Sentences with phrase «key teacher data»

Rachel researches, cleans, analyzes, and interprets key teacher data, with a focus on understanding patterns of access to strong, well - supported teachers for low - income students and students of color.

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An anonymous Senate Republican, who does not represent New York City, said his conference is growing aggravated by Mayor Bloomberg's «do - or - die» approach to lobbying on key issues - including the release of teacher performance evaluation data — an issue he lost on to the teachers» unions.

The papers also describe key decision points in the curriculum development process and how the pilot test data on student and teacher learning and classroom enactment were used to revise and improve the unit.

Working in cooperation with the Texas Education Agency, the University of Texas at Dallas's Texas Schools Project has combined various data sets to create a database of key characteristics of both teachers and students during this period in all Texas public schools.

The lessons progress through a range of tasks that engage student's interest, encourage them to: -: interact and share what they know -: develop their abilities to extract information from text and graphics -: view information critically -: check the credibility and validity of information -: develop online research skills -: use web based tools to create surveys and data visualisations The lessons cover a range of topics including: -: Advertising and how it influences us -: Body language and how to understand it -: Introverts and extroverts and how they differ -: Emotional intelligence and how it impacts on our relationships -: Facts about hair -: Happiness and what effects it -: Developing study skills -: The environment and waste caused by clothes manufacturing -: Daily habits of the world's wealthiest people -: The history of marriage and weddings Each lesson includes: -: A step by step teachers guide with advice and answer key -: Worksheets to print for students

Oxford Home Schooling, part of the Oxford Open Learning Trust, used data from Europe - wide reporting to investigate how the UK compares against three key areas of education: pupils per teacher, years spent in school and level of national investment in schools.

SW: One of the key limitations [was] when you use data from the Longitudinal Survey of Australian Children there aren't any behavioural observations, it's teacher ratings.

An effective learning culture in a school has a number of key features, including: engaging teachers in collaboration, using data to inform decision making and learning activities, conducting professional learning that is based on current research and identifying the impact of professional learning on staff and student outcomes from the outset (AITSL, 2013b).

The key to this new emphasis on achievement was the TRIAND data - management system, developed in partnership with a local software vendor to capture, analyze, and share specific student achievement data among administrators, school leaders, teachers, and even parents.

Key school leaders and teachers gathered data, input, and reflections from school - based teams, and used this information to design the content for the grant that ultimately led to program funding from the Massachusetts Department of Education.

The data show that teacher salaries are low compared to other similarly educated full - time workers, and the report suggests this could be a key obstacle for attracting young people into the teaching profession.

Similarly, it seems tempting to use observations of teachers as a key data - gathering technique to inform professional development plans.

It was pretty radical, by New York standards, ordering school districts to evaluate teachers using student performance data as one of the key measures of teacher competence.

Data systems, which are ways of collecting and tracking information about school, student, and teacher performance, are key elements in driving the Obama administration's reform effort.

With the aid of technology in the classroom, Professor Heather Hill's newest study, the Mathematics Teachers and Teaching Survey, will be able to track and collect data on middle school mathematics instruction, providing key insight into teachers» mathematical knowledge, the curriculum, and the nature of mathematics instruction being offered to sTeachers and Teaching Survey, will be able to track and collect data on middle school mathematics instruction, providing key insight into teachers» mathematical knowledge, the curriculum, and the nature of mathematics instruction being offered to steachers» mathematical knowledge, the curriculum, and the nature of mathematics instruction being offered to students.

Optimism, Test Scores on the Rise at English High School Boston Globe, 11/30/15» [Senior Lecturer Katherine] Merseth said the key elements to improving a failing school are a shared vision, welcoming culture, tracking student progress through detailed data, and supporting teachers as they try challenging new things.»

There would be an outcry over possible interest - group contamination — or at least spinning — of key government data, as there was back when NCES got its teacher - salary data from the teacher unions.

Her mentor is a veterinary technician named Verena, who works with Pereira and her teachers to build connections between classwork and the internship and to design projects that help Pereira further key academic skills, like researching, writing, and data analysis.

«The data used to judge the performance of schools and the progress children are making at Key Stage 1 are teacher assessment judgements.

Schleicher highlighted features of high performing school systems around the world, gleaned from PISA data, and told delegates that teacher quality is key.

The Science Key Objective Assessment Grids, uses Excel to provide data for each pupil and overall progress for each class on those: • Achieving objectives independently; • Achieving objectives, with adult support; and those • Not achieving objectives Ideal for Heads of School, Subject Leaders or individual Teachers looking for a simple, systematic approach to assessment for learning.

Teacher Answer Key includes answers to questions and sample data as well as an optional activity that can be used as a teacher demonstration or as an opportunity for students to design their own acTeacher Answer Key includes answers to questions and sample data as well as an optional activity that can be used as a teacher demonstration or as an opportunity for students to design their own acteacher demonstration or as an opportunity for students to design their own activity.

Primary teachers share three of their best lesson ideas about data handling in Key Stage 2 maths.

Data: Timely, credible, interim assessments that generate actionable data were among the most powerful strategies districts used and key to engaging teachers in using dData: Timely, credible, interim assessments that generate actionable data were among the most powerful strategies districts used and key to engaging teachers in using ddata were among the most powerful strategies districts used and key to engaging teachers in using datadata.

Teachers Can Help With the U.S. Census The U.S. Census provides the federal government with key data that affects local communities, and the Census Bureau wants educators to spread the word about the 2010 head count through lesson plans and teaching materials it has prepared for tTeachers Can Help With the U.S. Census The U.S. Census provides the federal government with key data that affects local communities, and the Census Bureau wants educators to spread the word about the 2010 head count through lesson plans and teaching materials it has prepared for teachersteachers.

Player uses nationally representative survey data collected over 15 years to compare and contrast these teacher labor markets on several key indicators:

The other $ 4 billion was intended by Congress to fund grants to help states improve in four key areas: building data systems, adopting «career - and - college ready» standards and tests, hiring great teachers and principals, and turning around low - performing schools.

Using 2008 data for almost 5,000 pupils from the Millennium Cohort Study, it demonstrates biases in teachers» average ratings of sample pupils» reading and maths «ability and attainment» which correspond to every one of these key characteristics.

The data are quite clear about a key issue: The difference in teacher effectiveness is greater within these various routes (including TFA) than between them.

Schools must submit key stage 1 teacher - assessment data to local authorities by the end of June.

Noble network schools follow key practices and principles typically associated with the no - excuses approach: frequent teacher feedback, data - driven instruction, high - dosage tutoring, increased instructional time, and high expectations.

Gates and his foundation have been pushing the use of student achievement data (ie, test scores) in teacher evaluations for several years now — as has the Obama administration, which has made it a key part of both Race to the Top and the so - called «waivers» from No Child Left Behind.

We analyzed data from two rounds of semi-structured interviews with 27 upper - elementary grades teachers, principals, and other key personnel (e.g., instructional coaches, where present) and 127 hours of observational data.

Our interview data point to five potential sources of expertise in data use in schools: central office personnel (superintendents, curriculum or assessment specialists); state - supported regional education center specialists; principals; key teachers trained to serve as assessment and data experts; and classroom teachers in general.

Learn how technology helps empower teachers by integrating key data from performance reviews, student achievement and professional development plans.

In lower data - use schools educators tended to depend on external expertise, or to rely on the principal or a key teacher (e.g., counselor, literacy coach) as the resident data expert.

Such buy - in does make up a sizable chunk of points, but 48 percent of points are attached to the quality of a state's plan in four key areas: standards and assessments, data systems, teacher and principal effectiveness, and turning around the lowest - achieving schools.

Miles» teacher transition is a good illustration of key practice No. 5: Principals manage people, data, and processes with the goal of school improvement.

Key tasks at this point include examining a wide range of instructional data (including lesson plans, assignments, and assessments) and observing teachers in classrooms.

Baseline data is one of the key data that help teachers set SLOs.

While it is nice to have data on teacher absenteeism (and the information illuminates the extent of the problem), the lack of information on chronic absenteeism — a key indicator of whether a student is on the path to dropping out — means that we don't know how poorly schools are doing in providing high - quality instruction and curricula to the students in their care.

A new report from the Center on Education Policy (CEP) at George Washington University takes a look at state efforts to share assessment data with key stakeholders such as principals, teachers, and parents.

In order to support all students» reading development, it is essential that primary grade teachers (i.e., K - 1) understand the key components of reading, how to measure them, and how to use assessment data to design instruction for each student's reading instruction needs.

The FastBridge Group Screening Report by grade level and by teacher, the Group Growth Report by grade level and by teacher, and individual student progress monitoring graphs are key tools for leaders to make sense of this year's data and map a course for next year.

While teachers can (and should) play a key role in selection of students for support, schools should also pair that perspective with objective achievement data.

This study of OCO utilizes extensive document analysis; student outcome data; and interviews and surveys from parents, teachers, district administrators, and the organizers themselves to answer three key questions.

To determine the efficacy of the use of data from student test scores, particularly in the form of Value - Added Measures (VAMs), to evaluate and to make key personnel decisions about classroom teachers.

NEA collected data from parents, teachers, education support professionals, and administrators for a picture of where Howenstine stands on KEYS indicators at high - performing schools.

Across the United States, key narratives and policy patterns have included eradicating teacher evaluation and pay based on experience and levels of education in order to implement evaluation and pay systems weighted heavily toward test - based data.

Such screenings can include teacher and student rating scales as well as review of key data such as office discipline referrals (ODR).