively by Uncommon Schools and on the book Teach Like A Champion 2.0.

We chose the schools based on several factors, including recommendations from experts and high standardized test scores as well as attendance and graduation rates.

-- Restore the nearly $ 1 billion in state funding cuts (made in each of the last two years) over a three year timetable, getting PA back on track to supporting schools based on the level needed to meet state academic standards

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today recognized 269 schools as 2012 National Blue Ribbon Schools based on their overall academic excellence, or for making progress in improving student academic achievement levels.

In Louisiana, teacher preparation programs are now judged partly on the test scores their graduates» students earn — part of a growing national movement to assess education schools based on their results.

The creation of additional dual - language magnet schools based on existing models is the best way to address some of the disparities in educational opportunities for English language learners, and it is not so far fetched.

Using data from New York City, which assigns accountability grades to schools based on

The U.S. Department of Education today named 305 schools as 2011 National Blue Ribbon Schools based on their overall academic excellence or for their success in closing achievement gaps.

The state's plan to close as many as 38 schools based on the rankings is largely on hold for now as the affected districts negotiate improvement plans with the state, but the low - rated schools remain in danger of being closed next year.

Please download and review the Move Rules chart to determine whether your student needs to change schools based on where you live now.

One tab teachers can select when they log into their dashboards is a comparison of schools based on the Georgia state tests.

The report recommends completely redesigning high schools based on successful local and national models, not just adding programs or tinkering with reforms.

This law has been in affect for many years, long before the Legislature started grading schools based on test performance.

Litt said he is encouraged by some moves the board has made in choosing specific indicators, such as evaluating schools based on climate and how many students are being suspended.

The award, temporarily replacing the California Distinguished Schools Program until Common Core testing and a new accountability system take root, is given to schools based on a model program that includes standards - based activities, projects, strategies and practices that can be replicated by other local educational agencies.

The Tennessee Department of Education has released its annual list of priority and focus schools based on 2013 - 14 achievement data and the results for Metro Nashville's public schools is mixed.

LAUSD has yet to post its own version, however LA School Report has created a list of the top - ranked LAUSD high schools based on the state's «similar school rank.»

In 2010, Waconda's only middle school received a federal Blue Ribbon award, distinguishing it as one of the country's best 266 public schools based on site visits from federal officials and a self - evaluation.

But it warns of an «increase in stratification» and says «there is a risk that parents select schools based on peer groups, where schools compete to attract particular groups of people, where barriers to choice result in segregation».

Excludes state assessment results for English learners in their first year of enrollment in U.S. schools for purposes of school accountability (however, these students must still be assessed and included in assessment participation rates), and then includes their state assessment results in their second year of enrollment in U.S. schools based on the English language progress measure.

Organized by the Community Coalition, the groups presented a comprehensive, data - driven «Student Need Index» that uses environmental, social and academic factors known to impact student achievement — such as poverty and violence — to produce a district - wide ranking of schools based on need.

Lawmakers on the Assembly and Senate education committees also will vote Thursday on a joint proposal to prohibit the state Department of Public Instruction from crafting a report card for schools based on this year's scores on the state's Common Core State Standards - aligned test known as the Smarter Balanced exam, also known as the Badger Exam.

Per the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) flexibility waiver provisions, ten percent of Virginia's Title I schools (72) are identified as focus schools based on reading and mathematics achievement of students in the three proficiency gap groups.

But it also breaks new ground by using empirical data across two of the nation's fastest - growing counties to site schools based on the learning needs of changing communities and their children.

And state law, which only bars discrimination in participating schools based on race, color or national origin — the federal Title VI standard — falls short of what's necessary, opponents say.

In 2012, nine of the top 10 performers were charter schools based on the ACT scores of their students.

For example, low - and high - income parents both select schools based on school quality - but they use different measures of quality, according to a new study of school choice in the journal Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis.

They found that in middle schools, for example, low - income parents ranked schools higher if they had higher academic proficiency rates - information that was easily available on the MySchoolDC website - but high - income parents tended to rank schools based on their accountability ratings, information that tended to be harder to find.

In his election campaign, Walker proposed assigning letter grades to schools based on criteria such as graduation rates, passing rates, enrollment in advanced placement courses, test scores, and teacher and administrator evaluations.

(PDE, 2017, August 2) Currently, the SPP, available on the PA Department of Education website for public viewing, evaluates schools based on indicators of academic achievement, indicators of closing the achievement gap (all students), indicators of closing the achievement gap (historically underperforming students), indicators of academic growth, and «other academic indicators.»

But, it also breaks new ground by using empirical data across two counties to site schools based on the needs of changing communities.

In 2009, Florida began releasing rankings of education schools based on what percentage of a teacher's students passed the state standardized tests.

Similarly, parents of incoming kindergartners were also more likely to rank schools based on academic proficiency rates, while parents of high school students - who likely were more familiar with the school system - more often ranked their school choices based on the accountability ratings.

We add the number of public charter schools per square mile for elementary schools and change in share of the population that is school - age for middle and high schools based on correlation strength (see Appendix Table 8).

Nevertheless, Amanda has exercised school choice simply because she chose schools based on her child's needs, though it often required sacrifices.

RLI was a (quasi) effort to «equalize» funding across districts to deal with the unconstitutional funding of schools based on the revenue generated by local property taxes.

Connecticut's rating system, which judges and sanctions schools based on standardized tests scores, provides more reasons to exclude.

Governor Doug Ducey and Arizona's legislature came together in 2017 to put additional money in the classroom and fund schools based on student outcomes.

«Public schools are intractably segregated by race, mostly because students are assigned to schools based on where they live,» Forster notes.

«the school's results were better than three - quarters of independent schools based on last year's results.»

The system consists of four integrated components: local assessments developed by local schools based on state curriculum frameworks; a school quality review process involving periodic intensive onsite visits by teams of external reviewers; limited standardized testing in literacy and numeracy; and, annual reporting by schools to their communities.

The state identifies «focus» and «priority» schools based on test scores, including 10 «focus» schools in Madison.

Wisconsin funds its public schools based on enrollment.

Walnut Valley, with 20 percent low - income families and about 10 percent English learners, had among the state's highest Academic Performance Index scores — a system for rating schools based on test scores — before the index was suspended three years ago, with an average of more than 900.

Disrupts district need to plan and build schools based on anticipated growth.