This report examines the practices used by schools that received School Improvement Grants (SIG) and schools that did not, examines whether
SIG had an impact on student achievement, and examines whether student achievement improved more with some school intervention models than with others.
Indeed, she provides no evidence, other than the assertions of advocates of the teaching practices extolled in the article, that Japanese teachers changed their instructional practices in the 1990s, or that American teachers did not change theirs, or that any change that occurred in math instruction in either
country had an impact on student achievement.
The literature suggests choice schools might not
have impacts on student achievement as a whole, but they have shown to be beneficial to students of color and students coming from more disadvantaged families (Gleason et.
Schools
leaders have an impact on student achievement primarily through their influence on teachers «motivation and working conditions; their influence on teachers «knowledge and skills produces less impact on student achievement.
The Council of Urban Boards of Education (CUBE) Award for Urban School Board Excellence was created in 2004 to recognize the leadership of urban school districts where effective school board
governance has an impact on student achievement, and this year's winner has more than demonstrated its leadership in reshaping the academic program and the success of its students.
Another study, published in 2006 by Austan Goolsbee and Jonathan Guryan, found that the federal E-Rate program expanded California students» Internet access by 66 percent over four years but did
not have an impact on student achievement (see «World Wide Wonder?»
If charter schools were
having no impact on student achievement, if such schools were merely selecting better students, then it would be an easy choice to vote against the charter cap increase.
Will
this have an impact on student achievement or teacher job satisfaction?
Today there is strong evidence that teacher residency programs are
having an impact on student achievement and teacher retention, improving outcomes for high - need children.
My most meaningful impact on the schools I have served has come when I support teachers with a new program rollout and when I drive change by presenting data on which programs and models are
having an impact on student achievement.
Professional development can
have an impact on student achievement.
Wenglinsky (2000) found that certain types of professional development may
have an impact on student achievement.
Globally, we now know that ``... because principals can
have an impact on student achievement, improving the quality of school leadership is more important than improving the quality of a single teacher's practice.»
The survey, which asks administrators and teachers to rate their school's or district's performance, looks at 68 issues that
have an impact on student achievement.
The instructional coaching programs that were proven to
have an impact on student achievement all had similar characteristics.
The question is, will the Trump administration will use school choice to further fracture Americans from one another (and
have no impact on student achievement) or use school choice so that more families have greater access to quality schools that can improve achievement for all students?