The North Carolina proposal, the most recent version of which Rep. Rob Bryan provided to the Charlotte Observer, would pull five of the state's lowest - performing elementary schools out of their local school districts — possibly beginning in the fall of 2016 — and place them in
the separate achievement school district.
Not exact matches
The Education
Achievement Authority in Michigan is charged with resuscitating the state's worst
schools within the confines of a
separate, autonomous
district.
Under the regulation,
schools and
districts would receive an overall rating of one to five stars as determined by
school performance (very low to very high) on multiple indicators — proficiency, a
separate academic indicator for science and social studies, growth (elementary and middle
school),
achievement gap closure, transition readiness, graduation rate (high
school) and opportunity and access.
Huge Spending Gaps Between
School Districts, Report Finds Vast inequities still exist in education funding across the nation, contributing to an academic
achievement gap that
separates the students at well - funded
schools from those who attend campuses with fewer resources, according to a report released Tuesday.
To determine the influence of
district superintendents on student
achievement and the characteristics of effective superintendents, McREL, a Denver - based education research organization, conducted a meta - analysis of research — a sophisticated research technique that combines data from
separate studies into a single sample of research — on the influence of
school district leaders on student performance.
Our approach also offers diagnostic value because it
separates out the influence of
school and
district course - timing policies from other factors that determine student
achievement.