Sentences with phrase «systems boosted achievement»

We know, from work by Eric Hanushek and Macke Raymond, among others, that the adoption of test - based accountability systems boosted achievement in the late 90s in the early - adopter states.

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A new report says the NYC Education Department's support networks for public schools fail to boost student achievement, just days ahead of an announcement by city Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña to overhaul the massive, citywide system.

A new report says the Education Department's support networks for public schools fail to boost student achievement, just days ahead of an announcement by city Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña to overhaul the massive, citywide system.

His biggest achievement, however, was his co-invention of a system for boosting the efficiency of Fermilab's Tevatron.

When President - elect Donald Trump tapped Betsy DeVos as his pick for U.S. Secretary of Education, he triggered a debate over whether widespread school choice — like the voucher system that DeVos supports — would really boost student achievement across the country.

This multiple - measures system boosts performance among teachers most immediately facing consequences for their ratings, and promotes higher rates of turnover among the lowest - performing teachers, with positive consequences for student achievement.

«The Accountability Plateau,» by Mark Schneider, just published by Education Next and the Fordham Institute, makes a big point: that «consequential accountability,» à la No Child Left Behind and the high - stakes state testing systems that preceded it, corresponded with a significant one - time boost in student achievement, particularly in primary and middle school math.

To create such programs, states and districts must identify the most important elements of student performance (usually academic achievement), measure them (usually with state tests), calculate change in performance on a school - by - school basis, and provide rewards to schools that meet or beat performance improvement targets — all of which must be backed by system supports that enable all schools to boost results.

They find that not only do greater accountability, autonomy, and choice (in various configurations) in a country's school system boost student achievement, they also boost noncognitive skills and increase equity (breaking the link between student achievement and socioeconomic status).

If the solution to the problems of educational achievement were as simple as boosting financial aid and providing more funds to preschools, a few well - intentioned foundations could easily transform large chunks of the education system.

Studies on evaluation reform efforts in Cincinnati, Chicago, Denver, New York City, and Washington, D.C. have found that comprehensive evaluation systems can help identify teachers who need to improve their practice, nudge low - performing teachers out of the profession, and, ultimately, boost student achievement.

We at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute have a longstanding interest in advancing quality school choices for kids who need them and a parallel interest in boosting educational achievement with the help of rigorous standards, assessments, and accountability systems.

Students in the Prince George's County, Md., school system have been given computers to take home as part of an experiment to determine if having a machine in the home boosts academic achievement.

The central problem with making growth the polestar of accountability systems, as Mike Petrilli and Aaron Churchill argue in «Stop Focusing on Proficiency Rates When Evaluating Schools,» is that it is only convincing if one is rating schools from the perspective of a charter authorizer or local superintendent who wants to know whether a given school is boosting the achievement of its pupils, worsening their achievement, or holding it in some kind of steady state.

The school system recently created an Office of Innovation and Research to develop strategies for boosting achievement, particularly for African American and Hispanic male students, the chancellor said.

A system in which leaders possess that kind of data is far better equipped to boost school performance than one in which leaders have a pallette of achievement data and little else.

Worried that American students have fallen behind their overseas peers, U.S. policymakers are looking at education systems abroad for ideas on how to boost achievement here by making lessons more rigorous.

Adding an element of competition to the classroom will be good for boosting academic achievement, say lawmakers who have pushed for the new teacher contract system.

Switching to a mayor - led school system can provide a huge boost in student achievement, and cities across the country are experimenting with this new method of district control.

Proponents point to positive benchmarks: District enrollment is growing; D.C. scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) have improved (in some cases at a much faster rate than students in other large urban districts); and teachers who left the district after receiving low marks on D.C.'s new teacher evaluation system were replaced with higher - scoring teachers who boosted student achievement.

In other words, several states are significantly underfunding their K - 12 systems, therefore jeopardizing the overall quality of school districts and education reforms that are proven to boost student achievement.

Boosting student achievement is vital for America's future.66 Raising outcomes in the nation's school system will both maximize the potential of every child and foster the skills of tomorrow's workforce.

The only thing I'd probably add to improve the system is to abolish online achievements simply because they encourage boosting and also because silvers and people who aren't connected to Live won't get a full 1000/1000 out of the game they spent 40 quid on.

Other modern - day features are an achievements system, drift - boosts and analogue steering.

ACHIEVEMENTS • As Development Assistant started a new system of data entry that boosted efficiency by one - third • Promoted to a senior position with additional responsibilities and a 20 - percent increase in salary • Made good relations with individual donors

SELECTED ACHIEVEMENTS • Boosted quality of service and OT functioning proficiency up till 60 % by effectually supporting 20 surgical rooms and handling 2 - 6 surgeries during times of crises • Reduced post surgical complications up till 100 % caused by infections by implementing strict infection control in the surgical wards as per WHO and Medical Council's guidelines • Maintained the surgical ward inventory keeping system which enabled 24 hours availability of supplies at all times