Sentences with phrase «actually improve student performance»

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Actually, rather than «falling behind,» what has happened over the last 20 years is that the performance of U.S. students in math and science has stayed the same (rather than improved) while the performance of students in many other nations has grown exponentially, outdistancing our students.

But it is also plausible that schools will develop strategies for improving the grade they receive from the state without actually improving the academic performance of students.

The article continued, «Rigorous testing that decides whether students graduate, teachers win bonuses, and schools are shuttered... does little to improve achievement and may actually worsen academic performance and dropout rates, according to the largest study ever on the issue.»

By using various strategies proposed in this article, you'll ensure that your students not only understand what you are teaching them; but that they actually take that knowledge back into their real world and apply the new concepts to improve their overall performance and achieve organizational goals and objectives.

Actually, there isn't a whole lot of evidence that the suburban schools dramatically improve low income student performance.

If schools with high expectations are actually more effective in improving students» non-cognitive skills (something not yet known but often assumed), conclusions about school performance based on self - reports could even be precisely backward.

The Test - Based Evidence On New Orleans Charter Schools Shanker Blog — April 27, 2012 This blog from the Albert Shanker Institute questions whether student performance in New Orleans really has improved since Katrina, and also, if improvement does exist, is it actually due to the expansion of charter schools or is it just different students and more money.

They fail to provide teachers and parents with any usable information about how to improve teaching or student's academic performance in relation to what is actually being taught in Connecticut's classrooms.

Put another way, access to SNAP substantially improves students» academic performance — but only when there are actually enough benefits for families to be able to eat.