Sentences with phrase «teachers scored low»

NEW YORK (Reuters Health)- Preschool teachers scored low on a nutrition knowledge quiz and seemed to have unhealthy eating habits themselves, researchers found in a small study.

For both the 1993 and 2000 cohorts, teachers score lower on average than nonteachers among both STEM majors and non-STEM majors, in some cases by as much as 7 SAT percentile rank points (see Figure 2).

In other words, a strong correlation noted in just one group of teachers (i.e., teachers scoring the lowest on their value - added and observational indicators in this case) can be relatively stronger than the «weak» correlation observed on average or overall.

Not exact matches

Schools receive points based on the following weighted ranking: 33.5 % reputation (higher is better), 20.5 % classroom experience (student - teacher ratio and cohort diversity), 13 % average GMAT scores (higher is better), 13 % tuition (lower is better), 13 % required work experience (more is better) and 7 % program length (shorter is better).

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.

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.

Whatever level of the bureaucracy you inhabit, when your success depends on rising scores, it's hard to take steps that will serve only to lower those scores — whether that means blowing the whistle on a fellow teacher or launching an investigation of the whole system.

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.

However, teacher - rated reading, writing and subjects other than mathematics all scored lower in the exclusively breastfed group (all p ≤ 0.033).

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

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.

UPPER EAST SIDE — Republican mayoral contender Joe Lhota wants to give teachers a pay boost for everything from improving kids» test scores to teaching in low - performing schools.

The plan was carefully constructed so as not to undermine the teacher performance evaluation system, though it does call for low scoring teachers to be able to use implementation problems in their defense as they fight for their jobs.

After a long campaign by the union, Cuomo signaled he'd be willing to amend the ratings to shield teachers from low student scores on Common Core - aligned exams, which the governor has said were «premature.»

Tisch said she opposed the move to «decouple» students» test scores from teachers» job ratings on grounds that it might detract from state efforts to improve instruction in low - performing school districts.

Former NYU president John Sexton lashed out at the New York City public school system, asserting that the system's teachers have lower SAT scores than some of the students they teach.

Persistently struggling schools have scored low in student and teacher performance for nearly a decade while schools identified as struggling have only seen low marks over the past few years.

Tenure is linked to teacher performance on the evaluations and low - scoring teachers could be fired regardless of tenure.

State education officials are eyeing a plan that could «recalibrate» — and presumably lower — passing scores on a challenging new teacher licensing exam that has produced a failure rate of more than 20 percent since it was introduced statewide in 2015.

In the last days of the 2014 legislative session, Cuomo negotiated with New York State United Teachers for a temporary solution, introduced a program bill creating a «safety net» for educators whose ratings were detrimentally affected by students» low Common Core test scores and advanced the legislation with a «message of necessity,» allowing lawmakers to pass it before gaveling out for the summer.

«We have to deal with the issue of the effect of Common Core testing on teacher evaluations,» Cuomo said Tuesday at a news conference on the state budget, referring to the tougher curriculum standards adopted by the state that produced sharply lower scores on standardized tests in New York last year.

The lawmakers, concerned with a backlash not just from the teachers but in some cases from vocal parent - constituents, appear to have followed the union's lead: The moratorium, which has been a major legislative priority of New York State United Teachers, would essentially hold harmless teachers, principals and students from low test scores on Common Core - aligned exams for twteachers but in some cases from vocal parent - constituents, appear to have followed the union's lead: The moratorium, which has been a major legislative priority of New York State United Teachers, would essentially hold harmless teachers, principals and students from low test scores on Common Core - aligned exams for twTeachers, would essentially hold harmless teachers, principals and students from low test scores on Common Core - aligned exams for twteachers, principals and students from low test scores on Common Core - aligned exams for two years.

Test scores remain low and teacher evaluations a joke.

In his State of the State address, Mr. Cuomo argued that rooting half of a teacher's evaluation in student test scores and the other half on observation is the only way to improve stubbornly low pupil performance rates.

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

Fact: schools with high minority populations and low test scores have more teachers with unsatisfactory ratings.

Officials from several states criticized the scoring of the contest, which favored states able to gain support from 100 percent of school districts and local teachers» unions for Obama administration objectives like expanding charter schools, reworking teacher evaluation systems and turning around low - performing schools.

Teachers say those dismal student scores are reflections of a new testing system that dramatically lowered performance.

The state committed to adopting the Common Core standards, tying teacher evaluations to test scores, turning around or closing low - performing schools and increasing the number of charter schools, among other things.

The Department of Education accused the UFT of trying to «politicize» the issue after it argued that the lower scores undermined the mayor's claims of educational progress and showed that the DOE had not done enough to train teachers for the new standards.

Cuomo maintains that too many teachers are getting great evaluations despite students scoring low on standardized tests.

Although there were no significant differences in teacher or parent rating scores between the zinc and placebo group in phase 1 or 2 of the trial, data from phase three showed that the group receiving zinc 15 mg twice a day required a 37 % lower dosage of AMPH when compared to placebo [18,48].

But ever since becoming a federally funded turnaround school in 2010, these meetings have become cherished time for the teachers and, according to Nolan, one of the key reasons their elementary school — once one of the lowest achieving in Boston — has seen significant gains on test scores.

Though we do not have data on every aspect of teachers» working conditions, we do know certain characteristics of their students that many believe affect the teaching conditions at a school: the percentage of low - income students at the school (as estimated by the percentage eligible for a subsidized lunch), the shares of students who are African - American or Hispanic, average student test scores, and class sizes.

For instance, data may show that the students who pass through one teacher's class consistently score lower on state achievement tests than the students in another teacher's class.

The results of this analysis confirm that teachers are more likely to leave districts with low average achievement scores.

Because test scores will be used to penalize low - scoring schools, they will act as high - stakes tests for teachers and administrators especially in schools serving high proportions of poor and minority students.

If a teacher's apparent success was due to his or her students (and not to the teacher's talent and skill), then we should not see scores move when a particularly high value - added (or low value - added) teacher moves between schools or grades.

Although the retention rates for TFA and VIF are low, it's worth noting that teachers who come through those preparation routes are better at raising student reading and math scores.

«Minimally effective» teachers whose scores were closest to the «effective» threshold were less likely to leave than those with lower scores; about one in four teachers whose scores were within 25 points of the «effective» threshold chose to leave their jobs, compared to about one in three whose scores were more than 25 points below.

The system also sets swift consequences for teachers with very low or very high scores.

It's powerful for grading, allowing teachers to excuse kids from assignments, enter grades in a variety of ways (letter, percent, etc.), drop lowest scores and even curve an assignment's grading.

Were teachers, we wanted to know, focusing their attention on either high - achieving or low - achieving students in an effort to meet target scores?

«Compared with their self - protective peers, selfless teachers saw significantly lower student achievement scores on standardized assessments at the end of the year,» the two reported.

The tight timetable for approval and implementation of the plan may not have left enough time to address teacher concerns — such as the possible loss of pay for some veteran teachers if they had lower evaluation scores.

Students with multiple teachers scored, on average, slightly lower in both math and reading relative to students with one teacher.

Administrators and teachers can also take advantage of the Report Card items to identify both individual students and classrooms that need additional help, e.g., a classroom in which a lot of students are receiving low scores on self - management skills is a classroom in which the teacher needs help in classroom management.

These functions include the ease with which teachers and other adults who are regularly around individual students can directly observe the soft skills they are expected to support, the clear implications for intervention suggested by low scores on a particular skill by a particular student or group of students, the signals sent to administrators about teachers and groups of students who may need additional help, and the usefulness in communicating with parents.

For example, we would not expect a student who receives a low score from a teacher on October 14 for the ability to listen to and follow teacher directions to receive a high score from the same teacher for the same item on October 28.

While girls do as well as or better than boys when teachers assign grades in all three subjects, they score significantly lower on both the math and