Our ranking system looks at these and many
other important factors students should consider when choosing a school.
Not exact matches
... I will say, the test scores [are] never, ever the single most
important thing,» she said, adding that officials consider
factors such as
student enrollment, capacity and
other locations where
students can receive better resources.
They also make it clear that teacher effectiveness is not just the most
important factor in
student achievement; it is the
factor that can overcome most
other impediments to learning.
Research on teacher quality, charter schools, school leadership, class size, and
other factors in school quality is likely to be as or more
important than research on race - specific policies for reducing gaps in
student achievement.
Yet Coleman also noted that the composition of a
student's peer group was more
important for learning than any
other school - related
factor, a finding used by the Johnson and Nixon administrations to reinforce their strenuous desegregation efforts in southern states.
In explaining why some schools were outperforming
others, the report found, «Nearly 80 % of variance among individual schools performance can be explained by a few
factors, amongst which, enrollment size and concentration of low level
students (both ELA and Math) are the most
important.»
Student preference level should be a strong indicator, but
other factors could also be
important such as retention of
students.
Trust in the principal and professional community, on the
other hand, are both associated with achievement in mathematics, which suggests that relationships among adults may be
important factors determining how well
students perform.
Teacher quality is the most
important in - school
factor related to
students» academic success, and low - income
students benefit most when taught by skilled teachers.9 Just as in
other sectors, strategic recruitment in the education sector is critical to identify candidates who are likely to succeed.
The American Statistical Association concluded recently that teachers account for about 1 per cent to 14 per cent of the variability in test scores, and that the majority of opportunities for quality improvement are found in system - level conditions.4 In
other words, most of what explains
student achievement is beyond the control of teachers or even schools, and therefore arguing that teachers are the most
important factor in improving the quality of education is simply wrong.
But they also believe that effective teachers alone are not enough:
other important factors include family involvement, high expectations for all
students, effective and engaged school leaders and adequate resources and professional development.
NASSP shares the position of many educators who are concerned that pay - for - performance plans will consider only high - stakes tests and disregard
other important school and
student performance
factors.
Citing research that a «high - quality teacher is the single most
important in - school
factor to increase
student achievement,» state education officials say raising the standard also follows a trend in
other states.
This study posits that local access to resources is an
important factor that may affect community colleges»
students» success, but that even in cases where no such resources are present there may be
other structural procedures taking place at some effective community colleges that are worth studying.
NYCLA provides leadership coaching, coach training, and strategic consulting for coaching programs to help districts, states, charter schools, and
other education - focused organizations that work with schools leverage one of the most
important factors that influences
student achievement — the role of the principal.
Capstone 8th grade program focused on helping
students articulate what is
important to them for their future, building the skills they will need for high school such as organization and time management, and providing concrete information about the role of GPA and
other factors for college admissions and the financial aid process.
Educational outcomes are shaped by many
factors, but research shows that teacher quality is the most
important in - school
factor influencing
student achievement.59 Of course,
other out - of - school
factors, which are often caused by poverty, can also influence
student outcomes.60 Because teacher quality has been shown to have a measurable impact on standardized test scores, some academics have started trying to directly measure the impact of Act 10 on
student outcomes by examining how
students fared on standardized tests after its passage.
Teachers are the most
important in - school
factor for
student achievement.97 Indeed, research estimates that teachers have two to three times the effect of any
other school
factor, such as school services and leadership, on
student academic performance.98 An oft - cited study underscores the scope of this effect, finding that
students with three consecutive high - performing teachers scored approximately 50 percentile points higher than
students placed with three consecutive low - performing teachers.99
Beyond any
other school - based
factor, teacher effectiveness has been found to be the most
important predictor of
student learning.
It's generally true that schools consider a wide range of
factors in admission, and standardized - test scores become more
important if they are very low or if schools have
other reservations or considerations about the
student.
Take into consideration how good a school really is, how much tuition and
other living expenses will be at that school, how much money the
student will likely be making upon graduation, job placement statistics, what financial aid the school offers, and
other important factors.
It is caused by at least three
other factors: (i) almost every problem law
students encounter in law school comes labelled either by the course or by the assigned moot topic; few
students ever have to deal with a simple cry for help from a client; (ii) in my experience at law schools — and it may be different now — almost all research was done in the context of litigation or moots and, while that's obviously an
important focus, it's not the only one; and, perhaps the most
important factor, (iii) the lawyers who give the
students work far too often ask the
student to «find a case» — this is almost universal focus of litigators — and are uninterested in either context or principle.
Examine hiring criteria in order to determine whether GPA and
other objective criteria are the best predictors of success or if
other factors should be equally
important in selecting law
students for interviews.