Sentences with phrase «gains in student achievement as»

Our staff work alongside our school and district colleagues to achieve significant gains in student achievement as well as build the organizational capacity required to sustain these results.

For the United States, the research suggests, modest gains in student achievement as measured by one international assessment could cumulatively boost the country's gross domestic product by tens of trillions of dollars over the coming decades.

More than 100,000 teachers in schools all over the world are already seeing gains in student achievement as they implement Visible Learningplus professional development.

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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.

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.

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.

To guard against illusory achievement gains, states should rate elementary and middle schools based on the on - time promotion rate of students in the next two grades after they leave a school (as Morgan Polikoff recommends).

In implementing READS, districts must adopt a set of data use strategies that inform decision - making and help to improve student achievement, such as examining spring to fall achievement gains or losses and using the results of student surveys and achievement tests to select books that are well matched to students» reading skills and interests.

When compared with such crude indicators, the combination of student achievement gains on state tests, student surveys, and classroom observations identified teachers with better outcomes on every measure we tested: state tests and supplemental tests as well as more subjective measures, such as student - reported effort and enjoyment in class.

All five of the instruments yielded scores that were related to student achievement gains, in the classroom of students where the teacher was observed as well as in other classrooms of students taught by the same teacher.

The CREDO analysis also shows that Michigan's low - income students, who comprise the vast majority of charter students in Detroit, make modest achievement gains (less than a month of additional learning in math each year) compared to district schools, as do black and Hispanic students.

However, it is also clear that the initial achievement hit these students take is not offset by gains in subsequent years, so that even this group, which is harmed least by attending a charter school, still has lower levels of achievement as a result of attending a charter school.

«Instruction was aligned with standards, and as a school we made significant gains in student achievement.»

As in the case of preschool, there is some research evidence that suggests class - size reduction can yield significant gains in student achievement in the early grades.

These three states, which, along with Florida, have significantly outpaced the rest of the country in student - achievement gains since the early 1990s, are often viewed as bastions of union influence.

For example, in Alabama's 94 Reading First schools, the percentage of all 4th graders deemed to be proficient (stanine 5 and above) on the Stanford Achievement Test rose 12.7 points, from 40.1 percent in 2003 to 52.8 percent in 2007, more than twice as fast as the gain for students at other schools (which rose 5.5 points, from 64.2 percent to 69.7 percent in the same period).

The results presented here — greater teacher performance as measured by student achievement gains in years following TES review — strongly suggest that teachers develop skills or otherwise change their behavior in a lasting manner as a result of undergoing subjective performance evaluation in the TES process.

All states that meet federal criteria will now be allowed to take part in the U.S. Department of Education's 2 - year - old experiment with «growth models,» which let states measure individual students» achievement gains as a way of ensuring accountability under the No Child Left Behind Act.

To get out from those provisions of No Child Left Behind, Oregon promised the feds in 2012 that by summer 2013, Oregon would have a plan to use student achievement gains as «a significant factor» when evaluating teachers and principals.

The guide, «Turning Around Chronically Low - Performing Schools» (ies.ed.gov / ncee / wwc / practiceguides), cites teacher collaboration as a frequent approach to improving instruction in 35 chronically low - performing schools that achieved dramatic turnarounds (substantial gains in student achievement within three years).

The value - added achievement gain scores pioneered by Tennessee in the early nineties allow users to compare schools as to how much they actually improve the achievement of their students — as opposed to comparisons of simple achievement scores that mainly reflect demographics.

Improving teaching quality is widely recognized as critical to addressing deficiencies in secondary school education, yet the field has struggled to identify rigorously evaluated teacher - development approaches that can produce reliable gains in student achievement.

In other words, NAEP has been identifying gains that are somewhere between two and three times as large as those recorded by two respected international testing agencies that do not have a political stake in showing rising levels of student achievement in any particular countrIn other words, NAEP has been identifying gains that are somewhere between two and three times as large as those recorded by two respected international testing agencies that do not have a political stake in showing rising levels of student achievement in any particular countrin showing rising levels of student achievement in any particular countrin any particular country.

The achievement of a nationwide sample of 4th and 8th grade students with the same racial make - up as Chicago students, as measured by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), increased roughly 0.25 standard deviations in math during the 1990s, though there was no gain in reading.

Performance - based compensation systems must consider gains in student academic achievement as well as classroom evaluations conducted multiple times during each school year among other factors and provide educators with incentives to take on additional responsibilities and leadership roles.

As part of his recent research on models of effective schooling, Fryer identified five practices that largely explain significant student achievement gains in high - performing charter schools.

Now, a year later, the Wyoming school district is celebrating the gains made as a result of its first year of partnership and is ready to begin year two with a continued focus on the mathematics achievement of all students in their diverse community.

Early adopters of the practice report dramatic declines in school discipline problems, as well as improved climates on campuses and even gains in student achievement.

Therefore, the final component for reflection is student achievement gains — in the short - term as well as throughout the school year.

«When common assessments are developed and employed properly, as a collaborative, formative system aimed at improving learning for teachers and learners alike,» writes Erkens in the introduction, «the gains in teacher efficacy and student achievement can be staggering.»

In a 2014 report, called «Opportunity Mississippi,» the governor wrote, «My «Third Grade Gate» literacy measure... will improve literacy achievement by ending social promotion of third grade students who are not reading on grade level... As this policy is fully implemented, we will gain a better understanding of how many children are struggling with literacy, and we will in turn be able to prove the need for additional resources.&raquIn a 2014 report, called «Opportunity Mississippi,» the governor wrote, «My «Third Grade Gate» literacy measure... will improve literacy achievement by ending social promotion of third grade students who are not reading on grade level... As this policy is fully implemented, we will gain a better understanding of how many children are struggling with literacy, and we will in turn be able to prove the need for additional resources.&raquin turn be able to prove the need for additional resources.»

Best Practices in Summer Learning Programs: A Y - Press Report (2010) «Summer learning loss» has gained prominence as another hurdle to improving student achievement.

The department comparisons shall be made to determine if there is any significant difference in the performance of these groups of teachers, as measured by their students» achievement levels and learning gains as measured by s. 1008.22.

Similarly, in the schools we studied whose plans reflected a belief that teaching and leadership affect student achievement, achievement gains were three times greater than they were in schools whose plans reflected a focus on student demographic characteristics as the primary determinants of student achievement (Reeves, in press).

As reflected in Figure 1, achievement gains for students identified as having disabilities have been dramatic in many grades, with no decrease or even plateauing of performance among the general student populatioAs reflected in Figure 1, achievement gains for students identified as having disabilities have been dramatic in many grades, with no decrease or even plateauing of performance among the general student populatioas having disabilities have been dramatic in many grades, with no decrease or even plateauing of performance among the general student population.

While there is not a clear causal effect between a teacher's own academic record and his or her ability to achieve the kinds of learning gains that help students excel, most studies do find a correlation between higher GPA and teacher effectiveness.43 Taken in aggregate with other factors, such as experience and rank of undergraduate school, some studies have found larger positive impacts, especially for math achievement.44 For this reason, a high GPA should not be the only factor that determines entry into the profession.

The Online Program to Support Effective Teaching is designed by Dr. Marzano for teachers to systematically acquire and implement the progression of knowledge and skills to become highly effective classroom teachers as evidenced by gains in student achievement.

The study — funded by the Department of Education and the National Institutes of Health — found first - grade teachers with a higher percentage of students with math difficulties in their classrooms were more likely to use student - centered instructional methods (such as the use of calculators, or movement and music to learn math) that have not been associated with achievement gains.

In fact, cities and states with strong school choice programs have seen significant achievement gains in their public schools as increased student options encourages them to be more competitivIn fact, cities and states with strong school choice programs have seen significant achievement gains in their public schools as increased student options encourages them to be more competitivin their public schools as increased student options encourages them to be more competitive.

Academic Achievement balances instruction in reading, math, science, social studies, and the arts, and is measured by student learning gains as well as proficiency.

As a school turnaround specialist, Mr. Ankrum has consistently helped schools to make sizable gains in hopes of bridging the achievement gap for students in the hardest to move subgroups, which include but are not limited to Black and Latino students.

This is clear when one looks at the gains in student math achievement as measured through the National Assessment of Educational Progress.

TAP principally plugs four Elements of Success: Multiple Career Paths (for educators as career, mentor and master teachers); Ongoing Applied Professional Growth (through weekly cluster meetings, follow - up support in the classroom, and coaching); Instructionally Focused Accountability (through multiple classroom observations and evaluations utilizing a research based instrument and rubric that identified effective teaching practices); and, Performance - Based Compensation (based on multiple; measures of performance, including student achievement gains and teachers» instructional practices).

Three years after closures, the public - school students had gained, on average, what equates to 49 extra days of learning in reading — gaining more than a year of achievement growth, as measured by state reading exams.

All four studies demonstrated positive and significant gains in academic achievement and social skills for students involved in the RTL program as compared to students not receiving instruction in the RTL model.

Demonstrate a record of producing dramatic student achievement gains as a teacher in a tightly disciplined setting

An electrical modeling program «in which students explicitly construct, evaluate, revise, and improve their model of electricity» (Steinberg & Wainwright, 1993, p. 357) has shown both achievement gains and increased confidence as a result of the program.

Rockman et al frequently serves as external evaluator for multi-year projects funded by the U.S. Department of Education which are designed to drive whole - school reform and measurable gains in student achievement.

Arizona also emerged as a leader in closing the achievement gap between white and Hispanic students, with Hispanic eighth graders making an 11 point gain and the gap shrinking significantly by six points.

This online master's program helps teachers systematically acquire and implement the progression of knowledge and skills to significantly increase their effectiveness in the classroom as evidenced by gains in student achievement.