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.
Thus far researchers have focused on computing average
differences in student achievement between smaller and larger classes.
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?
Differences are unable to explain the much larger
differences in student achievement between the United States and other countries.
Not exact matches
To measure gains
in student achievement, we calculate the
difference between 8th - grade performance
in each subject and the performance level that would have been expected based on performance
in both subjects
in 4th grade.
Internationally, there was no
difference in mathematics
achievement between female and male
students at both Year 4 and Year 8.
«As researchers, we must unpack all of the
differences between these groups
in order to really understand the dynamics that give rise to
student achievement.»
Because the studies use data from a single school year to contrast
students in middle schools and K — 8 schools, most of the available research can not reject the possibility that
differences between the groups of
students, rather than
in the grade configuration of their schools, are actually responsible for the
differences in behavior and
achievement.
The
difference between his vision and AmeriCorps, however, was that Match volunteers would be singularly focused (more than most AmeriCorps programs) on driving
student achievement up
in a measurable way.
The
difference in the rate of
achievement growth
between students enrolled
in charter schools and
students in traditional public schools is substantial.
In our work with public school educators seeking to close the
achievement gap for disadvantaged
students, we have confronted this question often and have come to believe that the critical
difference between schools that excel and schools that do not is the quality of execution.
But OECD's latest PISA survey found that Australia is the only country where
differences in learning mathematics
between advantaged and disadvantaged
students are large, while the strength of the relationship
between students»
achievement in school and their family background is weaker than average.
We restrict our comparisons to teachers and
students within the same schools
in order to eliminate any potential influence of
differences between schools on both TES ratings and
student achievement.
He said equity
in the Australian school system is above the OECD average, but OECD's latest PISA survey found that Australia is the only country where
differences in learning mathematics
between advantaged and disadvantaged
students are large, while the strength of the relationship
between students»
achievement in school and their family background is weaker than average.
New York City's progress
in narrowing the
achievement gap confirms that policymakers and advocates can no longer use demographic factors like race, ethnicity, income, or zip code to excuse
differences in educational
achievement between high - and low - needs
students.
There's no reason to believe that the absence of high school sports explains the
difference between student achievement in the US and countries like Finland and South Korea.
At the same time, most of the
difference in achievement between low - income and high - income
students is not due to
differences in teacher quality.
As an additional step to address any lingering concerns about Catholicism's direct influence on
student achievement, we conducted both stages of our analysis again, this time accounting for the relationship
between contemporary
differences in the share of Catholic adherents
in a country and
student achievement.
In the years since people first began talking about the
achievement gap, Ferguson has widened his scope of inquiry, developing a broad vision for correcting inequities that centers less on the
differences between groups and more on raising the bar for all
students.
However, voucher
students began to show signs of improvement by their fourth year
in a private school, and
in that year there was no statistically significant
difference between them and their public - school peers
in terms of total
achievement gains from baseline.
The key assumption of our methodology is that there are no unobserved
differences between students who
in 3rd grade attended schools that had these different grade configurations that affect
achievement precisely
in the year when
students enter middle school.
This suggests that citizen ratings do reflect
differences in the growth
in student achievement across schools, but that this is primarily because of the correlation
between achievement levels and
achievement growth.
These tests are constructed to determine
differences in achievement between students.
The study's authors speculate on four potential explanations for the large negative effects that their program evaluation found: misalignment of private school curriculum to the Louisiana State Standards;
differences between serving scholarship
students with
achievement gaps and traditional private school
students; success of other education developments, especially
in New Orleans; and the overall quality of private schools willing to participate
in the program.
But Devos, like many officials
in New York City who are responsible for holding schools accountable for
student achievement, fumbled on this issue by not understanding the distinct
difference nor significance
between absolute proficiency and
student growth.
«On average, summer vacation creates a three - month gap
in reading
achievement between students from low - and middle - income families... even small
differences in summer learning can accumulate across the elementary years, resulting
in a large
achievement gap by the time
students enter high school.»
A study of teachers
in New York City, for instance, concludes that the
difference between teachers from programs that graduate teachers of average effectiveness and those whose teachers are the most effective is roughly comparable to the (regression - adjusted)
achievement difference between students who are and are not eligible for subsidized lunch.
But unlike Connecticut's statewide data and the results from other urban school distrticts, the SBAC
achievement results at Achievement First charter schools had incredible fluctuations between grade levels — differences that suggest that students in some grades may of had some «assistance» filling in t
achievement results at
Achievement First charter schools had incredible fluctuations between grade levels — differences that suggest that students in some grades may of had some «assistance» filling in t
Achievement First charter schools had incredible fluctuations
between grade levels —
differences that suggest that
students in some grades may of had some «assistance» filling
in the answers.
Attempting to show that even a well - managed school district can't close
achievement gaps
in student learning, McRae showed Fraisse data from the state Department of Education showing significant
differences in test scores
between African - American and Latino
students and white
students in some of the administrator's former school districts.
When a teacher misses ten or more days of school, the decline
in student achievement is often proportionate to the
differences in achievement seen
between students taught by a new teacher compared to those taught by a teacher with two to three years of experience.
The «
achievement gap», that is the
difference between the wealthiest
students and poorest
students, remain the largest -
in - the - nation.
This
Achievement Gaps report defines gaps as the
difference in scale scores
between two
student groups.
Although white test - takers and ELL test - takers are largely not educated
in the same public schools, there are public schools that educated both white and ELL
students.8 To gauge how much of the ELL
achievement gap is due to white
students and ELL
students attending different schools, this section of the report measures the
difference in math proficiency, based on the state assessment tests,
between ELL
students and white
students who attend the same schools.
A new video and accompanying resources from BEST NC help to break down the
difference between growth and
achievement measures, including their important role
in keeping
students on track for college and career opportunities, and identifying best practices and excellent educators.
help to break down the
difference between growth and
achievement measures, including their important role
in keeping
students on track for college and career opportunities, and identifying best practices and excellent educators.
News Release Monday, January 13, 2014 Media Contact Van Schoales, CEO, A + Denver (303) 725-1151
[email protected] Year Three Innovation Schools Study shows small
differences in school culture,
student achievement and workforce capacity
between Innovation schools and comparison group A + Denver, Colorado Education Association, Denver Classroom Teachers Association, and Denver Public Schools released part three of an evaluation...
We need information on the
difference in the
achievement growth
between students with disabilities who do or do not contribute to value - added.
How can teacher effectiveness accomplish the Herculean task society has set for it, of eliminating the
achievement gap, when the
differences between teachers only account for, at most, about 20 % of the variance
in student outcomes?
In all, the study finds a statistically significant gap in overall teacher skill amounting to a difference of about 2 percentile points in the achievement gap between the two groups of student
In all, the study finds a statistically significant gap
in overall teacher skill amounting to a difference of about 2 percentile points in the achievement gap between the two groups of student
in overall teacher skill amounting to a
difference of about 2 percentile points
in the achievement gap between the two groups of student
in the
achievement gap
between the two groups of
students.
Of the five states (Arizona, Florida, Ohio, California and Texas) that opened the greatest number of charter schools
in the first 10 years of chartering, four posted negative
student achievement results while the fifth (California) showed no significant
difference between charter and traditional public school performance.
The
achievement gap, as it is usually reported, is NOT the
difference in achievement test scores
between two groups of
students.
«No report... has found major
differences in achievement test scores
between MPCP
students and similar MPS [Milwaukee Public Schools]
students.
Therefore, the
achievement gap may be a misrepresentation of the true
difference in the academic performance
between two groups of
students.
Hey, if the income gap
between the richest and the poorest makes the
difference in student achievement, then let's all get poor... Oh, that's right, that's what our Government is trying to do right now, redistribution of income... That'll work...
Our study, «Relationships
between Observations of Elementary Mathematics Instruction and
Student Achievement: Exploring Variability across Districts» explores a potential explanation as to why differences in the relationships between classroom observation scores and student test scores exist across different co
Student Achievement: Exploring Variability across Districts» explores a potential explanation as to why
differences in the relationships
between classroom observation scores and
student test scores exist across different co
student test scores exist across different contexts.
A June 2014 report released by the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) claimed that, «When teachers are absent 10 days, the decrease
in student achievement is equivalent to the
difference between having a brand new teacher and one with two or three years more experience... Worse yet, a number of studies have found there to be a disproportionately high rate of teacher absenteeism
in schools serving low income and minority
students, providing yet another obstacle to closing the
achievement gap.»
If you've heard of what's commonly called the «
achievement gap» — the shocking
difference in educational outcomes
between white
students and
students of color — you probably have standardized tests to thank.