Sentences with phrase «teacher or student performance»

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Students are set up with iPads or laptops and plug away at interactive math exercises; then the program delivers feedback to the teacher based on the students» perfStudents are set up with iPads or laptops and plug away at interactive math exercises; then the program delivers feedback to the teacher based on the students» perfstudents» performance.

For example, a college student's relentless pursuit of academic excellence in order to become a very successful professional may, in considerable part, be an unconscious performance before his or her parents, teachers, or others who embody an important cultural ideal.

«I find no evidence that teacher incentives increase student performance, attendance, or graduation, nor do I find any evidence that the incentives change student or teacher behavior.

Healthy Schools Schools can reduce asthma triggers by limiting chemicals and fragrances, such as found in disinfecting wipes used inside the school or on school grounds, that can trigger asthma and allergies, hurt student and teacher performance, and result in missed school days.

It also means that school administrations, teachers, and school boards must be held accountable for student learning and performance without «teaching to the test» or being over-burdened with repeated standardized testing.

Education policy should focus on making sure that every student makes great progress, rather than accountability for test scores or teacher performance pay.

A Regents panel voted to allow teachers and principals who could be fired based on poor student performance on Common Core exams this year or last year to defend themselves by citing the botched rollout of the tough new curriculum.

Teachers rated Ineffective based on student performance on state Common Core tests could not be terminated, denied tenure or be subject to expedited termination hearings.

Only teachers still rated either Developing or Ineffective after student performance on Common Core - aligned state tests are removed as a factor will receive a Teacher Improvement Plan the following year.

Whether it is soldier leading his brothers - in - arms into battle or a teacher inspiring a class full of under - served students, a leading performance gives the audience someone to root for.

On average, today's teachers are older and hence their preparation for teaching occurred when academic achievement was not recognized as the primary purpose of schooling; their professional experience was in institutions that did not demand academic performance from them or their students.

Critics of NCLB's testing and accountability requirements have a litany of complaints: The tests are inaccurate, schools and teachers should not be responsible for the test performance of unprepared or unmotivated students, the measure of school inadequacy used under NCLB is misleading, the tests narrow the curriculum to what is being tested, and burdens imposed upon teachers and administrators are excessively onerous.

None of the studies, though, attempted to measure fully the impact of the policy on students who might have been motivated to work harder to avoid being held back, or on teachers and schools; nor did they parse the effect of student retention on overall system performance.

«We wanted to find out if we could see something unique or different in the performance of the teacher when we looked through the students» eyes,» says James Gentilucci, who heads the school's Educational Leadership and Administration Program.

New teacher evaluation systems, meanwhile, judge educators on their students» performance on statewide standardized tests, or the pre - and post-assessments they've devised to determine how much their students have learned that year in their classrooms.

Our students» limited English - language skills could easily be used as an excuse for low performance or a need for unlimited resources, but we see it as a necessity for teachers to differentiate their instruction to reach all learners, including ELL students.

A commonly proposed strategy for raising achievement levels in schools is to specify high expectations or «standards» of student performance and to hold students, teachers and schools accountable for achieving those standards.

In challenging the use of value - added models as part of evaluation systems, the teachers» unions cite concerns about the volatility of test scores in the systems, the fact that some teachers have far more students with special needs or challenging home circumstances than others, and the potential for teachers facing performance pressure to warp instruction in unproductive ways, such as via «test prep.»

And when coming from a teacher or student, it's also just one example of a «microaggression,» an incident of everyday discrimination that students encounter that may contribute to lower performance and disengagement.

When Christopher Pagan, a physics teacher at Trinidad Garza Early College High School, reflected on his students» performance, he realized that they weren't meeting his expectations or their own potential.

For teachers the ability to track progress, or measure peer performance, in a centralised manner, allows them to spot trends or issues quickly and adapt teaching to fit students» needs.

We look at level of school (high school, middle school, or elementary school), total enrollment, percentage of the student body that is white, average experience of teachers, and school performance, as measured by the school's academic rank within the state.

Similar to assessing their students» culminating products or performances, teachers must formatively assess learning objectives and skills throughout the PBL project.

We have plenty of stark evidence that real change in student, teacher, and school performance doesn't come from standards or tests alone.

Westerberg: Time should be provided for teachers to get together at the course or department level on a regular basis to identify big - picture course learning goals, rubrics, or scoring guides that delineate expected student performance standards; that is, what good work looks like for each goal, and common assessment items or tasks that evaluate student performance vis — vis key elements of each rubric.

We know from years of research that teacher expectations can help or hinder a student's performance.

Teachers reinforce student strengths and routinely offer them the choice of demonstrating their knowledge in a variety of ways, through a piece of art, an essay, a Web page, or a dance performance.

The most notable, as the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports, is «a bill Monday allowing teachers to be evaluated — but not disciplined or dismissed — based on student performance.»

We found that overall screening performance was predictive of teachers» contributions to student achievement, teacher evaluation outcomes, and attendance, but not predictive of a teachers» retention in their school or the district.

List — with the help of fellow economists Roland Fryer of Harvard and Steven Levitt, also of the UC — is following more than 600 students in several Chicago schools to «find out whether investing in teachers or, alternatively, in parents, leads to more gains in kids» educational performance.»

The resources available for this study ($ 500,000, or roughly $ 8,000 per teacher) would certainly have been more than enough to perform a rigorous analysis of the performance of National Board teachers vis - à - vis unsuccessful candidates, using a random sample of the two groups and adjusting for students» socioeconomic status and previous achievement levels.

The «performance - based» pay experiments in places like Denver, Cincinnati, Minneapolis, and Douglas County, Colorado, turn out to be linked primarily to supervisor or peer judgments, not to a teacher's track record in improving student learning.

While many North Carolina school administrators and teachers are winning praise and cash for meeting or exceeding performance expectations on state tests, others are starting the school year scrambling to respond to their students» low achievement.

Or were less costly components of the teachers» National Board scores, such as the one - day assessment at a Sylvan Learning Center, just as effective as the costly, time - consuming (and coaching - or cheating - prone) portfolio in predicting student performancOr were less costly components of the teachers» National Board scores, such as the one - day assessment at a Sylvan Learning Center, just as effective as the costly, time - consuming (and coaching - or cheating - prone) portfolio in predicting student performancor cheating - prone) portfolio in predicting student performance?

The Alabama Board of Education has agreed to wait until more evidence is in before deciding whether — or how — to link certification of teacher - education programs to their students» performance on the state's recently developed teacher - certification tests.

Eighteen of the 25 institutions that train teachers in Florida have lost state approval of one or more of their education programs under a law that holds them accountable for their students» performance on the state's basic - skills test for teachers.

If teachers want students to learn plays, it is much better for them to take students to a live theater performance than to have them read the material or watch a movie.

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 a significant pedagogical shift from the norm of timed set recordings or set classroom observation, leading to «performances» from the teacher and the students (the Hawthorne effect), an always - on camera recording 360 - degree video enable live and retrospective viewing.

Moreover, prominent voices in teacher preparation continue to question whether clear - cut measures of student outcomes — such as graduation rates or test performance — are legitimate measures of educational performance.

Also here PISA suggests that there is much teachers can do about this: Even after accounting for students» performance, gender and socioeconomic status, students who said their teacher adapts the lesson to the class's needs and knowledge were less likely to report feeling anxious when they are well prepared for a test, or to report that they get very tense when they study.

Price: The Annenberg Institute for School Reform issued a study a year or so ago that documented that constructive community organizing can contribute to improved student performance, strengthened support for better qualified teachers, and heightened school - community trust.

For instance, there are many ways to understand Shakespeare: teachers can lecture about the Bard's plays, have students read the plays on their own, ask students to read scenes aloud to the whole class, or help the class put together a performance.

Alternative assessment, often called authentic, comprehensive, or performance assessment, is usually designed by the teacher to gauge students» understanding of material.

Sanders's methodology can provide an indication of an individual teacher's effectiveness based on his or her students» performance.

The next round must get to measuring teacher effectiveness based on student achievement, promoting professional development that is based on research and effective practice and improves performance, providing incentives for teachers who are effective, and requiring removal of teachers who, even with solid professional development, can't or don't improve.

Likewise, our understanding of a teacher's performance should begin by looking at the students» learning styles, behavior, and culture, and how the teacher prompts, navigates, or responds to those fluctuating elements in the class.

Student - test - based measures of teacher performance are receiving increasing attention in part because there are, as yet, few complementary or alternative measures that can provide reliable and valid information on the effectiveness of a teacher's classroom practice.

As an example of the limitation of this measure, note that the United States is coded as a country where teacher salaries can be adjusted for outstanding performance in teaching on the grounds that salary adjustments are possible for achieving the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards certification or for increases in student achievement test scores.

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