Sentences with phrase «years the achievement gap»

In fact in the past six years the achievement gap in the Stamford Public Schools has been reduced by 13.5 percent.

Not exact matches

This study found that «the achievement advantage of white over minority students... increases in public schools during the last two years of schooling, whereas the minority gap actually decreases in Catholic schools.»

Carolina's topline, centered by Rod Brind «Amour, drew the attention of Pronger and partnerJason Smith for most of the series, giving it the dubious honor of trying towipe that David Letterman - like gap - toothed smile off Pronger's unmarked face.That matchup gave Carolina's second - line center, Staal, a degree of liberty.The 6» 4», 205 - pound Staal matter - of - factly led playoff scoring with 28points, including eight in the finals - a remarkable achievement by a 21 - year - oldwho is as modest as his roots, which really do come from the soil.

With a 13 - point gap to the Premier League top four, Arsenal look like needing to replicate Manchester United's achievement of winning the Europa League last year to claim a spot in Europe's premier club competition.

The «No Child Left Behind» act, signed by President Bush in January, greatly expands federal oversight of public education, mandating annual testing of children in grades 3 through 8 and one grade - level in high school, insisting every classroom teacher be fully certified and setting a 12 - year timetable for closing racial and economic achievement gaps in test scores.

In line with the 20th anniversary of the Innocenti Declaration, the event will open with a celebration of 20 years of action and achievements around the Innocenti as well as reviewing the gaps and areas still needing attention and a strategic response.

During his eight years as Deputy Superintendent and then Superintendent in San Francisco, Carranza drove progress in academic outcomes, outpacing gains in the state and narrowing the achievement gap.

SED found the achievement gap stands at about 20 percentage points, though it has been narrowed slightly over the last two years.

When Gov. Dannel P. Malloy was elected four years ago, Connecticut had the worst achievement gap between poor minority students and suburban white students in the country.

While its overall graduation rate increased 6 percentage points to 80 percent last year, it managed to close an achievement gap between white students and everyone else.

Four years ago, GSU had achievement gaps similar to other urban universities with low - income students, with graduation rates about 10 % lower for «at risk» students.

In recent years, the achievement gap in the United States between high - and low - income students has widened, even as gaps along lines of race and ethnicity have narrowed, says Martin West, an associate professor of education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and an author of the new study.

Over the past few years, the districts profiled in the report — the Houston Independent School District, the Sacramento City Unified School District, the Charlotte - Mecklenburg school system in North Carolina, and the Chancellor's District in New York City, a special 25,000 - student district of low - performing schools — have improved test scores and narrowed achievement gaps between minority and white students.

They found that the achievement gap between black and white students with similar background characteristics is small or nonexistent at the time children enter kindergarten and grows steadily and significantly each year they attend public school.

A 2010 study by Mark Berends and Roberto Penaloza of longitudinal data over 30 years demonstrates a relationship between increasing segregation of black and Latino students and growth in math achievement gaps between these groups and white students.

I had the pleasure of hearing a third - year doctoral student present truly innovative work on the achievement gap.

«Importantly, the narrowing gap in reading achievement as students progress by year level suggests that the value - add over time that is experienced in coeducational schools is not being realised in single - sex schools,» Dix writes.

The five - year - old document is a public recognition of how race and ethnicity play out in students» educational outcomes, and a call to narrow achievement gaps.

Academic achievement, closing achievement gaps, four - year adjusted cohort graduation rates, «speed to proficiency» of English - language learners

As we've seen in New York, which is a few years ahead of the curve when it comes to making its tests much harder, a higher cut score will make achievement gaps look much bigger, and the achievement of most high - poverty schools look much worse.

Whether the groups» focus is personal and social development in Year 4, leadership in Year 7 or narrowing the achievement gap with Year 10s, Brathay adopts the same approach that seeks to maximise the conditions for learning and achieve the desired learning outcomes.

In January, Mr Birmingham said the short assessments of year one students» literacy and numeracy would provide early identification of students who are behind, allowing them to be targeted with interventions before the achievement gap grows.

In this title, Lisa Delpit, whose previous book — the acclaimed yet controversial Other People's Children — was published 16 years ago, delves into the school factors that have contributed to the achievement gap.

Academic achievement, academic growth, closing achievement gaps, four - and five - year adjusted cohort graduation rates, English - language proficiency

Achievement: Student groups currently scoring below benchmark (scale scores below 750 on current state tests) will be expected to close the gap to 750 by 25 percent within 5 years.

Anaheim, Calif — The narrowing achievement gap between black and white students, first reported about two years ago, is also beginning to show in college and graduate - school admissions tests, according to a new analysis of national data by the researcher whose earlier analyses first summarized the change.

As his one - year term as chairman nears its end, Garcia talked with Education World about his desire to help urban districts pinpoint ways to improve student performance and continue to shrink the achievement gap.

In math, where Touchstone leaders were unable to hire a master teacher last year, Merit Prep's students had made three - fourths of a year of growth by March — solid results, but not enough to close achievement gaps.

Studies have shown that only about 25 percent of today's teachers produce enough progress — well over a year's worth of learning growth in a year's time — to help students close achievement gaps and leap ahead.

For example, do you ever quietly worry that ten years from now, we'll look back and see that some states reverted to pre-NCLB behavior and their achievement gaps widened?

Today, only about 25 percent of U.S. classrooms have teachers whose students learn enough to close achievement gaps in a few years and make further progress like the world's top students.

In some cases, achievement gaps are the equivalent of two or more years of school.

The first study showing illusory improvement in achievement gaps — the largely bogus «Texas miracle» — was published only ten years after that.

The early reform coalition took shape around 20 years ago, with shared goals of increasing economic competitiveness and addressing achievement gaps among low - income, black, and Latino students.

According to another recent study, the black - white achievement gap shrinks by a third when African American youngsters attend a Boston charter for just one year.

An analysis of test score gains made by students in 49 countries which was published in Ed Next last year found that students in the U.S. were not on track to close the global achievement gap.

Summer learning loss is among the most pernicious — if least acknowledged — causes of achievement gaps in America's schools, notes David von Drehle in this week's Time Magazine, and lengthening the school year is the answer.

The department softened a proposal to use results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress to measure states» progress over the past several years in boosting achievement scores and closing achievement gaps between subgroups.

In rapid - fire fashion, Grier ticks off Apollo 20's achievements: «It eliminated the math achievement gap in the 11 lowest - performing elementary schools in two years,» he says with emphasis.

Yet despite Coleman's groundbreaking work, the black - white achievement gap appears nearly as large today as it was fifty years ago.

The achievement gap has been well documented for 40 years: in the Coleman Report, NAEP data, SAT scores, and state assessments.

Their performance improves slightly after a year in Head Start, but not enough to make a real difference in the achievement gap (see Figure 3).

In spring 2011, the president visited a suburban school (with notable achievement gaps) to argue that without substantial changes more than 80 percent of the nation's schools would not meet NCLB performance targets this year.

Income - based disparities in academic performance have actually grown over the last decade or so, and last year the state's achievement gap was the third highest in the nation.

TIMSS, and the Australian - specific Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) report, found a 15 - year - old achievement gap exists between rich and poor students.

After almost five years, the federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act already has made a significant impact on U.S. schools, based on improved test scores and a narrowing of the achievement gap, according to U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings.

«As the director of the Achievement Gap Initiative (AGI) at Harvard, and as a teacher and mentor to our students, Ron has been a valued colleague and collaborator to many of us for years.

Earlier this year, an Indiana University study found that the «Excellence Gap,» the racial achievement gap at NAEP's advanced level, widened during the NCLB eGap,» the racial achievement gap at NAEP's advanced level, widened during the NCLB egap at NAEP's advanced level, widened during the NCLB era.

With more than 26 years teaching at Harvard, Ferguson's research focuses on the racial achievement gap, education policy, youth development programming, community development, economic consequences of skill disparities, and state and local economic development.

Brent Maddin, a first - year doctoral student researching the achievement gap, said he felt Kamras» talk helped connect the work he's doing.