Sentences with phrase «to affect student outcomes»

If the main way that schools affect student outcomes is through the quality of their teachers, we need to do everything we can to support teachers.

Teaching is the number one in - school factor affecting student outcomes.

The opportunity gap that exists between students who have access to computers at home for academic purposes and those who do not affects student outcomes considerably.

This window into how public schools are funded and what they spend their money on should help educators, parents, and the public see how differences in resources and spending affect student outcomes.

Yes — and that difference can affect student outcome on assessments.

Clearly, both the student population and the quality of instruction affect student outcomes, and policies should take both factors into consideration.

Importantly, with the recognition of the importance of teacher quality has come a new interest in how labor laws and teacher contracts affect student outcomes.

In a series of reports released between 2003 and 2005... the answers emerged: the program didn't affect student outcomes.

Experienced teachers also positively affect student outcomes and other factors such as attendance (Kini & Podolsky, 6/16).

His first book, Whatever it Takes, examined how neighborhoods affect student outcomes through the lens of the life work of Geoffrey Canada, founder of Harlem Children's Zone.

The lack of support many Black teachers feel also affects student outcomes with research showing «that teachers» rate of improvement over time also depends on the supportiveness of their professional working environment» (Kini & Podolsky, 6/16).

Does the diversity gap affect student outcomes?

These findings also illustrate vividly the problem introduced by the Coleman analytical approach: finding that measured teacher differences have limited ability to explain variations in student achievement is very different from concluding that schools and teachers can not powerfully affect student outcomes.

These studies still leave plenty of open questions, including whether the estimated effects are robust to more rigorous methods of evaluation, and whether the reforms affect student outcomes beyond grades in the «gateway» college - level course.

We will also be able to observe the evolution of public school markets over time, to see if competitive pressures result in more differentiation or a drift toward imitation — and how such trends affect student outcomes.

The video discusses the field's evolution, describes how learning mindsets affect student outcomes, and describes the role the network plays to expand and publicize new interdisciplinary research on how learning environments shape the mindsets students develop.

Does external accountability affect student outcomes?

Researchers investigated how student participation in a theater class that put the students in charge of creating and implementing a theater piece affected student outcomes, such as classroom and library attendance, motivation to write, attitude toward school, and self esteem.

Classrooms that start the year without a full - time teacher can fall behind schedule, which possibly affects student outcomes.

It focuses on what is happening across the many functions of schools and systems that ultimately affect student outcomes, including teaching and learning, resource allocation, school climate and culture, governance, and management.

Try to think of an education policy that 1) has been shown, in dozens of studies across multiple decades, to positively affect student outcomes; 2) has the overwhelming support of parents and voters; 3) reinforces many other policies and facilitates quality research; and 4) has been used widely at the district, state, and national levels for decades or more.

Because recessions may affect student outcomes through channels other than school budgets (such as parental employment or neighborhood crime), the Shores and Steinberg result likely reflects all ill - effects of the recession rather than those through reduced per - pupil spending per se.

Since the Coleman Report, many have questioned whether public school spending affects student outcomes.

National data backs up the finding, suggesting significant nonfinancial factors affect student outcomes.

The best of this work has taken advantage of the lottery - based admissions processes used by many school - choice programs, enabling researchers to draw far stronger conclusions about how schools affect student outcomes than the methods Coleman employed, which relied on simple regression techniques to adjust for differences in students» family background.

Poor planning tools could affect student outcomes.

When estimating the effect of a teacher's gender, I use standard statistical techniques to adjust for the effect of several other teacher and classroom characteristics that may affect student outcomes.

They are the most important thing outside of family background that affects student outcomes.

It is not clear whether states and localities will consequently focus less attention on teacher quality, but if this is the outcome, policymakers will have failed to internalize the important lesson of both the Coleman Report and subsequent research: the main way that schools affect student outcomes is through the quality of their teachers.

Still other changes, such as more rigorous evaluation of teachers, are still emerging, and thus too new to understand how they may have affected student outcomes.

Whether your school is new to iPads or needs to understand how to integrate them across the curriculum to affect student outcome, this programme can be tailored to the needs of your school.

These studies examined teacher leadership relative to other school leaders, such as principals, as part of a school culture that affects student outcomes.

about Minnesota School Boards Association Winner of NSBA 2016 Innovation Award for Pursuit of Innovation to Affect Student Outcomes

Track both attendance and class participation to determine what factors could be affecting student outcome.

Last week I described two broad research strategies that might help us analyze our complex education system so that we could predict how education policy changes ought to affect student outcomes, and thereby select optimal policy changes.

Principals don't order air strikes (fortunately), but we do make decisions that frame staff behaviors and affect student outcomes.

Indeed, DreamBox is the only K — 8 math curriculum proven by multiple third - party studies to positively affect student outcomes.

«Teachers are the single most important in - school factor affecting student outcomes.

Still, state - level processes can and do affect student outcomes.

«When principals demonstrate the ability to respond to the needs of the staff, teachers feel supported and they have a greater belief in their collective ability to affect student outcomes.