Effective schools are characterized by explicit, agreed - upon academic goals for all children; a strong focus on academics; order and discipline in the classroom; maximum time on learning tasks; and
frequent evaluations of student performance — all principles repudiated by the Disney school and also by many «new» education reforms.
Not exact matches
While one case study by Sarah Fairbanks and colleagues in 2007 suggests that office referrals decreased following implementation
of RTI, and teachers rated
student misbehavior to be less intense and less
frequent, few rigorous
evaluations of RTI have been conducted.
The bill would make several changes to teacher
evaluations, including requiring more
frequent performance reviews, more training for evaluators and the use
of multiple measures
of student academic progress — which could include test scores but would not require them, as current state law does.
In a study
of three districts using standards - based
evaluation systems, researchers found significant relationships between teachers» ratings and their
students» gain scores on standardized tests, and evidence that teachers» practice improved as they were given
frequent feedback in relation to the standards.
They note in their e-book that because schools are seeing an «increase in educational accountability at different levels» and there are a variety
of reading materials are assigned in all subject areas so that teachers can take «formal and
frequent»
evaluations of their
students.»