Sentences with phrase «high levels of student achievement in»

Therefore, the reading strategies in this section should be implemented school wide, as part of a school culture that works toward high levels of student achievement in reading.

Higher levels of teacher self - efficacy are well correlated to higher levels of student achievement in education research.

The study identified 13 best practices across three dimensions of teacher behaviors and strategies which are correlated to significantly higher levels of student achievement in an online learning environment.

Not exact matches

Their enthusiasm and consistent benchmark of excellence has resulted in countless student - athletes reaching the highest level of individual athletic achievement, while establishing a critical foundation for personal life - long success through sport.

Test - based incentive programs, as designed and implemented in the programs that have been carefully studied, have not increased student achievement enough to bring the United States close to the levels of the highest achieving countries.

Stay tuned to the grant winners: Academy 21 at Franklin Central Supervisory Union in Vermont, which is focused on a high - need, predominantly rural community; Cornerstone Charter Schools in Michigan, which seeks to prepare Detroit students for college and health - focused careers; Da Vinci Schools in California, which will integrate blended learning, early college, and real - world experiences with its existing project - based learning approach; Education Achievement Authority in Michigan, which, as part of the statewide turnaround authority is trying to create a student - centric system for students in Detroit; Match Education in Massachusetts, which already operates high - performing schools in Boston and will now focus on using technology to increase the effectiveness of its one - on - one tutoring; Schools for the Future in Michigan, which will serve students significantly below grade level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadership.

According to the American Psychological Association, students with a more positive and connected relationship with their teachers will attain higher levels of achievement than those students with more conflict in their relationships.

The survey sought to identify issues and successful practices in «inclusive» STEM schools — schools that serve students from groups historically under - represented in STEM fields and with a higher percentage of students who qualify for a free or reduced - price lunch (which is linked to family income)-- as opposed to «selective» STEM schools, which recruit students who have higher levels of prior achievement.

I was especially interested in the influence of a teacher's gender on students» perceptions, because engagement with an academic subject may be an important precursor to subsequent achievement levels, course selection in high school and college, and also occupational choice.

For example, a quasi-experimental study by the Educational Testing Service found that teachers with a high level of engagement in a large - scale mentoring program (California Formative Assessment and Support System for Teachers) improved both teaching practices and student achievement, producing an effect size equivalent to half a year's growth (Thompson, Goe, Paek, and Ponte, 2004).

A commonly proposed strategy for raising achievement levels in schools is to specify high expectations or «standards» of student performance and to hold students, teachers and schools accountable for achieving those standards.

Highlights of this year's NAPLAN results include: • There is evidence of movement of students from lower to higher bands of achievement across year levels and most domains over the last 10 years • Year 3 reading results continue to show sustained improvement • ACT, Victoria and NSW continue to have high mean achievement across all domains • There are increases in mean achievement in the Northern Territory in primary years reading and numeracy since 2008 • WA and Queensland have the largest growth in mean achievement across most domains since 2008 • Percentage of students meeting the national minimum standard remains high — over 90 per cent nationally and in most states and territories, across all domains and year levels

The PIRLS 2016 results and questionnaire also revealed that higher levels of enjoyment of reading are associated with higher levels of achievement, so long as students have books in the home.

While the term gifted is used ~ I believe these ideas can work in all classrooms and help lift all students to higher levels of achievement.

Factors other than school quality could help to explain high levels of achievement of charter school students in these states — including the ability of parents to close underperforming schools.

The report's most contentious finding was that minority students attending Catholic schools had higher levels of achievement than those in public schools.

Parents assign higher grades to schools with higher levels of student achievement, not schools in which students demonstrate greater gains.

For example, a student who begins the year at the 50th percentile on the state reading and math test and is assigned to a teacher in the top quartile in terms of overall TES scores will perform on average, by the end of the school year, three percentile points higher in reading and two points higher in math than a peer who began the year at the same achievement level but was assigned to a bottom - quartile teacher.

In contrast, national minimum standards tied to year levels do little to challenge all students to higher levels of achievement.

The school characteristics include whether it is in an urban area, grade level (e.g., high school), the number of students enrolled, student - teacher ratio, the percentage of students who are eligible for the free or reduced - price lunch program, the percentage of minority students, and measures of student achievement in reading and math.

This is reinforced by the results of the Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS) which show that, in countries where teachers believe their profession is valued, there are higher levels of student achievement.

«In every class in this building, you have kids of all levels of prior academic achievement,» says Principal Dan St. Louis, including kids who are «high flyers,» kids with Individualized Education Programs who are receiving special education support, students with disabilities, and English - language learnerIn every class in this building, you have kids of all levels of prior academic achievement,» says Principal Dan St. Louis, including kids who are «high flyers,» kids with Individualized Education Programs who are receiving special education support, students with disabilities, and English - language learnerin this building, you have kids of all levels of prior academic achievement,» says Principal Dan St. Louis, including kids who are «high flyers,» kids with Individualized Education Programs who are receiving special education support, students with disabilities, and English - language learners.

In our first article on the STAR School - Placing importance on relationships - Sorensen recalled that the goal was to create a model that not only focused on culture, but also led to high levels of student achievement.

For a better sense of the magnitude of these estimates, consider a student who begins the year at the 50th percentile and is assigned to a top - quartile teacher as measured by the Overall Classroom Practices score; by the end of the school year, that student, on average, will score about three percentile points higher in reading and about two points higher in math than a peer who began the year at the same achievement level but was assigned to a bottom - quartile teacher.

Student B was in Year 11 and a high achiever, one who in the Queensland system would be a possible VH student at exit (one who achieves a Very High Level of Achievement under the Queensland sylStudent B was in Year 11 and a high achiever, one who in the Queensland system would be a possible VH student at exit (one who achieves a Very High Level of Achievement under the Queensland syllabhigh achiever, one who in the Queensland system would be a possible VH student at exit (one who achieves a Very High Level of Achievement under the Queensland sylstudent at exit (one who achieves a Very High Level of Achievement under the Queensland syllabHigh Level of Achievement under the Queensland syllabus).

To assess overall performance, we identify the percentage of students in the high school class of 2015 who are performing at proficient and advanced levels of achievement in math.

He finds that replacing the least effective 5 to 8 percent of all teachers with average teachers would bring the U.S. to a level of student achievement equivalent to that of Canada, and replacing the least effective 7 to 12 percent of teachers with those of average effectiveness would «move the United States to the level of the highest - performing countries in the world, such as Finland.»

The achievement growth in math was not statistically significant relative to the achievement growth of the matched district - school students, but the study concluded that Milkwaukee district - school students were «performing at somewhat higher levels as a result of competitive pressure from the school voucher program.»

Despite their higher levels of achievement in 10th grade compared with 8th grade, many students may be academically ill - prepared for the transition to high school, data from a massive federal survey suggest.

But these standards do not by themselves necessarily account for the gains in achievement by all demographic groups and by our regional vocational / technical high schools (which enroll a disproportionate number of special education students and below - grade level readers).

The scaling of high - performing CMOs provides one of the highest levels of return and leverage for philanthropic funds, particularly when you consider that CMOs tend to deliver much higher student achievement than the local district; these schools will continue to serve students in a high - quality way over time; and there are few investments in K — 12 that have consistently yielded this level of performance.

In addition to the country - level factors of per capita GDP and education spending per student, we include in our analysis information on the presence or absence of external exit exams (which research suggests are associated with higher achievement) and information on whether the country had a Communist government in 1970 (which may have affected both the size of the private sector and achievementIn addition to the country - level factors of per capita GDP and education spending per student, we include in our analysis information on the presence or absence of external exit exams (which research suggests are associated with higher achievement) and information on whether the country had a Communist government in 1970 (which may have affected both the size of the private sector and achievementin our analysis information on the presence or absence of external exit exams (which research suggests are associated with higher achievement) and information on whether the country had a Communist government in 1970 (which may have affected both the size of the private sector and achievementin 1970 (which may have affected both the size of the private sector and achievement).

Uncertified teachers, teaching fellows, and TFA corps members all tend to teach in schools that, relative to those employing more certified teachers, have a higher percentage of minority students; more low - income, ESL, and special - education students; and students with lower achievement levels.

«Equipped with the insights of both HGSE staff and colleagues from throughout the nation and across the globe, we are implementing reforms which are closing achievement gaps, prompting greater diversity in advanced course enrollment, engaging students at higher levels, and are thus becoming more equitable institutions of learning.»

Then again, it is the ministry whose three objectives «focus on establishing high levels of student achievement; reducing the gaps in student achievement; and ensuring high levels of public confidence in public education» [vi].

Bilingual students also attain higher levels of achievement on standardized tests in reading, writing, social studies, and math and report higher levels of self - confidence (Tochon, 2009).

He's part of a team tracking 32,000 high school students in a year - long study to see if starting the school day later has an impact on student achievement levels.

A thought - leader in higher education, she has spent more than two decades at prominent national educational institutions and at the highest levels of government, working to implement effective strategies to raise academic achievement and opportunity for low - income and minority students.

Open to students at all levels of academic achievement and located in historically disadvantaged communities, SSCs were intended to be viable alternatives to the neighborhood high schools that were closing.

Although, as the authors note, «most non-urban students do reasonably well in any case,» the causal effect of a year of non-urban charter attendance is a substantial reduction in achievement in all levels and subjects, on the order of 0.16 standard deviations in middle school with almost a quarter of a standard deviation decline in high school math.

AYP measures take the form of minimum percentages of students overall, and in each designated demographic group, who must meet a proficient or higher level of achievement in reading and mathematics each year, plus graduation rates for high schools.

Shoemaker Campus was also recently recognized as one of the top ten middle school and top ten high schools in the state of Pennsylvania for accelerating the achievement levels of African - American students.

As students feel more comfortable in school, they may build better relationships with peers and with teachers — relationships that support higher levels of achievement in the future.

These same schools report poor achievement by other major student groups as well, and have a set of characteristics associated generally with poor standardized test performance — such as high student - teacher ratios, high student enrollments and high levels of students living in or near poverty.

The measures of teacher quality that are used by most public school systems to screen candidates and determine compensation — certification, experience, and education level — have been well researched, but there is little definitive empirical evidence that these characteristics, defined in general terms, are associated with higher student achievement.

As difficult as it is to close a school, that is what is required to ensure that California's charter movement fulfills its promises to students and the state, and maintains the high level of achievement required to continue to play a transformational role in the education system for years to come.

The Executive Leadership Program for Educators at Harvard University in association with The Wallace Foundation will emphasize midcareer development of teams of high - level education leaders that share responsibility for making changes in their organizations and across their states to broadly improve school leadership and its impact on student achievement.

We found that high - achieving students benefit most from tough grading standards when they are placed in classrooms where the overall level of achievement is relatively low (see Figure 3).

Travis says the students» high level of achievement is even more extraordinary given that 65 percent of them qualify for free or reduced federal lunches, an indication that they live in poverty.

In a briefing paper prepared for the National Academy of Education (NAE) and the American Educational Research Association, Linda Darling - Hammond and three other distinguished authors reached the following conclusion: «With respect to value - added measures of student achievement tied to individual teachers, current research suggests that high - stakes, individual - level decisions, as well as comparisons across highly dissimilar schools or student populations should be avoided.»