Sentences with phrase «found positive effects on student achievement»

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One of our studies was a randomized trial in a large urban district that found significant positive effects on reading achievement for students who used Accelerated Reader according to the publisher's recommendations.

Likewise, I found that a rising share of Hispanics has a positive effect on certain Hispanic students» scores, which could not be an effect of average peer achievement since raising the Hispanic share lowers average peer achievement.

The review found a net positive effect on student achievement — that's encouraging — but the researchers could not identify common characteristics from such a small and varied sample.

However, research to date finds little evidence of a strong positive effect of teachers» pay on student achievement.

After controlling for student and peer attributes and for selection bias, we still find a substantial positive and statistically significant effect of attending a network school on student achievement.

We find that vouchers have a moderately large, positive effect on the achievement of African - American students, but no discernible effect on the performance of students of other ethnicities.

They demonstrate that attending an oversubscribed charter middle or high school has a clear positive effect on students» math and reading achievement, but also find that this «on - average» result obscures dramatic variation.

Their summary of the sector's academic outcomes, which draws heavily on a series of studies by the Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO) at Stanford University, is likewise relatively uncontroversial: there is a positive achievement effect for poor, nonwhite, urban students, but suburban and rural charters come up short, as do online charters, about which the authors duly report negative findings.

A meta - analysis (including 74 rigorous studies and over 56,000 K - 12 students) found that mathematics computer applications produce a small but positive effect on mathematics achievement, and, specifically, programs that supplement traditional math instruction with additional instruction at students» individualized assessed levels of need showed greater effects on math achievement.

A third study using a different approach and using data only on Texas schools finds mixed results in the first year of implementation including negative impacts on student achievement in elementary and middle school, and positive effects on high school graduation rates.

Of 24 whole - school reform designs, AIR found that only three had «strong» positive effects on student achievement: Direct Instruction, High Schools That Work, and Success for All, none of which were NAS designs.

We found that attrition and replacement patterns could not explain most of KIPP's positive effects on student achievement, because (a) early attrition patterns at KIPP schools are similar to those at nearby district middle schools; and (b) KIPP schools have large achievement effects in the first year of students» enrollment, before replacement patterns could have any effects.

Positive effects of charter schools on student achievement were found at both the middle and high school levels and across subjects.

These studies echo several of the findings found in the NCTAF report, including evidence of the positive effects of STEM PLCs on deepening teacher knowledge of disciplinary content and pedagogy, influencing teacher classroom practice, and inconclusive evidence on the impact of STEM PLCs on student achievement.

The Educators» Guide found that of the 24 widely adopted CSR programs it examined, 8 had strong or promising evidence of positive effects on student achievement.

Research consistently finds that family engagement has a direct, positive effect on children's achievement and is the most accurate predictor of a student's success in school.

Promisingly, researchers have found that it is possible to orient students toward positive learning mindsets through low - cost interventions, including online programs that teach students about growth mindsets and purpose.29 According to Carol Dweck and her colleagues, ``... educational interventions and initiatives that target these psychological factors can have transformative effects on students» experience and achievement in school, improving core academic outcomes such as GPA and test scores months and even years later.»

While they found school leadership could have a positive effect on student achievement, they also discovered school leadership could have a negative effect if a principal lacked specific leadership responsibilities such as understanding the level of change that needed to be implemented at a given school.

But ERA's research shows that the RSD's willingness to close schools has actually been beneficial, finding that «roughly one - third of the reforms» large positive effects on measured student achievement can be attributed to this process.»

Bettencourt, Gillet, Gall, and Hull found that training teachers in behaviors that communicate enthusiasm had positive effects on student engagement and achievement.

In the review, Mindfulness - Based Interventions for Improving Cognition, Academic Achievement, Behavior and Socioemotional Functioning of Primary and Secondary Students, the authors found that mindfulness - based interventions have a statistically significant positive effect on cognitive and socioemotional processes for students, but that they do not improve behavior or academic perfStudents, the authors found that mindfulness - based interventions have a statistically significant positive effect on cognitive and socioemotional processes for students, but that they do not improve behavior or academic perfstudents, but that they do not improve behavior or academic performance.

The most significant finding was «the positive effects of closure and takeover in New Orleans explain 25 to 40 percent of the total effect of the New Orleans post-Katrina school reforms on student achievement.»

Odyssey Math was found to have potentially positive effects on achievement for primary students.

This impact study found that the disbursement of federal Title I School Improvement Grants in the process designed by ESE have consistently positive effects on student academic achievement.

The report found that «a more positive school climate is related to improved academic achievement, beyond the expected level of achievement based on student and school socioeconomic status backgrounds,» and can mitigate the negative effects of poverty on academic achievement.

Earlier research on Florida's tax credit by Cassandra Hart and David Figlio found that the program may have positive effects on achievement for students in both public and private schools.

This working paper found that leadership and management changes associated with the school - restructuring NCLB sanction showed the strongest positive effects on student achievement, as measured by school - and student - level data.

Our findings are consistent with a new strand of research revisiting the impact of school resources on student achievement, and generally finding positive effects.

For example, Ruzic & O'Connell (2001) found that long - term use of manipulatives has a positive effect on student achievement by allowing students to use concrete objects to observe, model, and internalize abstract concepts.