Not exact matches
For example, a student who begins the year at the 50th percentile on the state reading and
math test and is assigned to a
teacher in the top quartile in terms of overall TES scores will perform on average, by the end of the
school year, three percentile points
higher in reading and 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.
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.
First - and second - year Teach For America
teachers recruited and trained during the grant were as effective as other
teachers in the
same high - poverty
schools in teaching both reading and
math.
At the
same time, we are in the midst of a «teaching crisis» that has a critical effect on how prepared our students are to be successful in the sciences and how prepared our
teachers are to get them there: Half of all
teachers leave the profession within the first five years, and this rate is
highest for
math and science positions and in
high poverty
schools [iii].
Jon Star, a Harvard education professor, said he thinks most
high school math educators across the country have not changed their teaching practices according to the Common Core in the
same way that elementary
teachers have done, such as by leading discussions about
math and facilitating group projects.
Increased exposure to Hispanic
math and science
teachers in middle and
high school tends to increase the likelihood that Hispanic students take STEM courses during their first year in college, though pairing black students and black
math / science
teachers does not have the
same positive effect.
As he has been employed as a
high school math teacher with the
same school district for a long time, this job experience is very important to highlight.