Sentences with phrase «select group of students»

Specifically, districts could select groups of students with similar test scores and determine whether certain minority students tended to have lower placements and / or teacher ratings.

The first step in the Secondary Academy for Success (SAS) plan was a program that included a series of skill - building and planning workshops for a self - selected group of students who were interested in changing their school.

Of course, Pelham is a small district that is home to Amherst College, among other institutions of higher learning, and serves a rather select group of students.

For over four decades, beginning with a science assessment in 1969, the LTT NAEP has tested randomly - selected groups of students age 9, 13, and 17 in several school subjects.

Since a lottery was being conducted, it would be possible to compare outcomes for two randomly selected groups of students: those who won the lottery and were offered a scholarship compared to those who applied for a scholarship but did not win the lottery.

To this end, we instituted our Lunch with the Principal program as a way for the principal to reward a selected group of students with a special meal which showcases some of our new menu items, and we in turn, get feedback from the students.

Where further specialisation is necessary — for instance, to prepare students for postgraduate research — then it would be more appropriate to consider introducing a one - year preparatory masters course for a selected group of students than to extend the first degree course for all.

If you are interested in joining a select group of students in this innovative degree program, please see the program's admissions page for details on the application process and admission criteria.

So I think Locke is a game changer, because Locke, unlike other charter schools, didn't take a select group of students.

In conducting this analysis, we also needed to account for the fact that the students who were held back were a select group of students who could differ in important ways from the promoted students.

Neither comparison would seem to indicate that KIPP schools succeed by serving a select group of students, but skeptics contend that these kinds of overall comparisons obscure more subtle patterns of selection that emerge as students in these districts transfer out of and into different middle schools.

The Mathematica researchers draw on other studies to try to estimate the potential peer effects, but clearly the best way to resolve the issues of self selection, attrition and replacement would be for KIPP to run a substantial number of «conversion» charter schools — schools in which KIPP educates students who happen to live in a particular neighborhood, rather than a self - selected group of students.

Utilizing a school within a school model interdisciplinary learning will center around a selected grouping of students.

Yet, many of these voucher programs only apply to select groups of students, such as students with disabilities or low - income students.

A: At some high schools, the college counselors make appointments by request or only work with a select group of students on college applications.

The following chart (some of which I've published before) indicates that schools cream off a select group of students — students who end up doing statistically better on standardized test scores.

SIATech Ambassadors (SGA) are a select group of students chosen through an application process to assist prospective students in the enrollment process, represent SIATech at various outreach activities, and conduct campus tours.

While Cane has a point, some would counter that charters enjoy certain advantages that high - poverty DCPS schools don't: for example, a self - selected group of students that is more likely to be motivated, and the option of denying admission to students who arrive midyear.

A select group of students from Mount Logan Middle School in Logan enjoyed a morning afield this week as their peers sat in the classroom.

Attention to individual needs for every student or selected groups of students can be developed piece by piece.

It is important to note here that having a Gay - Straight Alliance does not necessarily speak to the general school climate, but rather to the will of a select group of students and teachers in the school to create a safe space within the school.

This exhibition brings together a select group of her students and her own work inspired by her niece, Vanessa.

Currently run by Professors Ronn Davis and Ichiro Irie, the Art Mentor Program serves as a unique learning experience for a select group of students in the Santa Monica College Art Department.

This exhibition will showcase the prints produced by a select group of students from the Nixya'awii Community School.

In doing so, he is part of a small committee that selects a group of students to be honored with the Thomas Alva Edison Undergraduate Design Award, in which the named Edison Scholars are recognized as the most outstanding Senior Design Day project and given scholarship awards.

The event recognizes academic achievement by presenting scholarships and other awards to a select group of students.

While serving as an RA at Porter College's main dormitory, I planned monthly social events for over 200 students, settled two to five student disputes per - week, and mentored a select group of students in Composition.