Sentences with phrase «student scholastic achievement»

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Organizers of MESA, an educational enrichment program that encourages and aids minority students to pursue science - related majors, understood what many people including the bigoted farmer and my high school counselor did not — that minorities are capable of great scholastic achievement and triumph despite negative stereotypical labels.

Scholarly articles published by over 20 researchers in Monographs, titled «The Relation of Childhood Physical Activity to Brain Health, Cognition and Scholastic Achievement» indicate that while physical activity in schools has diminished in part because of a growing emphasis on student performance and academic testing, decreased physical activity is actually related to decreased academic performance.

The board — which oversees the country's largest standardized - testing programs, including the Scholastic Aptitude Tests, the Achievement Tests, and the Advanced Placement tests for high - school students — is a membership organization of more than 2,500 colleges, schools, school systems, and education associations.

The presence of teacher unions is positively correlated with higher student achievement on the Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) and the American College Test (ACT), according to a new study presented in the Harvard Educational Review (Winter 2000).

The occasion is the triennial release of global scholastic achievement rankings based on exams administered by the Program for International Student Assessment, or PISA, which tests students in 65 countries in math, science, and languages.

Berliner seemed to shield teachers from much of the responsibility for poor academic performance by students as he testified that conditions beyond the classroom — he mentioned about nine of them — account for 60 percent of what influences a student's scholastic achievement whereas in - school factors such as class size, curriculum, the quality of the principal and the teacher account for only 20 percent.

Most of the 40,000 teachers who responded to a 2009 online questionaire sponsored by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Scholastic said that state standardized tests are far less important in gauging student achievement than formative, ongoing assessments in class, class participation, and performance on class assignments.

Last year, Primary Sources: 2012, a report by Scholastic and the Gates Foundation, found that only 28 percent of educators see state - required standardized tests as an important gauge of student achievement.

In a study of students selected not on IQ but on mathematical or verbal aptitude, Dauber and Benbow (199012) compared the popularity, peer acceptance and peer interaction of extremely gifted students who had scored 700 or more on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (Mathematical) or 630 or more on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (Verbal) before age 13 (an achievement placing them at the top 1 in 10,000 among their age - peers) with those of moderately gifted students who scored at the 97th percentile on a grade - level math or verbal achievement test.

Scholastic achievement and demographic characteristics of home school students in 1998.

In Chicago, 100 percent of the teachers at Maria Saucedo Scholastic Academy voted to boycott the Illinois Standards Achievement Test, backed by the full support of the Chicago Teachers Union, which called it «an obsolete test [that] has no use to educators or administrators... and serves no purpose other than to give students another standardized test.»

There is no evidence that either pre-service (undergraduate) training or the scholastic aptitude of teachers influences their ability to increase student achievement.

This undated brochure highlights findings from Doug Achterman's dissertation, Haves, Halves, and Have - Nots: School Libraries and Student Achievement in California, and Scholastic's School Libraries Work!

If you are a high school or college student, you should understand that the skill of academic writing is crucial for your scholastic achievement.

Since 1992, a growing body of research known as the school library impact studies has consistently shown positive correlations between high - quality library programs and student achievement (Gretes, 2013; Scholastic, 2016).

By Keith Curry Lance and Debra E. Kachel Since 1992, a growing body of research known as the school library impact studies has consistently shown positive correlations between high - quality library programs and student achievement (Gretes, 2013; Scholastic, 2016).

Phi Zeta is the honor society of veterinary medicine which recognizes the scholastic achievement of junior and senior students and recent veterinary graduates.

If the letter grading system can not be averaged then no grade can be below «B,» or student must have at least a 3 in a 4, 3, 2, 1 point system or its equivalent, or student is included in a «Dean's List,» «Honor Roll» or comparable list indicating scholastic achievement.

Student is included on a «Dean's List» or «Honor Roll» or comparable list indicating scholastic achievement.

• Provided key assistance in implementing thought - provoking and enriched activities for students and focused on providing continuity and mentorship to students to bolster imagination and interest in scholastic achievement.

• Collaborate with team members providing a secure, safe and orderly environment where students can utilize their learning abilities to effectively attain scholastic achievement and success.

Bell Summer Program, Westport Academy, Baltimore • MD Jun. — Aug. 2007 Instructional Assistant Provided key assistance in implementing thought - provoking and enriched activities for students and focused on providing continuity and mentorship to students to bolster imagination and interest in scholastic achievement.

Knowledge of how to capture student interest and imagination that will propel their scholastic achievements into today's technology - driven environment.

Program at USC in K -12 Leadership in Urban School Settings and committed to developing and coordinating educational programs and sessions that instill student participation and scholastic achievement successes.

Engaging, persuasive and tenacious Educational Consultant and successful retired Principal, holding two Master's Degrees, and superior track record of achieving award winning school conversions into highly competitive scholastic and learning centers that foster student interest and greater scholastic achievements and dramatically increase graduation rates.

Assisted teacher in developing and planning compelling learning environment; creating interest centers that facilitate student's imagination and scholastic achievements and prepare required materials and student supplies.

Passionate about working in the elementary education field, familiar with all aspects of curriculum development and instructional incentives that broaden the student's imagination and develop a love for scholastic achievement and overall student interaction.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Belmont High School, City • CA 2011 — Present Title III Access to Core Instructional Coach / English Teacher, LACES Collaborate with team members providing a secure, safe and orderly environment where students can utilize their learning abilities to effectively attain scholastic achievement and success.

The program author, Michael Bernard, proposes that students» scholastic achievement and well - being (social, emotional and behavioural) are dependent upon the following Five Foundations: Confidence, Persistence, Organisation, Getting Along and Emotional Resilience.