Sentences with phrase «compare teachers serving»

Moreover, schools vary substantially in the backgrounds of the students they serve, and conventional statistical methods tend to break down when we compare teachers serving very different subsets of students.

In that case, it is essential to compare teachers serving similar children to draw any valid causal conclusions.

Not exact matches

Nevertheless, when we conducted a survey asking long - serving teachers to rate their schools on a number of criteria in the spring of 1998 compared with the spring of 1995 (immediately before charter schools opened in Arizona), the results showed clear perceptions of improvement since the advent of charter competition, with the greatest gains in the districts with the most charter schools.

Using the NY State Assessments in evaluations allows us to meaningfully compare teacher performance statewide, which helps policymakers know which students need help or which teachers serving particular student subgroups may need additional support.

We also found that across grade levels once a teacher has served in one school for 12 years or more, they are much more likely to remain, compared with peers with less tenure at their present schools.

Thirty - four percent of schools serving a high proportion of minority students experience teacher shortages in one or more subject areas compared to only 18 percent of low minority schools.

Comparing Florida and Utah Education Needs Caution, Kim Burningham, October 24th, 2011, Burningham is a member of the Utah State Board of Education, District 5, he served for 15 years in the Utah Legislature and was an educator for many years and was twice named Outstanding Teacher of the Year http://utahpubliceducation.org/2011/10/24/comparing-florida-and-utah-education-needs-caution/

«If you look at the survey and number of teachers who didn't like the program, it's a very small number [around 400 teachers] compared to the 10,000 classrooms it's served in.

This problem can be particularly acute when we compare teachers in different schools serving very different populations of students.

These sensitivity checks, and the possible stratification of teachers into sub-groups serving similar students, complicate value - added analysis and may not be congruent with policymakers» wish to compare all teachers in a district.

In sum, efforts to compare teachers working in schools that serve children from widely varied backgrounds are vulnerable to bias.

Reflecting the diversity of the students they serve, 39 percent of Washington's charter public school teachers are people of color, compared to 13 percent at public schools statewide.

This study compared the effectiveness of two teacher leaders serving as facilitators of teams of teachers: one teacher leader was appointed by the school principal, the other facilitator volunteered.