The bands were used to draw up a reference point of 100 which was the "median" achievement of all the students.
The 1990s brought some indications of achievement gains among students in high-poverty schools, defined as those in which at least 75 percent of students come from low-income homes.
This kind of collaboration between Tribes and States marks a new era in working together to meet the unique educational and cultural needs of American Indian and Alaska Native students, to improve their academic achievement, and ultimately to better the future of these Tribal students and their communities.
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Furthermore, Learning Hub comes with a learning management system providing schedule management and performance and achievement management tools so students of any age can learn at their own pace.
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As we shall see in a moment, it is quite possible for a country such as the United States to successfully raise average levels of achievement while doing little to increase the number or proportion of students achieving at more sophisticated levels.
In one study involving African-American and white college freshmen in a predominantly white university, the intervention, delivered in the first year of college, changed the trajectory of minority students' achievement by steadily improving their grades all the way through senior year.
Virtually all measures of academic achievement have shown substantial differences in the performance of African-American and white students in the United States, and these performance differentials have been a source of constant analysis and discussion.
Despite relatively strong overall numbers on the six target dimensions, the U.S. educational system is still characterized by continuing, and in some cases growing, disparities among various subsets of students in the distribution of educational resources and in student persistence and achievement.
As a result of poor school achievement, African-Caribbean students are under-represented in scientific careers.
By the very nature of online learning software, achievement can be integrated seamlessly with the delivery of learning experiences in ways that help students feel successful while they learn, every day.
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To reach the ambitious education goals we have set for our Nation, as well as to ensure equality of access and opportunity for all, we must provide the support that will enable African American students to improve their level of educational achievement through rigorous and well-rounded academic and support services that will prepare them for college, a career, and a lifetime of learning.
We have an achievement gap between white and black students at the secondary level of 70% in some subject areas--70%.
In K-12 education, the No Child Left Behind Law has produced important benefits for students by holding schools accountable for the academic achievement of all children.
The Project provides technical assistance to develop skills in curriculum development and curriculum assessment, thereby increasing the value added of the new curriculum in terms of impact on students' knowledge acquisition and their achievement.
Six talented students guarantee a focus for serious achievement from which the rest of the school undoubtedly benefits.
Our Two Way immersion program has been successful because we have remained true to our goal of bilingualism, high achievement, cross-cultural understanding and acceptance among students.
In his address, the president appealed for all states to adopt a nationally established set of performance standards centered on skills evaluations that measure students' achievement in reading and math.
Most of the literature coming out of education circles these days fingers multitasking as contributing to lower achievement levels among students.
Similarly, preliminary evaluations of the Edison Project, a private firm which manages 12 local schools, demonstrate that students have made significant academic gains on student achievement tests in three of the four Edison schools that opened in 1995.
On the other hand, students who are motivated to learn have higher achievement, show better understanding of the concepts they are taught, are more satisfied with school, and have lower dropout rates, according to a variety of studies reviewed by Edward Deci and colleagues.
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One of the proudest occasions of my life was facilitating and witnessing the birth of the Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh Charter School in 1998, where the achievement gap between black and white students has virtually been eliminated.
She also rejects the awarding of qualifications to almost all students as a gimmick, which does not reflect educational achievement.
Based on our review of the results of six international achievement surveys conducted from 1991 to 2001, we conclude that U.S. students have generally performed above average in comparisons with students in other industrialized nations.
Based on a review of research from various sources going back decades, the papers suggest that while existing efforts to increase student achievement are an important part of education reform, they have not focused enough on what it takes to motivate students in school.
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Students from Columbia University identified how to unleash the power of networks to develop next-generation student achievement tests.
"The proportion of non-traditional students in universities has rocketed over the last few years, and I celebrate that achievement, " said its chief executive, Diana Warwick.
Meanwhile, African American and Latino students continue to lag behind their white classmates -- an achievement gap that will ultimately cost us hundreds of billions of dollars because that's our future workforce.
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