Sentences with phrase «set reading achievement»

Years of treating reading as a discrete subject or a skill — teaching it and testing it that way — have arguably set reading achievement in reverse.

Not exact matches

Setting aside Ed's natural desire to tell a positive story of his political career, the achievements of the Blair / Brown governments, and a defensive if not protective account of Gordon Brown, this memoir is an interesting and easy read — unlike many such memoirs.

A port from X-Box 360 is always the easiest to do from what I've read, so basically they just need to make it compatible with Windows Vista 7 and 8, add some achievements, add a slider so we can crank up some of the graphics settings, and configure the controller to be rebindable and recognize gamepads and Xbox 360 / PS3 controllers when they're plugged into the PC.

High Schools That Work (HSTW) has required participating sites to administer a set of achievement tests in reading, mathematics, and science.

The GRC enables users to compare academic achievement in math and reading between 2004 and 2007 for virtually every public school district in the United States with the average achievement in a set of 25 other countries with developed economies that might be considered our economic peers and sometime competitors.

The GRC compares academic achievement in math and reading across all grades of student performance on state tests with average achievement in a set of 25 other countries with developed economies that might be considered economic peers of the U.S..

In implementing READS, districts must adopt a set of data use strategies that inform decision - making and help to improve student achievement, such as examining spring to fall achievement gains or losses and using the results of student surveys and achievement tests to select books that are well matched to students» reading skills and interests.

For example, if you have volunteers who lead reading groups, you can measure student achievement from the beginning of the school year to the next or set a goal for each student; that is, students will increase reading vocabulary by 25 percent.

The Obama administration will waive cornerstone requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act, including the 2014 deadline for all students to be proficient in math and reading / language arts, and will give states the freedom to set their own student - achievement goals and design their own interventions for failing schools.

The uncertainty surrounding the achievement effects of the DC voucher program is because we set the high standard of 95 % confidence to judge a voucher benefit as «statistically significant», and we could only be 94 % confident that the final - year reading gains from the DC program were statistically significant.

The Global Report Card data provides information on the average level of student achievement in math and reading in virtually all U.S. school districts relative to the student achievement in a set of international peers.

Family, Neighborhood, and School Settings Across Seasons: When Do Socioeconomic Context and Racial Composition Matter for the Reading Achievement Growth of Young Children?

In the case study, Lavely describes the leadership responsibilities she has accepted and her team's results: A set of classrooms fully proficient in both math and reading — including students in special education and English language learners — and 70 percent of those students ranking in the top two achievement categories on the 2011 — 12 state math exam, up from 52 percent the previous year.

Findings from this large and comprehensive evaluation show that KIPP schools lead to educationally meaningful increases in student achievement, not just in basic reading and math, but in a broader set of subjects, including science and social studies.»

The correlation appeared once more in the 2006 data set, where all 56 countries had a significant correlation between reading and science achievement, ranging from 0.603 to 0.902.

One researcher analyzed three different sets of PISA scores, representing more than 800,000 students in more than 50 countries.1 For the 2000 data set, there was a statistically significant correlation between reading and science achievement in all 43 countries examined, with correlations ranging from 0.675 to 0.916.

«NAEP sets rigorous goals for reading proficiency and provides an objective means of comparing student achievement from state to state,» said Superintendent of Public Instruction Patricia I. Wright.

complies with nonpublic school accreditation requirements as set forth in Section 22.1 - 19 of the Code of Virginia, and administered by the Virginia Council for Private Education (VCPE) or is a nonpublic school that maintains an assessment system that annually measures scholarship students» progress in reading and math using a national norm - referenced achievement test including, but not limited to, the Stanford Achievement Test, California Achievement Test, and Iowa Test of Baachievement test including, but not limited to, the Stanford Achievement Test, California Achievement Test, and Iowa Test of BaAchievement Test, California Achievement Test, and Iowa Test of BaAchievement Test, and Iowa Test of Basic Skills.

In the process, Obama and Duncan are retreating from the very commitment of federal education policy, articulated through No Child, to set clear goals for improving student achievement in reading and mathematics, to declare to urban, suburban, and rural districts that they could no longer continue to commit educational malpractice against poor and minority children, and to end policies that damn children to low expectations.

For the first time in the history of American public education, federal education policy set clear goals for improving student achievement in reading and mathematics, and finally focused attention on using data in measuring teacher quality.

No Child Left Behind, first passed in 2002, was an ambitious, bipartisan attempt to close achievement gaps between poor and minority students and their peers by setting a goal for all students to eventually become proficient in reading and math.

In this study, Lavely describes the leadership responsibilities she has accepted and her team's results: A set of classrooms fully proficient in both math and reading — including students in special education and English language learners — and 70 percent of those students ranking in the top two achievement categories on the 2011 — 12 state math exam, up from 52 percent the previous year.

Motivate first graders to enthusiastically participate in reading activities and to set goals for achievement

The LNF sets out levels of achievement that pupils are expected to reach in reading, writing and maths skills.

Again, those who were in the classroom in the 1970s either as teacher or student will remember the frustration with the lack of knowledge about which set of skills in which sequence would lead to reading achievement for all.

Reading specialists also work closely with parents to track student progress, set goals, and provide updates on student achievement.

And after years of struggling to meet academic goals set by the state, the district has seen student achievement improve in certain measures — almost all grade levels showed positive growth in reading and math on 2015 - 16 state tests.

It would seem that the group, set up by the charter school management company Achievement First, doesn't have a problem misleading reporters and legislators and it definitely wants people to read their press release and not take a look at the survey results.

As part of the Precision Pedagogy materials we have developed a sophisticated set of Achievement Statements for Reading, Writing and Mathematics which support the assessment of curriculum coverage of the National Curriculum for England's Programmes of Study for the three subjects.

Set within a grass - roots effort to implement reading program reform, this work investigates the relationship between the programmatic and classroom instructional factors of schools and students» reading and writing achievement.

While states still have to comply with NCLB's mandate of testing students in reading and math in grades 3 through 8 and once in high school, with ESSA, they would be permitted to set their own student achievement goals, identify their own academic and non-academic (i.e., school climate, teacher engagement) indicators for accountability, design their own intervention plans for their lowest performing schools, and implement their own teacher evaluation systems.

Seeking to serve students at risk of not succeeding in a traditional setting, the school fosters the knowledge, skills and habits of mind necessary to close student achievement gaps in mathematics and reading literacy and provide a community of engaged learners and participatory citizens.

(http://www.senatorphilpavlov.com/commentary-how-we-are-reinventing-states-outmoded-education-system/) What Sen. Pavlov fails to mention is that gaining a spot on the state's «achievement gap list» is no measure of any sort of educational or learning issue — its simply an indication that a school's students have not met a predetermined goal, set by the state (not teachers), with respect to standardized test scores in math or reading.

But since you actually want kids reading, this one actually lets you set achievements or reading time goals.

Among other features are Kindle FreeTime, which lets you gamify reading by setting reading goals for your kids, and gives them achievements for making them.

Kindle FreeTime lets you create profiles for kids so you can set reading goals for them; it sort of game - ifies reading by tracking accomplishments, awarding achievements, and encouraging better reading habits.

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It is a resume that can be easily read, displays skill sets that are immediately identifiable as being related to the advertised position, and highlights important accomplishments and achievements.

Preschoolers» vocabulary acquisition sets the stage for later reading ability and school achievement.