Are we heading towards a situation in which some secondary schools will find it impossible to demonstrate improvement?
The legislation also provides increased per-pupil aid to school districts and bonuses for teachers whose students demonstrate improvement.
Education Commissioner Richard Mills put it this way: "As schools go on the list, they either demonstrate improvement or they are closed".
He is proposing that schools currently rated "satisfactory" will now have three years in which to demonstrate improvement – or face going into special measures.
Her lawyer waived the second review of her case, in February, 2007, so that she would have more time to demonstrate improvement in her parenting skills.
The raw statistics demonstrate improvement: he already has as many league goals this season, nine, as he managed in his first campaign with shot accuracy (from 60%to6767%) and chance-conversion rate (21% to 33%) raised.
The White House has been eager to demonstrate improvement, especially on the political front, in advance of the progress report the administration must submit to Congress by Sept. 15.
The bill put off consideration of divisive issues like student vouchers that were dear to conservatives, and of a demonstration project that would have removed virtually all restrictions on the spending of federal money for up to 15 states, requiring student testing in reading and writing to demonstrate improvement only in five years.
Such students — more than a quarter of the 580 at the school as of last week — are excluded from all aspects of extracurricular life, including athletic contests, academic clubs, dances and plays, unless they demonstrate improvement on weekly progress reports filled out by their teachers.
Not only would Mr. Bush set financial penalties for schools that did not demonstrate improvement on standardized tests, but he would also insist that they separate the performance of minority children so that diverse schools could not coast on the high scores of some white children.
Simulation results demonstrate improvement in terms of power consumption and power-delay product (PDP).
