Sentences with phrase «average student achievement»

In simplest terms, we compare average student achievement gains in the same school under different principals.

Overall average student achievement in grades 4 and 8 in both reading and math has grown over the longer term, showing annual improvement in most years.

In four states, there is not a single traditional district with average student achievement above the 50th percentile in math.

It is possible, of course, that looking at average student achievement could divert our attention from changes for particular groups of students.

These results confirm that teachers who move between schools within urban districts typically arrive at a school with higher average student achievement (0.11 standard deviations) and a smaller percentage of minority and low - income students.

Student performance measures include average student achievement on reading and math exams, along with median proficiency and the percentage of students achieving proficiency.

If all states improved their schools to the point where average student achievement matched that of the top state, Minnesota, the overall gains would be $ 76 trillion, or more than four times the current GDP of the United States.

This may be why real costs per student have increased substantially (nearly doubling in the past 30 years) while the performance of schools, as measured by average student achievement, has not risen at all.

If the bottom 25 percent of teachers on such a measure were not retained, we would expect average student achievement to rise by.09 student - level standard deviations.

• «The amount of homework for high school seniors has decreased... and grades have risen as average student achievement has been declining.»

Nonetheless, the results remain educationally significant: a 1 - standard - deviation increase in principal quality translates into roughly 0.05 standard deviations in average student achievement gains, or nearly quality between schools and again ignores any tendency for a given school to attract principals of similar quality over time, suggesting that it likely understates principals» actual impact.

In four states — Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, and West Virginia — there is not a single traditional school district with average student achievement in math above the 50th percentile.

A long school year is associated with positive achievement effects, and we estimate that schools with years that are 10 days longer are associated with average student achievement that is 0.2 standard deviations greater.

It turns out that a year - to - year correlation of.35 to.60 implies that a single year of achievement gains is correlated.60 to.77 with a teacher's average student achievement gain over their career.

In total, only 820 of the 13,636 public - school districts for which we have 2007 math results had average student achievement that would be among the top third of student performance in other developed countries.

The department should specify that a probationary teacher is «ineffective» during their fourth year of teaching if: (i) a teacher's average student achievement gain during their second through fourth year of teaching falls below that of the average first - year teacher in their district or (ii) the classroom observations done by external observers during their second through fourth year of teaching falls below that of the average first - year teacher.

San Diego County's charter schools had average student achievement gains of 21 points, compared to six points for their non-charter school counterparts.

Research shows that when teachers adopt the pedagogical strategies within the Marzano Model, and steadily improve, their average student achievement will most likely increase.

It concluded that a country's wealth explained only 6 % of the difference in average student achievement.