Sentences with phrase «driving student performance»

While one indicator of a school's progress is performance scores, research shows that teacher quality is the dominant factor driving student performance on standardized tests.

«The schools will have the data they need to drive student performance up, to monitor progress, to tailor learning programs, to create collaborative learning environments where collaborative problem solving can be assessed... and from that, the system will be able to get the data it needs to monitor performance without asking for anything extra.

Each team use the cycle of inquiry to understand their data and drive student performance.

We are able to leverage the combined offerings from Performance Matters» evaluation and PD systems integrated with their assessment and analytics platform to drive student performance and instructional outcomes in our district.

Not exact matches

In an announcement on Wednesday, EDI stated that the Model X would be part of its Platinum Driving Course, a set of lessons aimed at training student drivers in the operation of high - performance, luxury vehicles.

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN INANIMATE OBJECT The beaver, «The Beaver» Medusa the car, «Bellflower» The cupcakes, «Bridesmaids» Cap's shield, «Captain America: The First Avenger» Gwyneth Paltrow's exposed brain, «Contagion» Ryan Gosling's jacket, «Drive» Ryan Reynolds, «Green Lantern» Colin Farrell's toupee, «Horrible Bosses» The axe that doesn't really look like the number seven, which a student uses to try to kill another student, «An Invisible Sign» Robert the tire, «Rubber» The chamber, «Source Code» The hatch, «Take Shelter» Adam, «Real Steel»

Joe Adler's performance as an airhead who claims to have a girlfriend named Athena is effortlessly, amusingly weird, and there are likable digs at student driving, the desperate date quest and Ethan Frome: not bad for a well - intentioned flick about well - intentioned kids who worry too much about disco balls.

Following recent demand - driven reforms, some universities are admitting larger numbers of teacher education students with increasingly low Year 12 performances — a trend that may continue as the number of teachers required to staff our schools grows over the next decade.

Schools can also help their students develop «performance character» — drive and prudence in particular.

It could be that competition would drive higher levels of performance and benefit students in ways that are not evident when you just study what happens immediately when students move from a public to an existing private school.

Still, many wondered with James Stergios of the Pioneer Institute in Boston whether one can set standards capable of driving high performance nationwide in a country that has great regional disparities in student achievement and a decentralized governmental system (where schools are «radically local,» as one panelist put it).

... But by and large the newly decentralized, choice - driven system has had small positive effects on the academic performance of most Swedish students.»

These efforts are driven by the desire to hold schools accountable for the performance of all their students — a hugely important goal that history does not allow us to take for granted.

If CCSS works as its proponents expect, higher proficiency standards could drive schools and students to reach international levels of performance.

Another key element driving our instructional design for the academic intervention hour was student performance data.

Market - driven compensation allows schools to compensate teachers on the basis of their performance and the performance of their students.

Test Drive: New Hampshire Teachers Build New Ways to Measure Deeper Learning (The Christian Science Monitor) Dan Koretz discusses performance - based assessments as states adopt new plans under the Every Student Succeeds Act.

His leadership also led to the district achieving its best - ever dropout and graduation rates, driven largely by attention to all students, a focus on adult performance, the promotion of choice and school autonomy, and intensive efforts to engage parents and the community.

Data systems, which are ways of collecting and tracking information about school, student, and teacher performance, are key elements in driving the Obama administration's reform effort.

It suggests that performance - based evaluation and compensation systems can drive improvements in student outcomes.

Moe, for reasons I'll explain in a moment, thinks «reform unionism» is a pipe dream and that the only effective way to drive school improvement is by getting the system incentives to emphasize performance — which requires measures of student learning.

• Boost the employment prospects of disadvantaged youth via high - quality career and technical education programs • Help their students develop «performance character» — particularly drive and prudence • Offer a full suite of well - organized extracurricular activities (to help build those all - important non-cognitive skills and to keep kids off the streets) • Most importantly, give their students a sense of hope and purpose

On the other hand, recent evidence suggests that «No Pass, No Drive» laws — which make obtaining (or keeping) a driver's license conditional on school performance — reduce chronic absenteeism among high school students.

The gains in test performance in the early 2000s were driven by particularly strong gains for the lowest performing students.

This most radical of choice based schools — where students and teachers never meet in physical classrooms and state funding flows on a performance - based, demand - driven model — has largely avoided the political and legal tangles that have stymied other reform efforts.

Aside from Google's own AI innovation, data and algorithms have the power to really transform learning and optimize teaching to drive progression: From teacher dashboards such as those that we're currently pioneering, which give that instant deep dive analysis on pupil performance to identify those all - important learning gaps, to the creation of a virtual tutor that will learn and remember — in intimate detail — every single exercise that you ever did, and compare that to the millions of other students in real time for a truly bespoke and personalized lesson.

Technologies to support data - driven decision - making hold great promise for increasing the effectiveness of teaching and learning activities, accelerating student achievement, and improving organizational performance.

This growing reliance on tech - based communication is informed by research that shows digital outreach can help parents stay informed, become more involved, and be better positioned to help with kids» schoolwork — all factors driving better student engagement and performance.

For too long energy efficiency has been the driving consideration in lighting installations in the teaching environment but now we can provide a better lit environment to enhance the well - being and performance of teachers and students alike.

Evaluate performance to drive student retention and increase graduation rates.

While allowing for a range of NNRs to satisfy the ESA testing requirement provides information about student performance, NNRs do not drive school - level content decisions the way criterion - referenced statewide assessments can, which research suggests can dissuade private school leaders from participating in education choice programs.

Teachers now have greater flexibility and autonomy in using the right tools to drive academic performance while having access to the correct student data.

The evaluation of educator effectiveness based on student test scores and classroom observation, for example, has the potential to drive instructional improvement and promises to reveal important aspects of classroom performance and success.

SAN FRANCISCO — Secretary of Education Arne Duncan acknowledged serious flaws in the standardized tests that currently drive American schools, telling an audience of education researchers on Tuesday that the tests are an inadequate gauge of student and teacher performance.

Hattie came up with a list of things that drive students» performance.

Participants will learn how to create an accelerated timeline and develop learning environments that successfully impact student outcomes, drive a fundamental shift in school culture and instructional practice that results in early gains and ongoing high performance.

The relationship between NAEP performance and the grades citizens assign their schools could easily be driven by other variables, such as the prosperity level of the state, that influence student achievement levels and could also influence school grades.

Easily track and evaluate student performance with detailed, up to date reports that indicate where students need to improve, allowing for early remediation and data - driven instruction at the classroom, school and district levels.

Worsening performance by low - and middle - achieving students drove the overall test score decline.

The TIF program uses performance - based compensation and related supports for educators to catalyze improvements in a district's human capital management system to drive increased student outcomes.

Earl H. Wiman, the president of the 55,000 - member Tennessee Education Association, said he sees the Race to the Top program as a «top - down - driven» initiative that won't lead to improved student performance.

Through a strategic partnership with the Center for Creative Leadership, a national Executive Leadership Institute will sustain and promote high professional standards among principals as the lead catalyst for driving school and student performance.

Teacher David Perrin compares the Wooden approach to our nation's drive to use «test scores» as the means to improve students» academic performance.

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Formative assessment does away with the «drive - by observation,» to improve teacher performance and student achievement.

The curriculum is driven by clear performance standards for what students should know and be able to do.

The teacher tracks students» performance frequently enough to use student data to «drive short - and long - term planning and differentiation.»

Performance Matters is the only solution that provides best - in - class student and educator platforms in one cohesive, analytically - driven solution set.

Hilliard City Schools has been using Performance Matters for several years and we continue to be impressed with how well the system keeps pace with the increasingly sophisticated ways we use data to drive student achievement.

Teachers and administrators from across the country will gather for four days to re-imagine assessment and accountability, learn how to use performance assessments to drive deeper learning for all students, and develop materials and strategies they can implement in their schools and districts.