Sentences with phrase «several national achievement»

Supporters also point to high test scores, but the editorial claims «there is no way to accurately compare voucher [sic] students with Florida public school students» because the latter are required to take the state achievement test while the former are required to take one of several national achievement tests, such as the Stanford Achievement Test or PSAT.

Not exact matches

He has received several awards, including the 1994 Outstanding Young Alumnus Award from the University of Texas, Austin; the University of California, Berkeley, «National Public Health Hero» award; the Jan J. Kellermann Memorial Award for distinguished contribution in the field of cardiovascular disease prevention from the International Academy of Cardiology; a Presidential Citation from the American Psychological Association; the inaugural «Lifetime Achievement Award» from the American College of Lifestyle Medicine; the Beckmann Medal from the German Society for Prevention and Rehabilitation of Cardiovascular Diseases; a U.S. Surgeon General Citation; the «Pioneer in Integrative Medicine» award from California Pacific Medical Center; the Stanley Wallach Lectureship Award from the American College of Nutrition; the Golden Plate Award from the American Academy of Achievement; the Linus Pauling Award from the Institute for Functional Medicine; the Glenn Foundation Award for Research; the Bravewell Collaborative Pioneer of Integrative Medicine award; and the Sheila Kar Health Foundation Humanitarian Award from Cedars - Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles); the Plantrician Project Luminary Award.

For several years now, Brookings Institution scholar Tom Loveless has examined National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) scores and argued patiently that Common Core will have little to no effect on student achievement.

The department softened a proposal to use results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress to measure states» progress over the past several years in boosting achievement scores and closing achievement gaps between subgroups.

She is involved in several research projects, including a study examining the relationship between national culture and student achievement, creativity, and productivity, and an ongoing international comparative study of effective teachers serving disadvantaged students in the United States and China.

To compare achievement in states with each other and with other countries, we use newly available data for student mathematics and reading performance in U.S. states from the 2011 TIMSS and 2012 PISA, as well as several years of data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP).4 In particular, we use information on mathematics and reading performance of 15 - year - olds from the PISA data, information on mathematics performance in 8th grade from the TIMSS data, and information on mathematics and reading performance of students in 4th and 8th grade from the NAEP data.

Several factors may contribute to differential opportunities to learn mathematics and, ultimately, discrepancies between students» mathematics achievement in the United States and their international counterparts (Mullis, Martin, Foy, & Arora, 2012), as well as between subpopulations within the United States (National Center for Education Statistics [NCES], 2013).

Small schools, the National School Climate Center says, tend to exhibit several characteristics that enhance a school climate, such as greater parent participation, better student engagement in school, warmer relationships between adults and students, more opportunity for school involvement, and better school achievement.

Department of Education researchers have been publishing studies for several years that use data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)-- often called «The Nation's Report Card» — to compare state standards and to analyze the impact of NCLB on student achievement.

Teacher evaluation had already become a national focal point due to the release of several studies asserting that the classroom teacher is the most important school - based factor in improving student achievement.

He pointed to the positive changes happening in public schools across the country — including several teacher - led reforms implemented in California schools that are helping at - risk students and closing achievement gaps, which drew national attention yesterday.

Staff from our National Program spent several days in Miami discussing the challenges of improving student achievement nationwide with our colleagues at other foundations and with some of our grantees.

In advance of today's «Expanding Education Opportunity through School Choice» hearing, the National School Boards Association (NSBA) sent a letter to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and the Workforce, to inform the conversation about the efficacy of school choice on student achievement and school performance and highlight several options that are currently offered by public school districts: from local magnet schools and charter schools authorized by local school boards to public specialty schools, such as military academies and those offering specialized curricula for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).

Acconci's achievements have been recognized with several awards, including several fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts (1976, 1980, 1983, and 1993), the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (1979), and American Academy in Rome (1987).

Leipzig's honors include the National Urban League Photography Award, several annual Art Directors Awards, and two Long Island University Trustees Awards for Scholarly Achievement.

He has earned several awards including New York State Bar Association 2011 President's Pro Bono Service Award for a project assisting refugees from Iraq, selection by Crain's New York Business in 2009 as one of 40 Under 40 rising stars of the profession awarded for combined achievements in business and law, a 2009 National Law Journal Pro-Bono Award for his Iraq refugee work, and an Attorney General Special Commendation Award for his service in Iraq on behalf of the U.S. government.

Her research has been supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, the Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation, and the Canadian Foundation for Innovation, and she has received several research awards, including an award for Early Career Achievement from the International Association for Relationship Research.

Thank you for your June 1st blog post that highlighted a research paper that I co-authored with Stanford professor Greg Walton and several other researchers titled, Teaching a Lay Theory Before College Narrows Achievement Gaps at Scale, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).