Researchers found significant achievement
gains for students in small kindergarten classes and additional gains in 1st grade, especially for black students.
In addition to
academic gains for students in some voucher programs, other scholars have identified benefits among public schools as a result of such programs.
While these schools succeed in generating test - score
gains for students of all cognitive abilities, it is still the case that students with strong fluid cognitive skills learn more.
But how can you help teachers become self - reflective practitioners whose thoughtful approach translates into
real gains for student achievement?
Check out some schools that have shown
big gains for students both in getting more kids to grade level proficiency and in showing year over year growth!
While we haven't seen
substantial gains for students at advanced levels, there is no evidence to suggest that there have been overall declines, either.
These implementation findings are coupled with strong academic, social and
emotional gains for students, and strong ratings of school climate by parents, teachers and students.
These results suggest having a Leading Educators Fellow as a mentor would result in a two or three
percentile gain for students within a single year.
Achievement
gains for students below the proficiency cut point emerge in response to both types of accountability systems.
The researchers used a rigorous research design that compares learning
gains for students enrolled in charter schools to those of similar students in traditional public schools in their districts.
But how can you help teachers become self - reflective practitioners whose thoughtful approach to teaching translates into
real gains for student achievement?
Lottery - based estimates show large score
gains for students who spend time at a charter school but zero or even negative effects of time spent in a pilot school.
However, evidence is emerging that shows that arts education can have powerful effects on student achievement, with the
greatest gains for students in the lowest socioeconomic status quartile, those most at risk of academic failure.
In short, our results indicate that school accountability in Texas led to long -
term gains for students who attended schools that were at risk of falling below a minimum performance standard.
Lottery - based estimates of the impact of charter attendance on student achievement in Boston show impressive
score gains for students in middle and high school.
A number of scholars, including some who risked not attaining tenure, have evaluated voucher programs and
identified gains for students receiving expanded educational options.
However, 40 percent of teacher turnover in high - poverty schools is among low - performing teachers — and our estimates indicate consistently
large gains for students when these teachers exit these schools.
If we can figure out how to integrate technology, curricula, tutors, books, online programs, and much, much more in a manner that increases the optimal learning zone for kids — that is when we will see
dramatic gains for students.
«As an organization dedicated to empowering educators to support the success of each learner, publishing the second edition of Classroom Instruction That Works is our way of filtering out the noise and helping educators focus on the strategies that yield the
most gain for students.»
«Over the last decade, we've transformed the landscape in city schools, giving parents more high - performing options than ever before and delivering
historic gains for our students,» said DOE spokesman Devon Puglia.
Led by Jo Ellen Roseman, Project 2061's director, the AAAS team is building on the success of its innovative eighth - grade Toward High School Biology unit, which has produced significant learning
gains for students participating in pilot and field tests in Colorado, Maryland, Massachusetts, and the District of Columbia.
But when education leaders use these technologies merely as replacements for textbooks, gradebooks, and worksheets, they risk complicating teachers» jobs with only
marginal gains for students.
In both cases, we hear somber leaders express concern that the moves will «undermine the core American value of equality of opportunity in education» and move away from «the critically
important gains for our students» civil rights and educational equity that NCLB achieved.»
Rigorous evaluations, like the one in Boston, show huge test score
gains for students randomly assigned to no - excuses charter schools.
Lawrence provides a rare case of a leadership approach that resulted in notably impressive academic
gains for students without generating the kind of negative response that typically accompanies state takeover and district turnaround efforts.
Research has consistently shown that charter schools despite producing strong learning
gains for students still suffer from this funding inequity.
Increases in achievement for African American and Latino students, in particular, were substantially higher than the average
gains for students overall at all three age groups and in both subjects.
Under ESSA, we are seeing that we have many schools and districts that are making
huge gains for our students, for all students, and especially for our English learners, our students with disabilities, and our students living in poverty.
Through ongoing coaching, participating in professional learning communities that deepen and expand their instructional tool kits, and in the completion of their Master's in Urban Education through Park University, the Resident Graduates will leave the three - year commitment as highly effective teachers that are making
transformative gains for their students.
Unlike Maths Pathway, which on average more than doubles the rate that students learn maths, no online program has delivered such measurable and
consistent gains for students.
Then there's the question of ultimate purpose: Would an investment in a districtwide leadership - building strategy
bring gains for students districtwide, in high - needs and lower - needs schools alike?