Frequent readers of this blog know that I have often written about creating opportunities for teachers to observe student behaviors in other classrooms to develop a clear picture of «what student behaviors / actions are needed to
gain the student achievement they seek».
Now the faculty is ready for a discussion, «What changes in what students are doing or experiencing are needed to
gain the student achievement we seek?
Lastly, peer coaching provides the opportunity for shared celebration of teacher success in
gaining student achievement.
Not exact matches
School Supt. David Schuler called Burlinski «strong and effective» and noted the
achievement gains students at the school have made in recent years.
In Washington, D.C., where I was chancellor, IMPACT teacher evaluations are among the strongest in the country and have helped that school district go from the worst urban district in the country to the one making the biggest
gains in
student achievement.
Recentanalysis by the Measures of Effective Teaching (MET) project found that teachers»
student survey results are predictive of
student achievement gains and produce more consistent results than classroom observations or
achievement gain measures.
Schools would
gain greater state recognition for
achievement by high school
students on college - level Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate exams.
Recent analysis by the Measures of Effective Teaching (MET) project found that teachers»
student survey results are predictive of
student achievement gains and produce more consistent results than classroom observations or
achievement gain measures.
She managed the historic introduction of universal pre-K and oversaw significant
gains in
student achievement from test scores to high school graduation rates.
The increase in
student achievement from coaching is on par with the
gain researchers typically see from
students of a veteran teacher with five to 10 years of experience compared to a novice teacher.
Students who practiced the Transcendental Meditation program showed significant increases in math and English scale scores and performance level scores over a one - year period.A significant portion of the meditating students — 41 percent — showed a gain of at least one performance level in math, compared to 15 percent of the non-meditating students in the control group.Among the students with the lowest levels of academic performance, «below basic» and «far below basic,» the meditating students showed a significant improvement in overall academic achievement compared to students in the control group, which showed only a slig
Students who practiced the Transcendental Meditation program showed significant increases in math and English scale scores and performance level scores over a one - year period.A significant portion of the meditating
students — 41 percent — showed a gain of at least one performance level in math, compared to 15 percent of the non-meditating students in the control group.Among the students with the lowest levels of academic performance, «below basic» and «far below basic,» the meditating students showed a significant improvement in overall academic achievement compared to students in the control group, which showed only a slig
students — 41 percent — showed a
gain of at least one performance level in math, compared to 15 percent of the non-meditating
students in the control group.Among the students with the lowest levels of academic performance, «below basic» and «far below basic,» the meditating students showed a significant improvement in overall academic achievement compared to students in the control group, which showed only a slig
students in the control group.Among the
students with the lowest levels of academic performance, «below basic» and «far below basic,» the meditating students showed a significant improvement in overall academic achievement compared to students in the control group, which showed only a slig
students with the lowest levels of academic performance, «below basic» and «far below basic,» the meditating
students showed a significant improvement in overall academic achievement compared to students in the control group, which showed only a slig
students showed a significant improvement in overall academic
achievement compared to
students in the control group, which showed only a slig
students in the control group, which showed only a slight
gain.
Indeed, if the measurements were so volatile that
student achievement gains in one year were completely unrelated to a teacher's likely success with future
students, they would be right.
Some of these states have been rewarded with record high graduation rates and an uptick in
student achievement, with major
gains among
students who have traditionally been furthest behind, including
students with disabilities.
Meanwhile, federal funding on programs mushroomed, without any noticeable
gains in
student achievement.
On the one side, she agreed with New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg to a test plan offering monetary incentives to teachers in schools whose poorest
students make significant
gains in
achievement (see «New York City's Education Battles,» features, Spring 2008).
For these reasons, the jury is still out on whether HSTW actually causes
gains in
student achievement.
Too much of the assistance that was provided through the law was spread too thinly to have the kind of impact to help schools build the capacity that they needed to improve instruction and see long - term
gains in
student achievement.
These estimates project the historical pattern of growth to determine the result of
gains in
student achievement, calculate the additions to GDP over the next 80 years, and discount them back to today so that they are comparable to other current investments.
Even if we ignore the fact that most portfolio managers, regulators, and other policy makers rely on the level of test scores (rather than
gains) to gauge quality, math and reading
achievement results are not particularly reliable indicators of whether teachers, schools, and programs are improving later - life outcomes for
students.
The UA team credits these strategies for the recent
gains they have seen in
student achievement.
If research continues to show that comprehensive character education has positive effects on
student achievement as well, then the movement may in time
gain more robust political and financial support from education policymakers.
State efforts in standards - based education over the past decade have had a positive, but modest, relationship with
gains in
student achievement.
The issue is
gaining increasing attention as more educators eager to motivate
students, especially those at the low end of the
achievement gap, are, like Shakur, experimenting with financial incentives for kids.
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.
The push for a national curriculum is
gaining momentum as reformers press states to acknowledge «world class» benchmarks for
student achievement.
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?
«We are impressed with the results coming out of the U.S. MicroSociety schools, and look forward to similar
gains in
student achievement.»
Numerous evaluations of KIPP schools have found that
students show larger - than - expected
gains on various measures of
achievement.
To measure
gains in
student achievement, we calculate the difference between 8th - grade performance in each subject and the performance level that would have been expected based on performance in both subjects in 4th grade.
In the Indiana study, the most rigorous program estimates come from an individual fixed - effects analysis, where the
achievement gains of
students while in the voucher program are compared to their
achievement gains when not in the program.
School Wastage Study - National Absenteeism in Armenia «The term, school wastage, can be broadly defined as lack of demonstrated school success or realized educational
gain (or value), measured as output of
student achievement, outcome of social and economic returns, from provided educational services, finance, and other schooling related consumption of resources.
A separate study of the ECLS - K data, also by Peterson and Llaudet, similarly showed that private school
students gained significantly more in reading
achievement than demographically similar public school
students in schools with similar
student populations.
Nor did
students with low initial levels of
achievement and applicants from SINI schools experience significantly different reading
gains from the program than high achievers and non-SINI applicants.
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.
Blended Learning: Making it Work in Your Classroom: Discover how P.K. Yonge Developmental Research School in Gainesville, Florida, integrates digital content with face - to - face learning and how this has resulted in impressive
gains in
student achievement.
The vast preponderance of studies on the use of media and / or technology do not show significant
gains in
student achievement, at least in regards to what the assessments are assessing.
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.
The Mathematica study of charter middle schools, just released by the U. S. Department of Education, finds no
achievement gains within two years for
students who won the charter lottery as compared to those who did not.
Small
gains in
student achievement may only be the tip of the iceberg.
With the 1986 Education Enhancement Act, Connecticut developed high standards and a sophisticated support system for its teachers, and it reaped high
achievement gains for its
students.
We preferred to
gain precision in estimating the
achievement in each district by increasing our sample size rather than restricting the sample to 8th graders in order to
gain comparability in the age of the
students under review.
Applying prior research findings about how gross domestic product increases with
student achievement gains, the analyses show that if North Carolina began its implementation in 2015 — 16, then the annual gross state increases through 2031 would have an estimated net present value of $ 4.6 billion to $ 7.7 billion.
For further analysis, read «It Pays to Improve School Quality: States that boost
student achievement could reap large economic
gains,» by Eric Hanushek, Jens Ruhose, and Ludger Woessmann.
Writing Project Professional Development Continues to Yield
Gains in
Student Writing
Achievement (PDF).
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.»
I first analyze changes over time in the FCAT test scores of
students in their initial 3rd - grade year in order to discern the extent to which Florida's elementary - school
students made true
achievement gains during the period in question.
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.
A research synthesis confirms the difficulty of translating professional development into
student achievement gains despite the intuitive and logical connection.
Research on summer learning loss indicates that income - based gaps in
student achievement tend to widen over the summer and narrow when school is in session, suggesting that low - income
students have the most to
gain from shortened summers.