Sentences with phrase «statewide study»

² These findings are consistent with those of statewide studies in North Carolina, and Tennessee.

The seven - volume work, commissioned by the State of Texas, was the first statewide study of dropouts and was released in Austin at a gathering of educators, policymakers and community members.

This isn't going to stop Congress from reauthorizing and re-funding the program, mind you, but it's already been seized on by voucher haters and added to a spate of recent statewide studies in Louisiana, Ohio, and Indiana that found little or no gain for the voucher kids.

The new statewide study is being initially funded by a generous grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation made to the Oakland Schools Education Foundation.

After talking to scholars who study the teacher labor market, and reading several statewide studies published in the past year, I gather that teacher shortages do exist in some regional pockets and in some teaching specialties.

Similarly, the Indiana statewide study of principals» attitudes, after controlling for race and poverty, consistently showed a positive correlation between high - suspending principals and lower student achievement.»

LANSING — Top business and education experts today revealed the results from a comprehensive statewide study examining school funding in Michigan — an analysis that clearly demonstrates the need to reform Michigan's school funding system.

So, for example, statewide study in Florida by Robert baufin showed a relationship, a correlation, between kids who are suspended even just one time in ninth grade and a doubling of their risk for dropping out from 16 % to 32 %.

At 1 p.m., Sen. David Carlucci calls for a statewide study of level grade rail crossings in the wake of the deadly Metro - North crash in Valhalla, 11 Orchard St., Nanuet.

She said the county relies on a statewide study that incorporates information on Onondaga County.

Thomas Tafuri, land records chairman of the New York State Land Title Association, said that while he had no statewide study, he was certain that Nassau's closing costs will be the highest in the metropolitan region of New York City, Westchester, Suffolk and Nassau.

Joined by Sen. David Carlucci and Assemblyman Tom Abinanti, the group made one final push to the New York State Senate today to enact a bill that would require the department of transportation to conduct a statewide study of each railroad crossing.

In 2001, the California Board of Education set standards at each grade level for what students should know and be able to do in music, visual arts, theater, and dance, but a statewide study in 2006, by SRI International, found that 89 percent of K - 12 schools failed to offer a standards - based course of study in all four disciplines.

A statewide study of Connecticut elementary schools found no statistically significant impact of class sizes.

Yet statewide studies have not yet found a way of including information about these policies in their statistical analyses.

I asked this question hundreds of times as I called child care centers throughout New Jersey as part of a statewide study on the availability of center - based care for infants and toddlers

There will be a special panel on charter schools, the first time for a statewide study.

We regret that the statewide study did not incorporate achievement data from the last two years because our own research, which aligns very tightly with CREDO's findings, shows that charter schools have continued to strengthen statewide over the past two years.

Background A statewide study compared students served by Reading Recovery (n = 4,764) with a random sample (n = 1,038).

For the second time in two years, a statewide study shows that Michigan is underfunding its K - 12 public schools.

In 2002, under the leadership of Governor Mike Easley, North Carolina became the first state to implement a statewide study of teacher working conditions by surveying teachers and administrators across the state.

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. — Top Michigan business leaders and education experts have released the results of a comprehensive, statewide study that looked at school funding in our state.

Top Michigan business leaders and education experts have released the results of a comprehensive, statewide study that looked at school funding in our state.

This has included evaluations of the Los Angeles» Better Educated Students for Tomorrow (LA's BEST) program, as well as a statewide study of sites funded by the California Department of Education (CDE).

During a Jan. 8 UCS Board of Education meeting, UCS school board members unanimously passed a resolution supporting the statewide study.

A statewide study of the effects of differentiated instruction on fourth grade students» mathematics and reading achievement.

Renters insurance premiums in Glenrock are roughly 5.8 % higher for our sample renters than the average in the statewide study we conducted.

Animal Folks is conducting a statewide study of animal cruelty cases in Minnesota with volunteers from 3M Legal Affairs.

• DATABANK: Animal Folks is conducting a statewide study of animal cruelty cases in Minnesota with volunteers from 3M Legal Affairs.

Renters insurance premiums in Glenrock are roughly 5.8 % higher for our sample renters than the average in the statewide study we conducted.

Drawing on original data compiled from two statewide studies, this brief highlights the intersection of relationship violence and paternity establishment from two perspectives - those of unmarried mothers and hospital staff.

Drawing on original data compiled from two statewide studies, this brief highlights the intersection of relationship violence and paternity establishment from two perspectives — those of unmarried mothers and hospital staff.

Chaffin, Bard, Bigfoot, & Maher (2012) Child Maltreatment, 17 (3) View Abstract Reviews the implementation and outcomes of a statewide study of the SafeCare home - based model with the American Indian population in Oklahoma.