Sentences with phrase «students in other grades who»

earlyReading is designed to guide instruction in both kindergarten and first grade, but it can be used with students in other grades who are struggling with foundational reading skills.

To enhance student - level differentiation, we supplied all sixth and ninth graders with a math tutor in a two - on - one setting and provided an extra dose of reading or math instruction to students in other grades who had previously performed below grade level.

Not exact matches

In contrast, parents who value a performance orientation, focus on their student's achievement as mainly measured by grades and test scores — the need to score better than others in order to succeeIn contrast, parents who value a performance orientation, focus on their student's achievement as mainly measured by grades and test scores — the need to score better than others in order to succeein order to succeed.

Students in 4th - 6th grade who went to bed an average of 30 - 40 minutes earlier improved in memory, motor speed, attention, and other abilities associated with math and reading test scores.

The Admission Committee looks at the applicant in the context of students currently attending and the other candidates who would like to join the same grade.

Catalfo, a math whiz who passed the exam in seventh grade, found the flaw as he was reviewing the test in order to tutor other students.

First, they compare the 10th - grade test scores of students with similar 8th - grade test scores and demographics, some of whom took the algebra and English courses online with FLVS and others who took the same courses in person at their local public school.

But their strongest evidence comes from analyses that identify students who took one of those courses online and the other in person, and ask whether a given student's 10th - grade test scores were higher or lower in the subject he or she took online.

Finally, while exam - school students have considerably higher fluid cognitive skills (as would be expected of students who gain admission via test scores and grades), attending one of these locally renowned schools in the company of other bright students confers no systematic advantage.

In schools that had a chance to achieve a Recognized rating, low - scoring students who were not designated as eligible for special education in 8th grade were 2.4 percentage points more likely to be newly designated as such in 10th grade, an increase of more than 100 percent relative to the 2 percent designation rate in other schoolIn schools that had a chance to achieve a Recognized rating, low - scoring students who were not designated as eligible for special education in 8th grade were 2.4 percentage points more likely to be newly designated as such in 10th grade, an increase of more than 100 percent relative to the 2 percent designation rate in other schoolin 8th grade were 2.4 percentage points more likely to be newly designated as such in 10th grade, an increase of more than 100 percent relative to the 2 percent designation rate in other schoolin 10th grade, an increase of more than 100 percent relative to the 2 percent designation rate in other schoolin other schools.

Haney and others have concluded that this policy change artificially drove up 4th - grade test scores, because it removed from the cohort of students tested those who were retained in 3rd grade, the very students most likely to score the lowest on standardized tests.

Schools in danger of receiving a «Low - Performing» rating were likely to mitigate their risk both through an increase in the number of math courses for students who previously failed the 8th - grade exam and other increased staffing and instructional time.

On the other hand, the researchers found negative long - term impacts for low - scoring students in grade cohorts who attended a school facing the opportunity to achieve a «Recognized» rating as compared to those in schools not facing a recognition opportunity.

«Another showed that students in Cambridge who passed more fitness tests performed better both on standardized testing as well as in their grades, holding all other variables constant.»

I have seen apathetic students change to students who are excited, enthusiastic learners; students who were failing every subject become engaged in learning and making better grades; students who, in the past, avoided talking with me about their grades, come... waving their report cards in their hands to show me their improvement; students who thought of themselves as incapable begin to think of themselves as capable learners; and students who thought that dreams were for others, begin to dare to dream about the world outside their school and community and how they can contribute.

We estimate that an 8th grader who attends school with 200 other 8th - grade students will score 0.04 standard deviations lower in both math and English than he would if he attended a school with 75 other 8th graders, the average cohort size for a K — 8 school.

Erin Burleigh, who taught third and fourth grade at Picnic Point Elementary School, in Edmonds, Washington, says students came to her for guidance in dealing with other teachers as well as their peers.

What on earth is being taught in a third grade classroom where the smartest girl in the class is crying with frustration and the student who can not read is excelling and delightedly helping others?

That is, we compare students with the same demographic characteristics, the same test scores in the current year and in a previous year, the same responses to the surveys for other social - emotional measures collected by the district, and within the same school and grade, to see whether students who look the same on all of these measures but have a stronger growth mindset learn more over the course of the following year.

• A different Chetty study reports that «students who were randomly assigned to higher - quality classrooms in grades K — 3 — as measured by classmates» end - of - class test scores — have higher earnings, college attendance rates, and other outcomes.»

A new state law, which goes into effect July 1, will require school districts in Oregon to hold on to the grade report, diploma, and other school records of any student who owes $ 50 or more to the district for anything from lost books to unpaid activity fees.

To participate in the lottery, students other than those who had yet to begin 1st grade were required to take a standardized test.

Adams attempts to alternate the speakers every other year so that the students who choose the same career in seventh and eighth grade do not hear from the same speaker.

First - and second - grade students in 1993 who had been kept out of kindergarten until they were older were less likely than other students to draw negative feedback from teachers about their academic performance or conduct in class.

On the student side, schools in cities like New York, Chicago, and Washington, D.C., are experimenting with financial rewards, including cash payouts to students who make good grades or show other achievement.

Looking at data from students who lived in the HCZ neighborhood and attended a Promise Academy charter school there, and others who only attended Promise, Fryer and Dobbie found that by eighth grade, both groups had closed the achievement gap in math.

An educational support team (EST) comprised of counselors, the school nurse, educators and administrators meets every other week in seventh and eighth grade teams to share information about students who may need some additional help or support.

(Grades K - 5) eane Heese, who teaches at Springfield (Nebraska) Elementary School, submitted this lesson in which students fill treasure chests with positive, self - esteem - building comments about each other.

The school district also has set up computers in the district office, the public library, and other locations, where students and parents who don't have computers can still check grades online.

That is, if we take two students who have the same 4th - grade test scores, demographics, classroom characteristics, and so forth, the student assigned to a teacher with higher VA in grade 5 does not systematically have different parental income or other characteristics.

KIPP defines attrition as the percentage of students who leave a school (for reasons other than completing the highest grade or transferring to another KIPP school) in one annual cycle between October 1 of 2015 and October 1 of 2016, which is the date that most states close their enrollment.

This was the picture from two reports issued by Gary Phillips of the American Institutes for Research, who compared the average performance in math of 8th - grade students in each of the 50 states with the average scores of 8th - grade students in other countries.

I do this by looking at the sample of students who are continuously enrolled in a district school between grades 3 and 5 in order to exclude students coming from and going to other schools; their results are nearly identical to, if not slightly larger than, the effects on the full sample.

In 2007 we interviewed a random sample of parents of MPCP students in grades 3 — 8, all the parents of MPCP 9th graders, and a sample of parents of MPS students who were matched to the sample of MPCP students based on their grade in school, neighborhood of residence, ethnicity, test - score performance, and other characteristicIn 2007 we interviewed a random sample of parents of MPCP students in grades 3 — 8, all the parents of MPCP 9th graders, and a sample of parents of MPS students who were matched to the sample of MPCP students based on their grade in school, neighborhood of residence, ethnicity, test - score performance, and other characteristicin grades 3 — 8, all the parents of MPCP 9th graders, and a sample of parents of MPS students who were matched to the sample of MPCP students based on their grade in school, neighborhood of residence, ethnicity, test - score performance, and other characteristicin school, neighborhood of residence, ethnicity, test - score performance, and other characteristics.

Giroux caricatures the traditional classroom as one where «students sit in rows staring at the back of each others» heads and at the teacher who faces them in symbolic, authoritarian fashion»; «events are governed by a rigid time schedule imposed by a system of bells and reinforced by cues from teachers»; we «glorify the teacher as the expert [and] dispenser of knowledge»; «social relationships... are based upon power relations inextricably linked to the teacher's allotment of grades»; and tracking «alienates students from schooling.»

activities are extensions for students who already have a mastery of using percentages as rational numbers to take them beyond the standard and to apply it in other, novel grade level appropriate topics.

In order to penalize students who intentionally fail to return borrowed textbooks and other school property, the California Assembly recently passed a bill allowing school districts to withhold students» grades, diplomas, or transcripts until they pay for the property.

Some first grade teachers were assigned 37 students per class, and some kindergarten teachers had 25 - 30 — compared to other teachers in the same schools, who had twenty students per class.

Educational policy makers, who were in high school 20 - 30 years ago, remember a classroom that no longer exists — one with students quietly reading while the English teacher grades essays and one with students checking each others» math papers while abiding by the honor system.

But supporters of the state's third grade reading policy say other research shows students who leave third grade behind in reading likely won't ever catch up and are much more likely to drop out.

As amended, the law required, among various other provisions, retention in grade 3 with intensive interventions for students who did not exhibit the requisite level of reading proficiency.

With 4 full - time Science Teachers who provide every student in Grades K - 5 with hands - on labs in Earth, Physical, Life and Computer Sciences, there truly is no other program like Brentwood ES in LAUSD.

One final point, researchers at Berkeley surveyed 400 students ages 12 - 14 and found that students «who were more likely to be grateful to others showed higher academic interest, grades, and extracurricular involvement, and had lower interest in risky behaviors.»

Students who do not pass the IREAD - 3 could theoretically be educated in a blended Grade 3 - 4 classroom, or attend subjects other than reading in a fourth grade classroom.

As in most districts moving to an integrated sequence, students in 10th grade and higher who already have taken Algebra 1 or other courses in the traditional sequence will continue on that pathway, which will be phased out as they complete it.

As Eva Moskowitz puts it: «If (we) backfilled older grades... the incoming students» lower relative academic preparation would adversely affect the schools» other students... We have an obligation to the parents in middle and high school, and the kids in middle and high school, that until the district schools are able to do a better job, it's not really fair for the seventh - grader or high school student to have to be educated with a child who's reading at a second - or third - grade level.»

The student who might not produce work in other classes might be working for you because you don't grade punitively and you focus on next steps in their learning.

In other words, students who receive a «3» or «Usually» are performing at the level expected for their grade level at this point in the school yeaIn other words, students who receive a «3» or «Usually» are performing at the level expected for their grade level at this point in the school yeain the school year.

The figure is based on the improvement of a student's fall to spring scores compared to an average of others nationally in the same grade who had a similar fall score.

North Carolina, Louisiana, and Tennessee all independently concluded that TFA corps members were the most effective out of recent graduates from other teacher preparation programs with which they had worked.151 A controlled study conducted by Mathematica found that students taught by TFA teachers earned higher math scores than students taught by non-TFA teachers with similar years of experience; the TFA - taught students learned approximately 2.6 months of additional material in math during the school year.152 Similarly, another study found that TFA first to third grade teachers» students grew 1.3 additional months in reading compared with their peers who had non-TFA teachers.153