Sentences with phrase «associated with higher achievements»

By the end of the school year a distinct trend in the math group emerged, where more frequent use of the app with parental involvement was associated with higher achievements.

In addition to the country - level factors of per capita GDP and education spending per student, we include in our analysis information on the presence or absence of external exit exams (which research suggests are associated with higher achievement) and information on whether the country had a Communist government in 1970 (which may have affected both the size of the private sector and achievement).

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However, even after control for confounding and selection factors associated with infant feeding practices, increasing duration of breastfeeding was associated with small but significant increases in scores on standardized tests of ability and achievement, teacher ratings of classroom performance, and greater success at high school.

Table 1 shows clear and highly significant (P <.0001) tendencies for increasing duration of breastfeeding to be associated with higher scores on measures of cognitive ability, teacher ratings of performance, standardized tests of achievement, better grades in School Certificate examinations, and lower percentages of children leaving school without qualifications.

In general, the results suggest that after adjustment for confounding, there were small but consistent tendencies for increasing duration of breastfeeding to be associated with increased IQ, increased performance on standardized tests, higher teacher ratings of classroom performance, and better high school achievement.

Fathers» involvement in parenting is associated with positive cognitive, developmental, and socio - behavioural child outcomes such as improved weight gain in preterm infants, improved breastfeeding rates, higher receptive language skills, and higher academic achievement [33].

Across both genders, high academic achievement was associated with willingness to report knowledge about guns and knives.

Participation in high - quality early childhood programs at ages 3 and 4 years is associated with greater school readiness and achievement, higher rates of educational attainment and socioeconomic status, and lower rates of crime.

The character is associated with having a good time, and expectations are high for that achievement to be unlocked again.»

The PIRLS 2016 results and questionnaire also revealed that higher levels of enjoyment of reading are associated with higher levels of achievement, so long as students have books in the home.

Effects of writing motivation and engagement: We found that the positive writing motivation and engagement factors were associated with greater enjoyment of writing, greater participation in writing tasks, more positive writing goals, more resilience when faced with difficult writing tasks, and higher literacy achievement.

As Raj Chetty, John Friedman, and Jonah Rockoff reported recently (see «Great Teaching,» research, Summer 2012), being assigned to a teacher with a track record of student achievement gains is associated with higher earnings and rates of college going.

It is known that reading for enjoyment is associated with higher academic achievement.

In fact, if you look at Table 4 in their paper you will find that teachers with higher verbal SAT scores are negatively associated with student gains in math achievement.

The research literature generally finds that unionization is associated with higher per - pupil costs and lower student achievement, but those findings are not very large and are sometimes inconsistent.

These same schools report poor achievement by other major student groups as well, and have a set of characteristics associated generally with poor standardized test performance — such as high student - teacher ratios, high student enrollments and high levels of students living in or near poverty.

The measures of teacher quality that are used by most public school systems to screen candidates and determine compensation — certification, experience, and education level — have been well researched, but there is little definitive empirical evidence that these characteristics, defined in general terms, are associated with higher student achievement.

Whether student achievement is higher or lower, teachers and school administrators van look at results throughout the entire system to identify which specific teaching and leadership strategies were associated with improved student results.

While each district featured had its own way of organizing its work for making and sustaining improvements in instructional practice and student learning, each of them implemented a set of practices that, when used in an aligned and coherent manner, are associated with higher student achievement.

«Given the strong influence of poverty on student academic achievement, these changes have increased the challenge of improving student outcomes in IPS,» the report read, promising a plan to cultivate schools capable of erasing the achievement gap associated with inner city schools where high levels of poverty and greater racial diversity exist.

For example, positive effects on reading achievement have been associated with collaboration and community building (Briggs & Thomas, 1997); targeted professional development (Frazee, 1996); curriculum and assessment alignment (Stringfield, Millsap, & Herman, 1997); clear and agreed - upon goals and objectives at the state and school levels (Rossi & Stringfield, 1997); high expectations for students (Foertsch, 1998); early interventions and strategies for struggling readers (Lein, Johnson, & Ragland, 1997; Legters & McDill, 1994); common planning time for teachers (Miles & Darling - Hammond, 1997); and strong school leadership (George, Grissom, & Just, 1996; Shields, Knapp, & Wechsler, 1995).

Numerous studies have shown that parental involvement is associated with higher academic achievement.

They further found that higher turnover was associated with lower student performance on reading and math achievement tests, apparently because turnover takes a toll on the overall climate of the school.42 «It is far from a trivial problem,» the researchers say.

Unsuccessful high school transition is associated with higher dropout rates, delayed graduation rates, and low achievement (Herlihy, 2007).

The study — funded by the Department of Education and the National Institutes of Health — found first - grade teachers with a higher percentage of students with math difficulties in their classrooms were more likely to use student - centered instructional methods (such as the use of calculators, or movement and music to learn math) that have not been associated with achievement gains.

Increased targeted staffing to higher poverty schools within states is associated both with higher measured outcomes of low - income children and with smaller achievement gaps between children from low - income and non-low income families.

It suggests that, contrary to most of the recent research, having a teacher with an advanced degree is associated with higher student achievement.

High rates of suspensions and expulsions are associated with lower academic achievement and schools that are chaotic and unsafe.

Second, it would facilitate the formation of communities of practice capable of developing coherent courses of study in settings where parents, students, and teachers share a common understanding of the enterprise — all qualities associated with teacher satisfaction, parent approval, and high student achievement.

Investing wisely in teacher and principal preparation and development can improve student achievement and generate overall budget savings by reducing costs associated with low student performance (including grade retention, remediation, and higher dropout rates).

Teachers who receive such support have higher levels of job satisfaction, rate higher in their classroom teaching practices, and are associated with higher levels of student achievement.

No superintendent can, on his or her own (single handedly), fulfill leadership responsibilities positively associated with higher levels of student achievement.

Based on a review of more than one hundred strategic plans from schools, central office departments, and districts, Reeves reveals that strategic plans that rated higher on 20 different dimensions of planning, implementing, and monitoring were associated with higher student achievement and greater achievement gains.

Another study of low - performing, high poverty schools, shows that years of teaching experience at the 2nd grade level was associated with higher reading achievement, for up to 20 years.

Research2 has shown that empowering students to make more decisions about how and what they learn is associated with higher student achievement.

Researchers found a positive relationship between teachers» data use and student achievement in elementary and middle school math, and the use of data by principals was associated with higher student achievement in some grades and subjects.

Examining test scores in all 50 states, David Madland and Nick Bunker find that a stronger American middle class is associated with higher levels of academic achievement.

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For research supporting greater selectivity for teacher preparation programs see, Donald Boyd et al., «The Narrowing Gap in New York City Teacher Qualifications and its Implications for Student Achievement in High - Poverty Schools,» National Bureau of Economic Research, Working Paper No. 14021, June 2008; Drew Gitomer, «Teacher Quality in a Changing Policy Landscape: Improvements in the Teacher Pool,» Educational Testing Service, 2007; D. Goldhaber et al., NBPTS certification: Who applies and what factors are associated with success?»

This groundbreaking step was an acknowledgement of the economic and social value of multilingualism, the realities of a global century, and of the high level of academic achievement associated with attaining literacy in multiple languages.

«Research also shows that parent involvement is associated with higher student achievement.»

Citing Raj Chetty, John Friedman, and Jonah Rockoff, he also shares evidence about the impact of great teaching, arguing, «Being assigned to a teacher with a track record of student achievement gains is associated with higher earnings and rates of college going.»

There are mixed signs of success: the out - of - school discipline bans are associated with a 20 percent drop in suspensions across the country from school year 2011 - 12 to 2013 - 14, [1] but quick shifts in discipline policy have also had adverse effects such as high teacher turnover in Washington state, deteriorating school climate in New York, [2] or lower academic achievement for some students without prior suspensions in Philadelphia.

This consultative approach reduces the anxiety often associated with a layoff or termination and propels workers and businesses on to higher levels of achievement.

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Married and not - married Hmong female high school students were compared on attitudinal, achievement, and background variables to explore factors associated with early marriage and to determine consequences of early marriage for mental health and educational expectations.

«Authoritarian» parenting, characterized by high control and low warmth, is associated with a lack of social competence and self - esteem, aggressiveness, and poor academic achievement; «permissive» parenting, characterized by high warmth and low control, is associated with impulsive, aggressive behavior, and substance use problems; and «disengaged» (sometimes called «neglectful») parenting, in which both warmth and control are low, is associated with impulsivity, behavioral and emotional problems, school dropout, substance use, and delinquency.10, 11

Excessive media exposure in early childhood poses many developmental and behavioral health risks.1 Exposure to television (TV) and videos before 3 years of age is associated with later problems with language development, 2 — 4 cognition, 5 attention, 6,7 executive functioning, 8 and school achievement.9 These effects may be more pronounced in low - income populations, where high media exposure is more prevalent.2 Proposed mechanisms for these detrimental effects include replacement of enriching activities with caregivers, 10 reduced language - based and play interactions with parents, 11 — 13 and less creative child play14 while the TV is on.

For example, studies have shown that authoritarian parenting (i.e., high parental control, low warmth), which may be detrimental in typically developing youth, 14,15 can be protective for children who are at - risk due to their environmental and / or behavioural profiles.16, 17 Similarly, although parentification was once conceived of as an inherently detrimental phenomenon, 18 children's provision of care to parents and kin may be associated with heightened self - esteem and achievement among some groups and depends strongly on the culture and value judgments of individuals within the family.19

Though research demonstrates that parental involvement in education is associated with higher academic achievement in students (Jeynes 2012), the perceived barrier in much of K — 12 education between the importance of academics and the ability for families to adequately supplement this school learning serves to create a split between families and their children's education (Heath et al. 2014).