Sentences with phrase «teacher absence rate»

Holding constant the grade - level and whether a school is a charter, a school with its proportion of African American students in the 90th percentile has a teacher absence rate that is 3.5 percentage points higher than a school in the 10th percentile.

That figure is based on a 10 to 12 percent teacher absence rate — which is due, in part, to increased teacher in - service days.

Not exact matches

A new Fordham report finds that 28 % of teachers in traditional district schools miss more than 10 school days a year for sick or personal leave while teachers in charter schools have lower rates absences.

Teacher absenteeism was high, Riddile said, which seemed to some kids to validate their own absences (the daily absentee rate for teachers nationwide is about 5 percent, according to some studies, compared to about 1.7 percent for private - sector workers).

The contract teachers were much more likely to be found in school and teaching (74 percent versus 45 percent for the civil - service teachers), and their absence rate was unaffected by tracking (see Figure 2).

The attendance rate is increasing, chronic absences are down, and even teacher attendance increased from 69 percent to 79 percent.

One study found, for example, collusive behavior among teachers in one school as an explanation for its consistently high absence rates relative to rates found in neighboring schools.

In this sense, this novel measure tracks conventional rates of absence constructed from teachers» daily absence records.

Students in schools serving predominantly low - income families tend to endure teacher absence at a higher rate than students in more affluent communities.

Researchers in Australia found that an increase in the average absence rate of a teacher's colleagues increased the teacher's own absence tally.

But teachers» leave provisions in some states may be too permissive, elevating rates of absence and incurring the financial liability of accumulated, unused leave.

The Department of Education calls the measure a «leading indicator,» a reasonable label given the documented relationship between absence rates measured at the teacher level and student achievement.

Such a high figure probably would not stand out in parts of the developing world, but it contrasts sharply with the 3 percent national rate of absence for full - time wage and salaried American workers, and the 5.3 percent rate of absence for American teachers overall.

The district has implemented several key initiatives to successfully reduce their chronic absence rates including their innovative use of Teachers on Special Assignment (TOSA) as dedicated attendance liaisons.

Further, studies have found that teachers serving low income and minority students have higher absence rates, on average, which may contribute to the achievement gap.

If they go this route, school systems will see dividends in more established measures that reflect SEL progress indirectly, like lower chronic absence rates, stronger school climate surveys, and better teacher - retention numbers, said Weissberg.

The incidence of teacher absences is regressive: when schools are ranked by the fraction of students receiving free or reduced - price lunch, schools in the poorest quartile averaged almost one extra sick day per teacher than schools in the highest income quartile, and schools with persistently high rates of teacher absence were much more likely to serve low - income than high - income students.

In the absence of such an active randomized control condition and in the absence of significant effects on teacher ratings of ADHD behavior, we can not ascertain that the observed improvements can be attributed to the specific treatment procedures, instead of non-specific treatment factors or expectancy effects of parents.

However, in the absence of substantial effects on teacher - ratings, we can not ascertain effects are due to specific treatment procedures.