Sentences with phrase «students than in previous years»

Once revered for being «free as air and water» and for its selective application process, Cooper Union in the East Village has increased tuition and accepted a higher percentage of students than in previous years.

North Carolina has fallen near the bottom in national rankings on teacher pay, dramatically fewer students than in previous years are enrolling in teacher training programs, and many of the state's teachers are fleeing to neighboring states to see as much as a $ 10,000 increase in pay.

One teacher, for example, observed a much larger gap between her high - achieving and low - achieving students than in previous years.

Not exact matches

More than two - thirds of high school students in Ontario used alcohol at least once over the previous year.

433,000 More low - income students participated in the School Breakfast Program in the 2015 - 2016 school year than during the previous year.

A similar study that specifically addressed the relationship between burnout and suicidal thoughts found half of the 4287 surveyed medical students were feeling burned out and 11 % had thought about suicide in the previous year, a figure substantially higher than that in the general population.

But he neglected to mention that the city had received more than $ 260 million in new dollars for poor students alone under NCLB in the previous two years (see «Who Got the Raw Deal in Gotham?»

The survey found mental disorders affected one in seven students in the previous 12 months and students with mental disorders scored lower on average than students without mental disorders in every test domain and year level.

The enrollment growth rate of Bay Area charter schools peaked in 2012 - 2013, with more than 18 percent additional students enrolled than in the previous year.

New schools continue to open each year, but the rate slowed considerably from its peak in 2012 — 13, when more than 18 percent additional students enrolled compared to the previous year.

In classes with more than 24 students, 58 percent had a mishap — ranging from a minor chemical spill to an accident with injury — in the previous year, according to a 2001 survey of Texas teachers conducted by Ms. WesIn classes with more than 24 students, 58 percent had a mishap — ranging from a minor chemical spill to an accident with injury — in the previous year, according to a 2001 survey of Texas teachers conducted by Ms. Wesin the previous year, according to a 2001 survey of Texas teachers conducted by Ms. West.

For 90 percent of the 6,576 transfers in our database, the distance between the charter school where the student enrolled and the traditional public school the student attended the previous year is less than ten miles.

Measures of teachers» value added in previous years are an even better predictor of future gains in students» achievement than are principal ratings.

We included administrative data from teacher, parent, and student ratings of local schools; we considered the potential relationship between vote share and test - score changes over the previous two or three years; we examined the deviation of precinct test scores from district means; we looked at changes in the percentage of students who received failing scores on the PACT; we evaluated the relationship between vote share and the percentage change in the percentile scores rather than the raw percentile point changes; and we turned to alternative measures of student achievement, such as SAT scores, exit exams, and graduation rates.

Specifically, the average teacher's students score 0.05 standard deviations higher on end - of - year math tests during the evaluation year than in previous years, although this result is not consistently statistically significant across our different specifications.

Exam results day in Scotland has seen more students receive a university place than in any previous year.

There is a combination of reasons why this is the case; it is believed that many teachers are feeling pressured for their students to perform to qualify for school funding, and some parents are more eager for their children to obtain high grades than they have been in previous years.

In reading, students in all three grades showed higher growth than they had the previous year; growth in math was similar to the previous year, except for 7th graders, whose improvement was slightly betteIn reading, students in all three grades showed higher growth than they had the previous year; growth in math was similar to the previous year, except for 7th graders, whose improvement was slightly bettein all three grades showed higher growth than they had the previous year; growth in math was similar to the previous year, except for 7th graders, whose improvement was slightly bettein math was similar to the previous year, except for 7th graders, whose improvement was slightly better.

If VA estimates capture teachers» true impact on their students, students entering grade 4 in that school should have higher year - end test scores than those of the previous cohort.

Students are eligible if their family income is no more than 250 percent of the federal poverty line ($ 61,500 for a family of four in 2017 — 18) and they either (1) attended a public school designated as C, D, F or T in the previous year, (2) are entering kindergarten or (3) were enrolled at a public school in the Recovery School District.

According to a study of lottery data, students who apply to charter schools, on average, scored higher in the previous year than the students who didn't submit an application.

For example, the open enrollment system that was implemented in Charlotte - Mecklenburg in 2002 provided assignment priorities in its lotteries to students eligible for free or reduced - price lunch applying to schools where less than half of the previous year's school population was eligible for free or reduced - price lunch.

In this brief examining absences in September and later schools attendance, we found the September absences predicted later chronic absence, missing more than 20 days a year) after controlling for student demographic characteristics, service receipt, and attendance the previous school year (2011 - 12In this brief examining absences in September and later schools attendance, we found the September absences predicted later chronic absence, missing more than 20 days a year) after controlling for student demographic characteristics, service receipt, and attendance the previous school year (2011 - 12in September and later schools attendance, we found the September absences predicted later chronic absence, missing more than 20 days a year) after controlling for student demographic characteristics, service receipt, and attendance the previous school year (2011 - 12).

In New York, fewer than one - third of students were found to be up to Common Core English Language Arts standards in the 2012 - 2013 school year — down from 55 percent on non-Core aligned tests the previous yeaIn New York, fewer than one - third of students were found to be up to Common Core English Language Arts standards in the 2012 - 2013 school year — down from 55 percent on non-Core aligned tests the previous yeain the 2012 - 2013 school year — down from 55 percent on non-Core aligned tests the previous year.

Haney and colleagues (2004) found that in 2001, 440,000 more students were enrolled in grade 9 than in grade 8 the previous year.

If there are more applications than available vouchers, priority will be given first to students who received vouchers in the previous year, second to students from families with incomes at or below 100 percent of the federal poverty level ($ 24,600 for a family of four in 2017 — 18) and third to students from families with incomes between 100 and 200 percent of the federal poverty level.

On the other hand, finding the number of students in Indiana that attended a public school for the preceding two semesters and who are from families earning up to 150 percent of free and reduced - price lunch (FRL), students in the state that have an IEP and are from families earning up to 200 percent of FRL, students who are zoned to attend a school designated «F» and are from families earning up to 150 percent of FRL, students and siblings of students who received a minimum of a $ 500 tax - credit scholarship in the previous year in Indiana, and students who received a voucher in the previous year in Indiana and are from families earning up to 200 percent of FRL — :: deep breath:: — can take more than one day and be a bit eye - crossing.

Adding an additional year of data to its analysis and switching to «a broader definition of special needs students than we did in the previous report... yields results that are quite different from our previous findings regarding the relative attrition rates of students with special needs.»

Students in more than 80 percent of Madison elementary schools improved in reading over the previous school year and more than 70 percent of schools improved in math, according to a new report.

ALBANY — State standardized tests this spring will look slightly different than in previous years, state education officials said, with the participation of teachers in the creation of the exams, fewer questions and more time for students who need it.

More public school students passed their standardized exams last year than in the previous year, in part because of changes to the grading scale that made it easier for students to be considered proficient.

As a consequence, the national sample size increased, and smaller differences between years or between groups of students were found to be statistically significant than would have been detected in previous assessments.

If the Board received more than 12 applications in a single year from qualified applicants, then the proposed law would require it to give priority to proposed charter schools or enrollment expansions in districts where student performance on statewide assessments is in the bottom 25 % of all districts in the previous two years and where demonstrated parent demand for additional public school options is greatest.

They asked whether a cohort of children in a particular school in a particular grade achieved less the year after a high value - added teacher left than did the previous cohort of students, and, conversely, whether children gained more the year after a high - value - added teacher joined the staff.

Value - added scores, which measure growth in student achievement over the previous year, showed better than anticipated gains for grades 3 through 8 in both subjects.

Like the New York City «progress» score, a «growth» number like 60 means that the students at that school generally scored better than 60 % of the students in the state who had similar scores the previous year.

For students who received an accommodation in the previous year, but not in the current year, average growth in math was much less than it was for all students.

The district said 148,697 students enrolled in charter schools this year, which is 5,722 more students than the previous year.

In a nationwide Centers for Disease Control study of tens of thousands of high school students in 2011, almost 30 percent had felt hopeless and depressed for more than two weeks running, just in the previous yeaIn a nationwide Centers for Disease Control study of tens of thousands of high school students in 2011, almost 30 percent had felt hopeless and depressed for more than two weeks running, just in the previous yeain 2011, almost 30 percent had felt hopeless and depressed for more than two weeks running, just in the previous yeain the previous year.

The rising costs of college tuition have made it harder to afford school — so much so that the average 2016 college graduate walked away with a diploma and more than $ 37,000 in student loan debt — up 6 % from the previous year.

Students with previous post-secondary education may be eligible for exemptions from some program courses and can complete the program in less than four years.

While we didn't have the most students attend our panels, there were more than in previous years, and there was more diversity among the students.