Sentences with phrase «differences in student backgrounds»

At the eighth - grade level, a 21 point lead, roughly the equivalent of two grade levels, disappeared after adjusting for differences in student backgrounds.

Sophisticated statistical programs can help administrators draw vital inferences about the learning process, especially about the extent to which each teacher is providing «value - added» to students (after allowing for differences in student backgrounds and other influences on learning that teachers can't control).

This rich dataset allows us to study students» math and reading test - score growth from year to year in grades four through eight (where end of year and prior year tests are available), while also taking account of differences in student backgrounds.

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An added difficulty is the difference in the denominational background of the students in many institutions of higher learning in the United States.

The GRE scores» correlation with students» background doesn't mean that the exam is biased against certain groups, but that it reflects differences in environment and access to opportunities, says David Payne, vice president and chief operating officer of global education at ETS.

A groundbreaking study from the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute has found that African - American students in first grade experience smaller gains in reading when they attend segregated schools — but the students» backgrounds likely are not the cause of the differences.

«The economic, social, and academic backgrounds of the students who attend segregated schools could be the cause of differences in achievement — and not aspects of the segregated settings themselves,» said Kainz.

In order to separate student characteristics from aspects of segregated public schools, Kainz used a statistical technique called «propensity score matching,» which allows for comparison of reading growth in segregated and non-segregated schools, while also accounting for numerous differences in the students» backgroundIn order to separate student characteristics from aspects of segregated public schools, Kainz used a statistical technique called «propensity score matching,» which allows for comparison of reading growth in segregated and non-segregated schools, while also accounting for numerous differences in the students» backgroundin segregated and non-segregated schools, while also accounting for numerous differences in the students» backgroundin the students» backgrounds.

The study demonstrates how differences in wealth, family background, postsecondary educational differences and parental contributions to college, may explain this disparity in student loan debt between blacks and whites.

The results show that, after adjusting for differences in family background, black students at any class level are more likely than their white counterparts to attend a four - year university.

In addition, statistical techniques can control for the influence of differences in the background of students in each group or in the additional resources provided to each grouIn addition, statistical techniques can control for the influence of differences in the background of students in each group or in the additional resources provided to each grouin the background of students in each group or in the additional resources provided to each grouin each group or in the additional resources provided to each grouin the additional resources provided to each group.

In conducting this type of study, one must rule out other differences, such as those in family background or those in state education policies that might also affect student performance over timIn conducting this type of study, one must rule out other differences, such as those in family background or those in state education policies that might also affect student performance over timin family background or those in state education policies that might also affect student performance over timin state education policies that might also affect student performance over time.

The OECD's Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) shows that some countries have been successful both in lifting overall levels of achievement and in reducing differences related to socioeconomic background.

In a study that examined whether some countries are particularly effective at teaching students from disadvantaged backgrounds, Eric A. Hanushek, Paul E. Peterson, and Ludger Woessmann find little difference in the rank order of countries by the performance of students from families where a parent had a college education and the rank order of countries by the performance of students whose parents had no more than a high school diplomIn a study that examined whether some countries are particularly effective at teaching students from disadvantaged backgrounds, Eric A. Hanushek, Paul E. Peterson, and Ludger Woessmann find little difference in the rank order of countries by the performance of students from families where a parent had a college education and the rank order of countries by the performance of students whose parents had no more than a high school diplomin the rank order of countries by the performance of students from families where a parent had a college education and the rank order of countries by the performance of students whose parents had no more than a high school diploma.

When teaching a diverse group of students, whether they are English language learners or English speakers but have a different cultural background, it's important to be mindful of the cultural differences in students» behaviour.

Specifically, I examine whether the results change when I adjust my results to account for differences in student characteristics, including prior (age 7) test scores; gender; eligibility for free lunch; special education needs; month of birth; whether first language is English; ethnic background; and census information on the home neighborhood deprivation index.

In some countries, there are also large differences among students from different home backgrounds and in 23 countries and economies, students without an immigrant background reported a stronger sense of belonging than immigrant students, even after accounting for socio - economic statuIn some countries, there are also large differences among students from different home backgrounds and in 23 countries and economies, students without an immigrant background reported a stronger sense of belonging than immigrant students, even after accounting for socio - economic statuin 23 countries and economies, students without an immigrant background reported a stronger sense of belonging than immigrant students, even after accounting for socio - economic status.

In other words, qualitative differences among teachers have large impacts on the growth in student achievement, even though these differences are not related to the measured background characteristics or to the training teachers have receiveIn other words, qualitative differences among teachers have large impacts on the growth in student achievement, even though these differences are not related to the measured background characteristics or to the training teachers have receivein student achievement, even though these differences are not related to the measured background characteristics or to the training teachers have received.

These results, however, still do not account for differences in the backgrounds and characteristics of students who attend these types of schools that might in turn affect whether they engage in community service.

Only after these background factors are fully accounted for is the second step taken — a look at the characteristics of the schools that make the biggest difference in determining the variation in student achievement.

Our best evidence of the effects of laptop policy comes from a separate analysis that compares the exam scores of students assigned to the unrestricted - use and tablet - only classrooms to those of students in classes where laptops were banned, while adjusting for the minor differences in the backgrounds of students across groups and including controls for the instructor, the class hour, and the semester.

Teaching children to read is central to a teacher's calling, but a large body of evidence shows that teachers get weak training in individual learning differences and in teaching reading to students with diverse backgrounds and abilities.

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.

Most differences between performance in public and private schools, according to the report, can be attributed to elements in the family background of the students, such as family income and the parents» educational level.

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.

PISA results show that when students discuss money matters with their parents, they have significantly higher financial literacy skills, even after accounting for differences in socio - economic background and their performance in other subjects.

We compare the test scores of students in each of the seven categories, taking into account differences in the students» socioeconomic characteristics, including parent schooling, self - reported household income, the number of non-school books in the home, and the quality of the peer groups (calculated by averaging family background and home resources for all students in the classroom).

For instance, students could discuss the similarities and differences in their interpretations, or the teacher could model academic language and teach essential background information.

To test this, we made a second set of comparisons that adjust for differences in the background characteristics and prior performance of incoming students.

On the other hand, if you do control for student income or race, you could be attributing to students» background any systematic differences in the quality of teachers assigned to such students.

The best of this work has taken advantage of the lottery - based admissions processes used by many school - choice programs, enabling researchers to draw far stronger conclusions about how schools affect student outcomes than the methods Coleman employed, which relied on simple regression techniques to adjust for differences in students» family background.

... the difference between advantaged students and disadvantaged students (those in the lowest quartile of socioeconomic background) is even larger: 90 score points on average across the OECD and 87 score points in Australia.

While LEP was used by NCES as the indicator of students» language skills, other information in the NAEP data suggests that sector differences in language background are not that extreme.

Comparing Noble high schools only to other charter schools and adjusting for other differences in students» background produces an estimated Noble effect of 13 percentage points on college enrollment — a large, significant difference.

At the next meeting, the Leadership Team identified numerous explanations for differences in outcomes among students of diverse racial, ethnic, cultural and linguistic backgrounds.

After analyzing student outcome data and comparing current student performance with annual yearly progress benchmarks for student achievement, the leadership team agrees that there are significant differences in outcomes among students of diverse racial, ethnic, cultural and linguistic backgrounds unrelated to socioeconomic status???.

Unless assessments are sensitive to important differences in instructional content coverage, student achievement gaps can be misattributed to individual background factors that are not within schools» control.

By looking at differences in the growth of student achievement across different teachers instead of concentrating on just the background and characteristics of teachers, it was possible to identify the true impact of teachers on students.

The survey saw differences in teacher attitudes depending on the socioeconomic backgrounds of the students in the schools they teach.

Newark is competitive with other states despite large differences in the average socio - economic backgrounds of students being served

Students should have more opportunities to learn alongside those whose lives and backgrounds are different from their own, not just to understand their differences but to notice how much they have in common.

While a fair amount of evidence suggests that value - added measures adequately adjust for differences in the background characteristics of students in each teacher's classroom — much better than do most other measures — value - added measures are imprecise.

In examining student achievement at APP - led and non-APP-led schools, the research adjusted for student background differences.

Differences in student, family, and neighborhood backgrounds outweigh differences in school practices as predictors of aDifferences in student, family, and neighborhood backgrounds outweigh differences in school practices as predictors of adifferences in school practices as predictors of achievement.

I. Treats all students equitably, recognizing and planning for individual differences in cultures, languages, learning abilities, backgrounds, and experiences.

We found substantial differences in the background characteristics of charter and traditional public school students.

What are some instructional methods you have previously learned that also get students cooperating more fully with each other despite differences in background, learning style, or ability?

The report cites the well - established principle that teaching quality is the most powerful school - based factor in student learning — one that outweighs students» social and economic background in accounting for differences in student learning.

For these students — primarily African American and Latino, but also poor students of all backgrounds — the teachers who believe in and push them, who refuse to accept anything less than the best from them, often make the single greatest difference between a life of hope and one of despair.

However, schools that select students based on ability, show the greatest differences in performance by socio - economic background.