Sentences with phrase «whether their students attend»

«Among all of the variables we analyzed, whether a student attends a public pre-K program is the strongest predictor of whether the student takes the gifted and talented test.

Specifically, we ran a statistical model that used the last grade served by the school that a student attended in grade 3 to predict whether the student attended a middle school.

Arizona law requires school policies to monitor student growth during the school year relative to student - specific benchmarks, whether the student attends a traditional or an online school.

These results tell us whether a student attending a randomly selected charter school will perform better, on average, than a similar student attending a traditional public school.

In addition, we also control for whether the individual student had been retained in a grade, whether the student had ever been retained, and whether the student attends a charter school (which in Florida are more likely than traditional public schools to have K — 8 configurations).

Whether students attend traditional schools or charter schools, the costs are the same.

Fixed costs are incurred regardless of whether students attend traditional or charter schools.

Whether students attend high school at home or in one of our academic centers, high school students have many opportunities to experience success.

Adopting a citywide, weighted student funding formula addresses two key needs: It recognizes that some students, e.g., students with disabilities, require higher levels of funding; and, for the first time, the same amount of money will follow a particular student, whether that student attends an RSD or an OPSB school.

Yet, teachers need to reach the same levels of achievement whether their students attend 180 days a year or 80 days a year.

We found that both school disciplinary order and school attachment were important components, but that the most important factor was whether a student attended a school where the students felt a high level of attachment to their school and teachers.

According to the No Child Left Behind Act, children and youth experiencing homelessness automatically qualify for Title l, Part A, support whether students attend school wide, targeted assistance, or non-Title l schools.

«All students have iPads, our classrooms have webcams for online classes, and analytics — Learning Insights — from NHA help us track performance whether the student attends class in - person or online.»

Not exact matches

Mr. Schneiderman is looking into whether the schools and their recruiters misrepresent their ability to find students jobs, the quality of instruction, the cost of attending, and their programs accreditation, among other things.

Vanbots had done work for Branksome in the past, and Gillam's sister attended the school as a student; the school asked whether he wanted to bid on the project.

Reported by the school the student attended, indicates whether the student is (or was) full - time, three - quarter time, half - time, less than half - time, withdrawn, graduated, etc..

Unlike the United States, most democracies think this means that tax dollars should accompany every student whether they attend government - operated or privately operated schools.

On the «Day of Silence» in April 2012, about 90 students wearing white T - shirts printed with «break the silence» attended a campus - hosted discussion about homosexuality, such as whether Wheaton can be considered a «safe place» for gay students.

One student called attention to the fact that in the Soviet Union seminary students attend school for eight years; but even then it is doubtful whether there is enough time truly to «complete» a course of study.

Several students confided that money was the main question for them in deciding whether or not they could indeed attend seminary.

«By removing all religious references from the flyers, parents and students have no way of knowing about the nature of the events and can not make informed decisions about whether to attend.»

The question is whether forcing all these children to attend public schools would in fact be a benefit to the students there.

«Whether you attend the concert or bring your family to the full - day Saturday taste, we want everyone to know we do this for the kids - the funds we raise from summer high school classes and public events like TOTV go right back to school sites for visual and performing arts and curriculum support to benefit students,» he added.

A group of alumni, otherwise unidentified, had asked the bureau whether «an organization which raises funds to be used principally in travel and other activities necessary to interview and persuade prospective students with outstanding athletic ability to attend a particular university» was tax exempt.

Remarkably, Jackson found that this simple noncognitive proxy was a better predictor than a student's test scores of whether the student would attend college, a better predictor of adult wages, and a better predictor of future arrests.

«Mr. Schneiderman is looking into whether the schools and their recruiters misrepresent their success in finding students jobs, the quality of instruction, the cost of attending, and the program's accreditation, among other things,» Barbaro writes.

Said DeSantis: «The purpose of updating the guidance is to ensure that all New York state students, whether they attend a public or nonpublic schools, receive a quality education.»

He said the proposal to offer lead screenings at community schools and mobile health clinics would include younger siblings of any students, regardless of whether they are attending school.

NSF's new PSM funding will pay universities to establish programs; students who wish to attend these and other PSM programs will generally have to shell out at least $ 40,000 and sometimes as much as $ 100,000 for the degree, depending on whether they attend a public or private institution and whether financial aid is available.

The findings held true for all students, regardless of whether they appeared likely or unlikely to attend selective schools, as predicted by student background characteristics such as race, gender, socioeconomic status, and pre-college test scores.

Tan advises students interested in entering the profession to attend such courses so that they can «get a clearer idea of what is expected of them and whether this is the correct career choice.»

If you are a Christian single (whether a divorced single parent or never married college student) who has attended a number of Christian singles groups, you probably already know what I'm talking about.

The Fordham Institute's new report, High Stakes for High Achievers: State Accountability in the Age of ESSA, examines whether states» current or planned accountability systems for elementary and middle schools attend to the needs of high - achieving students, as well as how these systems might be redesigned under the Every Student Succeeds Act to better serve all students.

Unfortunately, the analyses in this paper are not capable of identifying whether the differences in classifications are due to the type of student who attends each sector, or if there is something about charter schooling itself that reduces the probability that a student is newly classified as having a disability.

First, we use our entire sample to analyze the extent to which the schools that students attend can explain the overall variation in student test scores and fluid cognitive skills, controlling for differences in prior achievement and student demographic characteristics (including gender, age, race / ethnicity, and whether the student is from a low - income family, is an English language learner, or is enrolled in special education).

On average, students in these groups fared just as well whether they attended a school that was participating in the bonus program or one in the control group.

But the same effort to predict similarity between students will be weak if it is based only on knowledge of whether the students grew up in the same family or attended the same schools.

Yet there are surprisingly few studies that make this link explicitly, and none that ask whether schools that respond to accountability pressure by increasing students» test scores also make those students more likely to attend and complete college, to earn more as adults, or to benefit in the long - run in other important ways.

This arrangement will be different from the past when students had to attend school whether they liked it or not — systems will be put in place for accreditation of learning both in and out of school.

Instead of asking whether all students in charter schools are more likely to attend segregated schools than are all students in traditional public schools, we should be comparing the racial composition of charter schools to that of nearby traditional public schools.

NOTE: Enrollment number includes all students who were required to attend summer school, whether or not they actually attended.

But it is possible to examine whether the mix of schools attended by FTC students has changed, and whether those changes have favored groups of schools that have been more or less successful in the past.

It's impossible to say whether the findings are even generalizable to the 10 high schools that the students attended.

The only way to know with confidence whether charters cause better outcomes is to look at randomized control trials (RCTs) in which students are assigned by lottery to attending a charter school or a traditional public school.

The fact of the matter is, low income students desperately need better schools, whether the ones they now attend or options that might be made available to them.

For many students, funding becomes the determining factor in whether to attend a school.

I address this issue by examining whether the fail rating effect varies by students» prior ability and find a strong inverse relationship between prior ability and the effects of attending a school that received a fail rating.

Students have no choice but to attend school whether they like it or not.

These results, however, still do not account for differences in the backgrounds and characteristics of students who attend these types of schools that might in turn affect whether they engage in community service.

«College counselors are one of the few tools we have to address this [the college access issue],» Kvaal said, noting that information relayed to students by counselors can make the biggest difference in whether or not they attend college.