Sentences with phrase «solely on academic achievement»

Therefore, grades, to serve as an accurate method of communication, need to be based solely on the academic achievement of the student.

Each of these principals has demonstrated exemplary instructional leadership — however, to achieve the gains they made, each of these principals did not focus solely on academic achievement.

If we accidentally create incentives for schools and teachers to focus solely on academic achievement and ignore the rest, we could be making our children and our nation less competitive, not more so.

Not exact matches

For instance, some magnet schools» admission criteria solely focus on academic ability and achievement, while others include behavior, request for recommendations from teachers / counselors, and written essays.

Moreover, only 0.3 percent of all non-need-based scholarships for the 1989 - 90 academic year were based solely on race; 3 percent were based on minority status without regard to need, although such other criteria as academic achievement or leadership were possible considerations; and 4 percent of all awards were based on race and financial need, according to...

Although school achievement affects self - esteem and vice versa, the focus on improving student self - esteem should not be connected solely to improving academic achievement.

As documented under Section 1115 of Title I, Part A of the Every Students Succeeds Act (ESSA), a local education agency receiving Title I funds «may use funds received under this part only for programs that provide services to eligible children under subsection (b) identified as having the greatest need for special assistance... Eligible children are children identified by the school as failing, or most at risk of failing, to meet the State's challenging student academic achievement standards on the basis of multiple, educationally related, objective criteria established by the local educational agency and supplemented by the school, except that children from preschool through grade 2 shall be selected solely on the basis of such criteria as teacher judgment, interviews with parents, and developmentally appropriate measures».

The award recognizes schools that do not solely focus on academic achievement, but support the whole child.

«This... resulted in districts throughout Illinois holding high school students to different academic content and achievement standards in reading / language arts and mathematics... based solely on their zip code, and afforded inconsistent information to parents and the public about student achievement among districts in Illinois.»