Quality classroom and school programming that has the best,
most positive impact on students requires district support.
But it is often a combination of powerful factors that makes
the most positive impact on students.
How can you design and conduct this activity to make
the most positive impact on student learning?
Principals operating at the proficient to exemplary level of these accountability systems will have
the most positive impact on student achievement.
The vast majority of studies that have examined the classroom teacher's impact on student learning have come to a simple conclusion: Out of all aspects of schooling, the teacher has
the most positive impact on student learning (for a review of several studies, see Nye, Konstantopoulos, & Hedges, 2004).
Not exact matches
The report gives only passing attention to the
positive impact of NCLB
on the education of the
most disadvantaged
students, a consequence of the requirement to report performance by specific subgroups (e.g., racial and ethnic groups and the economically disadvantaged).
Their
most important finding is that school closure has significant
positive impacts on the achievement of displaced
students.
At the same time, some of the schools and education programs that are making the
most significant
positive impact on students — including programs that serve districts but operate independently from them - must constantly fundraise to do their work.
It can be used a resource for those looking for evidence of the
positive impact of arts integration
on teachers,
students, and schools; or for those seeking evidence for what kinds of arts partnerships and teacher professional development are
most effective in producing
positive student and school - wide outcomes.
We are hopeful we will see more progress: The analysis of the three school districts — Pittsburgh, Memphis, and Hillsborough County — indicates an upward trajectory in five of the six achievement areas in the
most recent year of the study, which suggests the reforms may be
on the way to having a
positive impact on student outcomes.
Most importantly, he found that LSCs have a
positive impact on student achievement.
Charter schools also had significant
positive effects
on the reading scores of
students with special needs.13 These results are supported by additional findings that charter schools have the
most positive impacts on black and Hispanic
students, and the least
positive impacts on white
students.14 In fact, research has found some evidence of negative
impacts on white
students and non-poor Hispanic
students in both math and reading compared to their peers in traditional public schools.13 16
If test results show significant widespread gains in
student results temporally associated with district reform plans, if these trends are generalized across all or
most schools, and if the performance gaps between previous groups of low and high performing
students and schools are seen to be diminishing over time, the argument is made that district reform efforts are having a
positive impact on student learning.
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
A meta - analysis of a number of studies
on mentoring and induction programs found that
most had a
positive impact on teacher retention, instructional quality, and
student achievement, though not all programs were associated with
positive outcomes in each of these three domains.62