Sentences with phrase «student academic achievement levels»

The award honors public and private elementary, middle, and high schools based on their overall academic excellence or for their progress toward significantly improving student academic achievement levels.

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today recognized 269 schools as 2012 National Blue Ribbon Schools based on their overall academic excellence, or for making progress in improving student academic achievement levels.

◦ how the baseline student academic achievement levels and prior rates of academic progress will be established

Not exact matches

National studies show that students who eat school breakfast are more likely to: reach higher levels of math achievement; score higher on tests; have better concentration, memory and alertness, improved attendance, behavior, and academic performance; and maintain a healthy weight

Students who practiced the Transcendental Meditation program showed significant increases in math and English scale scores and performance level scores over a one - year period.A significant portion of the meditating students — 41 percent — showed a gain of at least one performance level in math, compared to 15 percent of the non-meditating students in the control group.Among the students with the lowest levels of academic performance, «below basic» and «far below basic,» the meditating students showed a significant improvement in overall academic achievement compared to students in the control group, which showed only a sligStudents who practiced the Transcendental Meditation program showed significant increases in math and English scale scores and performance level scores over a one - year period.A significant portion of the meditating students — 41 percent — showed a gain of at least one performance level in math, compared to 15 percent of the non-meditating students in the control group.Among the students with the lowest levels of academic performance, «below basic» and «far below basic,» the meditating students showed a significant improvement in overall academic achievement compared to students in the control group, which showed only a sligstudents — 41 percent — showed a gain of at least one performance level in math, compared to 15 percent of the non-meditating students in the control group.Among the students with the lowest levels of academic performance, «below basic» and «far below basic,» the meditating students showed a significant improvement in overall academic achievement compared to students in the control group, which showed only a sligstudents in the control group.Among the students with the lowest levels of academic performance, «below basic» and «far below basic,» the meditating students showed a significant improvement in overall academic achievement compared to students in the control group, which showed only a sligstudents with the lowest levels of academic performance, «below basic» and «far below basic,» the meditating students showed a significant improvement in overall academic achievement compared to students in the control group, which showed only a sligstudents showed a significant improvement in overall academic achievement compared to students in the control group, which showed only a sligstudents in the control group, which showed only a slight gain.

The authors also offer one recommendation to the Department of Education, which is finalizing its ESSA regulations: Going forward, Washington should allow states to rate academic achievement using a performance index that gives schools additional credit for getting students to an advanced level.

I was especially interested in the influence of a teacher's gender on students» perceptions, because engagement with an academic subject may be an important precursor to subsequent achievement levels, course selection in high school and college, and also occupational choice.

Students who have parents deployed to a war zone are more vulnerable to a range of psychological, emotional and social issues, including an increased level of stress and anxiety, health problems, behavioural disorders and academic under - achievement.

I also detect no evidence that the establishment of kindergarten programs as a result of the funding initiatives prompted an increase in academic expectations of students in the early grades, which would have adversely affected children with low levels of achievement.

Applying this model of behavior to minority and white students yields two important predictions: A positive relationship between academic achievement and peer - group acceptance (popularity) will erode and turn negative, whenever the group as a whole has lower levels of achievement.

They suggested that, rather than measuring academic achievement based on proficiency rates alone, states should either look at scale scores or some sort of an index providing partial credit for getting students to a basic level (and additional credit for getting students to an advanced one).

In 1999, Michigan increased the reward for good academic performance by offering the Michigan Merit Award, a one - year $ 2,500 scholarship for any student who scores at Level I or Level 2 on the Michigan Educational Achievement Program (MEAP) tests in reading, mathematics, science, and writing.

Advocates of accountability insist that high standards for all students are necessary to promote academic growth and spur achievement to levels heretofore unseen.

Not surprisingly, perhaps, board members who are or were educators (27 percent of the total surveyed) believe that funding is a barrier and that the focus on student achievement is misplaced; these beliefs were held «regardless of the actual level of funding in the district,» «regardless of the actual teacher salaries» in the district, and «even after controlling for the type of student population that the district serves and the actual rigor of academic standards» in the district.

What determines a student's level of academic achievement is complex.

To make this type of funding work, course choice policy should pay course providers not by the number of students they enroll, but by the number of students who complete the course with satisfactory levels of academic achievement.

A particularly distressing finding from our study is that students with lower initial levels of academic achievement fare especially poorly in middle school.

These schools are open to students at all levels of academic achievement, located in disadvantaged communities, and emphasize strong relationships between students and faculty.

«In every class in this building, you have kids of all levels of prior academic achievement,» says Principal Dan St. Louis, including kids who are «high flyers,» kids with Individualized Education Programs who are receiving special education support, students with disabilities, and English - language learners.

In terms of academic performance, KIPP students» achievement in grade 4 (before entering KIPP) is lower than the district average by 0.09 standard deviations in reading and by 0.08 standard deviations in math, or roughly one - quarter of a grade level in each subject.

Scenario 3 essentially projects the results of realizing the achievement goals of NCLB — getting all students to a basic level of academic proficiency — but by the year 2025.

«The teacher should provide assessment of students» service - learning activities to validate the level of academic achievement.

Since 2006, the number of Houston schools earning one of the state's top ratings has more than doubled to exceed 200 campuses, fewer students are repeating a grade level, and more are testing at the highest levels of academic achievement.

It also mentions the low level of academic achievement in Detroit schools, including its charters, but the level of performance does not distinguish between the difficulties that children bring to school and the success or failure of schools to improve student performance.

The Education Next research article «Stuck in the Middle,» featured in the Fall 2010 issue of Education Next, finds that the steep drop - off in middle - school students» academic achievement may be linked to the larger number of students in each grade level but can not be explained by differences in per - pupil spending or class size, which were similar in middle and K - 8 schools.

Perhaps two of the most significant findings from the list above are that students are developing higher levels of academic engagement, collaboration, motivation, and self efficacy and that deeper learning is working with students regardless of their income levels or prior school achievement.

While the push for higher levels of academic achievement and accountability continues to increase, more people have realized that a single test can not provide a comprehensive evaluation of student performance.

A thought - leader in higher education, she has spent more than two decades at prominent national educational institutions and at the highest levels of government, working to implement effective strategies to raise academic achievement and opportunity for low - income and minority students.

In October 2012, it adopted a new Academic Performance Framework that subjects each of its schools to an annual review based primarily on student achievement levels and growth and clarifies that charters may be revoked well before the 15 - year contract expires.

The timeline shall ensure that not later than 12 years after the end of the 2001 - 2002 school year, all students... will meet or exceed the State's proficient level of academic achievements on the State assessments...»

In addition to submitting the Advanced Academic Programs Level IV Referral Form, parents or guardians should also supply if available the Gifted Behaviors Rating Scale with Commentary completed by the previous year's teacher (s), report cards for at least 1 1/2 years including teacher comments (if not included in the student's academic file already received by the local FCPS school), and achievement test Academic Programs Level IV Referral Form, parents or guardians should also supply if available the Gifted Behaviors Rating Scale with Commentary completed by the previous year's teacher (s), report cards for at least 1 1/2 years including teacher comments (if not included in the student's academic file already received by the local FCPS school), and achievement test academic file already received by the local FCPS school), and achievement test results.

Open to students at all levels of academic achievement and located in historically disadvantaged communities, SSCs were intended to be viable alternatives to the neighborhood high schools that were closing.

The Education Trust (www.edtrust.org) works for the high academic achievement of all students at all levels, kindergarten through college.

Schools such as Wilbur shine under the current measure of academic success — the all - important Academic Performance Index — based on students» achievement level on standardizeacademic success — the all - important Academic Performance Index — based on students» achievement level on standardizeAcademic Performance Index — based on students» achievement level on standardized tests.

Historically, state and local policies have tended to treat all teachers as if they were equally effective in promoting student learning, 1 but a good deal of evidence amassed over the past decade documents enormous variation in teacher effectiveness.2 The effectiveness of a teacher is indeed the most important school - based factor determining students» levels of academic achievement, yet few state and district policies reflect this finding.

All states participating in Title I must implement assessments of student achievement, linked to state content and academic achievement standards, for all public school students in each of grades 3 - 8 plus at least once in grades 10 - 12, in reading and mathematics and at three grade levels (at least once in each of grades 3 - 5, 6 - 9, and 10 - 12) in science.

Findings: Louisiana — Students who applied to the Louisiana Scholarship Program in 2012 --- 13, won a school - level random lottery to receive a voucher, and attended a private school in 2012 — 13 and 2013 — 14 experienced a decrease in academic achievement compared to their peers who did not win the lottery and instead attended public schools.

The board, a nonprofit consulting organization funded by individual state membership fees and corporate gifts, aired those views in a 30 - page report citing «widespread erosion» of student achievement and academic standards throughout the region's 260 colleges and universities and suggesting that such problems at both the school and college levels threaten the stability of the New England...

And perhaps most troubling, «students with lower initial levels of academic achievement fare especially poorly in middle school.»

Studies with more detailed measures of teachers» education levels and coursework in subject areas found that, at least in math and science, academic preparation does positively influence student achievement.

Despite progress across income levels, though, achievement gaps remained intact and about 40 to 50 percent of economically advantaged U.S. students still were not proficient in basic academic skills by 2015.

The National Blue Ribbon Schools Program The National Blue Ribbon Schools Program recognizes public and private elementary, middle, and high schools where students perform at very high levels or where significant improvements are being made in students» academic achievement.

Developing a growth mindset can happen at any grade level, as Dweck's research has shown that student ideas about intelligence can be manipulated in schools by educators in order to have a positive impact on academic achievement.

We have long - term, in - depth studies that inspire students toward higher levels of academic achievement.

«Given the strong influence of poverty on student academic achievement, these changes have increased the challenge of improving student outcomes in IPS,» the report read, promising a plan to cultivate schools capable of erasing the achievement gap associated with inner city schools where high levels of poverty and greater racial diversity exist.

Every year, the Academic Decathalon examines teams of students» mastery of ten different skills and disciplines with the goal to inspire students of all achievement levels to work together to learn more than they ever thought possible.

Dr. Marzano's keynote address will discuss the state of teacher evaluation and how focusing on teacher growth as it is connected to student learning gains provides the necessary support for all teachers to raise academic achievement to a world - class level.

Founded in 1982, the National Blue Ribbon Schools Program recognizes public and private elementary, middle, and high schools where students perform at very high levels or where significant improvements are being made in students» academic achievement.

Such tests are used to evaluate student learning, skill level growth, and academic achievements at the end of an instructional period — such as the end of a project, unit, course, semester, program, or school year.

The goal is for students to become proficient in the second language while reaching a high level of academic achievement.