A new report on primary school teacher quality released by the Center on International
Education Benchmarking finds high - performing education systems in Japan, Finland, Hong Kong, and Shanghai have very different approaches to elementary - level teacher training.
Not exact matches
When we apply the NAEP
benchmark for proficient, in fact, the performance of 4th grade students on the 2011 PIRLS confirms the International
Education Assessment's
findings since 1996: The reading scores of students in most assessed nations fall far short of American students» performance.
Beyond PD: Teacher Professional Learning in High - Performing Systems: Report from the Center on International
Education Benchmarking considers professional learning policies and practice in Shanghai, British Columbia, Singapore, and Hong Kong, where students consistently score well on PISA assessments,
finding that their professional learning is a part of daily life http://www.ncee.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/BeyondPDWeb.pdf
The National Institute for Early
Education Research analyzed preschool programs in all 50 states, and
found Arizona was one of nine states that met less than half of the quality
benchmarks.
Using nine specific quality
benchmarks, including things like whether teachers had specialized training in early childhood
education, if the maximum class size was 20 students or fewer and what the student to staff ratio was, Erin Baumgartner
found that none of the 50 campuses included in the study met all nine of the quality
benchmarks and that students of limited English proficiency were less likely to be enrolled in pre-kindergarten programs with six or more quality indicators.
The National School Boards Association's (NSBA) Center for Public
Education (CPE) in its analysis of the report
found that while overall scores remained flat, more students scored high enough to reach the ACT college - ready
benchmarks in each of the test's four subject areas - English, reading, math, and science.
It incorporates most of the
benchmark materials
found in Sandra Day O'Connor's icivics curriculum and is being considered for state and national
education efforts.
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