Sentences with phrase «showed significant academic gains»

U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos pointed out in a statement Tuesday that Florida was the only state that showed significant academic gains.

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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.

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.

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 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.»

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

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?

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.

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.

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.

Compared to control groups, not only do students who participate in SEL programs demonstrate significant gains in their social and emotional skills; they show higher levels of prosocial behavior, more favorable attitudes toward school and others, and better academic achievement.