Sentences with phrase «through eighth»

And the sixth - through eighth - grade exams will have four fewer, at 51 multiple choice questions.

At present, the school serves some 200 pre-K — 3 through eighth - grade students.

Carson's charter school will serve primarily economically disadvantaged students in pre-K through eighth grades.

About 20 percent of the state's third - through eighth - graders refused to take the tests this spring, up from 5 percent a year earlier.

The tests, which are given to third through eighth graders and will begin this year on April 5, were shortened, time limits were removed, and the results will not be a factor in teacher evaluations, among other changes.

The test is given in the fall to students in third through eighth grades and to sophomores, but results don't come back until spring.

* The information regarding the research conducted by LeBuffe, Shapiro, and Naglieri was provided by their work entitled Devereux Student Strengths Assessment K - 8th Grade: A Measure of Social - Emotional Competencies of Children in Kindergarten through Eighth Grade.

The results for elementary and middle schools are based on students» performance on the Measures of Academic Progress tests that are given to students in third through eighth grade, and administered in the fall and spring of each school year to measure a student's growth during the year.

A Madison native, Moffit attended Blessed Sacrament Catholic School through eighth grade and West High School.

In 2016, only 36.5 percent of students passed the 2016 PARCC reading exams, and 31.6 percent passed the math exams in third through eighth grades.

Currently, most English language learner students in the third grade through eighth grade take the same state assessments that are administered to all other students, and these assessment results are used to measure their growth.

All students in third through eighth grade and high school juniors are required to take the exam.

Graduation rates are up and nearly 60 percent of RSD third - through eighth - graders now pass state tests — but more than half of high school students fail.

The ratings are based on Wisconsin Knowledge and Concepts Examinations and the Wisconsin Alternate Assessment for students with disabilities, tests given in November to students in third through eighth grades and grade 10.

Martha Alonso is in her third year at Rhodes Middle School in San Antonio ISD teaching sixth through eighth grade ESL.

Currently, test scores make up 10 percent of the final grades for third - through eighth - grade students, which is set to increase to 15 percent next school year.

Under a plan that takes effect next week, the district will be responsible for instruction in pre-kindergarten through fourth grade, and Crown Prep will oversee fifth through eighth grade.

ECM is a nonprofit organization based in South Carolina that provides arts - integrated, in - school, and summer programs for kindergarten through eighth - grade students.

Open Window School's dynamic kindergarten through eighth grade program blends traditional and innovative methods to nurture and inspire bright minds.

A pay - for - performance study released by Vanderbilt University and the RAND Corporation followed nearly 300 Nashville Public Schools fifth - through eighth - grade teachers from 2007 to 2009.

The National Geography Bee is for kids in the fourth through eighth grade.

She has wide - ranging experience with teaching students in preschool through eighth grade, as well.

New York released nearly 2,000 pages of data parsing the poor performance of students in third through eighth grade.

New York city schools began using value - added analysis in 2008 after reaching an agreement with the United Federation of Teachers to assess instructors who taught fourth through eighth grade.

In November, a quietly released study from Stanford University revealed that Chicago public school students, on average, learn more from third grade through eighth grade than in any other large or moderate - sized district in the country.

Through their eighth month of operations, nearly 30 percent of Virtual Academy's enrollees had withdrawn, according to N.C. Department of Public Instruction (DPI) records, and more than 31 percent of Connections Academy's students had dropped out.

Inside, about 120 students, pre-Kindergarten through eighth grade, scurry to classes.

Students who attended inner - city charter schools from kindergarten through eighth grade improved their academic achievement considerably.

The school opened in 2003, but Los Angeles's tight real estate market forced the network to split the students, fifth - through eighth - graders,...

Nearly 600 sixth - through eighth grade students on 28 Baltimore City public school teams compete bi-weekly in an...

Connecticut's new Mastery Examination Committee — created in June by lawmakers to examine the state's eight - hour, standardized SBAC test for third through eighth graders — should convene as soon as possible to get assessment right for children.

In 2001, No Child Left Behind, the last major federal education reform, mandated yearly testing in the basics of reading and math for children in third through eighth grades.

After 25 years in the field of education, serving in independent, public, charter, and parochial schools, teaching at every grade level Pre-K through eighth, Linda has found a home at Helios.

The reports compare teachers of fourth through eighth grades — the grades during which state math and English tests are administered — and then make predictions whether the students» achievement will improve.

While this move reduces testing time for third through eighth graders by an hour to an hour and a half, it does nothing to address the underlying issues with SBAC repeatedly raised by CEA members and leaders.

She is a certified kindergarten through eighth grade classroom teacher, a certified teacher of K — 12 mathematics, and a certified instructional leader working extensively with the New Mexico State Math Leadership Team and on the New Mexico Standards Based Assessment.

At Taylor, which serves a prekindergarten through eighth - grade population of mostly low - income African - American students, educators are celebrating victories in improving attendance (it rose to 94.5 percent among poor children last year from 93.6 percent in 2008) and reducing asthma.

As students become proficient in basic academic skills by fifth grade, the sixth through eighth grade academic program provides students with more challenging skills and a more content - rich curriculum.

Founded in 2003, we educate approximately 330 students in fifth through eighth grades.

Explore Charter is one of them: of the school's 502 students from kindergarten through eighth grade this school year, 92.7 percent are black, 5.7 percent are Hispanic, and a scattering are of mixed race.

If you use the Second Step program, you know that it includes easy - to - teach classroom lessons for early learning through eighth grade designed to enhance students» academic and social - emotional competence by building skills for learning, and empathy, emotion - management, social problem - solving, and self - regulation skills.

The school was founded in 2003 and serves approximately 350 students in grades fifth through eighth from the surrounding neighborhoods of Barrio Logan and Logan Heights.

In DC, third through eighth - grade kids are tested.

In general, through eighth grade there was not much difference in motivation or classroom relationships between the retained (See Retention, page 38.)

Quitman a school of 493 pre-kindergartners through eighth - graders in Newark's high - crime, high - poverty Central Ward has become a symbol of Superintendent Cami Anderson's new push to turn around the city's struggling schools by closing down the worst of them and replacing staff at others.

Among them is Quitman Street Renew School, with its 550 students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade, where two of Tagoe's children are enrolled.

The TMCF Collegiate Academy would have started with 75 students each in sixth through eighth grades, and grown to a high school program from there.

In particular, he decried the federal policy of requiring all states to test all students in third grade through eighth grade this year.

But he is simultaneously relieved to have the power to make changes and worried that he won't be able to go far enough if the district doesn't allow him to make outside hires.Quitman a school of 493 pre-kindergartners through eighth - graders in Newark's high - crime, high - poverty Central Ward has become a symbol of Superintendent Cami Anderson's new push to turn around the city's struggling schools by closing down the worst of them and replacing staff at others.

WASHINGTON — The Children's Guild will open its first charter school in the District of Columbia in fall 2015 for students in kindergarten through eighth grade.