Sentences with phrase «student performance»

According to the terms of the state deal, 40 percent of a teacher's annual review will be based on student performance on standardized test scores.

They compared changes in student performance in schools that had more experienced teachers who retired to changes in schools that had fewer experienced teachers.

Measuring student growth has been made somewhat easier by recent advances in the tracking of student performance on standardized tests over time.

Schools that fail to make «adequate yearly progress» in improving student performance on standardized reading and math tests for two years in a row are subject to the act's sanctions.

Your parent - teacher communication plan should be designed to set clear, consistent and high expectations for student performance in class.

Requirements for measuring student performance in instructional personnel and school administrator performance evaluations; performance evaluation of personnel for purposes of performance salary schedule.

It does not mean that private schools must publish easily accessible data about student performance on their websites.

There are many ways of assessing student performance, but only standardized tests permit an accurate comparison of teachers, schools, and school systems to each other and to norms or established standards.

In this tier, literacy programs and resources, assessments, literacy block structure, and instructional methods are identified along with student performance goals, best practices, and universal strategies.

For many teachers and the unions who represent them, there is a very real fear of using student performance as one component in evaluating teachers.

Over the past decade he has led a number of significant reform efforts that have helped narrow the achievement gap and increase student performance on both state and national assessment exams.

This academically challenging instructional program, accompanied by ongoing and intensive professional development and mentoring of teachers, dramatically improves student performance at all grade levels in reading, writing, and language arts.

Providing adequate time for professional development can help improve student performance as well.

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

You might track student performance on these weekly puzzles: You could create a chart with each student's name on it.

In conducting this type of study, one must rule out other differences, such as those in family background or those in state education policies that might also affect student performance over time.

The education standards were put in place five years ago to raise student performance by setting the same goals as other states.

For instance, policies that focus attention on raising the achievement of low - performing students may be more effective than those that offer rewards for high student performance in general.

Research on evidence use in school districts overwhelmingly focuses within schools on how school staff work with evidence including student performance data, research, and information about teaching quality.

• Provide one - to - one tutoring sessions to students, enhancing overall student performance by 50 %.

This allows the team of teachers to own responsibility for everything from analyzing student performance data and developing interventions, to scheduling.

How destructive is the cycle of poor student performance in at - risk communities?

The new tests use computer adaptive technology to provide more accurate information about individual student performance.

We decided to then dive further into what was causing low student performance.

It is seen by experts as an important way to compare student performance across states, which have their own standards and definitions of proficiency.

Certified teachers remain one of the best options for boosting student performance, as school districts and the public consider alternative choices to traditional schooling.

Did we end up with higher, shared standards across the states and a way to compare student performance from state to state?

This allows administrators to easily monitor student performance at specific schools, compare general progress among neighboring schools, or track an individual teacher's qualifications and workload.

In this case, better student performance is the result of growth, not its cause.

The provision would have mandated teacher evaluations that included measures of student performance from the federal level.

We encourage parents to look at student performance over various measures when understanding the academic performance of their child.

Ultimately, the charter school failed to meet student performance standards, to meet fiscal management standards and to provide the district with specific reports and records.

This can profoundly alter the incentive structure within the educational system by measuring student performance against an external standard, making performance comparable across classes and schools.

Many states and school districts are now adopting more advanced data systems, linking student performance to teachers.

There are many factors beyond a teacher's control that influence student performance just as much or more than any teacher will.

Measuring average student performance reflects not only how much students are learning at school but also the knowledge they brought when they enrolled.

Multiple data sources are used to not only report student performance but to serve as a source of validation, or an «audit» of local assessment processes.

Those attacks are compounded by the continuing chorus of criticism directed at teachers when student performance expectations are not met.

An added benefit of screening is that such information can be used to predict student performance on state assessments.

Yet again, researchers have determined that paying teachers a bonus based on student performance does not improve the achievement of those students.

It must be challenging to be pressed to improve student performance while working with fewer personnel and with budget limitations on everything from supplies to equipment.

They'll talk about improving student performance through high standards and expanded school technology.

That is, under the city's formula, some teachers would always be rated as «below average,» even if student performance increased significantly in all classrooms across the city.

That comparison makes it possible to tie student performance gains to the effectiveness of a particular teacher.

Is there any direct link between student performance and the amount of homework students in that country do?

She was tapped as a mentor because of strong student performance data and positive peer reviews of her teaching based on classroom observations, along with her principal's recommendation.

Ironically, we are comfortable with a system that grades student performance, but not the schools and teachers responsible for educating our kids.