Sentences with phrase «conduct evaluations of students»

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Offer productive paid work to help students build on the skills learned in school Has an office environment with four or more co-workers There must be a supervisor to provide the student with guidance, opportunities to meet their learning objectives, and conduct a performance evaluation (form to be provided) A guaranteed minimum of a 35 hour work / week Work terms to coincide with school semesters which starts in January, May, and September for a minimum of 13 weeks employment

Additional Accountability Requirements: School Nutrition Policy, revised in 2005, requires «each school conduct evaluations [of the school health environment] using a nationally recognized, validated survey to identify strengths and weaknesses and prioritize changes as an action plan for improving student health.

Since I started blogging, I've become better acquainted with two school nurses (one a new friend, one who serves with me on Houston's Student Health Advisory Council) and now realize that it's often school nurses who are on the front lines of the childhood obesity crisis, conducting diabetes screenings and BMI evaluations, and using those few precious minutes with students to try to educate them as much as they can about nutrition and health.

A review of the states implementing evaluations shows two central components to conduct and compare teacher evaluations: in - class observation and growth in student performance on assessments, including standardized tests.

The 60 charter schools operating in New York City have provided a unique opportunity for the New York City Charter Schools Evaluation Project, of which we are a part, to conduct a randomized field trial of the impact of charter schools on student achievement.

Curriculum implementation: HGSE investigators Fischer, Selman, Snow and Uccelli will be heavily involved in conceptualizing professional development, fidelity and quality of implementation instruments, and monitoring of implementation for the 4th - 8th grade curricular enhancements.Evaluation of curricular enhancements: HGSE investigators Jones and Kim, together with a data manager and a small team of doctoral students, will conduct the design and analysis associated with the school - level random - assignment evaluation of the 4th - 8th grade curriculum innovations.

A pilot study conducted by the researchers has shown that the initiative is effective at increasing teacher performance and student achievement and in improving teachers» views of the evaluation system.

Patrick Wolf, who conducted the evaluation of the impact of the D.C. voucher program on student achievement, talks with Education Next about that study in a video available here.

An evaluation study of the nonprofit Facing History and Ourselves, conducted by Harvard Graduate School of Education researchers, shows its positive effects on teacher and student learning.

SCSF asked an independent research team to conduct an experimental evaluation of the impact of the intervention on student achievement and other outcomes, such as school climate and school quality, as reported by the students» parents or other guardians.

The evaluation, conducted by Arthur Andersen & Company, found that standardized - test scores in the 22,000 - student district remain too low and that many of its school buildings are deteriorating.

A third - party evaluation conducted by Douglas Ready at Teachers College found that students made annual academic gains equivalent to a half year of additional learning compared to national averages.

The Build San Francisco Institute (Build SF) partnered with Rockman Et Al, a firm that designs and conducts evaluations and research for education - related organizations, to develop a system for assessing the degree to which the Build SF students acquire and master a range of 21st - century skills during their program mentorships.

Yet robust evaluations of NMSI's program, conducted by the economist Kirabo Jackson, show how incentivizing outcomes can powerfully affect both short - and long - term student outcomes, particularly when coupled with teacher support (see «Cash for Test Scores,» features, Fall 2008).

While one case study by Sarah Fairbanks and colleagues in 2007 suggests that office referrals decreased following implementation of RTI, and teachers rated student misbehavior to be less intense and less frequent, few rigorous evaluations of RTI have been conducted.

Arrange for an in - house team or a team of external evaluators (from a local college or university, for example) to conduct student evaluations.

Concord Evaluation Group conducted an experiment (randomized block design) to evaluate the impacts of the Design Squad materials on learning and attitudes of teachers and students.

AIR is conducting a three - year evaluation focusing on a variety of outcomes (e.g., educator perceptions, teacher retention, teacher effectiveness, and student achievement) associated with the contract and associated initiatives.

The independent study conducted by SRI, Evaluation of Rocketship Education's Use of DreamBox Learning Online Mathematics Program, was commissioned by Rocketship to measure the impact of online math learning on its students» academic growth in Learning Lab, a key component of the Rocketship Hybrid School Model.

Evaluations of curricula for gifted students should be conducted in accordance with the previously stated principles, stressing higher level thinking skills, creativity, and excellence in performance and products.

Professor Wolf methodically dissects the evaluation conducted by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) and notes that the program improved the reading achievement of the treatment group students overall across all subgroups examined.

The study — conducted over four years by the University of California, Los Angeles» National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student...

In the wake of high - profile evaluations of teachers using their students» test scores, such as one conducted by the Los Angeles Times, a study released last month suggests some such methods, called «value added» measures, are too imprecise to rate teachers» effectiveness.

The authorizing mission of ACNW is to ensure quality academic and environmental literacy outcomes for students in Minnesota by conducting effective oversight and evaluation of its authorized schools, providing strategic support to schools, and making informed and merit - based decisions about its portfolio of charter schools.

CEC helped RPS revise its teacher evaluation process and learn to use student growth measures before implementing PAR; conduct and analyze a detailed system assessment before beginning strategic planning; and develop a data - based decision - making culture at the school level before the implementation of SMART Goals as a school improvement process.

Assessment activities at UNI are conducted by academic, administrative, and student affairs departments and units and may take the form of surveys, standardized tests, program evaluation forms, focus groups, student projects, student reflective activities, or any of a variety of other mechanisms.

The MIT study conducted a review of 100 + educational technology studies, and concluded that ASSISTments is one of the most promising programs in the US based on an outside evaluation that showed it double student's» yearly gains on a standardized mathematics assessment.

LAKEWOOD, N.J. — November 13, 2015 — The results of a randomized control trial study conducted by Magnolia Consulting, an independent evaluation consulting firm, has confirmed that Achieve3000's programs are extremely effective at improving students» literacy skills.

The Family Engagement Partnership Student Outcome Evaluation, a study conducted by the Johns Hopkins University School of Education, links improvements in the performance of D.C. public elementary school students with Flamboyan's Family Engagement Partnership (FEP).

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Florida School Boards Association calls on the Governor of Florida to establish a diverse committee, to include Florida teachers and district personnel, charged with conducting a comprehensive review of Florida's assessment and accountability system and with providing a report and recommendations, including but not limited to recommendations on the appropriate components of the system, the appropriate use of data derived from assessments; an assessment of the capacity of districts and schools to administer the required assessments without interruption in the ongoing delivery of instruction to students who are not being assessed; a feasible timeline for the transition and full implementation of the system; and the appropriate role of the system with regard to personnel evaluations.

The Center for American Progress (CAP) identified some of these obstacles in a November 2012 study of early - adopter states, including restructuring and staffing state education agencies; lack of capacity and the tight fiscal climate; debates concerning local control and the proper role of the state; training administrators who will be conducting new teacher evaluations; and determining how to evaluate teachers who do not teach in tested subjects or grades and therefore lack student achievement data (McGuinn, 2012).

After conducting voluntary evaluations of their classes, students provided coaching and training opportunities for teachers to become more effective in their classrooms.

He created Project S.A.M.E. a US - Soviet Youth Exchange that brought students from the US and USSR together to advocate for peace; founded Students Concerned about Bias in Society (SCABS) who fought for implementation of Title IX in Maine schools; directed the University of Maine Aspirations Project and launched 35 statewide student leadership teams to bring students» voices to educational reform; conducted program evaluation research on the effects of the Maine Civil Rights Teams Project whose 50 student teams fought against bigotry and intolerance in Maine communities; founded the Center for School Climate and Learning and worked in hundreds of schools supporting students, teachers and administrators to bring youth voice to school reform in the US; co-authored two books, The Respectful School, and Transforming School Climate and Learning to share what I have students from the US and USSR together to advocate for peace; founded Students Concerned about Bias in Society (SCABS) who fought for implementation of Title IX in Maine schools; directed the University of Maine Aspirations Project and launched 35 statewide student leadership teams to bring students» voices to educational reform; conducted program evaluation research on the effects of the Maine Civil Rights Teams Project whose 50 student teams fought against bigotry and intolerance in Maine communities; founded the Center for School Climate and Learning and worked in hundreds of schools supporting students, teachers and administrators to bring youth voice to school reform in the US; co-authored two books, The Respectful School, and Transforming School Climate and Learning to share what I have Students Concerned about Bias in Society (SCABS) who fought for implementation of Title IX in Maine schools; directed the University of Maine Aspirations Project and launched 35 statewide student leadership teams to bring students» voices to educational reform; conducted program evaluation research on the effects of the Maine Civil Rights Teams Project whose 50 student teams fought against bigotry and intolerance in Maine communities; founded the Center for School Climate and Learning and worked in hundreds of schools supporting students, teachers and administrators to bring youth voice to school reform in the US; co-authored two books, The Respectful School, and Transforming School Climate and Learning to share what I have students» voices to educational reform; conducted program evaluation research on the effects of the Maine Civil Rights Teams Project whose 50 student teams fought against bigotry and intolerance in Maine communities; founded the Center for School Climate and Learning and worked in hundreds of schools supporting students, teachers and administrators to bring youth voice to school reform in the US; co-authored two books, The Respectful School, and Transforming School Climate and Learning to share what I have students, teachers and administrators to bring youth voice to school reform in the US; co-authored two books, The Respectful School, and Transforming School Climate and Learning to share what I have learned.

First, it conducts independent evaluations of education programs supported with Federal funds, helping to ensure that Federal funding supports better outcomes for students, families and educators, and that programs struggling to achieve intended outcomes are improved or replaced.

Scholars at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill conducted a comprehensive evaluation of the teaching fellows program and found positive results, including a) graduates teach in schools and classrooms with greater concentrations of higher performing and lower poverty students; b) graduates produce larger increases in student test scores in all high school exams and in 3rd - 8th grade mathematics exams; and c) teaching fellows remain in North Carolina public schools longer than other teachers.

Each evaluation included a review of the documents describing the relevant magnet programs.To collect the requisite information, we conducted focus groups with students, parents, and teachers.

For a study released in December, titled «Student Academic Achievement in Charter Schools: What We Know and Why We Know So Little,» Nelson and WMU colleague Dr. Gary Miron, principal research associate with the Evaluation Center, conducted a meta - analysis of research and evaluations of student achievement in charter sStudent Academic Achievement in Charter Schools: What We Know and Why We Know So Little,» Nelson and WMU colleague Dr. Gary Miron, principal research associate with the Evaluation Center, conducted a meta - analysis of research and evaluations of student achievement in charter sstudent achievement in charter schools.

How do we conduct critical evaluations of our teacher education programs that are infusing technology into students» course experiences?

The CREDO team conducts rigorous and independent analysis and evaluation of promising programs that aim to improve outcomes for students in U.S. K - 12 public schools.

RFA is conducting a formative evaluation of New Profit's Reimagine Learning initiative, which was developed to support schools and communities in creating learning environments that serve the needs of all students by providing supports for...

He played key roles in developing the nation's first three national education technology plans and in conducting research and evaluations of major educational technology programs and initiatives, including as primary author of the groundbreaking Pew Internet study of internet - savvy students, The Digital Disconnect.

Meanwhile, TAPTM: The System for Teacher and Student Advancement, adopted by districts across the country, created a system of master teachers and mentor teachers to help alleviate some of the time burden on principals by providing full - or part - time release hours to conduct teacher evaluations; provide extensive feedback and instructional demonstrations; identify context - relevant, research - based instructional strategies; analyze student data; create school - wide academic achievement plans; and interact with pStudent Advancement, adopted by districts across the country, created a system of master teachers and mentor teachers to help alleviate some of the time burden on principals by providing full - or part - time release hours to conduct teacher evaluations; provide extensive feedback and instructional demonstrations; identify context - relevant, research - based instructional strategies; analyze student data; create school - wide academic achievement plans; and interact with pstudent data; create school - wide academic achievement plans; and interact with parents.

The Educational Development for Planning and Conducting Evaluations (ED PACE) was a three - year research project funded by the U.S. Department of Education to develop, implement, and refine a set of research tools and methods that would enable project personnel at the state and local level to compare student outcomes and achievement data using a quasi-experimental design.

Local Evaluation Each grantee must conduct an annual independent local program evaluation to assess its progress toward achieving its goal of providing high - quality opportunities for academic enrichment, and positive student learningEvaluation Each grantee must conduct an annual independent local program evaluation to assess its progress toward achieving its goal of providing high - quality opportunities for academic enrichment, and positive student learningevaluation to assess its progress toward achieving its goal of providing high - quality opportunities for academic enrichment, and positive student learning outcomes.

This survey will be conducted every three years, with annual evaluation surveys conducted to determine the effectiveness of the professional development provided and to ensure that the activities are ongoing, sustainable, and showing an impact on student achievement.

''... conduct in - process evaluations of student comprehension, learning needs, and academic progress during a lesson, unit, or course.»

My concern is based in part on a study I have conducted, funded by the Spencer Foundation, of educator perceptions from four states that use VAMs (Florida and North Carolina) or Student Growth Percentiles (NJ and NY) for educator evaluation.

Christina Russell is a Managing Director at Policy Studies Associates, Inc., a Washington - based firm that conducts research and evaluation in education and youth development, specializing in the assessment of strategies to improve student learning in the elementary and secondary grades and to enhance the effectiveness of out - of - school time programs for children and youth.

After one year, Rowan - Salisbury Schools System conducted evaluations of elementary, middle and high school students who logged into the solutions at least once from the fall of 2015 through the first part of June 2016.

Summer learning program evaluations conducted by the Summer Matters campaign found that students in these programs experience the opposite — nine out of 10 parents indicated that summer programs helped their children make new friends and get along better with their peers.