Sentences with phrase «effectiveness at improving student achievement»

Other school characteristics associated with better student achievement included: more time spent on English instruction; teacher pay plans that were based on teachers» effectiveness at improving student achievement, principals» evaluations, or whether teachers took on additional duties, rather than traditional pay scales; an emphasis on academics in schools» mission statements; and a classroom policy of punishing or rewarding the smallest of student infractions.

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Ms Rodgers, who most recently served as Deputy Secretary, Early Learning and Student Achievement at the New Zealand Ministry of Education, has experience in improving system effectiveness with school leaders across education and the wider social sector.

At the same time, serious questions remain about the effects of NBCTs on student achievement and about the cost - effectiveness of the NBPTS's approach to improving the standard of teaching.

«One of the responsibilities of school leadership teams with the strongest correlation to improve student achievement is in the area of monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of school practices and their impact on student learning,» Beth Wallen, principal of Panther Lake Elementary School in Kent, Wash., summarizes the need to look at results.

«A school must establish a site team to develop and implement strategies and education effectiveness practices to improve instruction, curriculum, cultural competencies, including cultural awareness and cross-cultural communication, and student achievement at the school site, consistent with subdivision 2.

The best result of the new evaluation systems is that they put the measure of a teacher's effectiveness at the center of the conversation about improving student achievement.