Sentences with phrase «student run performance»

Doing cheer and then soon later taking part in SING (a student run performance) really let me become more confident.

Not exact matches

The Academy also noted that its students» performance on state tests in math and English Language Arts runs above both the state average and that of the Hempstead public schools.

The school is eligible to receive millions of dollars in federal money to improve its performance, but Dr. Tisch said its problems ran so deep — students read far below grade level, and there was little instruction taking place — that money alone might not be enough to solve them.

She said her run against Cuomo would be built on a critique of his use of high - dollar campaign donations and his support for linking teacher performance evaluations to student test scores.

One Comment about Obama's speech today on testing students and rewarding teachers for the performance of the students: The Chicago Tribune recently ran an article stating that the Chicago and Illinois schools were RECLASSIFYING JUNIORS AS SOPHOMORES SO THEY WOULD NOT HAVE TO TAKE THE TESTS.

These will probably be run by staff members who have visited or discussed many different assessment centres with employers, so you should have a chance to work through typical exercises and (most valuable in my opinion) observe other students while getting feedback on your performance.

September 21, 2017 • South Carolina researchers have drawn a connection between low - income students» poor performance on math tests and the time of month when their families run low on food stamps.

Socratic seminars can move quickly — to ensure that your grading keeps pace, create a list of codes for successful interactions and use the codes to keep a running tally of student performance as they talk.

It turned out that praising students» intelligence, even after truly admirable performance, made them feel good in the short run, but it had many, many negative effects.

Their discovery of a money - performance relationship is attributed to analyzing the effects of spending that emanates from court decisions (exogenous variation in spending), tracing the effect of this spending to long run outcomes (completed schooling and wages), and focusing on the right subgroup (disadvantaged students).

They found that «an increase in the share of independent - school students improves average performance at the end of compulsory school as well as long - run educational outcomes.»

The Wadumbah Dance Group gave two performances on the day and Indigenous students ran a special assembly, which featured a whole school rendition of Wanjoo by Gina Williams.

Play spaces will typically involve combinations of: • Large areas of hard surfaces (for a range of ball games, rebound walls, etc.); • Smaller hard surfaced areas for hop - scotch, elastics and other small group games; • Large grassed area for running, ball games, athletics and other activities; • Play equipment for different aged students, catering for potentially large groups of students at any one time and providing a range of types of activities; • Small spaces with seating for individuals and small groups; • Smaller grassed areas for a variety of activities requiring intimate spaces; • Sand play areas, dirt, water and planting for creative activities; • Areas suitable for marbles, small cars and toys, digging, and play with loose materials and surfaces; • Areas for dramatic / role play which might include decks, cubbies and planting; • Shade and shelter, drinking water and other utilities; • Shrubs and trees for hiding, shelter, imaginative games; • Tables and seats for a range of group activities; • Gathering spaces for assemblies, performances and community activities; and, • Quiet spaces as well as busy spaces.

This system would empower and motivate educators to make better, more cost - effective decisions about how to run their schools, ultimately leading to improved student performance.

First, we made a straightforward comparison of the average test - score gains in classrooms run by TFA and non-TFA teachers, controlling for a variety of factors known to influence academic achievement, including students» backgrounds, the students» previous performance on the TAAS, characteristics of their schools, and characteristics of their classmates.

That is, good English teachers — those with the greatest long - run effect on students — affect not only test performance in English but also behaviors such as skipping school.

«We should question the relevance of comparing so - called U.S. national student performance with average scores in other countries, when U.S. students attend schools in 51 separate education systems run by states and the District of Columbia, not the federal government,» said Carnoy.

It focuses on the relevance of comparing U.S. national student performance with average scores in other countries when U.S. students attend schools in 51 separate education systems run not by the federal government, but by states (plus the District of Columbia).

By Judy Lin CALmatters As he eyes a run for governor, former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is spotlighting the lagging academic performance of Latino and African American students and saying the state should do more to hold schools accountable.

That runs counterintuitive to the goal of enhancing teacher quality and improving student performance.

The Performance Framework must make sense for these schools and students, otherwise it is not an accurate representation of the school's performance and we run the risk of closing schools that are actually performing well when considering the student Performance Framework must make sense for these schools and students, otherwise it is not an accurate representation of the school's performance and we run the risk of closing schools that are actually performing well when considering the student performance and we run the risk of closing schools that are actually performing well when considering the student population.

For charter critics, the numbers will buttress long - standing complaints that the privately run operations push out troubled students, allowing their schools to record stronger academic performances.

Students in 21 states got a preview of the performance tasks during the Smarter Balanced field test, a practice run for the new tests held last spring.

DPI officials presented sobering reports to the N.C. State Board of Education this month that detailed high withdrawal rates at North Carolina's two virtual charters, both of which are run by for - profit companies dogged by allegations of lagging student performance in other states.

Taylor International, which was not going to be renewed due to terrible performance, ran out of money and abandoned its students during the last month of school.

In California, Fuller said virtual charters like those run by K12 Inc. began with a «virtuous» premise — offering additional paths to graduation for students who, for various reasons, struggle in brick - and - mortar schools — but public perception of the programs soured due to bickering over public funds and performance.

Satisfied that the day is running smoothly, Hardy examines the data charts that she keeps posted outside her unadorned office, tracking the performance of students by teacher.

A long - running complaint has been that the process of producing annual performance reports and state performance plans was burdensome and focused too much on procedural compliance and not the most important goal — improved education for students with disabilities.

We find some evidence that the Focus designation led to small, short - run reductions in the within - school math achievement gap — but that these reductions were driven by stagnant performance of lower - achieving students alongside declines in the performance of their higher - achieving peers.

The way performance is measured now, I could run almost ANY school - with no regard whatsoever to student education - go home at 3:30 pm every day and get high marks for performance.

This mix of ideas has changed the way we think about education, but largely failed to bring serious improvements in student performance; and the debate is clearly running out of steam.

Relatively small improvements in students» educational performance can have large impacts on a nation's future economic well - being, according to The High Cost of Low Educational Performance: The Long - Run Economic Impact of Improving PISperformance can have large impacts on a nation's future economic well - being, according to The High Cost of Low Educational Performance: The Long - Run Economic Impact of Improving PISPerformance: The Long - Run Economic Impact of Improving PISA Outcomes.

Teachers experimented with the different programs and learned how to run reports, including student and class performance reports by benchmark.

Readers of this blog will recall that I've raised serious concerns about how charter schools, especially those run by Achievement First, have managed to «cream off» the best students which has helped explain their «better performance».

States should test for meaningful differentiation through a trial data run of each indicator, using past student performance data when available.

Across America, privately run charter schools receive public school funding but in most cases fall behind public schools when it comes to student performance.

In response to withering criticism and political pressure, the U.S. Department of Justice is backpedaling on its lawsuit against Louisiana's school choice program, which provides school vouchers to low - income students assigned to government - run schools receiving a D or F rating for performance.

The newspaper reported that when Taylor ran the school, performance was abysmal - with a four - year graduation rate of only 36 percent and only 29 percent of students passing the English Language Arts Regents exam.

But experts like Richard Lee Colvin, who runs the non-partisan think tank Education Sector, doubts whether vouchers improve student performance.

Katelyn's dissertation focuses on the causal effects of special education programs on short - and long - run student outcomes, including performance on state standardized exams, post-secondary schooling, and labor market earnings.

The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) is a tri-annual worldwide study run by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in member and non-member nations of scholastic performance by students in mathematics, science, and reading.

The foundation finances the Education Innovation Laboratory, run by Harvard economist Roland Fryer, which carries out large - scale experiments in schools districts, focused on teacher pay for performance and rewarding students for good test scores and grades.

So it's particularly interesting to see that when teachers are actually allowed to run schools — around 70 facilities in 15 states, most of them charters and many with challenging demographics — those schools show quick improvement in student performance.

A data study run by MeasureOne Private Student Loan Consortium details promising feedback on private student loan performance of graduates and families throughout the United Student Loan Consortium details promising feedback on private student loan performance of graduates and families throughout the United student loan performance of graduates and families throughout the United States.

The student - run exhibition program, «Produce,» organizes exhibitions, performances and lectures both on - campus and at other locations.

The next evening in Düsseldorf, I found myself at Good Forever, a performance project space run by Tobias Hohn, Moritz Krauth, and Stanton Taylor ---- Kunstakademie students and disciples of Christopher Williams and Peter Doig ---- who took up the location of Matt Moravec's previous Off Vendôme space for the summer.

Her Dance Constructions and other performance pieces such as Huddle, Hangers, Accompaniment for LMY, Rollers, Slant Board, Censor, and Platforms are being enacted in the museum and in public spaces in Salzburg by students at the SEAD (Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance) during the duration of the exhibition, which runs until September 11, 2014.

The exhibition opens with a performance by Rainham Sheds and will feature the work of its 17 artists working with the programme over the last four years as an alternative higher education programme run «by, and for its students».

Running for the duration of the exhibition, this performance showcases Barry's longstanding interest in exploring the temporal dimension of art and continues his history of artistic collaborations with Hunter College students, which began when he taught at the college in the 1960s and 1970s.

One Mile Film (5,280 feet of 35 mm film negative and print taped to the mile - long High Line walk way in New York City for 17 hours on Thursday, September 13th, 2012 with 11,500 visitors — the visitors walked, wrote, jogged, signed, drew, touched, danced, parkoured, sanded, keyed, melted popsicles, spit, scratched, stomped, left shoe prints of all kinds and put gum on the filmstrip — it was driven on by baby stroller and trash can wheels and was traced by art students — people wrote messages on the film and drew animations, etched signs, symbols and words into the film emulsion lines drawn down much of the filmstrip by visitors and Jwest with highlighters and markers — the walk way surfaces of concrete, train track steel, wood, metal gratings and fountain water impressed into the film; filmed images shot by Peter West — filmed Parkour performances by Thomas Dolan and Vertical Jimenez — running on rooftops by Deb Berman and Jwest — film taped, rolled and explained on the High Line by art students and volunteers) 2012, 58 minutes, 40 seconds 35 mm negative and film print transferred to high - definition video, no sound Commissioned and produced by Friends of the High Line and the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation