Sentences with phrase «student poverty levels»

Researchers looked at how many students are eligible for free or reduced - price lunches to measure student poverty levels.

The algorithms do aim to account for variables such as student poverty levels.

And since we know that proficiency rates are highly correlated with student poverty levels — and only weakly correlated with value added — all we've done is equate high poverty with low performance.

The Baltimore school board on Tuesday approved broad changes to the way city schools are funded, allowing money to be allotted based largely on student poverty levels rather than standardized test scores.

At MC2 STEM High School in Ohio, every student qualifies for a free and reduced lunch — a traditional measure of student poverty level.

Growth scores tend to correlate less with student poverty levels than the overall scores.

Although there was limited good news in the most recent NAEP data, long - standing and unacceptably large differences in reading performance related to student poverty levels were also documented.

However, the connections manifested at lower levels than other critical factors influencing teachers» decisions to remain in a school, including the percentage of teachers on emergency credentials, student poverty levels, school size, and school designation levels for student achievement.

Walker also called for new school report cards to include letter grades for schools and a weighting system that takes into account a school's student poverty level, students» disabilities, and number of years a student has attended that school.