Sentences with phrase «year graduation rates improved»

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De Blasio spokesman Dan Levitan wouldn't comment on the possibility of running against Donovan, but cited a record the mayor will run on next year that includes, «crime just hit another all - time low, jobs are at record highs, the city is building and preserving affordable housing at a record pace, while graduation rates and test scores continue to improve.»

«It's a bittersweet situation, I think we have a person that has poured themselves into the Syracuse City School District over the last five years and have helped us move forward in terms of improving graduation rates, decreasing drop - out rates and getting our schools off the receivership list,» Dorsey said.

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

The graduation rate rose by more than 20 percentage points and, leaving aside the years when the state recalibrated its evaluation framework, student - achievement rates in the city improved annually (see Figure 1).

Four U.S. cities will receive $ 3 million each over the next three years from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for programs to improve college graduation rates, the foundation announced last week.

Whether the measure is graduation rates, improved instructional quality, last year's improvement in the lowest - performing schools targeted for special intervention, a nation - leading new collective - bargaining agreement, the addition of many new high - quality public schools, increased parental choice, or a material increase in the proportion of effective teachers, the arrow is pointed decidedly up in Newark.

In fact, if Locke's numbers don't improve in coming years, its graduation rate would be considered unacceptable.

Sixty - two years after the landmark Brown v. Board Supreme Court decision that desegregated America's public schools, the education system is still struggling with a number of issues in classrooms, including segregation, the opportunity and achievement gaps, school funding discrepancies, improving high school graduation rates, and college enrollment and persistence.

Working together for the last several years to improve graduation rates, increase college readiness, close achievement gaps, and promote educational innovation.

Talent Development Secondary, a comprehensive school reform effort, has emerged after over 20 years of research, applications and practices, well equipped to respond effectively to the needs of schools and districts seeking the strategies, tools, materials, supports and personnel needed to dramatically improve middle and high schools marked by low achievement and low graduation rates.

Improving that number should improve four - year graduation rates.

«Our goal is to turn around the 5,000 lowest - performing schools over the next five years, as part of our overall strategy for dramatically reducing the dropout rate, improving high school graduation rates and increasing the number of students who graduate prepared for success in college and the workplace,» said Arne Duncan, the administration's new secretary of education in August of that year.

Madison's high school graduation rate for black students has improved about 3 percentage points over the last four years to 59 percent.

The overall argument of the report — that efforts to bring college preparatory education to public schools (and improve the rigor of curriculum in American public education) is contributing to the nation's dropout crisis — doesn't hold water when one knows that the nation's five - year graduation rate has barely budged between the Classes of 1991 and 2007 (81 percent and 78 percent, respectively).

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The conference was the nation's largest convening of education leaders and dropout prevention practitioners on the topic of improving K - 12 graduation rates in recent years.

«Under Chancellor Henderson's leadership for the past five and a half years, DC Public Schools improved dramatically in overall academic achievement, high school graduation rates, student satisfaction, and enrollment.

The graduation rates of black students in some districts such as Beloit and Racine have improved in recent years.

When Chandler originally joined the district as an assistant high school principal more than ten years ago, one of the primary objectives was to develop a plan for improving graduation rates.

We partnered with North Chicago Community High School for three years to improve their graduation, attendance, and college - going rates.

The League of Innovative Schools (LIS) is an initiative of the NESSC and includes more than 75 schools that have been working together for the last several years to improve graduation rates, increase college readiness, close achievement gaps, and promote educational innovation.

Compared to the year prior to adopting Apex Learning Courses, the graduation rate improved by 8.6 percentage points and the dropout rate fell by 3.3 percentage points.

Similarly, college graduation rates in California's four - year universities continue to improve.

For example, African American children born in poverty who participated in early childhood education programs had higher graduation rates, higher adult earnings, and fewer arrests than their peers.102 A similar study found that students who participated in early intervention programs maintained higher high school GPAs, were two times more likely to have attended a four - year college, and were more likely to hold a job than their peers.103 Furthermore, research finds that participation in state - funded preschool programs improves children's language, literacy, and mathematical skills.104

Notably, states must set more ambitious goals for improving extended - year graduation rates and closing gaps among student subgroups.51

Laude has now been appointed senior vice provost, charged with improving the four - year graduation rate.

Acknowledging that Idaho's graduation rate has worsened in the past few years, Governor Otter outlined a budget that «will improve the chances for more Idaho students to succeed through high school and beyond.»

CSU also receives $ 50 million for its Graduation Initiative, a program that aims to improve four - and six - year graduation rates to 24 percent and 60 percent, respectively, with a particular focus on underrepresented students and first - generation collegeGraduation Initiative, a program that aims to improve four - and six - year graduation rates to 24 percent and 60 percent, respectively, with a particular focus on underrepresented students and first - generation collegegraduation rates to 24 percent and 60 percent, respectively, with a particular focus on underrepresented students and first - generation college students.

An additional $ 25 million will be spread among the winners of the Governor's Awards for Innovation in Higher Education, which encourages community colleges to develop creative and equitable solutions for increasing transfers to four - year institutions, graduation rates, and improving overall time - to - degree.

High school graduation rates are at an all - time high at over 80 percent (see Chapter 1: Student Achievement).7 8 9 Research on NCLB's accountability provisions has shown modest effects on school performance, particularly in schools seeking to avoid a first year of missing AYP or in schools facing the severest penalties.10 Despite this progress, however, high school test scores are flat, achievement gaps persist, and many low - performing schools are not improving.

Minnesota Alliance With Youth: GradMinnesota The high school graduation rate in Minnesota improved last year to 81 percent, with steady gains in struggling metropolitan districts and significant improvement among students of color.

In early 2013, the University System of Georgia formed a statewide task force charged with improving success rates in the gateway mathematics courses that are required for graduation in its two - and four - year institutions.

Governor Brown went on to say that «this must change,» and she highlighted the Woodburn School District for its dramatically improved graduation rate — a 24 percent increase in six years.

Those improved outcomes include graduation rates which have gone up in Connecticut for the seventh year in a row, aided along the way by strong charter schools.

Graduation rates for students with disabilities have improved slightly in recent years.

Partially Accredited: Improving School - Graduation and Completion Index — High schools that have attained the adjusted pass rates required for full accreditation, and that have improved their GCI by at least one point from the previous year, but that are not within a narrow margin of the GCI required for full accreditation.

Over the years, countless committees, taskforces and politicians in the state have argued that investing in pre-k will improve high - school graduation rates and build a more highly educated workforce in Mississippi.

Alex Fralin, assistant superintendent for secondary schools for the Madison School District, said he expects the district will show improvement next year among groups of students who traditionally have seen low graduation rates because of the district's efforts to improve core instruction.