Note: This graph shows schools that have made progress on two
separate measures of student achievement: proficiency and growth.
Not exact matches
However, recall that the principals» survey responses allowed us to construct
separate measures of two distinct aspects
of teacher quality: the ability to improve
student achievement and the ability to provide an enjoyable classroom experience for
students.
The fundamental challenge to
measuring the impact
of school leaders is
separating their contributions from the many other factors that drive
student achievement.
A simple cost calculation gives the improvements in
student achievement (
measured again in standard deviations) that could, by the Picus and Odden estimates
of benefits, be expected for a $ 100 addition to spending per pupil from each
of the
separate programs.
The value - added
measures are designed to provide estimates
of the independent effect
of the teacher on the growth in a
student's learning and to
separate this from other influences on
achievement such as families, peers, and neighborhoods.