Sentences with phrase «indicate higher levels of student achievement»

Have testing changes and administrative innovations softened tests so that they now indicate higher levels of student achievement than would be the case if older practices had been retained?

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are an annual list, going this year to schools that in the 2011 - 2012 state tests either showed high achievement levels overall or the greatest progress as indicated by the state's new system of «student growth percentiles» (SGP).

Ultimately, research indicates that better leadership pays off in higher levels of student growth and achievement.

Although KIPP students have shown substantial academic gains, when KIPP took over a regular, high - poverty public school, serving a non self - selected population, the program failed, indicating that the academic achievement at KIPP may be due to the high motivation levels of the students, and not the charter program itself.

Results from the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills and the Stanford Achievement Test indicated that students in all three types of magnet programs in all grades had higher passing rates on the reading, mathematics, writing, and science subtests of the assessments than did their respective grade - level counterparts districtwide.

That is, more precisely and as indicated in the actual study, SLOs were «not significantly correlated with a teacher's value - added student test scores;» hence, «a teacher is no more likely to meet his or her SLO targets if [his / her] students have higher levels of achievement [over time].»

Furthermore, the review indicates that authoritative parenting styles are often associated with higher levels of student achievement, although these findings are not consistent across culture, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status.