Sentences with phrase «modest effect on student achievement»

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The landmark 1966 Coleman Report highlighted the importance of peer environment along a number of dimensions, but work by Caroline Hoxby and Gretchen Weingarth in 2006 suggests that the share of poor students has only a modest effect on achievement once differences in the prior achievement of students have been accounted for.

For example, in describing the results of Title I, Jennings concludes, «In a nutshell, the billions of dollars spent on Title I had at best a modest effect on the academic achievement of the disadvantaged students who participated in the program...» On No Child Left Behind (NCLB), he writes, «So it truly was a mixed baon Title I had at best a modest effect on the academic achievement of the disadvantaged students who participated in the program...» On No Child Left Behind (NCLB), he writes, «So it truly was a mixed baon the academic achievement of the disadvantaged students who participated in the program...» On No Child Left Behind (NCLB), he writes, «So it truly was a mixed baOn No Child Left Behind (NCLB), he writes, «So it truly was a mixed bag.

The research evidence also indicates that certain forms of distributed leadership have a modest but significant indirect effect on student achievement (Leithwood & Mascall, 2008:546).

These patterns suggest that increasing exposure to black teachers is beneficial at best and neutral at worst for all students in terms of discipline, and that increasing teacher diversity while keeping teacher quality constant would have a modest positive effect on the reading achievement of black students while having an opposite effect on the math achievement of white students.

As the modest - at - best results of programs like Teach for America suggest, simply unleashing young Ivy Leaguers on our school system is probably not going to have a dramatic effect on student achievement.

These results show that even modest, public pre-K program implemented at scale can have important effects on students» educational achievement.

High school graduation rates are at an all - time high at over 80 percent (see Chapter 1: Student Achievement).7 8 9 Research on NCLB's accountability provisions has shown modest effects on school performance, particularly in schools seeking to avoid a first year of missing AYP or in schools facing the severest penalties.10 Despite this progress, however, high school test scores are flat, achievement gaps persist, and many low - performing schools are notAchievement).7 8 9 Research on NCLB's accountability provisions has shown modest effects on school performance, particularly in schools seeking to avoid a first year of missing AYP or in schools facing the severest penalties.10 Despite this progress, however, high school test scores are flat, achievement gaps persist, and many low - performing schools are notachievement gaps persist, and many low - performing schools are not improving.