Sentences with phrase «regardless of student performance»

In many high school classrooms, though, teachers keep moving regardless of student performance.

Not exact matches

Elia and her aides noted that federal law requires state tests to be administered to students annually, regardless of whether assessments are also used in rating job performance of school employees.

Steele and his colleagues performed a series of studies to prove that regardless of class, racial pressures depress the academic performance of African - American students.

Regardless of their answers, the students were randomly told their performance was «terrible» (to put them in a bad mood) or «excellent» (to put them in a good mood).

Regardless, our results indicate that, under a robust system of performance evaluation, the turnover of teachers can generate meaningful gains in student outcomes, particularly for the most disadvantaged students.

She has a passion for student performance and believes that all children can succeed regardless of their backgrounds.

Regardless of the school board's origin, superintendents should be in harmony with the board's vision for change, should be clear about the district's goals for student performance, and should be given a reasonable period of time in which to attain those goals.

Our fundamental findings from an analysis of the 3rd - and 4th - grade data for these two years indicate that the performance of students identified for retention, regardless of whether they were retained or exempted and promoted, exceeded the performance of low - performing students from the previous year who were not subject to the retention policy; and students who were actually retained made the larger relative gains.

In most cases, however, student underachievement, particularly in reading, can be identified by testing skills in the academic domain in question; by direct comparisons of the student's age and grade with speaking, reading, writing, and math skills; or simply by uneven overall performance regardless of IQ level.

Although teachers would still be able to make use of digital tools, new privacy laws could place onerous reporting and disclosure requirements on technology vendors regardless of their size, as well as restrictions on people's ability to study tools» effectiveness over time and vendors» own ability to evolve their products based on student performance data.

That sector deals with adults and, hence, has been less prone to regulation than K — 12 education, but it has nonetheless become increasingly subject to federal controls, including through accreditation and a Sword of Damocles — separation from student aid — hanging over institutions that, regardless of the mix of students they serve, do not meet federal performance metrics.

She objects to the «no excuses» approach to education, which expects strong performance from students regardless of family background, saying that the few schools that are able to accomplish the task are unusual places filled with kids from families with especially devoted parents.

But if charter, private, and Tiebout choice were to expand to the point where no school was guaranteed students and revenues regardless of performance, then I'd be fine with getting rid of all testing requirements.

A teacher with seven years of experience makes less than a teacher with 10 years, regardless of relative skills, performance, or any other factor directly related to student learning.

If a school lacks air - conditioning, for example, and if one expects this amenity to affect student performance, then the addition of air - conditioning should improve outcomes regardless of whether another school builds a swimming pool.

The second piece of the accountability reform was an end to social promotion — the practice of passing students to the next grade regardless of their performance.

But only one type of scholarship — the merit - based one — led to improvements in actual performance, regardless of how gifted the students in the need - based group were.

It would be erroneous to let the top 85 % of schools, regardless of individual student performance, be immune to sanctions.

Schools should be striving to promote positive student outcomes for all of their students regardless of where the school falls in the performance continuum.

Since founding OCS in 2004, whose mission is to serve students from all backgrounds regardless of previous academic performance, and where 54 % of our students currently have an IEP, proficiency scores will always be a poor indicator of our success.

My teachers support the Common Core because they have seen its positive impact on the performance of our students regardless of their socioeconomic background.

Woven into this highly personal narrative about a boy's journey from silent sidekick to hero are themes that translate to public education: the challenges of finding the right school or instructional method to meet a student's individual needs; the impact of social stigmas on expectations and performance, particularly for «discarded students» in low - income neighborhoods, and the need for a culture of high expectations to counter those negative societal assumptions; the importance of tireless, focused, caring teachers who do whatever it takes to help students succeed; and the ability for all children — regardless of learning challenges or race or income level — to learn.

Evaluate student performance for a specific learning target when the student is ready, regardless of whether other students are ready to be evaluated.

Any student having more than 12 unexcused absences or 20 total absences for the entirety of the school year will be automatically retained in the current grade level regardless of academic performance.

Thankfully, researchers realized that regardless of what test is being used in a state, there are ways to predict student performance by using other assessments earlier in the school year.

«As schools grapple with exam reform we must continue to prioritise the interests of our students, and ensure that they leave our schools with the qualifications they need for their future, regardless of whether this shows up on performance tables or not,» he said.

Regardless of the current political context, effective teacher performance appraisal systems are a core element in the effort to improve student learning and necessary to inform compensation systems based on teacher performance.

ESEA's goal is to improve the academic performance of all public school students regardless of economic status, race, ethnicity, proficiency in English, or disability.

Regardless of what the court decides, the idea of holding teachers accountable for student performance seems here to stay.

He spoke, primarily, about the out - of - school factors that impact student performance in schools and how this impacts and biases all estimates based on test scores (often regardless of the controls uses — see a most recent post about this evidence of bias here).

In fact, 22 percent of all districts — regardless of size, location, performance, or number of high - need students — are affected by enrollment capacity.

According to federal law, public charter schools must accept all students, including students with disabilities and English learners, regardless of previous academic performance.

All schools are expected to participate, and all students are expected to participate regardless of classroom, academic, or personal performance.

As a public company, we are required to file periodic financial and other disclosure reports with the SEC... The disclosure of this information by a for - profit education company, regardless of parent satisfaction and student performance, may nonetheless be used by opponents of virtual and blended public schools to propose funding reductions or restrictions.

WILL does rather the opposite, merging all students together in a school — regardless of grade level, or how long a student has been in a particular school or sector, or students» previous academic performance — for a single year and a single average.

DSST has some of the best academic performance results for supporting all students to get into college, regardless of race or economic background.

Regardless, researchers also examined teachers» Student Learning Objectives (SLOs)-- the incentive program's «primary measure of individual teacher performance» given so many teachers are still VAM - ineligible (see a prior post about SLOs, here).