Sentences with phrase «most difference in student performance»

How to bring out the best in your staff — and in yourself Research shows that the single variable that makes the most difference in student performance is the quality of the teacher.

Not exact matches

Evaluations led by Harvard's Tom Kane and MIT's Josh Angrist have used this lottery - based method to convince most skeptics that the impressive test - score performance of the Boston charter sector reflects real differences in school quality rather than the types of students charter schools serve.

Most differences between performance in public and private schools, according to the report, can be attributed to elements in the family background of the students, such as family income and the parents» educational level.

I think the performance assessments that should make the most difference for students should be developed by teachers to reflect state standards and the school's curriculum and provide flexibility so that students can show their capacity in multiple ways.

Thomson says most of the difference in scores is due to the lower socioeconomic level of Indigenous students and their weaker performance in mathematics and reading.

This is a significant opportunity, given that the evidence suggests that teacher quality is the most important school factor in explaining differences in student performance.

Although there was limited good news in the most recent NAEP data, long - standing and unacceptably large differences in reading performance related to student poverty levels were also documented.

But it does explain why research shows that the difference between teachers only accounts for at most 20 % of the variance in student test performance.