Sentences with phrase «subgroup performance measures»

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The bill replaces AYP standards with a requirement for states to annually measure all students and individual subgroups by: (1) academic achievement as measured by state assessments; (2) for high schools, graduation rates; (3) for schools that are not high schools, a measure of student growth or another valid and reliable statewide indicator; (4) if applicable, progress in achieving English proficiency by English learners; and (5) at least one additional valid and reliable statewide indicator that allows for meaningful differentiation in school performance.

The plan still includes tracking performance on annual standardized tests in grade 3 - 8 and in specific high school courses, measuring how well non-native English speakers are learning the language, and breaking down student performance by subgroups such as ethnicity, economic status, and students with disabilities.

Performance of students in prekindergarten through grade 12 who are assigned to in - field program completers aggregated by student subgroups, as defined in the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), 20 U.S.C. s. 6311 (b)(2)(C)(v)(II), as a measure of how well the program prepares teachers to work with a variety of students in Florida public schools.

The state added performance - based student subgroups and individual student growth measures to the mix.

CORE's system also shrinks the number of students measured for subgroup performance from 100, which is California's current law, to 20.

A second piece of legislation, SB 1346, focuses heavily on requirements around English learners and adds a mandate to include reclassified English learners to the subgroups of pupils whose educational achievement must be measured by the state's Academic Performance Index.

However, the state groups together all students with special education needs, English learners and those from low - income families — call it a «super subgroup» — and measures average performance to determine if intervention is necessary.

Data for subgroups, such as children qualifying for free and reduced price lunch, children with disabilities, and children who are learning English, show lower performance at Whitney than for similar children statewide, and Whitney's overall test based performance and growth measured by tests is much lower than state averages.

According to California's education department, the program requires districts and schools to «identify goals and measure progress for student subgroups across multiple performance indicators.»

The panelists — including Arkansas's Fort Smith Public Schools Superintendent Benny Goodman and the National Center for Learning Disabilities's Laura Kaloi — also advocated for using multiple assessment measures to judge school quality, adding more flexibility for improving low - performing schools, maintaining a focus on holding schools accountable for the performance of student subgroups, tracking student growth, and ensuring states set high standards.

They also exhibited poorer performance on early literacy, social, and behavioral measures both at entry into Head Start and at the end of kindergarten compared with children not in each of those subgroups.