Sentences with phrase «improving overall achievement»

Noting this is especially important since the results could be construed narrowly as supporting increased racial segregation of teachers and students as a means of improving overall achievement.

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What Liverpool can do is to bring in one or 2 more better players, which can distract opponents attention, so that they can't just focus on Salah alone, then probably Salah can do shine just like what he do now, and should overall also improve Liverpool achievement.

Those that had a better aerobic function had higher academic achievement overall and their social - economic status improved better than those that didn't improve during this crucial period.

Successful, cost - effective federal nutrition programs play a critical role in reducing child poverty and helping children access healthy foods while improving their overall health, development, and school achievement.

These programs are intended to instill and strengthen interest in science education and to improve overall student achievement.

We find that the overall effect of teacher turnover in DCPS at worst had no adverse effect on student achievement and, under reasonable assumptions, improved it.

The authors wrote that, overall, the results of 46 articles published between 1985 and October 2008 found that «there is substantial evidence that physical activity can help improve academic achievement, including grades and standardized test scores.

On the basis of these survey results, we created three measures: (1) the principal's overall assessment of the teacher's effectiveness, which is a single item from the survey; (2) the teacher's ability to improve student academic performance, which is a simple average of the organization, classroom management, reading achievement, and math achievement survey items; and (3) the teacher's ability to increase student satisfaction, which is a simple average of the role model and student satisfaction survey items.

Principals were asked not only to provide a rating of overall teacher effectiveness, but also to assess, on a scale from one (inadequate) to ten (exceptional), specific teacher characteristics (ten altogether), including dedication and work ethic, classroom management, parent satisfaction, positive relationship with administrators, and ability to improve math and reading achievement.

Ability, collegiality, and student satisfaction all contribute independently to a principal's overall evaluation of a teacher, but principals weigh the set of questions measuring teachers» ability to improve student achievement and to manage a classroom most heavily.

If the curriculum makes clear what all students are to be taught and should learn by particular times in their schooling, for example, by the end of Year 6, and if all teachers and students are held accountable for meeting these time - based expectations, then overall levels of achievement should improve.

Professor Wolf methodically dissects the evaluation conducted by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) and notes that the program improved the reading achievement of the treatment group students overall across all subgroups examined.

States in which students improved the most overall were also the states that had the largest percent reduction in students with very low achievement.

He said that the overall goal of improving student achievement was worth the investment, but that there's plenty left to do before fall.

«The goal of IMPACT was to improve student achievement, but in fact, [overall] student achievement has been flat,» Washington Teachers Union President Elizabeth Davis said.

During the tour, federal, state and local visitors will bring attention to how school facilities, health and wellness, and environmental education affect equity and achievement and highlight best practices that states, districts and schools are using to improve the overall wellness, productivity, and achievement of occupants through health, safety, and educational improvements.

Since then, inspectors said the overall quality had started to improve, along with pupils» achievement levels.

However, the new spending has yet to translate into overall improved student achievement.

The Inner - City Arts Professional Development Institute provides educators — classroom teachers, administrators, university students, and teaching artists — the tools to build bridges between the arts and academic subjects, improving student literacy and overall academic achievement, and raising teacher retention rates.

In the end, Adnot et al. (2016) do conclude that they found «that the overall effect of teacher turnover in DCPS conservatively had no effect on achievement and, under reasonable assumptions, improved achievement.»

They faced the facts of where they were with student achievement, with instructional practices, how the teachers were developing their skills collaboratively, what gains had been made in improving the overall learning culture of the school and what parent and community partnerships were developing.

While overall student results have improved over the last decade, the report points out that the achievement gaps have grown.

There is consensus that we need to improve overall student achievement in the United States.

«This is desirable because the leadership qualities captured by different parts of the FFL (Framework for Leadership) are supposed to reflect an overall capability to improve student achievement through effective school leadership,» the report said.

While overall student performance improved, achievement gaps between peers persist.

«He wanted to reduce achievement gaps among children and he wanted to improve achievement overall for Indiana students, but there was substantial disagreement about the mechanisms he used in order to achieve that change.»

«Under Chancellor Henderson's leadership for the past five and a half years, DC Public Schools improved dramatically in overall academic achievement, high school graduation rates, student satisfaction, and enrollment.

While elementary schools have, on average, improved student achievement in the past decade, middle level students» overall scores have been flat and high school students» scores have decreased.

Community schools leverage partnerships between government agencies and community - based service providers to improve the educational achievement of students by caring for the overall well - being of students and their families.

Some of these schools may have positive attributes or interesting programs, but it is totally irresponsible to hold them up as a gold standard when they bear no proof of improving overall student achievement outcomes.

5 Domains of the School Leader Evaluation Model Let's examine Element 1, of Domain 1: The school leader ensures clear and measurable goals are established and focused on critical needs regarding improving overall student achievement at the school level.

The U.S. Department of Education recognizes overall academic excellence or progress in improving student achievement at the schools.

Collaborate with colleagues (grade level and school - wide meetings, professional development days, the professional development institute) to continuously improve personal practice, classroom instruction, assessment, and student achievement, as well as the overall goals and mission of the school and the network.

But Cheatham says she'd like to see the district's rating improve and she pointed out that the district's score for growth, or improvement in academic achievement, is 64, above the state overall score of 60.6.

Investing wisely in teacher and principal preparation and development can improve student achievement and generate overall budget savings by reducing costs associated with low student performance (including grade retention, remediation, and higher dropout rates).

Overall, the goal in MPS charter schools is to provide new programs for underserved or at - risk students, reduce dropouts, and give autonomy to schools that improve student achievement.

The discussions required to reduce teacher absence and claw back associated learning loss require sensitivity to the needs of teachers, the scarcity of resources, and the urgency of improving achievement overall and closing achievement gaps.

Very much a challenge in discipline - based schools, teaching reading strategies improves students» understanding of the subjects and increases overall achievement.

New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman addresses parental actions that will support children's learning at home and can improve their overall academic achievement.

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today announced 286 schools as the 2013 cohort of National Blue Ribbon Schools, based on their overall academic excellence or their progress in improving student academic achievement.

While the overall scores improved in urban areas, CT Newsjunkie also reports that, «the data released Thursday showed a widening of the achievement gap between students who speak English and those who are just learning it.

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today recognized 269 schools as 2012 National Blue Ribbon Schools based on their overall academic excellence, or for making progress in improving student academic achievement levels.

The modern - day history of the community education concept explains the outstanding results our country saw in narrowing the achievement gap while improving the overall performance of our schools.

The award honors public and private elementary, middle, and high schools based on their overall academic excellence or for their progress toward significantly improving student academic achievement levels.

«Repeated and monitored oral reading improves reading fluency and overall reading achievement.»

Professional school counselors should be an integral part of your overall school mission and vision and a comprehensive and developmental school counseling program, aligned to state and national standards, can improve student achievement and outcomes.

your capacity to improve achievements that support learning, such as improvements in behaviour, overall attendance, reduction in persistent absence and exclusion rates

Overall, the law's emphasis needs to shift from applying sanctions for failing to raise test scores to holding states and localities accountable for making the systemic changes that improve student achievement.»

More troubling, there are few examples of system - wide success stories — school districts that have improved equity and overall student achievement.

While everyone can help students show up every day, principals are uniquely positioned to ensure their schools adopt a comprehensive, tiered approach to improving attendance that fits with their overall approach to promoting academic achievement.