Sentences with phrase «correlated 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.

Research supports the notion that strong relationships correlate with higher achievement.

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.