Sentences with phrase «teacher test scores»

Florida teachers failing & Frustrated: teacher test scores not improving, new state numbers show

He found that the variation in teacher test scores accounted for a statistically significant portion of the variance in student achievement.

For example: With an effective teacher the test scores on a mathematics course such as Algebra 1 would indicate those student who will fail in more advanced mathematics courses.

Not exact matches

But the belief, the expectation, colored the teachers» perception and influenced their behavior to be more attentive and caring to the students, thus improving their homework and test scores.

In your article around Baltimore's technology gap («Computer - based tests a challenge for low - income students, some Baltimore teachers say,» April 22), we read that students who took the PARCC scored lower when they took the test on a computer than when they used paper and pencil.

He spearheaded the creation of new teacher evaluations allowing half of a teacher's rating to be based on students» standardized test scores.

I suspect our teacher unions would not be adverse to let some portion of their member teachers compensation be based on a test score bonus rather than the meddling of school boards.

«I ask our coaches to go in and visit with classroom teachers about the youngster's presence in the classroom — not just how he does on test scores, but his presence.

What he found was that some teachers were reliably able to raise their students» standardized - test scores year after year.

«Non-Cognitive Ability, Test Scores, and Teacher Quality: Evidence from 9th Grade Teachers in North Carolina,» a talk by Kirabo Jackson

Finally, in Houston in 2010 — 11, he gave cash incentives to fifth - grade students in 25 low - performing public schools, as well as to the parents and teachers of those students, with the intent of increasing the time they spent on math homework and improving their scores on standardized math tests.

And yet those teachers, according to Jackson's calculations, were doing more to get those students to college and raise their future wages than were the much celebrated teachers who boosted students» test scores.

With our culture and our nation's emphasis on high academic achievement, the perception that in order to get into college kids need straight As and perfect test scores, increased course work and more complex curricula, teachers are feeling the pressure to cover more material, and to prepare kids for the next grade.

Studies have shown no statistical difference in test scores of homeschooled children taught by parents who were certified teachers and homeschooled children who were taught by parents without teaching certificates.

Standardized test scores can affect your child's placement, the amount of funding the school receives, teacher evaluations and more.

The «No Child Left Behind» act, signed by President Bush in January, greatly expands federal oversight of public education, mandating annual testing of children in grades 3 through 8 and one grade - level in high school, insisting every classroom teacher be fully certified and setting a 12 - year timetable for closing racial and economic achievement gaps in test scores.

Also, the California State Test scores were often not available until the end of summer or after school started and couldn't be used by teachers to help them make placement decisions.

Education policymakers — including big city mayors such as Chicago's Rahm Emanuel (D)-- see rating teachers by student test scores as reasonable and know voters and big foundations feel the same way.

The type of learning you're describing, with open classroom discussion, a lot of choice for students, inquiry - based learning, projects, it seems at odds with the kind of call - and - response, very teacher - directed style that you see at a lot of so - called «no excuses» charter schools that produce high test scores with disadvantaged populations.

Test score improvement, if assessed over a few years, can identify those at the very top and bottom of the teacher effectiveness scale.

And especially in this moment when we really care a lot about accountability in schools, there has been an increasing emphasis on finding measures — like a student's standardized test scores — to tell us if a teacher is a good teacher.

And yet those teachers, according to Jackson's calculations, were doing more to get their students to college and raise their future wages than were the much - celebrated teachers who boosted students» test scores.

The outcomes were measured by a global hyperactivity aggregate (GHA), scores based on parent and teacher observations, and for 8 and 9 year olds, a computerized attention test.

Breastfed children had higher mean scores on tests of cognitive ability; performed better on standardized tests of reading, mathematics, and scholastic ability; were rated as performing better in reading and mathematics by their class teachers; had higher levels of achievement in school - leaving examinations; and less often left school without educational qualifications.

However, even after control for confounding and selection factors associated with infant feeding practices, increasing duration of breastfeeding was associated with small but significant increases in scores on standardized tests of ability and achievement, teacher ratings of classroom performance, and greater success at high school.

Table 1 shows clear and highly significant (P <.0001) tendencies for increasing duration of breastfeeding to be associated with higher scores on measures of cognitive ability, teacher ratings of performance, standardized tests of achievement, better grades in School Certificate examinations, and lower percentages of children leaving school without qualifications.

On average, children who were breastfed for ≥ 8 months 1) scored between 0.35 and 0.59 SD units higher on standardized tests of ability or achievement and teacher ratings of school performance than children who were not breastfed, and 2) were considerably less likely than nonbreastfed children to leave school without qualifications (relative risk = 0.38; 95 % CI: 0.25, 0.59).

For all applicants, the first task is to fill out the application online and for students in grades 1 - 12 to arrange to have school reports, teacher recommendations, and test scores forwarded to our online admissions portal.

Madeleine emphasized the importance of collaboration and communication; addressing barriers with teachers and principals who express resistance to in - classroom breakfast, and using the facts about breakfast — it improves test scores, and can be implemented with minimal additional work for everyone involved — to create support for the program.

The temporary records, which will otherwise be destroyed in July, includes students» family background information, teacher comments, disciplinary information and test scores.

If you find your child's teacher is the one focusing too much on grades and academics, try asking questions that address the parts of your child that can't be measured by test scores and homework, such as character and friendships.

When small variations in student test scores result in failing ratings for teachers, and that can lead to automatic termination, it forces teachers to teach to the test, rather than teaching for learning.

«The Assembly Majority has heard the concerns of New York's educators and parents and we know that teachers» performance and that of New York's students may not be truly reflected in test scores.

State lawmakers earlier this year agreed to a package of education policy changes that linked test scores to evaluations as well as in - classroom observation and made it more difficult for teachers to obtain tenure.

He has been a booster of charter schools and of using student test scores to rate teachers.

Decoupled the state assessments from teacher evaluations and placed a four - year moratorium on the use of student test scores for evaluation purposes;

Cuomo and lawmakers approve stricter rules raising the portion of teachers» evaluations based on student test scores to approximately 50 percent.

Over the past five years, Duncan has used a combination of financial incentives and regulatory waivers to push the use of teacher performance ratings based partly on student test scores.

Prospective teachers in New York will no longer have to score as high on a qualifying test to obtain teaching certificates now that the Board of Regents has agreed to lower the passing score

«It seems every time she makes a statement, he follows through with what she has to say,» said Tedisco, who added that while he and Nixon likely disagree on most issues, she is «right» to want to decouple the test scores from the teacher evaluations.

Governor Cuomo initially supported a policy that would have required student test scores to count for 50 percent of a teacher's performance evaluation.

In addition, teachers whose students» test scores are consistently low; those who have failed to secure their teaching certificates on time; those who haven't had a permanent position for six months or more; those who've faced department probes leading to substantiated allegations of misconduct; and those granted an extension regarding tenure could also be dismissed.

«It eliminates the secretary's power to grant waivers, which is where the requirement to assess teachers according to their students» test scores is based.»

«The test scores don't always tell the true measure of a teacher's efforts.»

State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie said the Assembly will take up a bill Wednesday to decouple the results of standardized student test scores from teacher evaluations.

Nolan said the measure does not preclude individual school districts from using the test score results as part of their teacher evaluations, if everyone at the school agrees.

State Legislature bans school districts from using student test scores to decide teachers» eligibility for job tenure.

The vote came a few months after the state's teachers unions, closely aligned with the Assembly, claimed a victory in December when the Regents, prompted by the governor and Legislative leaders, placed a moratorium on the use of student test scores in teacher evaluations.

Dr. Rosa's election is an indication of how much both politicians and the public have turned against the policies promoted by Dr. Tisch, including the evaluation of teachers on the basis of state test scores.

Teachers wouldn't be evaluated based on their students» standardized test scores any longer under a measure approved by the New York State Assembly.