Sentences with phrase «students reaching benchmark»

White students reached the benchmark at higher rates, with 86 percent making the cut in 2015 - 16 and 80 percent in 2014 - 15.

Not exact matches

Their enthusiasm and consistent benchmark of excellence has resulted in countless student - athletes reaching the highest level of individual athletic achievement, while establishing a critical foundation for personal life - long success through sport.

For students not reaching the national benchmark, the panel says checks could be carried out again towards the end of Term 4 of Year 1 «following a period of up to 14 weeks further teaching and / or intervention».

Benefits: Greater accountability; Drawing teachers focus on what skills need to be taught; Identification of students who have not reached expected benchmarks in reading and numeracy, supported by evidence and data; Improved preservice teacher training and teacher professional learning.

The issue with that is that if we have students in a classroom who are ranging from below Low, barely able to read and make sense of their text, to students who are reading at this Advanced level, it is very difficult for a teacher to be able to teach to a class with that wide a variety of literacy levels, and the problem is that these children who are not reaching the Low benchmark or are at the Low benchmark are, if you like, starting the race quite a long way behind all of these other kids.

It assembled panels of educators and asked them what education services, in their professional judgment, a typical school district would need to reach two benchmarks: the current level of student performance on exit exams and a higher level of student performance that represents a desired goal.

WASHINGTON — The National Education Goals Panel has appointed a task force of its members to investigate the ways in which various technologies, particularly telecommunications networks, can help students reach the national education benchmarks.

«When first - graders read from text with at least a moderate amount of consistent linguistic information, more reach the end - of - the - year benchmark than students who read text with less consistent information but more of it.»

North Carolina ranks 32nd out of the 50 states and the District of Columbia on the spending index, which measures how many students are in districts spending at or above the national average, and how far the rest must travel to reach that benchmark.

The results show 57 per cent of Australian Indigenous students reached the Intermediate international benchmark, compared to 83 per cent of non-Indigenous students.

Despite this, there were no significant differences in the proportions of students reaching the Advanced benchmark according to school geographic location.

Reaching that goal requires establishment of a curriculum that has rigor and coherence; alignment of curriculum, instruction, and assessment; incorporation of internationally benchmarked performance standards that are understood by students and teachers; a system of professional development; and a culture of continuous learning throughout the district.

The focus of Starting Block is supporting P - 12 students to reach benchmarks for attendance, literacy and behaviour.

Overall, about 67 percent of third - through eighth - graders were proficient or better in Language Arts, and 75 percent of those students reached the same benchmarks in mathematics, according to data released today at the state Board of Education meeting in Trenton.

When the NAEP benchmark for proficiency is applied to the results of these international assessments in reading (Grade 4) and math and science (Grade 8), it's the rare nation — even among advanced economies — in which 50 percent or more of students would reach this target.

Should we believe that 69 percent of precalculus students and 92 percent of those who completed trigonometry and Algebra II are similar «failures» who couldn't reach NAEP's benchmark for proficiency (Loveless, 2016)?

Results for the past three years show that the percentage of students reaching age - appropriate benchmarks has increased overall by 12 percent, with 85 percent of students entering kindergarten at or above kindergarten readiness benchmarks.

However, when looked at more deeply, ensuring that all students reach testing benchmarks can oppress the wide variety of values and goals within U.S. society.

«These grants are fueling innovation to reach students and ensure they comply with necessary benchmarks to pursue postsecondary education,» MCAN Executive Director Brandy Johnson said.

It includes dozens of titles that the Common Core writers consider «text exemplars» — in other words, suggestions for teachers looking for age - appropriate reading material that will help their students reach core benchmarks.

One guideline is to have approximately 80 % of the students reach the grade level criterion, or benchmark, established by the screening tool (RtI Action Network).

Goal: Suggested weekly score gain needed by the student in order to reach the end of year benchmark

Usually administered on a regular, preplanned schedule, they evaluate student progress on common content standards, or benchmarks, that students must master to be on track to reach end - of - year learning goals.

Across the district, 78 percent of students in 2015 - 16 reached their literacy benchmark by third grade, up six percentage points from the previous year.

The sooner that intervention is provided for such students, the more likely they are to catch up to peers and reach the benchmark goal.

Such comparisons help teachers know if students are making enough gains to reach the grade - level benchmark by the end of the school year.

Proficiency shows the percent of students within the school who have reached the proficiency benchmark — in this case, who scored a 4 or 5 on the PARCC assessment.

One is ending of «social promotion,» the practice of moving students to the next grade, even when they may not have reached achievement benchmarks.

While the goal is to eventually reach all state and federal benchmarks, principals should focus these schools in making significant incremental growths in student achievement.

Researchers randomly assigned half of the participants to a control group ineligible for the bonuses and the other half to an experimental group that could receive bonuses if their students reached certain benchmarks.

According to the Salt Lake Tribune, «Like their traditional public school peers, students at Utah's charter schools struggled to reach new performance benchmarks in math, science and English.

That means students and teachers will not be held to the stricter standards of Common Core, under which instructors face more stringent accountability and risk termination for under - performing pupils who do not reach specific academic benchmarks set by the program, for an additional five years later than originally expected.

The 11 cyber charter schools in Pennsylvania through 2012 have been popular among families seeking alternatives to the traditional public schools, but their quality has been called into question because most of their students have been unable to reach state benchmarks on math and reading tests.

And while the number of minority students taking the exam increased, the percent of African American and Hispanic students that reached the desired benchmark (scoring at least 1550 out of 2400) dipped slightly.

We need to move away from the idea that all students must learn the same thing at the same time, and that only students who reach pre-determined benchmarks in the traditional curriculum should have access to the arts, sciences and other exploratory fields.

Children who are chronically absent are less likely to reach proficiency in reading by third grade — a common benchmark for when students stop learning to read and begin reading to learn.

FAST also suggests an expected benchmark for the student, which is the end - of - the - year score that students in his / her grade level are expected to reach to show proficiency.

One - to - one or small group instruction within our Tutoring School programs can help students reach their desired benchmarks.

The National School Boards Association's (NSBA) Center for Public Education (CPE) in its analysis of the report found that while overall scores remained flat, more students scored high enough to reach the ACT college - ready benchmarks in each of the test's four subject areas - English, reading, math, and science.

Arne Duncan, the secretary of education, said the shift was driven by the fact that far too few students with disabilities were reaching academic proficiency benchmarks.

Jennifer Bell - Ellwanger, a senior New York City education official, defended the use of that benchmark, saying students who reached Level 2 had a better chance of academic success than those who scored worse on the test.

Tutoring students in individual and groups in order to assist them to reaching benchmark levels for reading, sight words and spelling

Proactively counsel students to reach achievement - desired benchmarks.

The first, early childhood education, linked two goals: the need (regarded by many as the most urgent) for a strong collaborative effort between schools and social service organizations in establishing an early childhood program which, among other items, sets «specific benchmarks for all... students to reach proficiency by grade three»; and to closely monitor child development from birth to three years.