Sentences with phrase «significant achievement gains»

Because of hard - edged accountability policies, low - income and minority students saw significant achievement gains in the late 1990s and early 2000s.

Researchers found significant achievement gains for students in small kindergarten classes and additional gains in 1st grade, especially for black students.

In fact, cities and states with strong school choice programs have seen significant achievement gains in their public schools as increased student options encourages them to be more competitive.

The commissioner has put him on a short leash, only granting him a one - year extension of his contract and setting aggressive performance incentives in that contract, including significant achievement gains.

A 2009 report establishes the extent to which different kinds of schools have produced significant achievement gains in Boston

That's too bad, because at least a couple of studies demonstrated significant achievement gains for schools subjected to true turnarounds — where at least half the staff were replaced.

There's little doubt that the Bay State's reform model has helped spark significant achievement gains.

They could not determine why the benefits of charters were found only in urban, disadvantaged settings, but their findings are consistent with the three other RCTs that found significant achievement gains for charter students in Boston, Chicago, and New York City.

«Their program has shown significant achievement gains for thousands of low - income students.

The EPIC Knowledge System is a powerful web - based professional development resource documenting the real - life practices of urban district and charter schools driving significant achievement gains.

In his excellent summary of evidence from around the world, Martin Carnoy concludes with regret that «the privatization movement... is gaining just when pupils are making significant achievement gains... because public education is getting better — without vouchers» (related story).

Why have the extensive investments in technology done nothing to forestall budgetary train wrecks or to produce significant achievement gains?

Analyses of high - stakes exam systems around the world have demonstrated that they lead to significant achievement gains, but these are not comparable to the moderate - stakes system in Michigan.

It's particularly mysterious since national and international exams keep telling us that American high schoolers aren't, by and large, making any significant achievement gains.

But only a modest subset of turnarounds — those led by large districts and that involved substantial additional resources — experienced any significant achievement gains.

At Anna Yates, she led the school to significant achievement gains and improvements in the educational experience of students through community partnerships, parent outreach, and smaller learning communities.

Full - day kindergarten results in significant achievement gains.

We're seeing National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) scores leveling off with no significant achievement gains or gaps closing.

Do you believe your current focus on student learning has resulted in significant achievement gains?