Most of the states that first endorsed the Common Core academic standards are still using them in some form, despite continued debate over whether they are
improving student performance in reading and math.
Schools that fail to make «adequate yearly progress» in
improving student performance on standardized reading and math tests for two years in a row are subject to the act's sanctions.
This academically challenging instructional program, accompanied by ongoing and intensive professional development and mentoring of teachers, dramatically
improves student performance at all grade levels in reading, writing, and language arts.
He found the studies linking school breakfast
with improved student performance compelling, and brought the idea to his superintendent, who was new to the position in the previous school year.
It must be challenging to be pressed to
improve student performance while working with fewer personnel and with budget limitations on everything from supplies to equipment.
The association provides research - based professional development and resources, networking, and advocacy to build the capacity of middle level and high school leaders to
continually improve student performance.
After six years of earning an F, school districts can create their own plan to
improve student performance by using existing resources in the district or community.
If principals are evaluated primarily on other grounds than student achievement, they will not necessarily make decisions that are consistent
with improving student performance.
Kamras's hands - on efforts to
improve student performance included convincing his principal to double the instructional time for math and redesigning the math curriculum to emphasize the increasing use of technology, address all learning styles and put instruction into a real - world context.
In second - round studies in Washington and in Wisconsin, we found several schools that have dramatically
improved student performance using approaches similar to those recommended in our evidence - based reports.
Teachers in 21 Kentucky schools and five districts are now eligible for cash rewards for
improved student performance as a result of corrected scores on the 1996 state assessment.
«We've heard it from students, professors and institutional leaders — our adaptive learning
technologies improve student performance and help institutions with critical issues such as engagement and retention,» said Brian Kibby, president of McGraw - Hill Higher Education, in a press release.
Similarly, a report titled Tech Tonic: Towards a New Literacy of Technology, put out by the Alliance for Childhood last September, asserts that there's inadequate evidence to support claims that video
games improve student performance, while overreliance on technology is contributing to rising childhood - obesity rates.