Sentences with phrase «reduced quality of teaching»

It incorporates considerable cost in absenteeism, reduced quality of teaching, and has the propensity to negatively impact student learning.

Educationally harmful Rather than leading to improved schooling, emphasis on tests undermine instruction and teaching and reduces the quality of the teaching force.

Evaluation based on instruction - insensitive tests can not help but reduce the quality of teaching (and teacher morale).

Not exact matches

Whilst quality and accountability is essential to teacher and principal development, and the notion of professional standards is supported in principle, it is of concern to many educators that the complexity of professional growth, development and training has been reduced to a set of basic competencies that may not truly reflect the complex nature of teaching, the principalship, teacher education and the preparation of teachers and educational leaders for contemporary times and a challenging future.

To the extent that teacher effectiveness is partly a function of some teachers being better suited for some students, schools, and contexts, efforts to redistribute teachers without attending to context could readily reduce the overall quality of teaching.

This compares to US schools where — 80 % are using the cloud to improve student performance, 60 % to help improve the quality of teaching, 0 % to reduce costs and 20 % to manage their systems more efficiently.

The report warns that in the absence of any significant extra government funding, academies may need to reduce teacher numbers, impacting on the quality of education and the scope of subjects being taught.

Reducing the funds to pay for that won't achieve the overall goal of improving teaching quality.

One of the central tensions for reformers when it comes to improving teacher quality is that on the one hand they believe teachers are fighting desperately for excessive job security but also, on the other hand, that you can substantially reduce that job security without making teaching significantly less attractive.

The government reacted by reintroducing standardized testing for grades 2 to 9, so we advised reviewing and refining this strategy by working to minimize unintended effects such as teaching to the test, and suggested that in time the tests may be reduced to a couple of grades, like the highest performing countries, using the money saved to provide higher quality training in classroom assessments.

[1] According to the survey, «For school districts, which receive the majority of these funds, allowable uses include: recruiting and retaining highly qualified teachers; offering professional development in core academic areas; promoting growth and rewarding quality teaching through mentoring, induction, and other support services; testing teachers in academic areas; and reducing class size.»

Accelerated learning, which enables high school students to earn credit for college classes, is credited with increasing the rigor of STEM classes, increasing teacher quality for all courses taught by AP — trained educators, increasing college acceptance and completion, and reducing remediation and college tuition costs.

But time — along with the fact that half of all fourth - graders on free - and reduced - cost lunch in suburban schools are functionally illiterate — has proven that integration on its own doesn't deal with the systemic problems of low - quality teaching, shoddy curricula, lackluster leadership, and cultures of low expectations (especially for poor and minority kids) that plagues American public education even when those kids are put into suburban middle - class schools.

Previously, inspectors measured schools in 27 categories but that is being reduced to four: pupil achievement, quality of teaching, leadership and management and the behaviour and safety of pupils.

First, the lower quality principals tend to hire lower quality teachers, [14] thus reducing the overall quality of the teaching corps in such schools.

Reduce the likelihood of cancers occurring by keeping your dog fit, keeping its weight within normal parameters for its size, feeding quality foods (and treats in moderation) and reducing stress by teaching your dog to be calm and not putting it into stressful situations.

The program teaches current and future veterinarians to treat and prevent disease; provides high quality care to sick, injured, and abused animals; consults on population health and protocols, including diagnostic assistance in instances of disease outbreaks; helps reduce pet overpopulation and euthanasia through spay / neuter programs; and improves animal health through education of new and existing pet owners.

In research on teaching Mindfulness to adolescents conducted by Gina Biegel, MA, MFT, the teens reported reduced symptoms of anxiety, depression and somatic (physical) distress, and increased self - esteem and sleep quality.

Other strategies included reducing the number of sessional staff, ensuring the course adhered to the university quality improvement processes, and introducing an 80 credit course prerequisite, so that students already have some knowledge when they come to the course about major capabilities taught in the course such as respect, safety, leadership, reflection and advocacy.

In research on teaching mindfulness to adolescents conducted by Gina Biegel, MA, MFT, the teens reported reduced symptoms of anxiety, depression and somatic (physical) distress, and increased self - esteem and sleep quality.