Value teaching and teacher learning: Countries where teachers believe their profession is valued
show higher levels of student achievement.
Not exact matches
National studies
show that
students who eat school breakfast are more likely to: reach
higher levels of math
achievement; score
higher on tests; have better concentration, memory and alertness, improved attendance, behavior, and academic performance; and maintain a healthy weight
Highlights
of this year's NAPLAN results include: • There is evidence
of movement
of students from lower to
higher bands
of achievement across year
levels and most domains over the last 10 years • Year 3 reading results continue to
show sustained improvement • ACT, Victoria and NSW continue to have
high mean
achievement across all domains • There are increases in mean
achievement in the Northern Territory in primary years reading and numeracy since 2008 • WA and Queensland have the largest growth in mean
achievement across most domains since 2008 • Percentage
of students meeting the national minimum standard remains
high — over 90 per cent nationally and in most states and territories, across all domains and year
levels
This is reinforced by the results
of the Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS) which
show that, in countries where teachers believe their profession is valued, there are
higher levels of student achievement.
Researchers have
shown that when teachers are more motivated, they tend to experience greater workplace wellbeing and their
students tend to report greater motivation and attain
higher levels of achievement.
Rigorous studies consistently
show that the impact
of a more - effective teacher is substantial A
high - performing teacher, one at the 84th percentile
of all teachers, when compared with just an average teacher, produces
students whose
level of achievement is at least 0.2 standard deviations
higher by the end
of the school year.
Studies have
shown that teachers who are at
higher Levels of Use will see a general pattern
of higher student achievement.
are an annual list, going this year to schools that in the 2011 - 2012 state tests either
showed high achievement levels overall or the greatest progress as indicated by the state's new system
of «
student growth percentiles» (SGP).
The post-test results
showed that
students who received comments — that is, descriptive feedback — reached the
highest levels of achievement, one standard deviation
higher than the others.
This study found that
students whose teachers crafted
high quality SLOs outperformed their peers and
showed significantly greater gain on two independent measures
of student achievement at all three school
levels during all years under study.
The Center for
Student Achievement, a division
of the Arizona Charter Schools Association, released data
showing that, in 2016, one out
of every five eighth - grade
students took a
high - school
level math course, such as Algebra I, Geometry, or Algebra II.
Studies
of students who attend
high - quality programs for a significant period
of time
show improvements in academic performance and social competence, including better grades, improved homework completion,
higher scores on
achievement tests, lower
levels of grade retention, improved behavior in school, increased competence and sense
of self as a learner, better work habits, fewer absences from school, better emotional adjustment and relationships with parents, and a greater sense
of belonging in the community.
Previous work
shows that
higher levels of education quality (as measured by international
student achievement tests) increases growth rates
of national income.
CTAC research found that
students whose teachers crafted
high quality SLOs outperformed their peers and
showed significantly greater gain on two independent measures
of student achievement at all three school
levels during all years under study.
Although KIPP
students have
shown substantial academic gains, when KIPP took over a regular,
high - poverty public school, serving a non self - selected population, the program failed, indicating that the academic
achievement at KIPP may be due to the
high motivation
levels of the
students, and not the charter program itself.
In spite
of this concentrated effort, NAEP results
show continued
high relative concentrations
of students within certain sub-groups at the lowest
levels of achievement.
Safe and affirming environments have been
shown to affect educational outcomes: LGBT
students show lower academic
achievement than their counterparts as a result
of missing school to avoid harassment, being less likely to pursue
higher education, and reporting
higher levels of depression (Nieto 1992; GLSEN 2013).
Compared to control groups, not only do
students who participate in SEL programs demonstrate significant gains in their social and emotional skills; they
show higher levels of prosocial behavior, more favorable attitudes toward school and others, and better academic
achievement.
Research by Dr Gawaian Bodkin - Andrews from Macquarie University's Warawara Department
of Indigenous Education has also
shown that racism is strongly related to
higher levels of disengagement and lower aspirations and
achievement among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
students.