However, there are
significant achievement gaps by gender, Indigenous status, socioeconomic status and school location.
In addition,
significant achievement gaps by gender, Indigenous status, socioeconomic background and school location remain.
Not exact matches
In addition, Borough President Katz will recognize the nine Queens high schools that were recently designated as «Reward Schools»
by the New York State Commissioner of Education for having made the most
significant progress or have the highest
achievement in the state with no
significant gaps in student
achievement.
For instance, in an April 28, 2004, column, Winerip described a school in Florida as unfairly penalized
by NCLB, but he failed to mention that the school reported low overall test scores and had
significant achievement gaps between white and minority students.
On the other hand, we did not meet our goal to shrink
by a
significant margin the
achievement gap (as measured
by state - level standardized tests) as was our hope.
Some of our CMO schools are beginning to close the
achievement gap; their students perform better than affluent students who traditionally outperform low - income students
by a
significant margin.
The hard work and dedication of educators and school leaders at Oak Hill Elementary School in High Point, N.C. received much - deserved recognition for closing its
achievement gaps between students
by significant margins.
Steven V. Hall started his tenure as principal
by addressing the school's
significant achievement gap and
by sharing the previous year's
achievement data.
The National Council on Educational Statistics (NCES) defines
achievement gaps as the imbalance that occurs when one group of students outperforms another group
by a
significant margin.
Assertions that the sector has «fulfilled one of its core missions — equity for students —
by establishing itself as a primarily urban phenomenon with
significant chains of schools that are closing
achievement gaps» (Lake, 2013, p. 1) are countered
by claims that «charter schools, on average, don't have an academic advantage over traditional public schools, but they do have a
significant risk of leading to increased segregation» (Rotberg, 2014, para 2).
In light of recent research
by Sean Reardon and associates at Stanford's Center for Education Policy Analysis that
achievement / opportunity
gaps are due primarily to differences that occur before third grade, it is
significant that school effectiveness can move the needle at the third - grade level.
Aligning a high - quality PreK experience with its overall education reform goals has helped MCPS achieve
significant results: almost 90 percent of Kindergarteners enter first grade with essential early literacy skills; nearly 88 percent of third graders read proficiently;
achievement gaps between different racial and ethnic groups across all grade levels have declined
by double digits; 90 percent of seniors graduate from high school and about 77 percent of them enroll in college.
«While the overall trend lines are positive, these persistent and
significant gaps are a reminder of the importance of the commonwealth's efforts to improve instruction and raise
achievement in schools challenged
by poverty and other impediments to learning,» Secretary of Education Anne Holton said.
Relative to children with no ACEs, children who experienced ACEs had increased odds of having below - average academic skills including poor literacy skills, as well as attention problems, social problems, and aggression, placing them at
significant risk for poor school
achievement, which is associated with poor health.23 Our study adds to the growing literature on adverse outcomes associated with ACEs3 — 9,24 — 28
by pointing to ACEs during early childhood as a risk factor for child academic and behavioral problems that have implications for education and health trajectories, as well as
achievement gaps and health disparities.
Yet the United States and Nebraska continue to have
significant gaps in educational
achievement by race and income.
Some of the
significant achievements include: the commitments
by the Council of Australian Governments in 2007, the commitments to the Close the
Gap Indigenous Health Equality Summit Statement of Intent; the development of accountability measures in the Close the
Gap National Indigenous Health Equality Targets; and the formation of the National Indigenous Health Equality Council, among others.