She has been a leader in reform to make education more innovative and responsive, and supports teachers with ideas
for gains in student achievement, and parents with new educational choices and options.
In Hillsborough, which includes Tampa and is the nation's eighth largest school district, she successfully implemented higher learning standards, partnered with teachers to develop a comprehensive evaluation system, and earned national recognition
for gains in student achievement.
Thus, the authors stress that although the findings may look promising for charter schools, it is unclear if charters are directly responsible
for gains in student achievement or if the gains are due to other factors, such as family motivation.
Each of the processes below have high effect sizes
for gains in student achievement.
Not exact matches
For these reasons, the jury is still out on whether HSTW actually causes
gains in student achievement.
The UA team credits these strategies
for the recent
gains they have seen
in student achievement.
The individual studies of the privately funded K — 12 scholarship programs
in the District of Columbia and Dayton reported overall
achievement gains only
for the large subgroup of African American
students in the program.
Does evidence that the New York City bonus program did not lead to marked
gains in student achievement, at least
in the program's first two years, mean that merit pay
for teachers
in general does not work?
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.
Annual average improvement target of 2.5 percentage point
gains in achievement on state reading and math tests between 2018 and 2025
for all
students and
student subgroups; plan includes goal of reaching a graduation rate of 90 percent by 2025
for all
students and
student subgroups
Students made short - term
gains in math and reading
achievement, were better prepared
for high school, and took fewer remedial courses once there.
In a 2001 report [download PDF (212 KB)-RSB- prepared for the Center for the Study of Teaching and Policy, authors Suzanne M. Wilson, Linda Darling - Hammond, and Barnett Berry credit the Education Enhancement Act for Connecticut's «large, steady gains in student achievement and plentiful supply of well - qualified teachers.&raqu
In a 2001 report [download PDF (212 KB)-RSB- prepared
for the Center
for the Study of Teaching and Policy, authors Suzanne M. Wilson, Linda Darling - Hammond, and Barnett Berry credit the Education Enhancement Act
for Connecticut's «large, steady
gains in student achievement and plentiful supply of well - qualified teachers.&raqu
in student achievement and plentiful supply of well - qualified teachers.»
We find that the accountability provisions of NCLB generated large and statistically significant increases
in the math
achievement of 4th graders and that these
gains were concentrated among African American and Hispanic
students and among
students who were eligible
for subsidized lunch.
The education marketplace is crowded with competing «whole school reform» models, such as Success
for All, Accelerated Schools, and Core Knowledge, all promising remarkable
gains in student achievement, especially among disadvantaged
students.
«Teachers have to be data - driven to get
in the door,» says Michaelson, who looks
for evidence that prospective teachers have a quantifiable history of
student achievement gains and are able to provide thoughtful explanations of how they have helped
students improve.
In a new article for Education Next, David Osborne, director of the project on Reinventing America's Schools at the Progressive Policy Institute, finds Denver's pursuit of this strategy, which has increased school leader autonomy, has produced impressive gains in student achievement, leading to growing public support for the reform
In a new article
for Education Next, David Osborne, director of the project on Reinventing America's Schools at the Progressive Policy Institute, finds Denver's pursuit of this strategy, which has increased school leader autonomy, has produced impressive
gains in student achievement, leading to growing public support for the reform
in student achievement, leading to growing public support
for the reforms.
This study explored whether and how teachers» mathematical knowledge
for teaching contributes to
gains in students» mathematics
achievement.
Massive economic
gains for states that invest
in student achievement Fifty - state effort could increase GDP by $ 76 trillion over next 80 years
Working with data from the State of Florida, I have regularly noticed that
achievement gains by
students who move from one public school to another badly trail the
gains of
students who remain
in the same school — even after one has adjusted
for many family background characteristics.
Holding teachers accountable
for students» academic
achievement gains is not inconsistent with
students» accomplishing other things
in school.
Schools and teachers are accountable
for how much
students gain in achievement.
In return for adopting the national standards or a federally approved alternative, states could escape NCLB sanctions for not making timely gains in student achievemen
In return
for adopting the national standards or a federally approved alternative, states could escape NCLB sanctions
for not making timely
gains in student achievemen
in student achievement.
In addition,
student achievement gains provide few clues
for what a teacher might do to improve her practice.
We hesitate to say that education itself is producing these
gains, because a teacher's level of education is likely to be associated with personal characteristics not accounted
for in our analysis, and these may be the very factors responsible
for the improvements
in student achievement.
For these teachers, we can test whether improvement over time
in the practices measured by TES is related to improvement
in the
achievement gains made by the teachers»
students.
The Center
for Learning
in Technology researchers, led by Bill Penuel, found increased
student engagement, greater responsibility
for learning, increased peer collaboration skills, and greater
achievement gains by
students who had been labeled low achievers.
However, without the changes Massachusetts made to its entire system of teacher licensing (e.g., subject area licensing tests
for all prospective teachers, criteria
for achieving full licensure after beginning teaching, and criteria
for license renewal
for veteran teachers), it is unlikely there would have been enduring
gains in achievement for students in all demographic groups and
in all its regional vocational / technical high schools —
gains confirmed by tests independent of control or manipulation by Massachusetts or federal policy makers.
A recent Council of the Great City Schools report hailed Houston
for «beating the odds» by generating sizable
gains in student achievement.
Both showed significant
gains in achievement for students in smaller classes, with larger
gains among minority and disadvantaged
students.
The second study shows how training and support
for principals
in how to observe and give feedback to teachers can lead to
gains in student achievement.
But these standards do not by themselves necessarily account
for the
gains in achievement by all demographic groups and by our regional vocational / technical high schools (which enroll a disproportionate number of special education
students and below - grade level readers).
Schools will also be recognized
for putting together the key ingredients of an effective program, even if they have not yet shown
gains in student achievement.
In a new study presented at the this year's fall research conference of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management in Chicago, we used data from CORE Districts, to assess whether there are systematic mindset differences present in the US population within and across schools, and whether holding a growth mindset predicts academic achievement gains of student
In a new study presented at the this year's fall research conference of the Association
for Public Policy Analysis and Management
in Chicago, we used data from CORE Districts, to assess whether there are systematic mindset differences present in the US population within and across schools, and whether holding a growth mindset predicts academic achievement gains of student
in Chicago, we used data from CORE Districts, to assess whether there are systematic mindset differences present
in the US population within and across schools, and whether holding a growth mindset predicts academic achievement gains of student
in the US population within and across schools, and whether holding a growth mindset predicts academic
achievement gains of
students.
Moreover, the reason
for a school's failure to win an award was often not that African - American and Latino
students were lagging behind, but that white non-Hispanic
students experienced slower growth
in achievement: the average school with multiple racial subgroups witnessed larger
gains for African - American and Latino
students than
for white
students.
This may be why the U.S. has seen significant
achievement growth
for its lowest - performing
students over the last twenty years (especially
in fourth and eighth grades, and particularly
in math), but minimal
gains for its top
students.
In fact, we found that exposure to the literacy hour significantly improved
students» reading and English
achievement, with bigger
gains for boys than
for girls.
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 perio
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 perio
for students at other schools (which rose 5.5 points, from 64.2 percent to 69.7 percent
in the same period).
An analysis conducted
for Quality Counts 2006 by the EPE Research Center found a positive relationship between states that had pursued a standards - based education agenda and
gains in student achievement.
«Fifteen years ago, the charter school movement
in Massachusetts was launched to see if new models could lead to
gains in student achievement,» says Kane, faculty director of the school's Center
for Education Policy Research.
[xxvii] To be sure, these
gains have not erased
achievement gaps or turned us into Finland, but they are real and meaningful
for the
students in America's schools.
In 2011, the five yearly testing cycle for PIRLS (Progress in International Reading Literacy Study) came in to alignment with the four - year cycle for TIMSS, allowing countries who were participating in both of these international studies to gain comprehensive information about the achievement of their fourth grade students in three core curriculum areas - reading, mathematics and scienc
In 2011, the five yearly testing cycle
for PIRLS (Progress
in International Reading Literacy Study) came in to alignment with the four - year cycle for TIMSS, allowing countries who were participating in both of these international studies to gain comprehensive information about the achievement of their fourth grade students in three core curriculum areas - reading, mathematics and scienc
in International Reading Literacy Study) came
in to alignment with the four - year cycle for TIMSS, allowing countries who were participating in both of these international studies to gain comprehensive information about the achievement of their fourth grade students in three core curriculum areas - reading, mathematics and scienc
in to alignment with the four - year cycle
for TIMSS, allowing countries who were participating
in both of these international studies to gain comprehensive information about the achievement of their fourth grade students in three core curriculum areas - reading, mathematics and scienc
in both of these international studies to
gain comprehensive information about the
achievement of their fourth grade
students in three core curriculum areas - reading, mathematics and scienc
in three core curriculum areas - reading, mathematics and science.
Perhaps the most profound advance since 2010 is that individual
achievement and attainment records
for every subject are saved (with elaborate safeguards)
in cyberspace and secure state databases, where «unique
student identifier» numbers make it possible
for data to be readily aggregated without revealing individual identity and
for analysts to investigate things like learning
gains by pupils
in various schools and circumstances.
And while many parents want to avoid a «summer slide,» a term to describe the tendency
for students, especially those from low - income families, to lose some of the
achievement gains they made during the previous school year, many experts say it's important to keep
in mind that summers don't have to be packed with worksheets and math camps
for kids to keep their brains active and learning.
First, we made a straightforward comparison of the average test - score
gains in classrooms run by TFA and non-TFA teachers, controlling
for a variety of factors known to influence academic
achievement, including
students» backgrounds, the
students» previous performance on the TAAS, characteristics of their schools, and characteristics of their classmates.
First, the teachers it recruits are
in fact good teachers who produce
achievement gains for students that match or exceed those accomplished by other new teachers who have been prepared
in other ways.
For the United States, the research suggests, modest
gains in student achievement as measured by one international assessment could cumulatively boost the country's gross domestic product by tens of trillions of dollars over the coming decades.
This interpretation could account
for both the
gains in relative
achievement made by
students in K — 5 and K — 6 schools prior to entering middle schools and the superior performance of K — 8
students relative to their peers
in middle schools.
Study from the Center
for Education Policy Research reveals net
gains in student achievement growth despite initial declines.
The findings were striking: «Charter school takeovers
in the New Orleans Recovery School District appear to have generated substantial
achievement gains for a highly disadvantaged
student population that enrolled
in these schools passively.»
The Education Trust,
for example, is urging states to use caution
in choosing «comparative» growth models, including growth percentiles and value - added measures, because they don't tell us whether
students are making enough progress to hit the college - ready target by the end of high school, or whether low - performing subgroups are making fast enough
gains to close
achievement gaps.