They help school districts, charter networks, and state governments
conduct surveys of students, parents, teachers, and staff providing the analytical tools and solutions for improving schools.
In our latest
survey of student loan borrowers, about 53 % of respondents were only «somewhat confident» they knew how student loans worked.
To assess this broad array, an evaluation system might leverage classroom observations, tests and school records, as well
as surveys of students, other teachers, and administrators.
** Correction: An earlier version stated that state law encourages district to
conduct surveys of students, parents and teachers on school safety.
Almost half of American law students are women, but according to the findings of the 2010 Law School
Survey of Student Engagement, female law students are less likely than their male counterparts to speak up and ask questions during in - class discussions.
In Just Ask Us: Kids Speak Out on Student Engagement, I explore the results of a nationwide
survey of students in sixth through 12th grade that asked the simple question: «What engages you as learners?»
The report on the High
School Survey of Student Engagement describes a study of 81,449 students from 100 schools in 26 states (Yazzie - Mintz, 2007).
The most recent
National Survey of Student Engagement revealed that «nearly half of seniors majoring in business say they spend fewer than 11 hours a week studying outside class.»
The Guardian UK 300 features the largest and most comprehensive
annual survey of student opinion on graduate careers, employers and their own job hunts.
On surveys of student motivation, engagement, behavior, and educational aspirations, KIPP schools showed no significant impact.
In a 2006
survey of students who dropped out of high school, 81 percent said that if schools provided opportunities for real - world learning, including internships and service - learning, it would have improved their chances of graduating high school (Bridgeland, Dilulio, and Morison, 2006).
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is the nation's only ongoing representative sample
survey of student achievement in core subject areas... read more
The Center conducts the Community
College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE) and the Survey of Entering Student Engagement (SENSE) and has now surveyed nearly two million community college students at over 800 colleges in 50 states.
Navient, the largest student loan servicing company, is aiming to improve customer experience with the launch of Navient Labs, which will test digital ideas and technology based on the feedback
from surveys of student loan borrowers, focus groups, and usability testing.In Wednesday's press release announcing the new initiative, Navient said the ideas that come out -LSB-...]
His recent research includes the study of how student mobility rates affect the rate of learning growth, the use
of surveys of student perceptions in evaluation classroom environments, the effects of homogenous ability grouping and tracking, and the interpretation of value - added test scores.
This is a
nationwide survey of students based on eight conditions that support student engagement — belonging, heroes, sense of accomplishment, fun and excitement, curiosity and creativity, spirit of adventure, leadership and responsibility, and confidence to take action.
Regularly administer a school
climate survey of students, parents, and school personnel, and use the data to improve school conditions for all stakeholders.
Researchers Daniel M. Koretz and Mark Berends drew from two nationally
representative surveys of students to see whether increases in mathematics grades between 1982 and 1992 bore any relationship to changes in standardized - test scores over the same period.
The
extensive survey of student interactions found that at least one - third of students displayed aggression toward others (favoring social aggression over physical aggression by a 2:1 ratio) and that more popular kids displayed more frequent social aggression (Faris & Felmlee, 2011).
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is the nation's only ongoing representative
sample survey of student achievement in core subject areas.
In a
recent survey of the student body, 85 % of students named an adult in the building whom they trusted and would go to if something was bothering them, up from 59 % in 2014.
At least 13 NYC schools are rated as dangerous and disorderly as the Bronx school where an 18 - year - old student stabbed a classmate to death, according to Department of
Education surveys of students and staff.
But, in reality, users are also more likely than nonusers to have a low GPA and be heavy partiers, according to a 2005
survey of students at more than 100 colleges across the country.
An informal
survey of students about Oregon's online testing system shows they find computer - based testing faster and more enjoyable than the paper - and - pencil variety, and they report feeling that they perform better on computerized assessments than on traditional tests.
Student use of alternative and illicit course materials is on the rise, according to new research from the Book Industry Study Group (BISG)'s
ongoing survey of Student Attitudes Toward Content in Higher Education.
Similarly, Teach Plus recommended
using surveys of students, staff, and families — in my view, a terrific way to triangulate on school performance.
The authors conducted a large -
scale survey of students, and asked 3,000 who had been bullied frequently what strategies they had tried to stop the bullying and what actions — by themselves, adults in the school, and their peers — had helped most.
And students reciprocate the happy feelings: most respondents to the Canadian University Survey Consortium's annual
survey of student satisfication report they are generally satisfied with the quality of the teaching they receive.
Although well - known for many years, these ideas have not been put to a careful empirical test, in part because
few surveys of students contain detailed contextual information about their school community and track the students into adulthood.
Katherine Smith is one of the schools that participate in
surveys of students across the country that are conducted by a nonprofit called YouthTruth.
The programs use multiple methods,
including surveys of students, graduates, and employers, external reviews, focus groups and the examination of data, such as pass rates on tests, college GPA, and evaluation on various performance rubrics.
Since 2012, NWEA, in collaboration with Gallup and other research organizations, has conducted national and
state surveys of students, parents, teachers, and school and district leaders to understand what they think about assessment.
Studies that have examined learning within the community of inquiry framework have been criticized for methodological issues including vague, one -
question surveys of students» perceptions of learning (Rourke & Kanuka, 2009).
Right now, the bill extends the task Fforce and requires the State Department of Education to conduct an annual
survey of students regarding the effectiveness of minority recruitment programs in the state.
The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) provides a highly important resource for the nation through its
longitudinal surveys of student growth and achievement.
After Maryland adopted an assessment that included more performance tasks, teachers reported placing greater emphasis on complex problem solving and reasoning in the classroom (Lane, Parke, & Stone, 2002)-- but a follow -
up survey of students (Parke & Lane, 2007) found that most were still experiencing a heavy dose of basic short - answer recall questions and textbook - based teaching.