Sentences with phrase «teachers pore over»

Using a structured protocol, teachers pore over student work samples from a colleague's specific lesson, such as a third - grade math lesson on bar graphs.

Baldwin students are assessed three times a year, and teachers pore over the children's work to spot strengths and weaknesses.

During the data meeting, teachers pored over a form called an «item analysis template» — downloaded from the ANet web site — that forced them to think through the test questions that had given their kids the most grief.

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In an annual rite of spring, teachers across the state have been poring over millions of booklets full of short answers and essays.

Bad teachers, for example, could benefit from feedback from students, but are much less likely to pore over teaching ratings than skilled teachers.»

They propose lessons, develop assessments, and pore over materials designed to help prepare other teachers in their home schools and districts to implement the standards.

To get into character, Ethan peppered his history teacher with questions, searched the Web for details, and pored over videos to see how Garvey spoke and carried himself.

As advocates pore over the results of teacher surveys being conducted nationally, at the state level, and even at individual schools, observers are beginning to ask questions about how the information can be used to inform policies to improve teachers» working conditions and promote teacher and leadership effectiveness.

That's paid for instructional coaches for teachers, leadership coaches for principals, analysts to pore over student data, and pricey professional - development seminars on changing school culture.

By January, armed with more data, Hardy and her teachers and coaches were really poring over the test results.

And at Public School 24 in the Riverdale neighborhood in the Bronx, a fifth - grade teacher, Walter Rendon, has found himself soothing tense 10 - and 11 - year - olds as they pore over test prep exercises.

Each year, the teams pore over the results of the state test, which are broken down to show every teacher how his or her students performed on every skill and on every test item.

A few simple objects in a shoebox will be all you need to wow your students with science What elementary science teacher hasn't pored over school...

To arrive at the new figures, Abrams pored over teachers» contracts and bell schedules for a sampling of districts where the amount of instructional time is close to the national average — and accounted for days lost to standardized testing, professional development, and other reasons.

In addition to poring over the latest research and data, the team interviewed academics, policymakers, parents, teachers, administrators and, most notably, students statewide to understand the challenges inherent in the postsecondary transition experience.

Tyler Morning Telegraph, June 22, 2016 A half - dozen sixth - grade teachers sat in a circle inside an empty classroom, poring over sheets of data... read more.

The emphasis on improving test scores has overwhelmed every aspect of teachers» work, forcing them to spend precious collaborative time poring over student data rather than having conversations about students and instruction.