Early study results showed a positive trend from ninth to tenth grade in favor of the treatment group, particularly on
measures of student attendance and achievement on state academic assessments.
Measures of student attendance and behavior, teacher retention, and the principal's adeptness at assessing faculty members account for much of the rest of the evaluation.
At this point, study results show a positive trend from ninth to tenth grade in favor of the treatment group, particularly on
measures of student attendance and achievement on state academic assessments.
Not exact matches
These school indicators should also incorporate other
measures of key ingredients to long - term success, such as
student performance in writing and oral presentations, teaching and curriculum quality,
student attitudes and culture,
attendance, and school leadership and management.
In particular, because schools that serve difficult populations are likely to have higher
student / teacher turnover, higher remediation rates, and lower
attendance, these
measures are likely to be biased if the goal
of the system is to gauge school performance fairly.
Do not use
attendance as a metric for success Seat - time and
student attendance are the incorrect
measures of success in a world in which learning can happen anywhere and at any time and are at odds with other good language and goals in the executive summary (see Sec.
Controlling for
student demographics, 8th - grade test scores, English language skills, special education program participation, free or reduced - price lunch status (a
measure of family income), and mobility during middle school does not alter the basic patterns
of graduation and college
attendance seen in the descriptive comparisons.
These patterns suggest that the positive effects
of charter school
attendance on educational attainment are not due solely to
measured differences in the achievement
of students in charter and traditional public high schools.
• A different Chetty study reports that «
students who were randomly assigned to higher - quality classrooms in grades K — 3 — as
measured by classmates» end -
of - class test scores — have higher earnings, college
attendance rates, and other outcomes.»
The ten indicators were: 9th - grade
attendance rates; rates
of college readiness at the end
of each grade (as
measured by the number
of students on track to earn a Regents diploma as opposed to a less - rigorous «local» diploma); the number
of credits earned and Regents exams passed by grade 12; dropout and transfer rates; graduation rates; and rates
of receiving a Regents diploma.
The framework provides a holistic assessment
of school performance based on
student growth and achievement in grades 3 — 8; school climate
measures, including
attendance and re-enrollment; and preschool classroom quality.
Our data on
students» adult outcomes include earnings, college
attendance, college quality (
measured by the earnings
of previous graduates
of the same college), neighborhood quality (
measured by the percentage
of college graduates in their zip code), teenage birth rates for females (
measured by claiming a dependent born when the woman was still a teenager), and retirement savings (
measured by contributions to 401 [k] plans).
At least one indicator
of school success or
student support — such as
attendance, school climate, or access to AP or other advanced coursework — must be included in
measuring school performance (though academic factors must still make up at least half
of all indicators for accountability purposes).
Holding schools accountable for
student attendance is ramping up under the Every Student Succeeds Act, as most states so far intend to use some measure of attendance (or absence) as an indicator of school q
student attendance is ramping up under the Every
Student Succeeds Act, as most states so far intend to use some measure of attendance (or absence) as an indicator of school q
Student Succeeds Act, as most states so far intend to use some
measure of attendance (or absence) as an indicator
of school quality.
Such
measures may include strategic site selection
of new schools; drawing
attendance zones with general recognition
of neighborhood demographics; allocating resources for special programs; recruiting
students and faculty in a targeted fashion; and tracking enrollments, performance, and other statistics by race.
This might account for the fact that, at least as
measured by graduation rates and college
attendance, the end
of busing didn't hurt minority
students too much.
The most striking finding was that charter — high school
attendance may positively affect the chance that a
student will graduate and go on to college — two critical outcomes that have not been examined in previous research — suggesting the need to look beyond achievement - test scores when
measuring the effectiveness
of charter schools.
«Otto Banks... said this vouchers proposal is more politically feasible than a previous
measure which would have eventually allowed vouchers for any
student of a low - to middle - income family, regardless
of whether the
student were within the
attendance boundary
of a failing school.»
The ultimate goal
of the Comprehensive Secondary School Reform Plan is to promote
student success, as
measured by increased scores on high school assessments, increased
attendance rate, increased graduation rate, decreased drop - out rate and decreased issues related to a safe and secure learning environment.
Use
student attendance, school safety information, and
student growth data as
measures of effectiveness to reflect principals» roles as instructional leaders and influencers
of school culture.
This report addresses research questions regarding the program's 1) implementation fidelity, 2) performance goals, 3) impact on
student attendance and mathematics achievement outcomes, 4) impact on
student aspirations for college, studying STEM subjects in college, and pursuing STEM careers, and 5) impact on
measures of teacher effectiveness.
RAND is gathering a wide range
of data from both groups
of students through the seventh grade, including school - year grades and
attendance,
student performance on standardized tests
of math and reading and
measures of social - emotional skills.
The same principle applies to education: When a system values (and
measures) many aspects
of schooling, such as the amount
of art and music, the time devoted to recess,
student attendance, teacher
attendance, teacher turnover, and academic achievement, the school and its
students, teachers and staff are likely to be «balanced.»
A school's score is based on a numerous factors, including
student progress as
measured by the average growth in state test scores (PARCC)
of individual
students from one year to the next, the percentage
of students who scored College and Career Ready or Approaching on the PARCC, school
attendance rates, and school re-enrollment rates.
Despite high levels
of poverty in their communities, these schools have sustained improvements on multiple
measures of student success (achievement test scores, graduation rates,
attendance rates, and behavior
measures); and national and state organizations have recognized and honored them for their achievements.
Likewise,
students» reports
of their study habits in eighth grade, and their responses on a grit scale
measuring perseverance in the middle grades, are not predictive
of their performance in high school beyond their current grades and
attendance.»
In Monroe County, Georgia, for example, the locally developed dashboard includes data on organizational effectiveness (including new teacher retentions, facilities quality, and internet access);
student, staff, and community engagement (including the number
of business partners, staff
attendance, and music performances); professional learning; and
student performance on a range
of measures.
A second approach that is surfacing in a few states is the use
of a positive metric, one that attempts to
measure the percentage
of students who have good
attendance, rather than the percentage chronically absent.
The perfect evaluation system doesn't exist yet, but we do have access to
measures of teacher performance that are far better than seniority: teacher ratings, classroom management, teacher
attendance, specific licensure, peer or principal review, value - added
student data.
Schools and districts traditionally have focused on average daily
attendance (ADA) as a
measure of healthy
student attendance.
This type
of metric won't distinguish between
students who just met the
measure — missing 17 days — and those who had much better
attendance such as missing 5 days out
of an entire school year.
Other
measures such as
students» economic status,
attendance, suspensions and expulsions; the availability and use
of curricular resources, teacher education, administrator education, etc.; and parent involvement are good predictors
of performance, with occasionally some odd excepts.
The expected gain model does not take other factors like
attendance or poverty into account, and only
measures the percentage
of a teacher's
students who meet or surpass their expected growth scores, which are based on beginning -
of - year tests.
Other possible
measures include
student discipline and
attendance, college
attendance and completion, school climate surveys
of parents, and school inspections, which are more common in Europe.
As teachers gain experience, their
students are more likely to do better on other
measures of success beyond test scores, such as school
attendance.
The Every
Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), a reauthorization
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act or No Child Left Behind, represents the first time that federal education law specifically mentions this
measure of attendance.
Furthermore, education can't have a simple win / loss record due to its complexity: it should include academic
measures,
attendance and turnover rates
of students and teachers, community involvement, and more.
That meta - analysis revealed that
students improved on every
measure of positive behavior, like classroom discipline, liking school, and
attendance — and went down on rates for every anti-social index, from bullying and fights to suspensions and substance abuse.
They built their interventions based on their
students» resiliency status, also including traditional
measures of success such as grades and
attendance, available in their
student information system (SIS).
They saw that
attendance was a reliable predictor
of graduation (
of students with an
attendance rate
of at least 80 %, all graduated), and so developed a replicable graduation rate on - track
measure to inform the way they support
students — placing emphasis on engagement to improve
attendance and increase the number
of students earning a diploma from the school.
«Engaging Teachers:
Measuring the Impact
of Teachers on
Student Attendance in Secondary School,» Working paper.
Many teachers and schools experimenting with personalized learning also report early success with boosting
student and parent engagement, improving
student attendance, increasing teacher retention, and other
measures of progress.
Later in the year the board will develop a «rubric» for a range
of accountability
measures — such as
attendance rates and how well
students are prepared for college — that local districts will be expected to meet.
However, states may still be interested in
attendance data and may wish to
measure rates
of chronic absenteeism, or the number
of students who miss 10 or more days
of school in a year.
Eighteen states
measure attendance rates, but chronic absenteeism can be a better early warning indicator, as it identifies
students most at risk
of struggling academically rather than the percentage
of students who attend school on a given day.
These KPMs include «
measures of academic
student success,» such as advanced reading and mathematics achievement, UC / CSU A-G course completion, and exhibiting 21st century skills, and «high leverage support
measures,» such as high quality teachers, parent participation, and
attendance.
Also pending before the Legislature are
attendance - related bills to clarify which documents can be used to prove a
student's district
of residence and a
measure to ease restrictions on off - campus education.
A consortium report from December found that after grades,
attendance habits among Chicago middle school
students provided the best indicator
of later academic performance on a range
of measures.
A personal learning plan consists
of student data, personal interests, strengths and weaknesses, credits earned to date,
attendance records, state standards yet to be met, a plan for the next five weeks, learning style assessment, their scores on the
Measure of Academic Progress, levels
of engagement, life skill assessments, and project credits earned and in progress.
Requiring each district to
measure and track the efficiency and effectiveness
of its ELT schools, including developing measurable goals to annually and longitudinally assess the implementation and impact
of additional learning time on
student achievement, retention,
attendance, higher education attainment, and other relevant
measures.