Sentences with phrase «show academic gains»

A 2011 meta - analysis looking at over 270,000 students, for example, found that students who participated in an SEL program showed academic gains of more than 11 percentile points over those who had not participated.

During a press conference after the announcement, Buery cited studies showing academic gains for community schools in Boston and Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Still, if students start showing academic gains, California's experiment could provide a blueprint as other states struggle to close their own gaps between affluent and disadvantaged students.

In September, after Newark students showed academic gains, New Jersey education officials voted to return control of the city's public schools to the local school board, 22 years after the state Board of Education took over the tattered district.

Krueger's study of the data showed no academic gains for African - American students in the voucher plan, reported Education Week.

In its editorial, the Journal Gazette team relied on historian Diane Ravitch's opinion as its sole source of evidence, quoting, «No voucher study anywhere has ever shown academic gains; not in Milwaukee, not in D.C., not in Cleveland.»

A 2011 meta - analysis looking at over 270,000 students, for example, found that students who participated in an SEL program showed academic gains of more than 11 percentile points over those who had not participated.

Not exact matches

Its «leadership coaches,» mostly retired principals, have also been hired in the mayor's three - year - old Renewal program for struggling schools, which has shown meager academic gains.

The latest round of state standardized academic test scores showed gains both across New York State and locally.But rather than celebrate the largest bump since New York adopted new tests tied to the Common Core Learning Standards, education officials reported the increases with caution.

«Program for parents helps sustain learning gains in kids from Head Start to kindergarten: NIH - funded study shows involving parents sets the stage for later academic success.»

Academic Performance Index scores released in October showed it again second only to the San Marino Unified School District, and gaining ground.

Students who practiced the Transcendental Meditation program showed significant increases in math and English scale scores and performance level scores over a one - year period.A significant portion of the meditating students — 41 percent — showed a gain of at least one performance level in math, compared to 15 percent of the non-meditating students in the control group.Among the students with the lowest levels of academic performance, «below basic» and «far below basic,» the meditating students showed a significant improvement in overall academic achievement compared to students in the control group, which showed only a slight gain.

These charges seemed odd, given that the best studies available on the subject — from Stanford University's Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO)-- show that Michigan charter students make large academic gains relative to similar students at district schools, particularly in Detroit.

Study authors Ben Backes of American Institutes for Research (AIR) and Michael Hansen of the Brookings Institution found that students in classrooms of team teachers led by Opportunity Culture «multi-classroom leaders» showed sizeable, statistically significant academic gains.

32 Vigorous exercise can lead to academic gains; many kids drinking alcohol by sixth grade, study shows; students read about bays and keep track of miles as they run across America.»

By far the largest and most comprehensive study on this topic ever conducted, «THE ARTS AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT: WHAT THE EVIDENCE SHOWS,» confirms claims that listening to music temporarily enhances spatial skills (the controversial «Mozart Effect»), as well as claims that children who study music gain skill in spatial reasoning.

Within a single academic year, these high school tutors show, on average, two years of reading gains.

Budget includes $ 100 million for teacher - quality initiatives, half of which will be directed toward raising teacher salaries and half designed for financial rewards for teachers at low - performing schools whose students show marked academic gains.

While there is more emphasis on academics at all grade levels today and evidence that the middle school burden can be overcome (Williams and colleagues showed in a major 2010 study, called «Gaining Ground in the Middle Grades: Why Some Schools Do Better,» that an intense focus on academics can work), it is odd that Walcott would favor reforming middle schools instead of doing what the research suggests is better and easier — creating smaller, «elemiddle» (K — 8) schools — and what the trends are showing is happening all over the country — as David Hough, managing editor of the Middle Grades Research Journal, told me, «the trend is definitely away from stand - alone middle schools.»

Even after several years of significant attention, fewer than one in three had been able to reach established academic goals, and less than half showed any student performance gains.

The findings are consistent with lottery - based evidence for the full student population that shows that charter schools with these characteristics also generate academic gains for the full student population in Boston, [5] Denver, [6] and New York.

The report argues, «Children's viewing of educational television has been shown to support significant and lasting learning gains, while too much viewing of other types of programming may be associated with a lack of academic achievement.»

A 2017 study in Germany has shown academic tracking school students with «considerably higher intelligence score gains» than their non-tracking and comprehensive school compatriots.

So even as Stanford economist Caroline Hoxby reports solid gains by charter pupils in New York City, Ohio's school - rating system for academic year 2008 - 9 showed that just 16 % of Buckeye charter pupils were in schools rated «excellent» or «effective,» while 55 % of them attended schools on «academic watch» or in «academic emergency.»

Studies suggest that children taken from those schools and placed in integrated settings often show positive academic gains.

They also measure high on innovation meaning they have a diverse array of school models, and on quality meaning their charter schools are showing strong academic gains.

Nearly half surveyed had a negative impression of using test scores in teacher evaluation, but 68 percent approved of paying teachers more if their students show gains in academic achievement.

Research shows that many students lose academic gains that they made throughout the school year when the summer months hit.

The report shows the vast majority of them are making significant academic gains.

Naturally, schools with high test scores show the smallest academic gains, while schools with low test scores show the largest academic gains.

Unfortunately, though, the main premise of the equity argument has not been fulfilled — inner - city poor students attending private schools with vouchers in general show no greater gains in academic achievement than comparable students in public schools.

The last 15 years of research has shown the many benefits to teaching SEL, such as reductions in violence and truancy and gains in academic test scores.

The reason is that even if evidence showed the impact of such policies on observable outcomes, such as student test scores, we know that good teachers produce learning gains in areas that go beyond tested academic subjects.

Academic progress at Zion school shows promise of new system Third and 4th graders at Beulah Park Elementary School in Zion are gaining crucial skills as they make inferences while reading books as varied as Junie B. Jones and a biography of 19th century scientist Mary Anning.

Research also shows that the academic gains students achieve with high arts participation are greatest for struggling, low - income students at the most risk of academic failure.

Did you know a recent study validated by Marzano Research shows that when students spend just 30 minutes a week practicing in our standards - based practice and test preparation program, Study Island, they achieve significant academic gains?

Colorado students in 2014 took slight steps backward on the small academic gains made on standardized tests in recent years, part of a long - term trend of flat scores, results released Thursday show.

Both white and minority children in Connecticut's magnet schools showed stronger connections to their peers of other races than students in their home districts, and city students made greater academic gains than students in non-magnet city schools, Casey Cobb and a team of colleagues found in this research commissioned by the state of Connecticut.

With high profile turnarounds operated by charter schools that have shown record gains or modest but steady cultural and academic improvement, the argument that charters can't serve local communities is ebbing.

Internal Teach For America data show that teachers who demonstrate a high W - 1 proficiency level are significantly more likely to achieve significant academic gains with their students than teachers who demonstrate a lower W - 1 proficiency.

Summary: This article presents findings from a meta - analysis of existing SEL research showing significant gains in social emotional skills as well as academic performance.

According to the California Charter Schools Association, the latest numbers from the Academic Performance Index — the official measure of how well schools are progressing toward state goals — show that 64.4 percent of charter schools achieved gains from 2003 to 2004, compared to 61.1 percent of non-charter schools.

These findings indicate that students in classrooms implementing Great Expectations ® methodology showed greater gains in student academic achievement during the school year compared to demographically similar students not exposed to GE.

In addition, if a school does not meet ONE of the three criteria above, CCSA offers a «second look» process whereby schools may submit additional data showing that their students are making academic gains.

And from We Raise New Jersey, «With these gains in only three years, students have shown steady progress in meeting grade - level academic standards.»

Using publicly available data from the California Department of Education (CDE), the results show that charter schools are making significant gains in narrowing the achievement gap, with African American students consistently earning higher Academic Performance Index (API) scores and proficiency rates statewide in many urban districts and across subjects.

These studies provided intensive interventions with high standards and showed not only immediate academic gains but also benefits into adulthood, such as reduced need for public assistance, lower crime rates, and higher earnings.

While the report recognized a robust national demand for more charter schools from parents and local communities, it found that 17 percent of charter schools reported academic gains that were significantly better than traditional public schools, while 37 percent of charter schools showed gains that were worse than their traditional public school counterparts, with 46 percent of charter schools demonstrating no significant difference.

Research shows that supporting students» social and emotional development can produce an 11 percentile point gain on academic scores.

Thanks to NCLB and AYP, we were all about the test scores and whether learners were able to show year - on - year gains, demonstrating that their skills and abilities were improving academic year after academic year.