The paper, by Raj Chetty and John N. Friedman of Harvard and Jonah E. Rockoff of Columbia, tracked 2.5 million students over 20 years, and using a value added approach, found that teachers who help students raise their standardized test scores have
a lasting positive effect on those students» lives beyond academics, including lower teenage - pregnancy rates, greater college matriculation and higher adult earnings.
Not exact matches
A Little Rock, Arkansas, performance - pay program
lasted only three years and was not renewed by the local school board, despite evidence of
positive effects on student achievement in math, reading, and language.
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Their paper cites evidence from the
last 20 years
on the benefits of learning in nature, including
students who were able to retain more information from maths and science lessons taught outdoors, to
positive effects on stress relief and rejuvenated attention.
Growing research shows that Montessori schools create
lasting,
positive social
effects.82 Since the Montessori Method focuses
on personal development, Montessori
students improve in their social and emotional intelligence at a faster rate than
students in traditional education.83 In light of this finding, Montessori schools can be an important vehicle for integrating
students of diverse backgrounds and fostering critical life and social skills needed for the 21st century.
There's been quite a bit of research
on «teacher match» over the
last few years, with most of it coming to the same general conclusion: that there are
positive effects when teachers and
students are demographically similar.
In addition to these four state - based studies of voucher program impacts
on test scores, some recent studies do show
positive effects on graduation rates, parent satisfaction, community college enrollment, and other nonachievement - based outcomes, but it is unclear if these outcomes are
lasting and valid.23 For example, research shows that nationally, graduation rates for
students in public schools and peers participating in voucher programs equalize after adjusting for extended graduation rates.24 Some critics suggest that private schools may graduate
students who have not successfully completed the full program.25 Also, in regard to parent satisfaction, while some studies do show greater satisfaction among parents whose children participate in voucher programs, the most recent evaluation of the D.C. voucher program shows that any increase in parent or
student school satisfaction is not statistically significant.26
With the grant in its
last year (2017 — 18), the district is confident that the Second Step Program's sustainability will allow the curriculum to continue to have a
positive effect on students.