Sentences with phrase «to help boost student achievement»

A growing number of examples show that used well, blended learning — and hence education technology — can help boost student achievement in both charter and district school settings.

Still other academics suggest tight budgets may actually help boost student achievement.

The unusual districtwide choice plan in Montclair, N.J., has successfully desegregated schools and apparently helped boost student achievement, according to a policy paper by the Educational Testing Service.

The three - year survey of 3,000 teachers in seven school districts by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation found that the controversial method of measuring student academic growth, known as value - added, was a valid indicator of whether teachers helped boost student achievement.

In Colorado, the state's 2008 Innovation Schools Act is giving approved schools greater flexibility by waiving certain state statutes, district policies, and union contract provisions to help boost student achievement — but it is also getting pushback.

Although blended learning is certainly not a magic bullet nor is it foolproof, these examples, which are growing in number, also show that used well, blended learning — and hence education technology — can help boost student achievement, in both charter and district school settings.

If so, the state could potentially be granted more flexibility in spending $ 350 million in federal dollars intended to help boost student achievement.

Both were core features of No Child Left Behind and have done much to help boost student achievement.

«From day one, we have worked closely with the superintendent and teachers to improve the school and help boost student achievement.»

A bonding agent used to help the school community «figure it out» was the National Education Association's Keys to Excellence for Your School (KEYS) program, which allowed educators and school administrators to focus their attention on making critical improvements that can help boost student achievement.

I was there to share our strategy to help them boost student achievement and also give teachers and staff a chance to air their thoughts and concerns.