In the 2016-2017 school year, 9percentt of Excel students met or exceeded expectations in math, compared with 27percentt citywide.
Two-thirds of Excel students are considered at-risk, meaning they receive welfare or food stamps, or are homeless or in the foster-care system.
As incentives for Project Excel students to reach goals like making the honor roll or befriending an elderly person, a selection of rewards is offered at the end of each quarter.
Not surprisingly therefore, even on a fact-based assessment, good students will correctly recall the information and excel; students with deficient mental models, are less likely to be able to recall the information when needed.
It's this sense of belonging and close-knit community, as well as the academic experience, which gives Sheffield its edge when it comes to excelling in student experience and why, two years after graduating, I'm still here.
As a child, Breslow was an all-round student, excelling in humanities, sports, student government and music.
Once all data for each student (clicker responses, attendance, and exam grades) were gathered in Excel, student names were removed from the spreadsheet to ensure anonymity.
Today, there are hundreds of thousands of students excelling in our schools who are not American citizens.
"Unfortunately, the United States has only recently begun focusing our national attention and our national resources on the importance of our students excelling in math and science education".
He was a gifted student, excelling in math and art.
At Marlborough, Catherine (then called Kate) was known as a serious levelheaded student, excelling in both athletics—she captained the school field hockey team and academics.
