Sentences with phrase «difference in student achievement»

Thus far researchers have focused on computing average differences in student achievement between smaller and larger classes.

The evidence strongly indicates that money well spent does make a significant difference in student achievement.

There are, of course, dozens of strategies that could be incorporated into instruction that will make a big difference in student achievement, but which ones are the best?

We begin to address this issue by measuring principal effectiveness based only on comparisons of within - school differences in student achievement growth over time.

High - quality youth programs can make a positive difference in student achievement, social skills and risk reduction.

First, it attempts to assess what factors drive the observed differences in student achievement, but it does a poor job.

In this case, prioritize skills by focusing on the most important / foundational skills or those skills that will make the greatest difference in student achievement.

We know from research that two bad teachers in a row can make a whole lifetime of difference in student achievement.

«Of all the school - based factors, effective teachers make the biggest difference in student achievement,» she said.

As we make this comparison, we also take into account any preexisting differences in student achievement across schools that may be related to the experience profile of teachers as well as any changes over the period of our study in the student demographic variables discussed above.

Differences are unable to explain the much larger differences in student achievement between the United States and other countries.

His most recent book, School Accountability, Autonomy and Choice around the World, considers sources of international differences in student achievement.

The importance of additional school resources for student achievement has long been debated, with many researchers arguing that school resources do not matter much in explaining differences in student achievement between schools, and therefore that money does not matter.

The Coleman Report came under intense fire, but re - analyses of the Coleman data and the collection of new data in the decades since it appeared support its finding that the quality of public schools doesn't make much difference in student achievement.

We find no significant differences in student achievement effects by topic area in reading; that is, NCLB accountability did not appear to have significant effects on student achievement in any of the three reading competencies.

While some studies show differences in student achievement when clicker questions are asked (e.g., Crouch and Mazur 2001; Crossgrove and Curran 2008; Fagen et al. 2002; King and Joshi 2008; Lasry et al. 2009), others have not (Addison et al. 2009; Doty et al. 2006).

«Community schools embody the values we believe should drive public education and make a real difference in student achievement,» de Blasio said.

The results indicate that Florida residents» perceptions of school quality are even more responsive to differences in student achievement levels than are those of the national public.

One might expect that significant variations in teaching quality across schools would be reflected in significant differences in student achievement among the HSS and LSS.

Research continues to find large differences in student achievement gains across teachers» classrooms.

In this column, she introduces the readers of The 74 to the basics of multi-classroom leadership and how her ability to provide extensive, intensive support to teachers while continuing to work directly with students has made a marked difference in student achievement and school culture.

The similarities of these two schools eliminate many of the traditional explanations for differences in student achievement and we are left with banal descriptions of «good teaching» in one or «ineffective leadership» in the other.

In addition, «relatively few studies rely on experimental designs that enable us to attribute differences in student achievement and teacher retention solely to the compensation program, and not to other characteristics of the teachers, schools, or districts» (Glazerman).

This quasi-experimental study revealed differences in student achievement, responses to pedagogy, and effectiveness of tools implemented by teachers over the course of the year.

The Report found that regional differences in student achievement corresponded pretty closely with regional differences in per pupil spending for instruction.

To determine the best way to find, implement, and evaluate edtech tools and innovative teaching practices with schools, and to begin to understand which of these tools and practices have the potential to make the biggest difference in student achievement.

The Importance of School Systems: Evidence from International Differences in Student Achievement

Independent evaluations of the impact of local programs show they are making a positive difference in student achievement and teacher - reported student motivation, attentiveness, pro-social behaviors, and homework completion / quality.

If you were to design a comparative study of differences in student achievement between school environments that use annual standardized tests and those that do not, what measures of achievement or other outcomes would you examine to reveal differences, and why?

The evidence strongly indicates that money well spent does make a significant difference in student achievement, and as Education Sector's Kevin Carey has noted in reviewing one of Mr. Hanushek's books: «There is little evidence that starving schools of needed funds is a catalyst for innovation, or that well - funded schools are more likely than others to be inefficient.»

What is most hopeful, however, is that Shober and Hartney were able to find out if those capacities — or lack of them — made a difference in student achievement.

Analogy Comparing and contrasting are skills that make a difference in student achievement.

Third, the Common Core won't make any difference in student achievement — but may cause a politically - unacceptable level of student failure.

We compared a principal's assessment of how effective a teacher is at raising student reading or math achievement, one of the specific items principals were asked about, with that teacher's actual ability to do so as measured by their value added, the difference in student achievement that we can attribute to the teacher.

Thus variation in class size may be simply the result, rather than the cause, of differences in student achievement.

Still, there are readily discernible differences in mastery of specific skills within that 90 percent, and those differences in skills predict differences in student achievement.

Although comparable measures of the rate of student learning are not available for Chile, researchers studying the Chilean school system typically consider a difference in student achievement of 10 percent of one standard deviation to be a small to moderate effect.

We find, however, that the difference in student achievement between the two groups of schools persisted over time.

In one example presented in Instructional Rounds, four teachers were struggling to explain the difference in student achievement in their various classes.

We often get the question about whether Board certification makes a difference in student achievement.

Meanwhile, here's what de Blasio didn't talk about: the differences in student achievement.

Whether parents work one - on - one with students who need help with reading or grade math worksheets as part of an enrichment program, groups can make a difference in student achievement while motivating students to do their best when it's time for the test.

Schooling does make a difference in student achievement.

Parents make a difference in student achievement and behavior.

As the school's students are now starting Eureka Math in Kindergarten, Starkey notices a difference in student achievement in the higher grades.

«And there is plenty of evidence to show that a master's degree in a teacher's area of study really makes a difference in student achievement.»