Sentences with phrase «student teacher achievement»

For two decades, advocates of class - size reduction have referenced the findings from the Student Teacher Achievement Ratio (STAR) project, a class - size experiment conducted in Tennessee in the late 1980s.

This study presents new evidence on the test - score consequences of a teacher's race by examining data from Tennessee's well - known experiment in reducing class size, Project STAR (Student Teacher Achievement Ratio).

Project STAR (Student Teacher Achievement Ratio) was a large - scale class - size experiment that began with kindergarten students in the fall of 1985.

Coincidentally, a compelling way to evaluate the success of the career ladder system comes via data from Governor Alexander's Student Teacher Achievement Ratio program.

Not exact matches

Her company crunches achievement data to make assessments of students, looping together the entirety of their work to help teachers make decisions that will boost performance.

So on this happy day, as the students of the class of 2014 celebrate a milestone achievement with their families, their friends, and their teachers, I come to congratulate you, to wish you well, and to address each of you as a person who has received the good turn of a fine education, and who should feel a responsibility to repay the debt of that education by living well as a person, mindful of the personhood, the individuality, and the good of others around you, in the various communities through which your life will take you.

If anything, teacher incentives may decrease student achievement, especially in larger schools.»

In addition, students are responsible, whenever possible, for assessing themselves; twice a year, at report - card time, parents or other family members come in to the school for meetings known as student - led conferences, in which students as young as five narrate for their parents and teacher their achievements and struggles over the past semester.

This perfectly illustrates the Castilleja difference, which is not our students» intelligence, not our achievements, not our clubs or sports teams, not even our amazing teachers, but the kindness that permeates all aspects of school life.

She is committed to child - centered learning and fostering achievement and growth for both students and teachers.

The Obama agenda has focused almost exclusively on systemic school reform to address the achievement deficits of disadvantaged students: standards, testing, teacher evaluations, and a continued, if different, focus on accountability.

Increased student achievement, student and family participation in the educational process, better school attendance, and reduced disciplinary issues are all advantages that can be attributed to the long - term teacher - student relationship developed during the looping years.

The student shall take any nationally normed student achievement test administered by a certified teacher;

Are students more likely to cheat when they feel achievement pressure from parents, teachers and peers?

, chairman of the Senate Education Committee, said the federal legislation has the effect of «restoring to states, communities and teachers the responsibility for improving student achievement.»

Excerpt: «As a member of the State Senate Education Committee for the past 8 years and as a former teacher and coach, I have been a huge supporter of education reform that promotes student achievement.»

And the recent results of the achievement levels in small schools suggest that a smaller building environment has more to do with student achievement that teachers themselves.

In his State of the State speech Wednesday, Cuomo proposed a commission to improve teacher evaluation, student achievement and management efficiency.

No one cares more about the achievement of students than the teachers who dedicate their careers to educating our children.

A test designed to assess student academic achievement shouldn't be used to evaluate teachers.

«We are relying more than ever on state exams — to measure student achievement, to evaluate teacher and principal effectiveness, and to hold schools and districts accountable for their performance,» Regents Chancellor Merryl H. Tisch said.

«It doesn't accurately measure student achievement or teacher effectiveness.»

In Washington, D.C., where I was chancellor, IMPACT teacher evaluations are among the strongest in the country and have helped that school district go from the worst urban district in the country to the one making the biggest gains in student achievement.

Connecticut created more stringent graduation requirements and a teacher evaluation system that used student achievement.

States and districts across the country have set out to implement new teacher evaluation systems in an effort to improve teacher quality and raise student achievement.

Recentanalysis by the Measures of Effective Teaching (MET) project found that teachers» student survey results are predictive of student achievement gains and produce more consistent results than classroom observations or achievement gain measures.

Charter school leader Deborah Kenny's op - ed in today's The New York Times argues against the move by many states toward teacher evaluations based on multiple measures, including both student progress on achievement tests and the reviews of principals.

Betty Rosa, the Regents chancellor and a former New York City school administrator, noted the current evaluation law has created a situation under which teachers in fields not covered by state tests, such as physical education, often find themselves rated on the basis of student achievement in areas that are tested, such as English and math.

«Ed Trust — NY's «See Our Truth» report raised awareness about the critical role that strong and diverse teachers and school leaders play in student success and in closing achievement and opportunity gaps.

Cash noted through the bargain, the district is «working in close partnership with our teachers and principals to build a solid track to run on to more rapidly grow student proficiency and overall achievement well into the future.»

With this irresponsible action, the SUNY Charter Schools Committee has eroded the quality of teachers in New York State and negatively impacted student achievement.»

Then the unions fed the paranoid «opt out» movement, with hundreds of thousands of parents (mostly middle - class Long Islanders) refusing to let their kids take the state exams that measure student achievement — and Cuomo waved the white flag on using exams as part of teacher evaluations.

Ms. Melendez disagrees, saying student achievement on state assessments should not be used in any part of evaluating a teacher.

Until now, most New York City teachers have been rewarded based on seniority or quantity of graduate education; neither has been shown to improve student achievement.

Recent analysis by the Measures of Effective Teaching (MET) project found that teachers» student survey results are predictive of student achievement gains and produce more consistent results than classroom observations or achievement gain measures.

«It is unfortunate that DOE is trying to stifle the autonomy of charter schools when their time would be better spent on evaluating what great teachers and leaders in the very best charter schools, traditional district schools and nonprofit providers are doing to make pre-kindergarten an investment that pays off in increased student achievement,» Merriman said.

The new evaluation system will provide clear standards and significant guidance to local school districts for implementation of teacher evaluations based on multiple measures of performance including student achievement and rigorous classroom observations.

Cuomo said the deal will make the state «a national leader in holding teachers accountable for student achievement.»

Improving student achievement in science and mathematics requires well - prepared teachers who have a solid grounding in the content they teach and an understanding of how diverse students can be helped to learn.

In circumstances where the teachers are all excellent, the variability in student reading achievement may appear to be largely due to genetics.

This important program has helped improve academic achievement and continues to provide our schools and teachers with the resources to prepare our students for the global economy.

«We use exogenous variation from an ERI program in Illinois in the mid-1990s to provide the first evidence in the literature of the effects of large - scale teacher retirements on student achievement.

But those results were widely criticized by educators and software makers for lumping together the outcomes from many different products and for testing their impact on student achievement in the 1st year the teacher had used the material.

It also recommends that the government help to create 1000 new STEM - focused schools across the country and assist in a $ 15,000 - a-year salary boost for a cadre of 22,000 master math and science teachers with exemplary records of boosting student achievement and participation in science.

He touted a Department of Education program, not yet implemented, that offers up to $ 4 billion to states that promise to raise student achievement and improve the quality of their teachers training.

A new report from the Royal Society on improving U.K. science and mathematics education contains a lengthy wish list: Upper - level students should take a lot more science and math; more college graduates with science degrees should go into teaching; current teachers should continually upgrade their skills and have a larger voice in the educational process; and the government should de-emphasize the high - stakes tests used to measure student achievement.

The findings can have important implications for policymakers, teachers and school administrators who wish to promote academic achievement for students.

Since the No Child Left Behind Act went into effect in 2002, more data than ever have been made available on schools, the quality of their teachers, and their student achievement.

«Targeted teacher turnover boosts teacher quality, student achievement.»

The turnover of high - performing teachers is a challenging problem but, in DCPS, we find that the exit of high performers generally has small and statistically insignificant effects on student achievement.»