Sentences with phrase «size reduction»

The amendment also includes requirements for public reporting on how the funds for smaller class sizes are being spent, and how much progress is being made on class size reduction in the district.

Moreover, student achievement was even more strongly linked to class size reduction in the upper grades than the lower grades.

Class size reduction programs are popular with the public, and in the last 10 years, 40 states have implemented such programs.

Given this estimate, it would be hard to dismiss class size reduction as an ineffective and inefficient policy.

It concluded that «class size reduction policies are not the best option in terms of value for money to raising pupil attainment, compared to others such as increasing teacher effectiveness».

He says he'll create a targeted size reduction plan for early grades and work to free up classroom space currently used for pre-K.

It would also redirect federal dollars currently used to finance class size reduction efforts to providing districts with funds to implement evaluations.

We've invested in class size reduction across the board; that maybe isn't a magic bullet either.

Many studies have shown that class size reduction yields numerous benefits that outweigh the cost.

Because class - size reduction continues to be so seductive.

No estimates of the impacts of class size reduction suggest impacts anywhere near as large as those related to improving teacher quality.

Class Size Reduction Question: Reducing average class sizes by 3 students would cost roughly the same amount as increasing teacher salaries by $ 10,000.

One issue will be implementing class size reductions again, in the K - 3 + high poverty classrooms where this matters.

The state has spent an estimated $ 16 billion on class - size reduction thus far.

But class - size reduction alone doesn't always lead to high student performance; teachers must also acquire and practice effective teaching strategies.

Fact: There is NO threshold that has to be reached before class size reduction provides benefits.

Don't we have a moral obligation to provide equitable opportunities to all children, especially when we know that class size reduction especially benefits those who need this help most?

Size reduction occurs by breeding the smallest dog in a litter to another small dog of another litter, and so on and so forth.

But for some, the 5 mm size reduction may be perfect.

This program pays for professional development for educators and class - size reduction in school districts — two things research clearly demonstrates help improve student achievement.

He has authored numerous, highly cited studies on the effects of class size reduction, high stakes accountability, the assessment of teacher quality, and other education - related topics.

It necessitates implementation that «connects the utilisation of the resources for class size reduction with all curricular, administrative, and institutional efforts that shape teaching and learning» (Graue et al. 2005, 32).

The New York City union should, however, receive recognition for their imaginative new ploy — playing on populist sentiments to pay for yet further class size reduction mandates.

Implementation of Class Size Reduction Amendment in Charter Schools Section 1 of Article IX of the Florida Constitution was amended in November 2002 to reduce the maximum class size in Florida's public schools.

Mix together swelling numbers of immigrant and baby boomer children, class size reduction initiatives, and a graying teacher force.

«There is still no ancestor - descendant sequence from Flores that supports body size reduction from a larger bodied H. erectus ancestor,» says Peter Brown at the University of New England in Armidale, Australia, who led the original hobbit excavations at Liang Bua.

First of all, the screen is a good bit denser on the Galaxy Alpha, and that's because of the 0.3 - inch screen size reduction from the G3 Beat.

In addition, the bill caps the use of funds for class size reduction at 10 percent because such efforts have «little to no effect on student learning.»

Fusion Cut size reduction equipment includes shredders, slicers, meat saws, grinders, deboning and trim stations, and accessories.

[vii] Certainly there is evidence that class - size reduction improves student outcomes in the early grades, [viii] though many will point out that it is an extremely expensive intervention that involves tradeoffs.

But nobody was sure whether size reduction was really due to large - scale human predation, or to changing ocean conditions.

Also supporting my hypothesis is the evidence from class - size reduction experiments in Tennessee and Wisconsin.

When relative costs were explained, the change in teacher opinion was even more pronounced than among the public, with support for class - size reduction dropping from 54 % to 38 %, and support for a salary increase jumping from 37 % to 48 %.

The slight size reduction, as well as the use of lighter materials, including 41 - percent aluminum body construction, helps cut 716 pounds from its curb weight.

• Only 35 % of the public favors class - size reduction when told its cost relative to raising teacher salaries or purchasing more books and technologies, compared to 46 % not informed of relative costs.

We found that overexpressing either GBP1 or GBP2 in the fat body partially relieved the body size reduction induced by TSC1 / TSC2 overexpression (Fig 7A and 7B).

Range size reductions increase species» extinction risks, with up to 30 to 40 % facing increased extinction probabilities beyond 2050 (Thomas et al., 2004a).

Jensen suggests that the majority of studies around the world have shown that class size reductions do not significantly improve student outcomes, and that the funds should have been redirected toward enhancing teacher quality.

Salt reduction technologies encompass particle size reduction, layering, salt replacement and salt enhancement.

But the few schools which did not have their kitchens turned into needed classroom space when class size reduction took effect in the mid 1990s, are equipped with ancient ovens which only reheat, not cook.

The Welsh Liberal Democrats have said they would establish an Infant Class Size Reduction Grant, with funding prioritised towards the largest classes.

«There is good evidence that size reductions after mass extinctions may have occurred in many groups of organisms,» says Berv.

The subsequent pharmacophore approaches used for further molecular - size reduction led to the identification of cyclic pentapeptides containing these indispensable amino acids.

We show that aneuploidy causes brain size reduction due to a decrease in the number of proliferative neural stem cells (NSCs), but not through apoptosis.

Although we found that manipulating GBP2 expression accounts for most of the alterations in body size in response to decreased TOR signaling, GBP1 also appears to play a role since knocking down both peptides induces stronger size reductions.

Wing size reduction correlates with an increase in doublesex expression level that is specific to developing male wings.