Sentences with phrase «document student achievement»

Following each block, staff have a planning week in which they document student achievement, work with individual students, write grants, and address the business concerns of owning and operating a school.

Future researchers will need to address the challenge, finding meaningful ways to document student achievement while documenting formative measures of progress such as parents» understanding of instructional goals, teachers» priorities and their practice, teacher understanding, and surface - level changes in materials and activities.

Not exact matches

A rigorous study documenting the lab's impact on student achievement awaits another day.

In order to assess student preparation and readiness for the naturopathic medical program, applicants will be required to document evidence of academic achievement, submit a personal statement and three letters of reference, as well as attend an in - person interview.

The five - year - old document is a public recognition of how race and ethnicity play out in students» educational outcomes, and a call to narrow achievement gaps.

Further research that can credibly and specifically examine how school and teacher responses have contributed to the achievement effects documented here would be a useful next step in identifying effective policies and practices that can reliably improve student outcomes.

Speaking ahead of the Brisbane event, which runs from 7 - 9 August, Professor McKinley told Research Developments achievement gaps between Indigenous and non-Indigenous students «continue to be documented across the globe».

More than two decades of research document that well - designed, effectively implemented SEL programs enhance students» social and emotional skills, self - esteem, bonding to school, classroom behavior, and academic achievement; and reduce disruptive classroom behavior, aggression, bullying, and substance use (Durlak et al., 2011; Greenberg et al., 2003; Sklad, Dieskstra, De Ritter, Ben, & Gravesteijn, 2012; Zins et al., 2004).

In this essay, we document the long - term economic impact of a state's student - achievement levels, which in turn permits us to calculate the economic returns from school improvement.

In this pioneering empirical study, I link document research to what was said in interviews and it very quickly becomes clear that not all senior managers believe they can make a difference to student achievement or life chances.

With a rising immigrant population, a well - documented achievement gap between white students and students of color, and broadening gaps in wealth of Americans, Deb Delisle, the assistant secretary for elementary and secondary education for the U.S. Department of Education, said that the odds that are against these children were are really related to a gap in «educational opportunity.»

In short, this document feels driven more by philosophy than data, relying on qualitative measures of uncertain value while strongly de-emphasizing student achievement in general and student growth specifically.

The achievement of students in Massachusetts is well documented.

A group of leading reformers, the Coalition for Student Achievement, published a document in April 2009 that offered ideas for the best use of the federal government's $ 100 billion in stimulus funding.

Yet the Department's waiver policy says that, in order to receive waivers, states «must submit a request that addresses each of the following four principles, consistent with the definitions and timelines described later in this document, to increase the quality of instruction for students and improve student academic achievement in the State and its [districts].»

Students» school reports were once the cornerstone of communication to parents: a much anticipated (sometimes dreaded) document that offered a final reckoning of a child's achievement across a range of subjects each semester.

For Winn, a better alternative would be to base accountability not on a student's academic «status» at any one point in time, but instead on documented «growth» in achievement.

Her dissertation examined the effects of Teach For America on student achievement, documenting variation in the impact of Teach For America across the distribution of student achievement, subject areas, developmental stages, baseline proficiency, and as the organization has evolved over time.

In the half century since James Coleman and his colleagues first documented racial gaps in student achievement, education researchers have done little to help close those gaps.

Historically, state and local policies have tended to treat all teachers as if they were equally effective in promoting student learning, 1 but a good deal of evidence amassed over the past decade documents enormous variation in teacher effectiveness.2 The effectiveness of a teacher is indeed the most important school - based factor determining students» levels of academic achievement, yet few state and district policies reflect this finding.

«Anyone who desires a quantum leap in the educational achievements of American students — as opposed to the «quick fix» — must address the issues raised in this carefully argued and well - documented work.»

Further, my own research, documented in the paper mentioned above, demonstrates that, when students are randomly assigned to schools, it is the achievement and not the race of their peers that matters.

In our view, nothing could be more important than documenting practices that help teachers in high poverty schools scaffold their students» learning and achievement.

Integrated progress - tracking encourages students to work toward achievements and allows teachers to document growth.

The importance of teacher effectiveness on student achievement has been well - documented.

And it has been documented over and over again, most recently this past January, that class size has nothing to do with student achievement.

While education advocates are focused on closing achievement gaps and preparing every student for success, Michigan Assessment Consortium members believe neither will be possible if the education system perpetuates current assessment practices, which focus more on documenting success or failure than on supporting learning.

State - of - the art Item Response Theory research methods to report on student achievement and document growth.

Building on previous research that documented the impact of DGS on student achievement and problem solving (Christou, Mousilides, Pittalis, & Pitta - Pantazi, 2005; Isiksal & Askar, 2005; Reimer & Moyer, 2005), the project team conjectured that the inclusion of DGS into VMT and the ability to generate and explore mathematical relationships, constructions, and dependencies would enhance students» mathematical activity within VMT.

To document the transfer effects from elementary to middle school on ITBS reading comprehension and science achievement for Science IDEAS elementary school students.

Have students been taught how their portfolio artifacts document their academic achievement and growth?

Some teachers, however, found ways to integrate the arts into their curricula despite these obstacles and cite that they help generate the support they need to do so by providing research and advocacy on arts integration to their administrators, building a network of allies within their schools, and thoroughly documenting the outcomes of their students» achievement learning in arts integrated lessons.

First, does the actual documented track record of existing voucher programs demonstrate that those programs in fact achieved the desired goal of enhancing student achievement?

In this paper, we use longitudinal panel data from New York City from 1974 to 2010 to document the phenomenon, and we tie assignment - switching behaviors to student achievement in the period since 1999, when student - level data is available.

The evaluation draws from multiple data sources, including: site visits, surveys, program documents, and student achievement records.

Thus began a process of cultivating relationships with school leaders, poring over charter documents, poking holes in governance plans, and investigating schools to determine if they did in fact have the «solid, concrete plan for raising student achievement» that charter schools should.

Claims Structure Documents define the master claim of the PARCC mathematics assessments as well as the four sub-claims in which student achievement will be measured.

The document indicated Holtz would receive a guaranteed three - year, $ 150,000 job with a personal driver at the Department of Public Instruction should Humphries win and would have authority to take over large districts with persistent gaps in academic achievement among groups of students.

The EOCEP encourages instruction in the specific academic standards for the courses, encourages student achievement, and documents the level of students» mastery of the academic standards.To meet federal accountability requirements, the EOCEP in mathematics, English / language arts and science will be administered to all public school students by the third year of high school, including those students as required by the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEA) and by Title 1 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA).

The report documents significant achievement by students who attend the city's Pilot schools.

I was happily working alongside a diverse team of educators from all across America to update our organization's founding document, using both research and our experiences in the classroom to productively and civilly discuss what students and teachers need in order to elevate our profession and increase student achievement in our communities.

* We should fully define «highly qualified teacher» for Texas not just in regulatory terms, but in terms of the qualities and performance that are expected, which will necessitate a re-evaluation of the strategic policy document, «Learner - Centered Schools for Texas: A Vision of Texas Educators», adopted in 1997, as well as the transformation of educator employment terms from «contract» to «at will», with enhanced compensation based on performance tied to student achievement.

According to García, «A vast body of research has documented a direct link between ELL students achievement and the expertise and experience of the classroom teacher,» and that «To be effective, teachers must provide a classroom environment with ample opportunity for students to practice academic language thoughtfully and meaningfully» (García 2010, p. 8).

The School Improvement Services department may be contacted regarding assistance with Data Retreats, managing and accessing relevant data on student achievement and other school improvement factors, analyzing and interpreting data patterns, observing and documenting data findings, and guiding leadership teams in data - driven decision - making.

Transformational Leader nominees are those individuals that have served a minimum of three years in a leadership position at their current school, and have a documented history of improved student achievement and student academic growth.

If teachers are to be held accountable for student achievement, team members reasoned, then they must be the principal authors of essential curriculum documents.

Document all tutoring sessions in the Tutor Log, detailing student interactions, achievements, and any potential concerns

By following the same students over time researchers will be able to document achievement gains and key transitions.

The commonly accepted — but narrow — definition of student «success» that centers on academic achievement dismisses research documenting life - long payoffs of a «whole child - centered» approach to teaching and learning that accounts for children's cognitive, social, emotional, physical, and ethical development.

Because of the documented harmful effects of bullying — as well as other forms of social isolation — on school climate and student achievement, educators are taking this problem seriously.