Sentences with phrase «change in student achievement»

Measuring change in student achievement, however, is not as simple.

The government has done much to address teacher quality with no real change in student achievement.

A future annual survey of textbook usage and student achievement could do a better job of isolating the effect of individual textbooks by measuring changes in student achievement as schools transitioned from one book to another.

The first point is most clearly shown in the June 2013 release of longitudinal data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)-- the most authoritative national data on changes in student achievement.

We compared 25 year - to - year changes in student achievement in TAP schools to control schools.

But by requiring that all teachers be evaluated in this way, we forced states and districts to come up with a suite of new pre - and post-test measures to track changes in student achievement over time.

In such circumstances, it is difficult to avoid statistical «mischief» and false negatives because test scores can bounce around from year to year for reasons other than genuine changes in student achievement.

Using the same methodology, Rothstein also found that he could predict changes in student achievement based on changes teacher assignments.

In an email to Education Week, Rivera said that turning around a school is a lengthy process, and that states shouldn't expect big changes in student achievement overnight.

But instead of bringing dramatic changes in student achievement, district - wide changes were incremental — when they occurred at all.»

After 22 years of state control with little change in student achievement — the school board is in the process of regaining complete governance — all of a sudden Newark Public Schools is boasting about its students» test scores and graduating seniors» college admissions.

Already, evidence shows that there is often a precipitous change in student achievement when districts change from one test to another.

What you have to be able to do is identify school factors amenable to policy influence that are capable of affecting change in student achievement.

«It takes four or five years to measure changes in student achievement.

Finally, researchers wanted to know whether they would see any change in student achievement following the introduction of video observations.

The term «student growth» was further defined to mean the change in student achievement as measured on statewide assessments and other measures that were «rigorous and comparable across classrooms.»

For that issue, Eric A. Hanushek of the Hoover Institution at Stanford University has written about the changes in student achievement that have occurred over the past 50 years.

Growth models are much simpler calculations that calculate the change in student achievement from the beginning of the year to the end of the year.

The teachers attending the PD and perhaps working with an instructional coach in their classrooms should have a clear picture of the change in student achievement they are working to gain.

My thinking is that the instructional program selected and the connecting PD are strategies to achieve some change in student achievement.

The Comer Process was piloted in two schools, and longitudinal research showed that it contributed to two changes in student achievement: grades and academic performance increased, and behavior issues decreased.

Later they wonder why the change in student achievement that was sought didn't happen.

The first part of that agreement as mentioned above is identifying the change in student achievement that will be the overall focus of the coach's work.»

This article investigates the relationship between the coherence of school improvement efforts and changes in student achievement on national examinations.