Given the time constraints, Coleman used the proportion of variance in student achievement associated with various educational inputs — such as schools, teacher characteristics, student - reported parental characteristics, and peer characteristics — as a type of divining rod for identifying promising targets for intervention. (educationnext.org)
«The achievement gap has received much attention, and deservedly so, but the engagement gap is a root cause of variances in student achievement and has yet to receive the same recognition,» said Sean Slade, ASCD director of outreach and whole child and moderator of the Whole Child Symposium. (ascd.org)
The report reads: «There is a remarkable hunger to create charter schools, for - profit schools, lighthouse schools, free schools, academies, public - private schools... But, given that the variance in student achievement between schools is small relative to variance within schools, it is folly to believe that a solution lies in different forms of schools. (educationbusinessuk.net)