Sentences with phrase «background characteristics impact»

How can background characteristics impact the effectiveness of teachers of at - risk students?

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In other words, qualitative differences among teachers have large impacts on the growth in student achievement, even though these differences are not related to the measured background characteristics or to the training teachers have received.

Though it is difficult to isolate the effects of redshirting from those of other characteristics, such as family background, two recent studies that take advantage of either variation in state birthday cut - off dates or the random assignment of students to kindergarten classrooms have enabled researchers to measure the impact of being among the oldest students in a class.

You maximise learning opportunities for your students by understanding their backgrounds and diverse individual characteristics and the impact of those factors on their learning.

By looking at differences in the growth of student achievement across different teachers instead of concentrating on just the background and characteristics of teachers, it was possible to identify the true impact of teachers on students.

[18] Many studies [19] have calculated high correlations (mostly greater than 0.9) between estimates from models that control only for prior student test scores (such as SAS EVAAS), [20] control for student background (such as DC's IMPACT), and control for average classroom characteristics (such as Pittsburgh's system).

With highly effective teachers shown to have a stronger impact on student achievement than even many of the background characteristics common to students in high - needs schools, the equitable distribution of highly effective teachers arises as a critical issue.

We also control for a range of background characteristics of children to explore the importance of the duration of poverty against other factors that could impact on child outcomes.

The extent to which child and family characteristics such as educational level and ethnic minority background impact intervention effectiveness might in part depend on the specific intervention evaluated.