Sentences with phrase «terms of impacting achievement»

We say that the difference between effective and ineffective teachers, at least in terms of raising test scores, isn't so wide since out of school factors dominate in terms of impacting achievement.

Not exact matches

Achievement of these goals was considered by the HRC as very challenging, even aggressive, given the expected modest economic growth for 2007 for the financial services industry, the impact and duration of the on - going flat / inverted yield curve (meaning short - term interest rates that are virtually equal to or exceed long - term interest rates, thus lowering profit margins for financial services companies that borrow cash at short - term rates and lend at long - term rates), potentially higher credit losses, fewer available high - quality, high - yielding loans and investment opportunities, and a consumer shift from non-interest to interest - bearing deposits.

In 1979 television researcher George Comstock, in assessing the impact and achievements of the educational television series «Sesame Street» observed that, «We simply do not know what we thought we did, but the lesson appears to be that too much can be expected from a mass medium even when, by its own terms, it is performing superbly.»

The majority of home visiting services and research have focused on the period prenatally through 2 to 3 years and thus have not measured long - term impacts on school readiness and school achievement.

We are currently following these same students in the hopes of exploring the long - term impact of parents and children interacting around math on children's math attitudes and achievement.»

Benefits to School Life Looking at the lasting impact of LOtC experiences in terms of academic performance, Learning Away's recent research found that school trips resulted in higher academic achievement, with 61 per cent of students achieving higher than their predicted grade following a school trip based on the subject area.

Too much of the assistance that was provided through the law was spread too thinly to have the kind of impact to help schools build the capacity that they needed to improve instruction and see long - term gains in student achievement.

The earnings increase is comparable to the impact of having a teacher at the 87th percentile, in terms of her «value added» to student achievement, versus a teacher at the value - added median (see «Great Teaching,» research, Summer 2012).

Darling - Hammond and co, in Professional Learning in the Learning Profession, define effective professional learning in terms of improved teacher knowledge and instructional practice, but say «the impact on student achievement is a critical indicator.»

By way of comparison, the authors note that the impact of being assigned to a teacher in the top - quartile rather than one in the bottom quartile in terms of their total effect on student achievement as measured by student - test - based measures of teacher effectiveness is seven percentile points in reading and six points in math.

Perhaps the largest long - term impact of the Coleman Report has been its effect on elite opinion about the contribution schools make to student achievement.

In this essay, we document the long - term economic impact of a state's student - achievement levels, which in turn permits us to calculate the economic returns from school improvement.

New empirical work, using better data (e.g., that enable researchers to estimate the relative impact of factors affecting student achievement growth from year to year) and more - sophisticated statistical techniques has, in broad terms, reinforced the Coleman Report conclusion that teacher quality is the most important schooling variable.

But to truly understand the impact they are having on our education system, we need to examine the facts — how they are performing in comparison to schools under local authorities (LAs) in terms of student achievement, wellbeing, level of progression and so on.

The positive impact that outdoor play has on children in terms of concentration and academic achievement means those schools which don't prioritise play could be at a disadvantage

The U.S. Department of Education and numerous other researchers have sought continually to assess the effectiveness of the federal role in education in terms of its impact on the academic achievement of the targeted populations, but much less attention has been given to the effectiveness of the funding approach.

The positive impact that outdoor play has on children in terms of their concentration, academic achievement, physical fitness and overall wellbeing means those schools which don't prioritise play could be at a serious disadvantage.

In terms of achievement impacts, our findings suggest non-trivial gains in student achievement are attainable simply by choosing more effective curriculum materials.

These findings are just the tip of the iceberg in terms of what Exact Path can do to impact achievement and support all kinds of learners, including ELLs.

In terms of impact, we've had significant increase in academic achievement over a very short time.

As reported in the Wall Street Journal, a rigorous long - term study found that TEP produced major achievement impacts, including test score gains equal to an additional 1.6 years of school in math, with significant gains in science and English.

Missing too much school during preschool, kindergarten, and first grade has long - term and costly impacts that lead to widening achievement gaps in later years, according to a study by Attendance Works, a national initiative that promotes awareness about the importance of school attendance.

In terms of specific recommendations for how to assess writing, several practices have been shown to positively impact students» writing achievement.

Further, the evaluation of the D.C. voucher program only assessed one year of achievement data; however, these are similar to the longer - term impacts found in the other three recent rigorous studies compared here.

He explains that simplistic reform efforts, such as Race to the Top and VAM - based teacher evaluation systems, overvalue teacher effects in terms of the actual levels of impact teachers have on student achievement.

He made five overarching points: that's it's possible to implement measures of teacher effectiveness, that LA Unified has a higher ratio of ineffective teachers than school districts studied by other researchers, that a disproportionate number of ineffective teachers in LA Unified serve Latino and African American students, that effective teachers have a causal effect on student achievement and that teachers have long - term impacts not only on student achievement but also lifetime earnings.

It points out that it has taken 50 years to create a vibrant arts culture in Britain that is the envy of the world and appeals to the government not to slash arts funding and risk destroying this long - term achievement and the social and economic benefits it brings to all.The artists acknowledge that reasonable cuts and efficiencies are necessary butthey fear that the 25 % cuts being proposed will destroy much of what has been achieved and will have a particularly damaging impact on national and regional museums and their collections.The campaign is being organised by the London branch of a national consortium of over 2,000 arts organisations and artists dedicated to working together and finding new ways to support the arts in the UK.

Also in 2015, Securian received the Community Impact Award for Long - Term Achievement and was also one of just three finalists for Youth Initiatives Award from Minnesota Business magazine

For job hunters in sales, summarizing their direct impact to the company's profitability is fairly simple, as they can state achievements in terms of revenue or sales increases.