Sentences with phrase «teacher effects because»

Our results provide a clear example that caution is needed when interpreting estimated teacher effects because there is the potential for teacher performance to depend on the skills that are measured by the achievement tests.

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I generally get Barnes & Noble cards, but one teacher this year has mentioned that she's been spending a lot of money at Bath & Body Works because of the drying effects of all the hand sanitizer she has to use.

Jeanne Damone, a fifth - grade teacher in Canajoharie, near Albany, who has three sons, said parents oppose the testing because of its effect on children and teachers.

This effect will go into other schools as well because these transfer teachers will affect teachers with less seniority at other schools.»

«It's possible that the negative effect that we have detected will disappear at that point, because in secondary school, the students have a higher level of English,» says Carro, who also proposes another topic to be analyzed: find out what other factors can influence the program's results, such a the importance of the teachers» level of English.

It is uncertain whether other school districts can replicate these effects, because they depend on factors that many have little control over (including the local supply of high - performing teachers), as well as those they do control (for instance, the introduction of meaningful teacher evaluation).

«If thousands upon thousands of children are not learning to read, write, speak and compute, it is not because of overcrowded classrooms, the effects of poverty and social conditions, poorly developed educational programs and materials and inadequately trained teachers.

Renowned yoga teacher, B.K.S Iyengar in his book «Light on Yoga» calls sirsasana the «king of yoga postures» because of its magical effects on the intellect, body, and spirit.

Because entering the teacher workforce is a function of whether an individual applies for a position and the hiring decisions of districts, these results show the effect of academic competency on the likelihood of applying and getting hired contingent on applying.

Because teachers and students diligently prepare for SLCs in advance by reflecting on projects verbally and in writing, culling work that represents progress or challenges, and giving and receiving feedback, the investment from students can have a domino effect on family participation.

Teaching lower - achieving students — whether because teachers find it more difficult or less rewarding — is a strong factor in decisions to leave Texas public schools, and the magnitude of the effect holds across the full range of teachers» experience levels.

Adverse gender effects have an impact on both boys and girls, but that effect falls more heavily on the male half of the population in middle school, simply because most middle - school teachers are female.

Because teachers were considering intangible factors, even when race, gender, family income, and academic achievement are the same, there was no way to isolate the effect of being held back, much less to make reasonable conclusions about the effects of retention on a student's academic achievement or the probability of his dropping out of high school.

Because the data cover the entire state, however, we can gauge the effect of the ERI program on retirement by observing the change in exit rates of experienced teachers when the program was implemented.

This narrowing of the curriculum can have an effect on teachers» stress levels because it clashes with their beliefs, according to Brian Apter, chair of the division of educational and child psychologists at the British Psychological Society.

IO: Yeah, so that's actually an important question because what we wanted to control further, to isolate this effect of the teacher - student relationship, is other types of behaviours and other types of experiences which could, theoretically, also have an impact on the behaviours we were interested in.

We still focus on all RIF notices because they indicate the teachers who were targeted for layoffs, and thus tell us about the likely effects of the system that governs layoffs.

The other students in such a classroom would experience negative peer effects, not due to the minority students» influence but because of the teacher's assumptions.

She said: «I can't say definitely based on my research but we do know that teacher expectation and assessments can have a longterm effect on pupil progress, because it can affect their interaction, in terms of the groups they are put in... If you are an average - scoring boy from a lower income family, or an average - scoring girl in maths, and you are placed in a lower set then that is going to potentially depress your longterm trajectory.»

Greece and Iceland exhibit class - size effects and poor performance because they employ a population of relatively less capable teachers, while other countries exhibit no class - size effects but high overall performance because they employ good teachers.

This is because they can help students, parents or teachers identify any issues and equally prevent or minimise the effects from escalating whether this is a mental health issue or bullying in the classroom.

Why Schools Matter also fails to discuss — mostly because it was not included in the TIMSS surveys — how teachers» knowledge and skills differed across countries and what effect that might have on achievement.

Another hypothesis consistent with both the tracking results and the effects from random peer assignment is that tracking by initial achievement improves student learning because it allows teachers to focus instruction.

It's very hard to do these studies because it's tough to disentangle peer effects from teacher effects (what if a certain teacher gets all of the highest achieving kids?)

They can not isolate with confidence the effect of individual criteria, like whether a teacher is certified in the subject or has higher SAT scores because «many of the measures of teachers» qualifications are highly correlated with each other.»

Researchers have gravitated toward the value - added approach because, under some assumptions, it provides accurate information on the causal effects of individual schools or individual teachers on student performance.

Performance metrics tied directly to student test - score growth are appealing because although schools and teachers differ dramatically in their effects on student achievement, researchers have had great difficulty linking these performance differences to characteristics that are easily observed and measured.

A compatibility effect — some teachers, even though they've gone through all their training and have spent time in classrooms, discover initially that they don't feel very compatible with the teaching that they get to do, so that's a personal choice and not necessarily because of the lack of support of a school, if that's the case.

For example, if more - effective teachers tend to spend more time lecturing because they are good at it and enjoy it, then our results could show a positive effect of lecture - style presentations, even if those teachers would have been even more effective had they devoted more time on problem - solving activities.

Because teacher retention and quality are not the only factors that influence student outcomes, Han also looked at the effects of unionism on an important education attainment benchmark: high school dropout rates.

The paper presents new empirical evidence that complements existing studies on performance pay, not least because the cross-country design goes some way to capture general - equilibrium effects of teacher sorting that have eluded existing experimental studies.

Beginning with the New York Times's front - page splash about an American Federation of Teachers (AFT) study in August of 2004 («Nation's Charter Schools Lagging Behind, U.S. Test Scores Reveal»), it seems that every study, no matter how problematic, has spawned a headline, simply because it talks about charters» effects on test scores.

But because Coleman did not think about selection, he thought that he had rigorously tested teachers» effects.

And, I have found that whenever the «Joyner effect» occurs in my life it is because the teacher I was trying so hard to avoid had something of value to teach me — not only in the given subject, but about myself.

Since then, anytime I have been assigned a teacher I have avoided because of a personality clash, I have referred to the phenomenon as «the Joyner effect.»

Claire Burton, the chief executive of the STA, said levels were scrapped because they were having a «damaging effect on pedagogy», but said removing them had taken away a «significant aid» previously used by teachers.

Leadership effects on student achievement occur largely because effective leadership strengthens professional community — a special environment within which teachers work together to improve their practice and improve student learning.

These reactive effects may occur because teachers and students are aware that their behaviors are being observed.

The effects of the reform on the teacher workforce have been particularly meaningful in schools with higher percentages of black students because they were more likely to have teachers extended rather than granted tenure.

Because value - added measures were so reliable at predicting teachers» performance, the researchers urged school districts to use it as a «benchmark» for studying the effect of other measures.

Teachers must recognize effectiveness through the lens of cause and effect relationships occurring during a lesson (e.g «Because you created the learning criteria with the students and modeled how to use the rubric, students were successfully self - assessing to improve their essays...»).

One might wonder whether these effects exist because more effective teachers end up in upper - track courses.

It is much harder to measure principal value - added because students don't change principals every year, and principals» effects on students are mostly indirect: principals affect student achievement through teachers.

Because value - added measures were so reliable at predicting teachers» future performance, the researchers urged school districts to use it as a «benchmark» for studying the effect of other measures.

If we are surprised by the often muted effects of teacher evaluation reform, that is perhaps because we are insufficiently sensitive to the forces that contribute to seemingly inflated teacher evaluations.

This is because, «[in] effect... states have been running in place» (p. 2) and not using teachers» primarily test - based indicators for high - stakes decision - making.

If that translates into everybody doing their own thing, we'll go backward because the effect of the school is not the added effect of the individual teachers.

Drawing on his research, the author suggests that when video is used in a manner that respects the professionalism of teachers, it can have a positive effect on teaching and learning because it provides a clear picture of reality and a way for measuring progress toward a goal.

Because of this, I have given local schools the flexibility they need to minimize the effect these tests have on various matters, such as teacher evaluation and compensation.

Colorado's debate over the same themes was just as passionate, partly because thousands of teacher layoffs are on the horizon here, and teacher effectiveness will be considered before seniority in deciding who gets pink slips once the new law takes effect in 2014.