Sentence examples for literacy performance from inspiring English sources

Mr. Guiso compared math and literacy performance with a gender gap index developed by the World Economic Forum in Geneva.

Ministers may need to rein in their oft-stated enthusiasm for the controversial phonics screening check for six-year-olds after a final official evaluation report found no evidence that it improved pupils' overall literacy performance.

For some poverty-stricken areas in China, children also suffer from malnutrition, which can result in the poor literacy performance (Hannum et al. 2014).

At the student level, the strongest predictor on mathematics literacy performance was mathematics self-efficacy for both Indonesian and Malaysian models, and perseverance for the Thai Model.

Our organization is hopeful and has a dedicated team of poets, community leaders, students, artists, teachers, and business owners who support the mission and appreciate the spaces they're providing to the community to engage in art, literacy, performance, and testimony.

It is noteworthy that digital reading a domain within literacy performance that is becoming all the more important to master in contemporary society so far is poorly investigated in these and other respects.

And, outside the city, it matters because U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has called Detroit -- with its low literacy rate, low performance and mounting debt -- a "ground zero" for education reform, signaling that if performance can increase there, it can happen anywhere.

Better science teaching in universities may lead to better science teaching in secondary schools, a higher level of scientific literacy and better performance of American students on international tests.

In the two days following the performance, Literacy Unbound partnered with the Student Press Initiative to produce a player-initiated and player-authored publication, Unbounding and Astounding: Opt In Strategies for Literary Exploration, a guide designed to disseminate Literacy Unbound practices and inspire teachers beyond the summer institute.

Below, selected research examining the effect of SES-background, cultural, and economic capital on literacy and reading performance will be reviewed.

Accordingly, among the 65 countries evaluated by the PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment), Brazil ranks 59th in science literacy, with low performance also in other areas (PISA 2012).