Gains in achievement for retained students were either nonexistent or were not maintained in subsequent years after retention, according to The Effects of Retention on Drop - out and Graduation Rates, A Research Brief of The Principals» Partnership: A Program of Union Pacific Foundation (Blayaert, 2009; see http://www.principalspartnership.com).
Both showed significant
gains in achievement for students in smaller classes, with larger gains among minority and disadvantaged students.
However, without the changes Massachusetts made to its entire system of teacher licensing (e.g., subject area licensing tests for all prospective teachers, criteria for achieving full licensure after beginning teaching, and criteria for license renewal for veteran teachers), it is unlikely there would have been enduring
gains in achievement for students in all demographic groups and in all its regional vocational / technical high schools — gains confirmed by tests independent of control or manipulation by Massachusetts or federal policy makers.
Not exact matches
While men start businesses primarily
for growth opportunities and profit potential, women most often found businesses
in order to meet personal goals, such as
gaining feelings of
achievement and accomplishment.
should delete, revise, «universalize,» and encourage the cloning (into one fellowship) of a bunch of look - alike «neutral newcomers» who have actually entered a unique and recognizable religious society that
gained widespread acclaim
in the beginning
for at least three major
achievements.
Once we begin to think of our faith
in terms of largeness instead of largess or
in terms of measurable success or significant
achievements or community stature or statistically significant
gains or business models or congregational models or appropriate budget processes or cash flow direction or generally accepted accounting practices or independent audits or administrative requirements or managerial transparency or proper leadership roles and boundaries or membership trends or effective organizational structures or a current and accurate vision statement — at that point, we have become the money changers — we have lost our faith and deserve to be driven away
for we are neither living nor sharing the Good News.
According to the publication, its judges lauded CSWA
in the generic organization category
for achievements in gaining broad program participation by the state's wineries and vineyards.
At the time the event was only open to sportswomen who had competed
in a Varsity Match, gaving them a chance to
gain recognition
for their
achievements amongst their female peers.
His greatest
achievement came
in 2003/04 with «The Invincibles» side that not only
gained plaudits
for winning, but the free - flowing, attacking style with which they played.
Extensive research on the relationship between cognitive
achievement (IQ scores, grades
in school) and breastfeeding has shown the greatest
gains for those children breastfed the longest.
That's not to be snooty about Sadiq Khan's
achievement in winning the mayoralty back
for Labour, but it doesn't indicate any
gain in support since 2015.
In New York City, the
achievement gains of the last 15 years were possible only because there was room «
for the leadership of the school system to act and to make change and to not be sort of negotiating those changes with dozens of local boards or even the central board,» he said.
«
In addition to gains in achievement test scores we also saw improvements in engagement with school, such as an increase in attendance of about 2.5 weeks per year» said Jonathan Guryan, Associate Professor of Human Development and Social Policy in the Institute for Policy Research at Northwestern University and Co-director of the University of Chicago Urban Education La
In addition to
gains in achievement test scores we also saw improvements in engagement with school, such as an increase in attendance of about 2.5 weeks per year» said Jonathan Guryan, Associate Professor of Human Development and Social Policy in the Institute for Policy Research at Northwestern University and Co-director of the University of Chicago Urban Education La
in achievement test scores we also saw improvements
in engagement with school, such as an increase in attendance of about 2.5 weeks per year» said Jonathan Guryan, Associate Professor of Human Development and Social Policy in the Institute for Policy Research at Northwestern University and Co-director of the University of Chicago Urban Education La
in engagement with school, such as an increase
in attendance of about 2.5 weeks per year» said Jonathan Guryan, Associate Professor of Human Development and Social Policy in the Institute for Policy Research at Northwestern University and Co-director of the University of Chicago Urban Education La
in attendance of about 2.5 weeks per year» said Jonathan Guryan, Associate Professor of Human Development and Social Policy
in the Institute for Policy Research at Northwestern University and Co-director of the University of Chicago Urban Education La
in the Institute
for Policy Research at Northwestern University and Co-director of the University of Chicago Urban Education Lab.
This
achievement is not only likely to help
gain a deeper understanding of basic biological processes, but it may,
in the future, pave the way toward controlling the synthesis of both naturally - occurring and synthetic proteins
for a host of uses.
«
For a lot of people, a trip to the gym becomes a chore due to mantras such as «no pain, no gain» — for those of us with busy lives, participating in any level of exercise is an achievement in itself,» says Stewa
For a lot of people, a trip to the gym becomes a chore due to mantras such as «no pain, no
gain» —
for those of us with busy lives, participating in any level of exercise is an achievement in itself,» says Stewa
for those of us with busy lives, participating
in any level of exercise is an
achievement in itself,» says Stewart.
Things are coming to a head at the Directors Guild of America (DGA) Awards this Saturday night, where «Argo» will either continue it's dominance with Ben Affleck winning Outstanding Directorial
Achievement in Motion Pictures or Steven Spielberg finally
gaining some ground by winning
for «Lincoln.»
This
for me is the bonus of free mode as you will quite often ignore certain characters
in the game, never choosing to use them, but as there are
achievements linked to
gaining abilities you will want to tick the boxes as you go grabbing all abilities
for all characters.
Longevity
for me will come down to
gaining all
achievements and... well... at which stage makes the game redundant
in the replay arena.
For these reasons, the jury is still out on whether HSTW actually causes
gains in student
achievement.
«Our results indicate the
achievement gains that are possible with remedial education,» said Jacob
in a press release issued at the time, seeming to buttress Roderick's hedge about the need
for «substantial supports.»
The UA team credits these strategies
for the recent
gains they have seen
in student
achievement.
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.
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?
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.
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 return to resegregated neighborhood elementary schools
in Oklahoma City, after 13 years of busing
for integration, has not led to the
gains in achievement, parent involvement, and equity the school district had claimed, according to a report released today by researchers at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
Earlier experimental evaluations of voucher programs were somewhat more likely to report
achievement gains from the programs
in math than
in reading — the opposite of what was observed
for the OSP.
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.&raqu
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.&raqu
in student
achievement and plentiful supply of well - qualified teachers.»
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.
The education marketplace is crowded with competing «whole school reform» models, such as Success
for All, Accelerated Schools, and Core Knowledge, all promising remarkable
gains in student
achievement, especially among disadvantaged students.
«Teachers have to be data - driven to get
in the door,» says Michaelson, who looks
for evidence that prospective teachers have a quantifiable history of student
achievement gains and are able to provide thoughtful explanations of how they have helped students improve.
In a new article for Education Next, David Osborne, director of the project on Reinventing America's Schools at the Progressive Policy Institute, finds Denver's pursuit of this strategy, which has increased school leader autonomy, has produced impressive gains in student achievement, leading to growing public support for the reform
In a new article
for Education Next, David Osborne, director of the project on Reinventing America's Schools at the Progressive Policy Institute, finds Denver's pursuit of this strategy, which has increased school leader autonomy, has produced impressive
gains in student achievement, leading to growing public support for the reform
in student
achievement, leading to growing public support
for the reforms.
This study explored whether and how teachers» mathematical knowledge
for teaching contributes to
gains in students» mathematics
achievement.
In the high - regulation approach a portfolio manager or harbor master might kick these schools out of the program or restrict their growth
for failing to produce
achievement gains.
Massive economic
gains for states that invest
in student
achievement Fifty - state effort could increase GDP by $ 76 trillion over next 80 years
Working with data from the State of Florida, I have regularly noticed that
achievement gains by students who move from one public school to another badly trail the
gains of students who remain
in the same school — even after one has adjusted
for many family background characteristics.
Holding teachers accountable
for students» academic
achievement gains is not inconsistent with students» accomplishing other things
in school.
Schools and teachers are accountable
for how much students
gain in achievement.
Murray points to the fact that national
gains in educational
achievement, particularly
for those beginning on the lower end of the distribution, have been very hard to come by
in the past few decades: «If we confine the discussion to children
in the lower half of the intelligence distribution (education of the gifted is another story), the overall trend of the 20th century was one of slow, hard - won improvement.»
As Table 1 shows, we instead adjusted the
achievement gains for observed changes
in exclusion rates.
In return for adopting the national standards or a federally approved alternative, states could escape NCLB sanctions for not making timely gains in student achievemen
In return
for adopting the national standards or a federally approved alternative, states could escape NCLB sanctions
for not making timely
gains in student achievemen
in student
achievement.
In fact, one school that discontinued the program saw the strongest
achievement gains, and the final school was shut down
for a whole host of reasons having nothing to do with SO1.
In addition, student
achievement gains provide few clues
for what a teacher might do to improve her practice.
We hesitate to say that education itself is producing these
gains, because a teacher's level of education is likely to be associated with personal characteristics not accounted
for in our analysis, and these may be the very factors responsible
for the improvements
in student
achievement.
We do find,
for example, that the average
achievement gains in a teacher's classroom
in 2002 — 03 is a modestly stronger predictor of the principal's rating than the
gains in any previous year.
For more than a decade, progress
in elementary school
achievement has not translated into comparable
gains in middle and high school.
Extra
gains associated with long - term attendance
in small classes (
in the early grades) appeared not only
for tests of measured
achievement, but also
for other measures of success
in education;
For these teachers, we can test whether improvement over time
in the practices measured by TES is related to improvement
in the
achievement gains made by the teachers» students.
The Center
for Learning
in Technology researchers, led by Bill Penuel, found increased student engagement, greater responsibility
for learning, increased peer collaboration skills, and greater
achievement gains by students who had been labeled low achievers.