Sentences with phrase «example student achievement»

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The Province continues to make important decisions to control costs while supporting key public services to, for example, reduce health care wait times and improve student achievement.

In February, for example, the Amgen BEN held a youth summit to discuss the achievements of black scientists with local African - American students.

But some perennial topics have acquired a different focus; for example, the question about the internet has shifted from ensuring access to cybersecurity and privacy, and the question dealing with education now focuses on attracting more women and minorities into the scientific workforce rather than on boosting overall student achievement.

For example, we are breaking up kindergarten classes with 19 or 20 kids to reach some artificial threshold that has no bearing on student achievement.

For example, in a forthcoming analysis in three school districts where it was possible to track teachers» student achievement growth over many years, Doug Staiger and I found that of those teachers who were in the bottom quartile of value - added in a single year, 55 to 65 percent were in the bottom quartile over their careers and 82 to 87 percent were in the bottom half.

As our schools serve greater numbers of Hispanic students and fewer whites, for example, we should expect achievement to decline somewhat because Hispanic students, who are more likely to live in poverty, tend to perform at lower levels, on average, than whites.

In Australia, for example, writing is included as one of four core areas assessed in the nationwide tests of student achievement (National Assessment Program — Literacy and Numeracy [NAPLAN]-RRB-, and students are expected to know how to write within diverse creative, informative, and persuasive genres.

For example, a quasi-experimental study by the Educational Testing Service found that teachers with a high level of engagement in a large - scale mentoring program (California Formative Assessment and Support System for Teachers) improved both teaching practices and student achievement, producing an effect size equivalent to half a year's growth (Thompson, Goe, Paek, and Ponte, 2004).

For example, at the start of each school year in Australia, the achievement levels of students in each grade vary by the equivalent of five or six years of school.

Not only has the district received a great deal of positive press about this partnership (for example, one blogger recently wrote that he «left ABC rejoicing in what they have been able to accomplish» in this arena), it also served as the basis for research by Rutgers University's Saul Rubinstein and John McCarthy on how working together improves student achievement.

President Barack Obama has often noted in speeches the enthusiasm of Korean parents for their children's education, the high quality of Korean teachers, the number of learning hours that Korean students spend, and the outstanding educational achievements these have produced; for example, top rankings in international academic - achievement tests, and low rates of school dropouts and juvenile delinquency.

Schools operated by Achievement First, for example, have helped their students gain an additional 125 days of learning in math and 57 days in English over traditional public schools.

For example, advisory periods that are supposed to provide middle school students with social and emotional support necessary for academic achievement in school instead are likely to consist only of roll call, school announcements, and social time for students.

For example, David Sims has shown that after a 2001 Wisconsin law required schools to open after Labor Day, districts forced to delay their start dates saw their students» achievement on the state math test fall relative to districts that were unaffected by the law.

Education Sector's 2011 survey, for example, found that more than 40 percent of teachers want their unions to focus more on teacher performance and student achievement and less than half consider unions to be absolutely essential.

As examples, he points to Rocketship, a group of schools in California serving low - income students that credits their high achievement in part to a daily two - hour computer lab; Carpe Diem, a top math performer in Arizona; and Robert A. Taft Information Technology High School, a Cincinnati school that converted to a technology focus and saw its graduation rate soar from 21 percent to more than 95 percent.

For example, it could be the case that more - motivated principals lobby the district to receive a later start time and also employ other strategies that boost student achievement.

For example, a study released by the National Bureau of Economic Research found that giving middle school math teachers access to lesson plans from the company Mathalicious resulted in a statistically significant increase in student achievement.

For example, urban students generally have higher achievement levels than rural / remote students.

For example, this year's first - year students are helping the Education Achievement Authority of Michigan implement a student - centered instructional model as a means of improving achievement in some of Detroit's lowest - performiAchievement Authority of Michigan implement a student - centered instructional model as a means of improving achievement in some of Detroit's lowest - performiachievement in some of Detroit's lowest - performing schools.

For example, the nation was suffering from a recession around the time NCLB was implemented, which one might expect would have reduced student achievement in the absence of other forces.

One response to this observation has been to assume that the closing of achievement gaps requires group - based solutions — for example, special initiatives aimed at boys (or girls), educational solutions for Indigenous students, or government programs targeted on students from low socioeconomic backgrounds.

For example, if you have volunteers who lead reading groups, you can measure student achievement from the beginning of the school year to the next or set a goal for each student; that is, students will increase reading vocabulary by 25 percent.

For example, a student who begins the year at the 50th percentile on the state reading and math test and is assigned to a teacher in the top quartile in terms of overall TES scores will perform on average, by the end of the school year, three percentile points higher in reading and two points higher in math than a peer who began the year at the same achievement level but was assigned to a bottom - quartile teacher.

For example, the literature on school finance and control is currently absorbed with the question of whether students are affected by the achievement of their schoolmates.

At the conference, McKinley will be sharing examples of recent research exploring Indigenous student engagement and achievement in STEM disciplines, and studies on culturally responsive teaching practices.

These indicate how well a teacher's students did relative to other teachers» students, controlling for prior student achievement and for student and family background characteristics (for example, age, race and ethnicity, disability, free or reduced - price lunch status, and parental education level).

A growing number of examples show that used well, blended learning — and hence education technology — can help boost student achievement in both charter and district school settings.

For example, states have shown progress in supporting student achievement by focusing on the lowest - performing students.

For example, both the Common Core State Standards effort and the move toward rigorous teacher evaluations could lead to dramatic increases in student achievement, if implemented faithfully by states and school districts.

For example, from 1990 to 2007, black students» scale scores increased 34 points on the NAEP 4th - grade mathematics tests (compared with a 28 - point increase for whites), and the black - white achievement gap declined from 32 to 26 points during this period.

For example, the failure to find positive student - achievement impacts in a series of IES - funded studies of professional development programs has produced a broader appreciation of the difficulty of adult behavior change and more healthy skepticism about the traditional approach to teacher training.

As an example of the limitation of this measure, note that the United States is coded as a country where teacher salaries can be adjusted for outstanding performance in teaching on the grounds that salary adjustments are possible for achieving the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards certification or for increases in student achievement test scores.

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

For example, programs like the Khan Academy are structured to create achievement, and the confidence that students can succeed when faced with complicated problems.

For example, 88 percent of the Education Next survey respondents indicated that it was either «somewhat» or «very» important to them that our country perform well on international tests of student achievement.

For example, performance pay could be more widely used in places where, as in Asia, cultural expectations for student performance are high, making it appear that performance pay systems are effective, when in fact both performance pay plans and student achievement are the result of underlying cultural characteristics.

For example, in describing the results of Title I, Jennings concludes, «In a nutshell, the billions of dollars spent on Title I had at best a modest effect on the academic achievement of the disadvantaged students who participated in the program...» On No Child Left Behind (NCLB), he writes, «So it truly was a mixed bag.

Compound these examples of diversity with differences in prior achievement, confidence, identity, and aspirations, and you're left with what most teachers face every day: 30 students who need and want different things, and 42 minutes to make something special happen.

For example, even SGPs allow for different growth targets for different types of students by taking into account individual prior achievement.

Another example: in Teacher Quality and Student Achievement: A Review of State Policy Evidence (1999), Darling - Hammond reviews what the research says about the relationship between student achievement and many different teacher variables, including teacher's general academic ability, intelligence, subject - matter knowledge, pedagogical knowledge, experience, and certification Student Achievement: A Review of State Policy Evidence (1999), Darling - Hammond reviews what the research says about the relationship between student achievement and many different teacher variables, including teacher's general academic ability, intelligence, subject - matter knowledge, pedagogical knowledge, experience, and certificatAchievement: A Review of State Policy Evidence (1999), Darling - Hammond reviews what the research says about the relationship between student achievement and many different teacher variables, including teacher's general academic ability, intelligence, subject - matter knowledge, pedagogical knowledge, experience, and certification student achievement and many different teacher variables, including teacher's general academic ability, intelligence, subject - matter knowledge, pedagogical knowledge, experience, and certificatachievement and many different teacher variables, including teacher's general academic ability, intelligence, subject - matter knowledge, pedagogical knowledge, experience, and certification status.

For example, in Alabama's 94 Reading First schools, the percentage of all 4th graders deemed to be proficient (stanine 5 and above) on the Stanford Achievement Test rose 12.7 points, from 40.1 percent in 2003 to 52.8 percent in 2007, more than twice as fast as the gain for students at other schools (which rose 5.5 points, from 64.2 percent to 69.7 percent in the same period).

Arthur Levines 2006 study, Educating School Teachers, for example, found no significant difference in mathematics or reading achievement in students taught by teachers educated at NCATE - and non-NCATE-accredited institutions.

For example, when we asked students to discuss changes in achievement, one student said, «Now I get assignments turned in on time, and my grades have improved.»

For example, assessments can be used to establish overall levels of student achievement in a subject such as Physics; mastery of particular topics such as energy and mechanics; or the ability to apply Newton's First Law to explain the relationship between force and motion in practical situations.

If the curriculum makes clear what all students are to be taught and should learn by particular times in their schooling, for example, by the end of Year 6, and if all teachers and students are held accountable for meeting these time - based expectations, then overall levels of achievement should improve.

The first is improved student outcomes, and while that is usually around achievement outcomes — literacy and maths, for example — increasingly there is a focus on social outcomes such as reduction in bullying and students» enjoyment of school and of their learning.

So, if you've got good procedures for monitoring, for example, students» results — whether it be reading or mathematics or indicators of student wellbeing — then you know what your past achievements have been.

ACARA's Chief Executive Officer Robert Randall said although the results show steady student achievement, there are some great examples of sustained effort and improvement in school level results, which will be evident when the My School website is updated in March 2015.

For example, CT showed advantage in promoting mathematics achievement of elementary over secondary school students.