Sentences with phrase «recent teacher data»

The most recent teacher data available, from 2013, shows that the New Orleans teaching force is now 54 percent black, while the student body is 87 percent.

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According to the most recent data from the state Education Department, charters had a nearly 40 percent annual turnover rate of teachers.

New York, NY — StudentsFirstNY today issued a brief analysis comparing the difference in teacher effectiveness between New York City's high poverty and low poverty districts following the State Education Department's recent release of teacher evaluation data.

According to the most recent data from the state Education Department, charters had a nearly 40 percent annual turnover rate of teachers, versus a 14 percent rate for public schools.

Teachers at Mesquite meet weekly with the student achievement teacher to review the most recent assessment data and plan instruction for each student accordingly.

In the most recent quarter for which data are reported, ending September 2008, the employer contribution rate for public K — 12 teachers (14.6 percent) was 4.2 points higher than that for private - sector professionals (10.4 percent).

Rose explained in a recent interview that «when we were reflecting on the doability of the job of the teacher, both based on what the data said and what our own experiences were as teachers, we came to believe that it was a pretty undoable job.»

The education services industry (which includes teachers) is one that, according to the most recent data, can be characterized as having a high amount of job openings and a low number of hires.

Whether it's Waiting for «Superman» and other recent films, Oprah, NBC's Education Nation, the L.A. Times's publication of individual teacher data (and signs that something similar will soon happen in New York), or the emergence of a cadre of bona fide Democratic education reformers, tremors can be felt.

The red line shows the actual attrition rates as calculated by theNew York City Independent Budget Office for the 9,437 teachers who began teaching in New York City in the 2001 - 2 school year, the most recent time period for which we have 10 years of data.

In a recent survey by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the majority of teachers reported that they believe that data and digital tools make them better teachers.

Some of the acknowledged limitations of the data used in the Coleman study — the need to focus on the relationship between teacher variables averaged to the school level and student achievement, in particular — have been addressed by more - recent research.

Positive comments from some recent users of this book include: Most schools are full of documents and data... Dr Slater is among the first to show how they can be used to compare what is said on paper and in interviews... The results will shock you... Dr Slater is a successful high school teacher and an award winning author... and here's why... Fantastic little book, punches well above its weight... Makes it seem so simple... the art of the genius... As an advocate of the What Works agenda, I think this book really is a wake - up call... A fantastic insight into the potential for using documents in research... Nails twenty years of research in twenty minutes... Worth every dime... Every student in my class (6th form) has been told to buy this book... and it's easy to see why... Shines a great big light on the power of documents in research... Surely this is the best book in its field... First class... I kept referring to this book in my presentation last week and the audience was ecstatic... Education research, usually has little effect on me... Until now... This book is formidable... Crushes the concept that education research is rubbish... fantastic insight... Blows you away with its power and simplicity... Huge reality check, senior school managers at good schools tell the truth, other's don't, won't or can't, and their students suffer.

Contrary to claims that recent teacher evaluation reforms are leading to strict, one - size - fits - all policies, state - level data actually suggests local districts are implementing state - based teacher evaluation reforms inconsistently.

From the implementation of the Common Core, to the recent debate surrounding teacher tenure, nearly every issue in public education today can be seen as a facet of a single, fundamental policy question: how should we use standardized assessments and the student achievement data these tests produce?

Combine NAEP data with a recent American Enterprise Institute (AEI) study on what social studies teachers think and do.

In 2004 (the most recent year for which data are available) minority teachers were seriously underrepresented in the nation's public school classrooms.

In addition to changes related to program structure, such as those raised by the recent high - profile Teachers College study, the question of content is pivotal; principals receive limited training in the use of data, research, technology, the hiring or termination of personnel, or using data to evaluate personnel in a systematic way.

According to the most recent data provided by the OECD the average teaching load of junior high school teachers in Finland is about half what it is in the United States.

American teachers are the most productive among major developed countries, according to Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development data from 2008 — the most recent available.

While these stories (e.g., Partelow, 2016; Rich, 2015) and a highly - publicized recent report (Sutcher et al., 2016) generally discuss teacher shortages as a national problem, we argue that the popular conception of a «teacher shortage» is not borne out by historical data; in fact, the production of newly - minted potential teachers has increased steadily over the past several decades, and only about half of these recent graduates have been hired as public school teachers in a typical year.

Data on initial teaching credentials in recent years (2010 - 2013) from Title II suggest that the numbers in Figures 1 and 2 are about 15 % higher than the true number of newly credentialed teachers.

«Our recent Ofsted identified that we need to use data more strategically at middle leadership and teacher level.

Based on the most recent data available, the authors» modeling shows that teacher demand increased sharply after the Great Recession, leveling off at around 260,000 teacher hires annually by 2014.

This research brief examines recent data on special education credentials and authorizations and documents an alarming rise in the number of underprepared teachers entering special education classrooms.

More recent research backs up this view, argued University of Washington professor Dan Goldhaber in a retrospective about the report for Education Next: «New empirical work, using better data... and more sophisticated statistical techniques has, in broad terms, reinforced the Coleman Report conclusion that teacher quality is the most important schooling variable.»

Hoyt also cited a recent policy statement by the American Educational Research Association that cautions against using value - added data in teacher evaluations and for high - stakes purposes.

According to recent data from the National Center for Education Statistics, «America's teachers are disproportionally female (75 percent) and white (83 percent).

One of the things that stood out among the data released in the recent MetLife survey, was that teachers who collaborate professionally with other teachers are more likely to seek out leadership roles and are more likely to be satisfied with their position.

Shifting gears to the size of the new teacher supply in California, the first and most striking fact is that the number of new credentials issued in California has fallen for each of the 10 most recent years for which data are available.

The recent kerfuffle over the Los Angeles Times releasing scads of data on LA's teachers has provided some interesting insights into how defenders of teachers unions think.

The most recent data from the U.S. Department of Education, based on 2011 - 2012, pegs California's teacher «diversity gap» at 43 points: While 72 percent of students were of color, only 29 percent of teachers came from a minority group.

It's just one of the many important data points you can find in the U.S. Department of Education's most recent set of teacher - preparation data, released March 18.

Recent data show teacher turnover rates reaching nearly 25 % among teachers who strongly disagree that their administrator encourages and acknowledges staff, communicates a clear vision, and generally runs a school well.

The most recent workforce data (as opposed to training figures) shows that recruitment of newly - qualified teachers into jobs in all English state - funded schools fell by 5 % from 2015/16 to 2016/17.

Public Act 173 of 2015, the new Michigan educator evaluation law, links teacher certificate renewal and progression to teacher evaluation data for the most recent five - year period.

For more information about teacher leadership, see ASCD's latest Policy Points (PDF), which features recent data on the primary characteristics of teacher leaders, identifies states that offer formal teacher leader certifications, and offers recommendations on how to best support teachers in leadership roles.

Her recent research on data - based decision making has focused on the ways in which teachers use multiple sources of data to inform instruction, how these practices are supported by district resources and structures, and which practices may contribute to improved student achievement in Title I schools.

When the staff of each school district is reviewed, «A» rated districts, on average, employ more teachers as a percentage of their staff than all other districts, while «D» rated districts (the lowest ranking any district is currently rated) employed the smallest number of teachers as a percentage of their staff, according to most recent data available.

The Learning Policy Institute has examined national data and recent research on the barriers teachers of color face to both entering and staying in the profession.

Recent data suggest marginal progress in relation to the goals of increasing both the diversity of the new teacher pool and the academic profiles of those entering it.13 But a new question has emerged: Are the two goals compatible?

According to the most recent data available — a 2009 MetLife survey with a nationally representative sample of more than 1,000 K - 12 teachers — 86 percent of teachers say that there is a strong relationship between having «high expectations for all students» and student learning.

In the updated report — Teacher Turnover: Why It Matters and What We Can Do About It — Desiree Carver - Thomas and Linda Darling - Hammond share recent data revealing that in just 31 states, 82,000 positions are filled by underqualified teachers and at least 5,000 are unfilled altogether; extrapolated to all states, the total number is likely around 110,000.

As a result, teacher retirements have increased from 35,000 in 1988 to 87,000 in 2004 (the most recent data available).

If there are student growth and assessment data available for a teacher or administrator for at least three school years, the annual year - end evaluation shall be based on the student growth and assessment data for the most recent three - consecutive - school - year period.

Districts must use 3 most recent years of student growth data (when available) or as much data they have (when not) to determine a teacher's student growth score.

Recent data from PayScale show that teachers at private high schools earn about $ 49,000 on average, while their counterparts at public schools earn an average of $ 49,500.

Recent data show that for years — no matter how much they receive — they only spend about 60 % of their budget on the classroom (teacher salaries, books, etc.) The other 40 % goes to overhead..

According to Ingersoll's data, which tracked teacher turnover over a recent 20 - year span, the annual rate of minority teacher turnover increased by 28 percent, with many teachers leaving due to a reported lack of influence within their classrooms and schools.

In 1999 - 2000, the most recent year for which Ingersoll had data, 8,021 math teachers entered the field, twice as many as the number who retired (3,915).