Sentences with phrase «support more rigorous»

Among this group, 65 percent support more rigorous standards.

What's surprising in a new survey published today by 50CAN, a reform - oriented advocacy group that supports more rigorous teacher evaluations and early education, is the relatively lukewarm response to some of the most favored ideas for improving the school system among education advocates and many elected officials.

We are very pleased to be able to assemble a leading group of transformational higher education leaders who demonstrate a strong commitment to student success by supporting more rigorous academic standards and strong partnerships with K - 12 to help expand college access and readiness.

When more details of the new exam were leaked at the weekend, Labour said it supported more rigorous exams but only if they do not act as a cap on aspiration.

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In particular no evidence supports the notion, cited in some newspapers and some pulpits, that there are more Muslims than Presbyterians in the U.S. Yes, the number of members claimed by the relatively rigorous counts of all the Presbyterian bodies in the country — around 3.5 million — is less than the 6 or 7 million figure claimed by some Muslim spokespersons.

He understood himself to be renewing the Reformers» emphasis on scripture alone, but he was more rigorous than they in excluding philosophical support.

And while there has been media attention directed toward Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce and federal Treasurer Scott Morrison for their opposition to the Chinese sale, there has been support from the Greens for a more rigorous assessment of foreign investor sales of agriculture.

The new rules, which apply to full - size and non full - size cribs, prohibit the manufacture or sale of traditional drop - side rail cribs, strengthen crib slats and mattress supports, improve the quality of hardware and require more rigorous testing.

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver said he supports de Blasio's plan to use more than just a rigorous high - stakes test to determine admission to NYC's elite public high schools.

A few preventive measures have won more or less qualified support — though not rigorous justification — from scientists.

Its tweets share facts related to climate changeand its impact on U.S. national parks — and on the planet — and call for more rigorous government support of science - based policies related to the environment.

[18] QHCs are supported by scientific evidence, but do not meet the more rigorous «significant scientific agreement» standard required for an authorized health claim.

One of the consequences of the extraordinary decline (nearly 90 percent) in federal support for education research over the past 25 years, as reported by Richard C. Atkinson and Gregg B. Jackson in their 1992 report for the National Academy of Sciences, has been the profound loss of rigorous inquiry into how schooling can be improved academically for all and how youth culture can become more attuned to the deferred gratification of academic achievement and less oriented to the immediate imperatives of money, clothes, and other amusements.

Standing for reform apparently means supporting rigorous testing, a back - to - basics curriculum, higher standards, more homework, more science and math, more phonics, something called accountability, and a host of other often daunting initiatives.

But, in my view, these «do - no - harm» findings support continued experimentation with technology - based innovation in K - 12 education, ideally with those efforts subjected to even more rigorous and timely evaluation.

Without these supports, the benefits of entering a «rigorous» high school with more course requirements or a college - preparatory mandate may not be realized....»

Connecticut's plan, for example, is that «any school identified for comprehensive support... will be required to implement more rigorous evidence - based interventions with high statistical probability of success» (page 45).

This grant allows us to undertake rigorous research to learn more about how teachers can best support their peers» instructional improvement.

There are two major concerns: a proposed $ 20 billion federal school - voucher program and DeVos's longtime advocacy for more - rigorous academic standards, which has included support for organizations advancing Common Core State Standards.

Increased local autonomy, more complex operations and more rigorous direct accountability mean that all schools require highly skilled specialists to support head teachers and governors.

AVID accelerates under - achieving students who have potential into more rigorous courses ~ provides intensive support with in - class tutors and strong student / teacher relationships ~ and develops a sense of hope and personal achievement gained through hard work and determination ~ just to highlight a few components.

Many hope that by replicating high - performing schools CMOs will provide more consistent results than stand - alone charter schools have achieved, but there is no rigorous evidence yet to support that claim nationally.

I understand that foundations can not have rigorous evidence to support all steps in their reform theory, but before pursuing a reform strategy that promises to close a bunch of schools that parents want and alienating both advantaged suburbanites and minority community leaders, they might want more evidence for the strategy than they have.

Read about how the Edwards Middle School uses more time to develop a rigorous core curriculum and supplements it with a tiered academic support program called Academic Leagues.

Research supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which has advocated for more rigorous teacher evaluations, suggests that using two evaluators tends to yield more accurate assessments than using one.

Some states have passed laws in support of a more rigorous senior year.

Despite clear research showing the impact that principals can have, more rigorous research and information to guide schools and districts on how to prepare, recruit, support, and retain the most effective school leaders is needed.

The trend of increasing racial and economic segregation is a nationwide trend — not just in Alabama and other Southern states.55 The South, however, was the only region in the country to see a net increase in private school enrollment between 1960 and 2000, and where private school enrollment is higher, support for spending in public schools tends to be lower.56 A growing body of rigorous research shows that money absolutely matters for public schools, especially for the students from low - income families who attend them.57 What's more, private schools in the South tend to have the largest overrepresentation of white students.58 In fact, research has shown that the strongest predictor of white private school enrollment is the proportion of black students in the local public schools.59

An editorial in the Boston Business Journal also cited remediation rates and argued that business should «face the future» and support assessments aligned to more rigorous standards.

Rigorous learning expectations, improved testing practices, and a more holistic view of student success will support schools in their work to prepare students for college, career, and beyond.

Its conclusion: «There may be room to lower reclassification standards in districts using more rigorous thresholds and still ensure» that reclassified students do well enough that they would not need further academic supports.

The IES is said to reflect the government's intent to advance the field of education research, making it more rigorous in support of evidence - based education.

For example, schools will have to show that there's «clear and rigorous process for providing interventions and supports for low - achieving students in those schools» when one or more at - risk group is missing achievement goals or graduation rate targets over a number of years.

Measuring students» engagement in new, deeper, more rigorous learning activities supporting the Common Core and documenting the evidence?

The Center for Education Reform, a Washington, D.C. — based organization supported by conservative foundations, coordinated the placement of a full - page ad in the New York Times, in which a number of prominent researchers both criticized the methodology of the AFT study and took the newspaper to task for failing to subject the report to a more rigorous and skeptical review.

The State Board first adopted the Common Core in 2010, but members said yesterday they want to reiterate their support in the face of critics from both the left and the right who have said the state is moving too fast to implement the more rigorous benchmarks.

Outstanding educators, more time in school, a rigorous college - preparatory curriculum, and a strong culture of achievement and support help our students make significant academic gains.

Know this: for nearly 30 years, Ms. DeVos has fought for education reform that works — putting students» interests ahead of special interests; supporting rigorous standards that lead to higher outcomes; loosening Washington's grip on local education policy and putting more power into the hands of parents and families; and, expanding access to high - performing schools.

«Many schools have responded well to this more rigorous curriculum, supporting their pupils to be leaving primary school better prepared for the demands of secondary school,» he said.

For more than one hundred years, Calvert Education has provided families with the rigorous curriculum and detailed instructional support needed to successfully educate their children at home.

Moreover, this Academy provides a fundamental understanding of the necessary shifts required in instruction, the power of digital integration, and assessment tools to support students in meeting more rigorous demands.

Till, on behalf of the superintendents, also held up his support for the Common Core, which are more rigorous academic standards the state recently adopted but are now up for repeal by the legislature.

Despite what the lack of action on this issue suggests, however, there is widespread public support for increasing the selectivity of teacher preparation programs: 60 percent of Americans believe that preparation programs should make their entrance requirements more rigorous.11 While there has been some recent evidence of a shift, the average SAT scores of college students pursuing education degrees have historically been lower than those of students entering other professions.12

They must establish a rigorous performance evaluation system along with more support, training, and mentoring.

In most cases, the new standards are more rigorous than what states had in place, demanding, for example, that students explain how they arrive at the correct answer to a math problem or use specifics from a text to support answers.

We are here to help you learn more about student supports such as getting back in school, accessing rigorous course options such as CTE, Dual Enrollment and applying for college.

We are here to help you learn more about student supports such as getting back in school, accessing rigorous course options such as CTE, AP, Dual Enrollment and applying for college.

«Leaders of professional learning at all levels of the educational system have the responsibility to support classroom teachers with opportunities to learn from using high - quality instructional materials designed for more rigorous college and career - ready standards,» said Jim Short, program director, Leadership and Teaching to Advance Learning within the National Education Program at the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Why would a group of Utahns not support the adoption by Utah of more rigorous education standards for our students?

These include raising the standards for admission to teacher education programs, much more rigorous programs of education in the subjects to be taught and much better training for the craft of teaching, the development of sound analogues to the teaching hospital, much more support for new teachers through apprenticeships with master teachers, creation of real career ladders, compensation that is comparable to that in the high status professions.