There is suggestive information in the fact that there is not very much difference in
average effectiveness by teachers» routes into their careers (certified vs. non-certified).
Not exact matches
Our U.S. based data centers follow best in class power usage
effectiveness (PUE) practices, resulting in PUE that exceeds the industry
average by nearly 34 %.
I usually don't take stats as a good indicator from a player's performance, but the difference in
effectiveness of Pablo's home and away can be seen
by his
average performance rating.
To judge
by the quality of the educational evaluation work I know best — on school desegregation, Comer's School Development Program, and bilingual education — the
average quasi-experiment in these fields inspires little confidence in its conclusions about
effectiveness.
We therefore employ a third approach that gauges the amount of variation in principal
effectiveness directly
by measuring the additional fluctuation in school
average achievement gains when a new principal assumes leadership, as compared to typical fluctuations from year to year.
One way in which NCATE attempts to demonstrate its
effectiveness is
by citing the fact that the three states that required NCATE accreditation for all schools of education during the 1980s — Arkansas, North Carolina, and West Virginia — experienced greater than
average increases in student achievement on the NAEP assessments during the 1990s.
The impact of even a slightly better - than -
average quality teacher — one whose
effectiveness ranks at the 60th percentile, for example — still has significant economic results, raising an individual student's lifetime earnings
by $ 5,300, or a class of 20 students» aggregate lifetime earnings
by a total of $ 106,000.
Using rigorous non-experimental methods, a 2013 study of charters in 16 states
by the Center for Research on Education Outcomes found that
average charter school
effectiveness increased overall, due in large part to closures of poorly performing schools.
[3] A recent study following more than two million students estimated that having a teacher in grades four through eight with
average effectiveness, instead of one who is among the five percent least effective, would increase a students» lifetime income
by more than $ 250,000.
It's long been noted that,
by most measures, the
average teacher improves enormously in the first several years on the job, after which student - achievement gains (one gauge of teacher
effectiveness) level off.
Yet, according to a key measure of teacher
effectiveness used
by the Los Angeles Unified School District, Hunsberger is
average.
Learners can learn and apply techniques or strategies for reducing call time, but their
average call time reduction will be affected
by any number of factors that are out of the learners» control, like the complexity of the issues callers have, or the
effectiveness of the techniques and strategies for call time reduction they're provided with.
Even when derived
by averaging several years of teacher scores,
effectiveness estimates are unlikely to provide a level of reliability desired in scores used for high - stakes decisions, such as tenure or dismissal.
In 1992, an economist called Eric Hanushek reached a remarkable conclusion
by analysing decades of data on teacher
effectiveness: a student in the class of a very ineffective teacher — one ranked in the bottom 5 % — will learn, on
average, half a year's worth of material in one school year, whereas if she was in the class of a very effective teacher — in the top 5 % — she would learn a year and a half's worth of material.
They find that between 43 % and 52 % of teachers can not be distinguished from a teacher of «
average»
effectiveness, once the specific value - added estimate for each teacher is bounded
by a 95 % confidence interval.
Designed as a system intervention, Reading Recovery demonstrates cost
effectiveness by returning two - thirds or more of the children to
average performance levels in all countries.
Under the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006, states are provided with funding to develop the technical skills of secondary and postsecondary students who elect to enroll in CTE programs.46 Currently, 12.5 million high school and college students are enrolled in CTE programs.47 These programs help keep students in school; the graduation rate of CTE students is about 90 percent, 15 percentage points higher than the national
average.48 However, research on their
effectiveness is still in the preliminary stages.49 The best and most effective CTE programs are linked to and supported
by local business or industry; provide real - world experiences or work opportunities; give students tangible outcomes such as an industry credential or college credit; and create pathways for pursuing college or career after graduation.50
According to an evaluation conducted
by Shelby County Schools, MTR graduates had above
average overall
effectiveness as measured
by a variety of assessments of student growth used in the school district.
As evidenced
by the U.S. Department of Education's recent move to allow states flexibility in using growth models to calculate
average yearly progress, there is a growing consensus that indicators of teacher
effectiveness should be based on student growth rather than on predetermined levels of performance.
Regardless of its true
effectiveness, dollar - cost
averaging strategies will continue to be recommended and used
by a large percentage of mutual fund investors worldwide, particularly those who are saving for retirement with systematic investment plans.
On
average, adaptation improves yields
by the equivalent of ~ 15 - 18 % of current yields, but the
effectiveness of adaptation is highly variable (medium confidence).
While we welcome respondent's introduction of empirical evidence on the
effectiveness of Oregon's legal rules, its statistics are undermined
by the fact that the Oregon
average is computed from only two punitive damages awards.
Following are career accomplishments, note the use of specific data: «achieving sales goals,
averaging 17 % annual growth», «increased housekeeping
effectiveness by 46 %», etc..
Key Results and Achievements • Devised an airflow monitoring mechanism that led to 30 % reduction in energy expenditure
by avoiding air leakage • Saved $ 15K in terms of annual repair cost of the installed HVAC systems through vigilant preventive maintenance of the same • Enhanced
effectiveness of insulation projects
by 22 % through introduction of computerized air pressure gauging equipment • Organized the tools and equipment in the company vehicle systematically and reduced dispatch time
by 5 minutes per assignment on
average
Effect sizes (ES) were calculated using Cohen's d. For each study, overall
effectiveness was calculated
by averaging effect sizes...
As described
by Mihalopoulos and Chatterton, 14 the WHO on Macroeconomics and Health has suggested that a general cost -
effectiveness criterion should be that if the cost of a disability - adjusted life year (DALY) does not exceed the
average income per capita in a given country, the treatment can be considered very cost - effective.35 In 2013, the
average annual income in Sweden was approximately US$ 42 500,36 meaning that also when using the WHO's criterion, the findings of this study indicate that ICBT is cost - effective.