Sentences with phrase «targeted subgroups of students»

Under waivers to the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act, the federal government required states to identify schools where targeted subgroups of students have the lowest achievement and to implement reforms in these «Focus Schools.»

Not exact matches

Annual average improvement target of 2.5 percentage point gains in achievement on state reading and math tests between 2018 and 2025 for all students and student subgroups; plan includes goal of reaching a graduation rate of 90 percent by 2025 for all students and student subgroups

Schools that fail to make adequate yearly progress (meet achievement targets) for three consecutive years, even if it's just for a particular subgroup of students, must offer free tutoring to all students.

100 percent of all students and subgroups will hit various growth targets by 2029 - 30; 94 percent will graduate high school in four years by 2028 - 29

«Schoolwide» improvement is for schools that miss new AYP growth targets for all students or for subgroups that total more than one - third of school enrollment.

The natural question is, how will that subgroup of students meet the performance targets when students who score at proficient levels are quickly taken from the group?

Until this year, the rating system in Texas specified separate targets for racial subgroups that accounted for more than 10 percent of the student body (and more than 30 students).

For several days in early January, Michaelis and support staff members met with classroom teachers in grades three to six charged with identifying students in different subgroups (Hispanic, African American, English language learners, special education) at levels 1 and 2 with the best chance of scoring at a higher level on the math, reading, or writing section of the CMTs, if they received intensive, targeted remediation.

Identification of, and targeted, evidence - based intervention and support in, schools in which any subgroup of students consistently underperforms.

Identification of, and comprehensive, evidence - based intervention in, the lowest - performing five percent of title I schools, all public high schools with a graduation rate below 67 percent, and public schools in which one or more subgroups of students are performing at a level similar to the performance of the lowest - performing five percent of title I schools and have not improved after receiving targeted interventions for a State - determined number of years; and

Effective remedies to improve instruction, learning and school climate (including, e.g., decreases in bullying and harassment, use of exclusionary discipline practices, use of police in schools, and student referrals to law enforcement) for students enrolled are implemented in any school where the school as a whole, or any subgroup of students, has not met the annual achievement and graduation targets or where achievement gaps persist.

To make adequate yearly progress, or AYP, under the federal law, schools and districts must meet annual targets for the percentage of students who score at least at the proficient level on state reading and mathematics tests, both for the student population as a whole and for certain subgroups of students.

States need not identify schools for «additional targeted support» annually because these schools are identified for having a subgroup performing similarly to students in the bottom 5 percent of Title I schools; rather, states can identify these schools every three years, each time they identify their lowest - performing 5 percent of schools.

The percentage of proficient students within various subgroups, broken out by ethnicity, income, disability, and English - language - learner status, must also meet these same targets.

The Education Trust, for example, is urging states to use caution in choosing «comparative» growth models, including growth percentiles and value - added measures, because they don't tell us whether students are making enough progress to hit the college - ready target by the end of high school, or whether low - performing subgroups are making fast enough gains to close achievement gaps.

For a school or district to make adequate yearly progress, both the overall student population and each subgroup of students — major racial and ethnic groups, children from low - income families, students with disabilities, and students with limited proficiency in English — must meet or exceed the target set by the state.

And, if applicable, are all and subgroups of students meeting expected growth targets in science?

A Tier 3 school that has implemented targeted supports for more than three years, but has not improved the performance of the same student subgroup compared to the «all students» group will be classified as Tier 4 and qualify for comprehensive supports.

Are all and subgroups of students achieving proficiency or meeting expected growth targets in other curricular areas or educational programs?

TAP's modified version of Danielson's teaching standards has three main categories — designing and planning instruction, the learning environment, and instruction — and 19 subgroups that target such areas as the frequency and quality of classroom questions and whether teachers are teaching students such higher - level thinking skills as drawing conclusions.

Those are the annual targets set for students, and subgroups of students, that determine whether a school makes AYP.

U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin, D - Iowa, the chairman of the Senate education committee, is set to unveil a bill to reauthorize the No Child Left Behind Act that would require states to set achievement and growth targets for students, including subgroup students.

In this section, each school district must list its annual goals for all students as well as for specific subgroups of students (including racial / ethnic subgroups, the three target subgroups — English learners, low income students, and foster youth — and students with disabilities).

Instead of basic workshops about bullying, Villenas says more targeted information about bias - based bullying, specifically, would help teachers understand the issues faced by particular subgroups in their schools and how they play out among students.

Annual Measureable Objectives (AMOs) targets are set based on percent proficient in each of language arts and mathematics for each school and subgroup in annual equal increments toward a goal of reducing by half the percentage of students in the all - students group and in each subgroup who are not proficient within six years.

His amendments, for example, would require state accountability systems to set performance, growth, and graduation targets for all students, including all subgroups of students, and make performance against those targets matter for all schools.

Such sanctions and focus, however, aren't enough for civil rights groups, which are bristling at the bill's elimination of specific subgroup student achievement targets.

Additionally, the percentages are rates of students who meet or exceed the specific performance targets on each indicator for each subgroup.

Targeted support and improvement schools have subgroups of students that are performing as low as all students in the bottom 5 percent of Title I schools.

Calculated based on whether all students and each subgroup are meeting or making progress toward their state - set targets for the percentage of students achieving at grade level

While the law aimed to close these gaps, they persist despite incremental progress.20 Even after making statistical adjustments to proficiency rates under NCLB, by 2005 — four years after the law passed — the rates of schools making «adequate yearly progress» started to decline.21 Any school missing a single target for any subgroup for two years in a row initiated particular actions, such as offering free tutoring or the option for students to transfer to a higher - performing school.

* the raw scores of each student * how many students fell into each of the achievement subgroups (test scores broken down by 20 point percentile slices) * if each of the five percentile slices was generally above, below, or at its growth target