Sentences with phrase «positive impact on the achievement»

«Little is known about whether (professional development) can have a positive impact on achievement when a program is delivered across a range of typical settings and when its delivery depends on multiple trainers,» conclude Wayne and co. «Despite a consensus in the literature on the features of effective (professional development), there is limited evidence on the specific features that make a difference for achievement.»

Reality: There's some evidence indicating that integrated schools have a positive impact on the achievement of minority students, especially blacks.

Their most important finding is that school closure has significant positive impacts on the achievement of displaced students.

Looking at achievement trends across these different assessments raises questions about the effectiveness of our current approach to school reform in the U.S.. By 2008 and certainly by 2012, we should have seen evidence of a positive impact on achievement from the test - driven reforms of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2002 (NCLB).

«There are countless examples of where the appropriate use of technology has had and is having a positive impact on achievement,» said Bruce Friend, the chief operating officer of iNACOL, a U.S. - based advocacy group for increasing the use of technology in education.

«Theories of intelligence can be manipulated in real world contexts and have a positive impact on achievement outcomes,» Blackwell and Trzesniewski conclude.

States, cities or school districts that allow for a great deal of flexibility on school programs, schedules, calendar, staffing, and funding and have a laser focus on improving student learning are the programs that have the greatest positive impact on achievement.

Not exact matches

The Edison Achievement Award recognizes and celebrates their contribution to human - centered design, the value and differentiation they create, the positive influence they have on existing, new and emerging markets and the impact they have on the world.

Application of the new methods has also lead to more reasonable estimates of all kinds of important quantities from children's rates of achievement, to the duration of the doctoral career at HGSE, to realistic assessments of the positive impact of the GED on entry into the workforce, the duration of the teaching career, and so on.

In their analysis, they found that Expeditionary Learning Outward Bound (ELOB) had highly promising and significant evidence of effectiveness (six studies across multiple states) to support the positive impact the program has on student achievement.

Kevan Collins, EEF chief executive, said: «We know that effective teaching and parental engagement have a positive impact on educational achievement, particularly for the most disadvantaged children.

Investigating lower - cost residentials; when appropriate these can often provide better outcomes, as can using Pupil Premium to support students who would not otherwise be able to attend — Learning Away has demonstrated the positive impact of doing so on achievement.

A diverse representation of formal and informal learning experiences can have a positive impact on a child's identity development and academic achievement.

The irony is that pupil well - being drives academic achievement and — in turn — has a reciprocally positive impact on teacher well - being.

While the positive impact of the arts on academic achievement is worthwhile in itself, it's also the tip of the iceberg when looking at the whole child.

Since 2009 Learning Away has been working with 60 schools to discover the positive impact that these experiences can have on learner engagement, achievement and relationships, as well as the professional development opportunities it can provide for teaching staff.

The positive impacts on reading achievement observed for voucher users therefore reflect the incremental effect of adding private school choice through the OSP to the existing schooling options for low - income D.C. families.

The overall results — the average for the three subject areas — indicate an average positive impact on student achievement of 4 percent of a standard deviation whenever the teacher - student gender was the same (see Figure 3).

Still, there is strong evidence — primarily at the elementary level where implementation is the greatest — to suggest that year - round schedules can have a positive impact on student achievement.

Importantly, the schools attended by students in our sample include both open - enrollment public schools operated by the local school district and five over-subscribed charter schools that have been shown to have large, positive impacts on student achievement as measured by state math and English language arts tests.

Researchers expected that the move to a better neighborhood would have discernible effects on the academic achievement of the children involved, yet MTO data from the five cities show no overall positive impact on the children's learning.

In light of research showing the positive impacts of KIPP schools on achievement, student transitions into and out of KIPP remain of interest.

Finally, we project for each state the large positive impact that improvements in student achievement would have on a state's GDP (See Figure 1).

Combining anecdotal material with quantifiable data from a nationwide sample of large cities, they find positive impacts on both school management and elementary school achievement.

Finally, we project for each state the large positive impact that improvements in student achievement would have on a state's GDP.

Research by the universities of Strathclyde and Dundee on the positive impact that exercise can have on academic achievement amongst teenagers offers another reason to prioritise physical activity for school children.

Dozens of studies of afterschool programs repeatedly underscore the powerful impact of supporting a range of positive learning outcomes, including academic achievement, by affording children and youth opportunities to practice new skills through hands - on, experiential learning in project - based after school programs.

To see whether the education sector is an exception to general economic theory, a number of performance pay experiments have been carried out, and in Israel and India such studies have shown positive impacts on student achievement.

Careers: Finding Out, Making Plans Research confirms that having some idea about a chosen career can have a positive impact on your educational achievement, but making a decision about a possible career can be daunting.

According to the official announcement and the executive summary of the report, school vouchers lifted high school graduation rates but it could not be conclusively determined that it had a positive impact on student achievement.

This high - quality professional development program consisting of 200 hours of training spread over two years has consistently demonstrated positive impacts on student achievement.

These studies generally found positive impacts of such tools on student achievement in and attitude toward mathematics.

The aims are to build a strong evidence base that will support four key Learning Away propositions, ie to demonstrate that high - quality residential learning: has a strong, positive impact on academic achievement and a wide range of pupil - level outcomes, including emotional well - being, learner engagement, behaviour and personal, social, employability and life skills; can transform the learning experience of pupils; can help to transform schools; does not need to be expensive.

The positive impact that outdoor play has on children in terms of concentration and academic achievement means those schools which don't prioritise play could be at a disadvantage

If we focus only on the true school choice programs — private school choice, open enrollment, charter schools, STEM schools, and small schools of choice — and we look at the direction of the impacts (positive or negative) regardless of their statistical significance, we find a high degree of alignment between achievement and attainment outcomes.

This included: attendance levels (studies show a positive relationship between participation in sports and school attendance); behaviour (research concludes that even a little organised physical activity, either inside or outside the classroom, has a positive effect on classroom behaviour, especially amongst the most disruptive pupils); cognitive function (several studies report a positive relationship between physical activity and cognition, concentration, attention span and perceptual skills); mental health (studies indicate positive impacts of physical activity on mood, well - being, anxiety and depression, as well as on children's self - esteem and confidence); and attainment (a number of well - controlled studies conclude that academic achievement is maintained or enhanced by increased physical activity).

Of these, only the Texas charter schools had statistically significantly negative impacts on achievement (ELA and math) and significantly positive impacts on attainment (high school graduation).

According to Hattie and Timperley (2007) feedback is one of the most powerful influences on learning and achievement, but this impact can be either positive or negative.

Mathematica found that KIPP schools have positive impacts on student achievement, particularly at the elementary and middle school levels.

The positive impact that outdoor play has on children in terms of their concentration, academic achievement, physical fitness and overall wellbeing means those schools which don't prioritise play could be at a serious disadvantage.

Indeed, the social scientists» brief rather cautiously claims the existence of any benefit at all, describing the «positive impact» as «modest,» id., at 13, acknowledging that «there appears to be little or no effect on math scores,» id., at 14, and admitting that the «underlying reasons for these gains in achievement are not entirely clear,» id., at 15.11

As the KIPP network of public charter schools continues to expand, KIPP is largely maintaining positive impacts on student achievement, according to Mathematica Policy Research.

KIPP high schools have positive, statistically significant, and educationally meaningful impacts on student achievement for high school students new to the KIPP network.

An earlier evaluation found that after two years, Higher Achievement had statistically significant positive impacts on both math and reading test scores.

In Tulsa, Oklahoma, New Jersey, and Boston, pre-kindergarten programs demonstrate impressive outcomes that include positive effects on math scores, grade retention, and chronic absenteeism at the end of grade 8; increased achievement on language arts, literacy, math, and science, as well as decreased grade retention and special education placement at the end of grade 5; and stronger than typical impacts on academic readiness (effect sizes in the 0.4 — 0.6 range) at school entry.

First - of - its - kind study of Rocketship's use of adaptive, online learning programs as part of its hybrid model; study shows positive impact of online math instruction on student achievement gains

Hear about the positive impacts these changes are having on student achievement.

The study also reports «large positive impacts on the academic achievements of ELL and special education students».

A third study using a different approach and using data only on Texas schools finds mixed results in the first year of implementation including negative impacts on student achievement in elementary and middle school, and positive effects on high school graduation rates.

Together we can expand learning and academic achievements of our students and have a profoundly positive impact on their lives and on the strength of our schools.»