Research supports the notion that strong relationships
correlate with higher achievement.
While previous research indicates that ability grouping is in fact
correlated with higher achievement, these findings could be misleading if students placed in high - ability classrooms were likely to be successful for reasons that researchers are unable to measure, such as stronger motivation.
Not exact matches
The presence of teacher unions is positively
correlated with higher student
achievement on the Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) and the American College Test (ACT), according to a new study presented in the Harvard Educational Review (Winter 2000).
Using both quantitative and qualitative measures, she found that from elementary school to
high school, happiness is positively
correlated with motivation and academic
achievement.
Student surveys have the
highest reliability but are less
correlated with student
achievement gains.
The 41 «
high probability» strategies
correlate with increases in student
achievement.
Participating schools report improved school climate and student social and emotional competency - outcomes that have been
correlated with higher graduation rates and improved academic
achievement.
Further, because
higher growth scores are
correlated with students who enter the class
with higher achievement, this system creates a disincentive to teach those
with greater disadvantages.
The notion that
high - quality standards
correlate with higher student
achievement was disproved long before Loveless wrote his paper.
Although China shows it is possible to buck the trend, the dominant pattern appears to be that a combination of
higher spending and
higher levels of socio - economic background
correlates with achievement.
Identify and discuss ways to «shrink» your school and create the positive connections that
correlate with high academic
achievement.
While not every dollar a school spends directly improves academic outcomes, a new report from Rutgers school - finance expert Bruce Baker finds certain kinds of money very much do matter: extra funding for
higher teacher salaries and more equitable distribution of resources between rich and poor districts, for example, are
correlated with higher student
achievement, especially for the neediest kids.
It also
correlates directly
with the «
High - Quality Student Work» Dimension of Student
Achievement.
Cooper reported that students» time spent doing homework
correlated with their
achievement scores: the more time they reported doing homework, the
higher their
achievement scores would be.
That is, more precisely and as indicated in the actual study, SLOs were «not significantly
correlated with a teacher's value - added student test scores;» hence, «a teacher is no more likely to meet his or her SLO targets if [his / her] students have
higher levels of
achievement [over time].»
Research finds that sorting, this 21st century version of school segregation,
correlates strongly
with student race and economic status and predicts and contributes to student outcomes,
with students in
higher - level classes typically experiencing better teachers, curriculum, and
achievement levels than peers in lower - level classes (Carbonaro & Gamoran, 2003).
However, quantitative studies have tentatively shown that «in California, lower district suspension rates are
correlated with higher district
achievement» (Losen, et.
Comment:
Higher femininity in girls has been
correlated with lower interest and
achievement in mathematics and the hard sciences.