Sentences with phrase «large positive effects on student»

These data also reveal the significant challenges faced by schools in retaining teachers who have large positive effects on student achievement.

Given that money per se will not necessarily improve student outcomes (for example, using the funds to pay for lavish faculty retreats or to shore up employee pension funds will likely not have a large positive effect on student outcomes), understanding how the increased funding was spent is key to understanding why we find large spending effects where others do not.

To eliminate the effects of any chance differences in performance caused by other observable characteristics, our analysis takes into account students» age, gender, race, and eligibility for the free lunch program; whether they had been assigned to a small class; and whether they were assigned to a teacher of the same race — which earlier research using these same data found to have a large positive effect on student performance (see «The Race Connection,» Spring 2004).

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In sum, in the largest lottery - based evaluation of charter schools to date, we find that charter schools in New York City are having positive effects on the academic progress of the students who attend them.

... But by and large the newly decentralized, choice - driven system has had small positive effects on the academic performance of most Swedish students.»

One of our studies was a randomized trial in a large urban district that found significant positive effects on reading achievement for students who used Accelerated Reader according to the publisher's recommendations.

And to turn back to school choice for a moment, Imberman finds that charters in an unnamed urban district had no effect on student tests scores — but had large positive effects on discipline and attendance.

Vouchers have a moderately large, positive effect on the achievement of African - American students, but no discernible effect on the performance of students of other ethnicities.

Charter schools such as KIPP and the Harlem Children's Zone Promise Academy have large positive effects on the academic achievement of their (mostly disadvantaged) students.

The original evaluation identified, after three years, large positive effects of the voucher opportunity on the test scores of African Americans but not on the test scores of students from other ethnic groups.

Our results indicate that while the pilot evaluation system led to large short - term, positive effects on school reading performance, these effects were concentrated in schools that, on average, served higher - achieving and less - disadvantaged students.

We find that vouchers have a moderately large, positive effect on the achievement of African - American students, but no discernible effect on the performance of students of other ethnicities.

As is his wont, he ignores the results from a randomized field trial, conducted by Johns Hopkins researchers, that found that Success for All has large, statistically significant positive effects on student literacy.

When used in classes, clickers typically have either a benign or positive effect on student performance on exams, depending on the method and extent of their use, and they create a more positive and active atmosphere in a large classroom.

Additionally, schools that had a larger share of FTC students and were therefore more financially dependent on the FTC program had a smaller positive effect on low - income students» college - going rates than schools with a smaller percentage of FTC students.

As well, CT showed larger effects on the mathematics achievement of special need students than that of general education students, the positive effect of CT was greater when combined with a constructivist approach to teaching than with a traditional approach to teaching, and studies that used non-standardized tests as measures of mathematics achievement reported larger effects of CT than studies that used standardized tests.

We found that attrition and replacement patterns could not explain most of KIPP's positive effects on student achievement, because (a) early attrition patterns at KIPP schools are similar to those at nearby district middle schools; and (b) KIPP schools have large achievement effects in the first year of students» enrollment, before replacement patterns could have any effects.

Magnet schools, however, also enrich students in ways that create a positive effect on the community at large.

These effects have compounding positive influences on other students and the larger community.

Based on scores in nationally standardized tests (fourth grade reading and math and eighth grade reading and math), greater union membership of educators tends to have a positive impact on student test scores while larger class sizes tend to have a negative effect.

Some studies show positive effects on attendance and outcomes in smaller districts, although a 2010 Georgia study found students had improved passing rates on state - administered exams in larger districts.

But ERA's research shows that the RSD's willingness to close schools has actually been beneficial, finding that «roughly one - third of the reforms» large positive effects on measured student achievement can be attributed to this process.»

Research has found that teachers» qualifications, academic preparation, and high performance on standardized tests can have a positive effect on teacher quality.31 Teachers» experience levels can also have a large impact on student success.

We find strong and consistent evidence of positive contributions of teacher assistants, an understudied staffing category, with larger effects on outcomes for minority students than for white students.

They conclude that a teacher's experience, test scores and regular licensure all have positive effects on student achievement, with larger effects for math than for reading.

The report shows that the charter network has positive effects on students» academic success in math and reading, and that elementary and middle schools in particular show large gains in achievement.