Sentences with phrase «points as a math teacher»

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From that point on, students took it as a friendly challenge to catch the math teacher making another math mistake.»

By way of comparison, the authors note that the impact of being assigned to a teacher in the top - quartile rather than one in the bottom quartile in terms of their total effect on student achievement as measured by student - test - based measures of teacher effectiveness is seven percentile points in reading and six points in math.

For a better sense of the magnitude of these estimates, consider a student who begins the year at the 50th percentile and is assigned to a top - quartile teacher as measured by the Overall Classroom Practices score; by the end of the school year, that student, on average, will score about three percentile points higher in reading and about two points higher in math than a peer who began the year at the same achievement level but was assigned to a bottom - quartile teacher.

But in schools where teachers acting collectively as a union had a lot of influence over the curriculum, students performed 32 points worse in math, 18 points in science.

As a seventh - and eighth - grade math teacher in a K — 8 charter school in Massachusetts, he points to several factors that he believes contribute to the success of his school, including ongoing communication and collaboration among staff of all grade levels, as well as the development of a curriculum that «ramps up» each year, preventing gaps or holes in nine consistent years of academic preparatioAs a seventh - and eighth - grade math teacher in a K — 8 charter school in Massachusetts, he points to several factors that he believes contribute to the success of his school, including ongoing communication and collaboration among staff of all grade levels, as well as the development of a curriculum that «ramps up» each year, preventing gaps or holes in nine consistent years of academic preparatioas well as the development of a curriculum that «ramps up» each year, preventing gaps or holes in nine consistent years of academic preparatioas the development of a curriculum that «ramps up» each year, preventing gaps or holes in nine consistent years of academic preparation.

Former University of Tennessee researcher William Sanders found students who scored at about the same level on state math tests in third grade had score differences of as much as 50 percentage points on sixth grade tests after having less qualified teachers.

As well as publishing the test results, the assessments of teachers have also been published - and these show the same figure as the test results for English and one percentage point higher for mathAs well as publishing the test results, the assessments of teachers have also been published - and these show the same figure as the test results for English and one percentage point higher for mathas publishing the test results, the assessments of teachers have also been published - and these show the same figure as the test results for English and one percentage point higher for mathas the test results for English and one percentage point higher for maths.

The Nashville experiment, known as POINT (Project on Incentives in Teaching), doled out the $ 15,000 bonuses to those teachers whose students performed «at a level that historically had been reached by only the top 5 percent of middle school math teachers.»

«As far as I'm concerned, we're past the tipping point,» said DCPS elementary math teacher Mike MangiaracinAs far as I'm concerned, we're past the tipping point,» said DCPS elementary math teacher Mike Mangiaracinas I'm concerned, we're past the tipping point,» said DCPS elementary math teacher Mike Mangiaracina.

And, as a recent New York Times article pointed out, studies have shown that teachers have bigger impacts on math test scores than English test scores.