Sentences with phrase «students in affluent communities»

So the actual achievement gap will widen between the students in the affluent communities and the students in the cities with their increased test prep due to the low 2015 SBAC scores.

Their findings show that close contacts among parents primarily benefit students in affluent communities.

Not exact matches

(Wellesley, Massachusetts) A Wellesley Middle School field trip to a local mosque has sparked controversy in the affluent community west of Boston after a video surfaced showing some of the students praying inside the hall.

A Stanford study from 2014 suggested that the same was true for students in California's affluent communities.

While families in affluent parts of the state rail against assessing student learning, children in high need communities suffer.

Since a significant share of school funding is local, and communities with lots of students from affluent backgrounds tend to be affluent communities that pay more in taxes, «good schools» also tend to be better funded.

But in more affluent parts of the city there was some evidence of meaningful progress, both in terms of student learning and in community buy - in.

Many of the students at the public grade 8 to 12 school in affluent Old Westbury, New York, wrack up honors and Advanced Placement courses, while participating in school clubs and community service.

It's time we set the record straight: Charter schools are doing important work to raise the level of performance for children who need it the most and to close the achievement gap between our inner - city students and those in our more affluent communities.

«The release of PARCC scores confirms what we have known about New Jersey's charter schools: they are closing the achievement gap for economically disadvantaged students and in some cases, outperforming the state's more affluent communities,» said Nicole D. Cole, Esq., President and CEO of the New Jersey Charter Schools Association.

Of further concern is the fact that low - income students and students of color usually report a lower level of community in school than do affluent or white students.

But teachers in affluent or middle - class communities are primarily dealing with students» academic needs.

A recent study of urban, suburban, and rural schools in four states found that smaller schools helped close the achievement gap — as measured by test scores — between students from poor communities and students from more affluent ones.

«Teachers in these Title I schools challenge their students every day to meet the same expectations we have for students in more affluent communities,» Superintendent of Public Instruction Patricia I. Wright said.

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Since poverty and race are closely tied in the United States, African - American and Latino students are at a significant disadvantage to the White students who tend to live in more affluent communities.