Not exact matches
The ability to predict the need for referrals stems from an unprecedented and ever - increasing availability of diverse
data sources and has the potential to improve health services delivery and health system
performance, said Paul K. Halverson,
founding dean of the Richard M. Fairbanks
School of Public Health at IUPUI and one of the project's researchers.
Ms Warren said that the research also examined parents» reasons for changing primary
schools and cross-matched
findings with MySchool
data, which provides parents with information about
schools» NAPLAN
performance and levels of community advantage.
[3] Community eligibility
schools are not required to
find their Identified Students each year, but would benefit from doing so because their free reimbursement percentage could increase, it can help their state meet direct certification
performance benchmarks, and it would allow them to use the
data for purposes outside the meals programs.
In this sense, RAND simply repeats an already well - known
finding: that if you rely on imprecise statewide
data and if you ignore all other aspects of state educational policy, you will often
find that average statewide
school spending and class size have at least a minor effect on student
performance.
The only studies that consistently
find positive effects of resources are those that rely on student
performance and
school data averaged across all students and
schools in a state.These aggregate studies, of which the RAND study is one, rely on limited
data and are prone to serious statistical shortcomings, so they have been heavily discounted in the past.
Meanwhile, in declaring that «
Schools should teach about the French Revolution, not have their parents act it out», Rotherham reinforces a conceit
found far too often
found among Beltway reformers (and, as evidenced from Teach For America President Wendy Kopp's thoughtless piece on releasing teacher
performance data, even among some operator - oriented reformers): That families — especially those from poor and minority backgrounds — just aren't equipped to make smart decisions when it comes to
school operations.
We have learned by poring over every bit of
data we could
find on
schools and programs and their
performance.
As the senior director of strategy and
performance improvement at CSUSA, Alesha
founded and managed four teams — strategic planning, grants,
data analysis, and quality assurance — and led CSUSA to become the first EMO to achieve AdvancED accreditation as a
school system.
Layton's article, and the UCLA Civil Rights Project report referenced in it, were based on assumptions and incomplete
data, and solely focus their
findings on demographics and «exposure» to diversity, rather than the academic
performance of charter
school students.
Our Voice Nuestra Voz, a non-profit education advocacy group in New Orleans, analyzed the
school performance scores
data and
found that approximately 15,000 students attend these failing
schools.
This study added two years of
performance data to a 2010 study, which also
found that public charter
school students in New York City outperformed students in traditional public
schools.
In our research, we
found the decision in 2001 by the Welsh assembly to stop the publication of secondary
school performance data or «league tables» resulted in a significant deterioration in GCSE
performance in Wales.
Even though my husband attended Pasadena Unified District
Schools, as each of my children got older, I always had to do some homework of my own — going on
school tours, interviewing principals, looking at
school performance data and
finding the right fit.
Examining schoolwide
performance and demographic
data for each year prior to the kindergarten choices in our dataset, we
found evidence that families of all race / ethnicity groups in NYC appear to consider the academic
performance of
schools in the choice process.
The report draws on
data from 2005 to 2012 to rate charter
schools across multiple measures of financial health and academic
performance, including state test scores and classroom spending, said the press release announcing the
findings.
Framingham Public
Schools finds new solution and
data key to meaningful
performance evaluations
Districts nationwide are using ActPoint KPI, an interactive database of financial and operational benchmarks developed by the Council of the Great City
Schools, to measure key
performance indicators annually and use the information they
find to make
data driven decisions to:
Graduates are more racially diverse than other new teachers in Boston Public
Schools; they are also more likely to teach in STEM fields and to remain teaching in the district through their fifth year, which is when
data show that teachers tend to be at or close to their peak effectiveness.27 Like the Boston Teacher Residency, the Relay Teaching Residency,
founded in 2007 and supported by Relay Graduate
School of Education, is a two - year program that provides residents with a structured, gradual on - ramp into the profession, along with a master's degree.28 Ninety - two percent of employing school leaders affirmed their satisfaction with the performance of their teachers who were enrolled at Re
School of Education, is a two - year program that provides residents with a structured, gradual on - ramp into the profession, along with a master's degree.28 Ninety - two percent of employing
school leaders affirmed their satisfaction with the performance of their teachers who were enrolled at Re
school leaders affirmed their satisfaction with the
performance of their teachers who were enrolled at Relay.29
A 14 - member review board of prominent education researchers, policy leaders, practitioners and executives from around the country evaluated publicly available student achievement
data on 20 large established urban charter
school systems and
found that YES Prep Public
Schools had the best overall student academic
performance between 2007 and 2011.
The
data can be
found on the
performance tabs of respective
schools and districts.
For example, the student questionnaire on the National Assessment of Educational Progress, or NAEP, will gather information on students» social - emotional skills in 2017.51 Researchers intend to use these
data to analyze the relationship between SEL and academic achievement on the NAEP exam.52 Districts and
schools may
find this information particularly useful to inform local interventions and improve student
performance and behavior.
After performing a statistical analysis with her
data guru, computer - assisted reporting specialist John Perry, she
found something curious: a handful of
schools had increased their
performance so much more than they had been expected to that it raised questions over whether educators had intervened in the testing process.
An online council survey completed by 41 big - city districts in fall 2012
found that the tasks most commonly carried out by their principal supervisors were: visiting
schools (93 percent of the districts); conversing with principals about
school performance data (90 percent); and visiting classrooms with principals (82 percent).
A nine - member review board of prominent education researchers, policy leaders, practitioners and executives from around the country evaluated publicly available student achievement
data on 27 large established urban charter
school systems and
found that Achievement First, KIPP Foundation and Uncommon
Schools had the best overall student academic
performance in recent years.
If you are a parent looking to
find out how
schools in your neighborhood are performing, visit our
school performance data tool.
The study, based on
data collected by the OECD's Programme for International Student Assessment, looked at the academic
performances of 15 - year - olds in many countries and
found that, in places where it is more common to use the Internet at
school for schoolwork, reading and math
performance declined between 2000 and 2012.
Founded by Teach for America alum Jennifer Medbery, Kickboard provides an analytics platform for teachers and
school leaders that captures, analyzes and shares student
performance data.
A more detailed description can be
found elsewhere.11, 12 The current study utilizes
data on ACEs reported in the mother's 5 - year follow - up interview (which took place when the child was 61 months old, on average), as well as
data on teacher - reported
school performance in the last month of the child's kindergarten year.