Sentences with phrase «gains by an individual teacher»

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These new systems depend primarily on two types of measurements: student test score gains on statewide assessments in math and reading in grades 4 - 8 that can be uniquely associated with individual teachers; and systematic classroom observations of teachers by school leaders and central staff.

A handful of school districts and states — including Dallas, Houston, Denver, New York, and Washington, D.C. — have begun using student achievement gains as indicated by annual test scores (adjusted for prior achievement and other student characteristics) as a direct measure of individual teacher performance.

This statistical methodology introduced a new paradigm for predicting student academic progress and comparing the prediction to the contribution of individual teachers (or value added) as measured by student gain scores.

The same approach might work in education: it could be that individual teacher moves by themselves can not create measurable year - end achievement gains in students, but combining many together can.

Estimating the effect of individual teachers» grading standards on their students» achievement gains assumes that these standards remain relatively consistent over time, that they are not unduly influenced by the composition of their class, and that they are not a reflection of some other observable characteristic that might account for any effects we observe.

This is in part because there are many other influences on student gains other than individual teachers, and in part because teachers» value - added ratings are affected by differences in the students who are assigned to them, even when statistical models try to control for student demographic variables.

However, research reveals that a student's achievement and measured gains are influenced by much more than any individual teacher.

Collectively, the tools present the opportunity for school leaders, policymakers, and community members to consider how both school - level achievement gains and the achievement of students with individual teachers are predicted by a recognizable set of school - and classroom - level conditions.

Such programs are intended to allow individuals who have completed a bachelor's degree to earn a teaching certificate by gaining acceptable qualifications in lieu of a traditional university teacher education program.