The Key to Evaluating Teachers: Ask Kids What They Think The Washington Post, February 23, 2013 «So for 40 years, we have known that when similar students enter different teachers» classrooms, they come out with
very different achievement.
Thomas Kane: So for 40 years, we have known that when similar students enter different teachers» classrooms, they come out with
very different achievement.
Not exact matches
The
very simple CNN poll was
different from the questions posed in the study and was based on more educational
achievement and socioeconomic status than anything.
And while I'm proud of all that and more, the
achievements I strive for now are
very different.
Am never one to excuse our continuous failings and Wenger's general ineptitude but all this talk of Afobe been another one we missed out on is a bit preposterous and
very very premature... yes he's scored a few goals for Bournemouth but can we all take a step bck and recognise that playing for a team who will be happy just to avoid relegation is
very different from playing for a club which demands trophies and high
achievements every season (yea, I know we have been found wanting on these fronts for a long time)... some players are better in small clubs with limited expectations and
very neat to no pressure... that is why history is littered with stories of good players who went to big clubs and flopped only to go down a few levels and find their form again....
We were
very pleased that all of the team members received equal playing time at numerous
different positions throughout each game, and each player was readily recognized for their contributions to the team along with individual
achievements.
For this, let's look at two games that have two
very different outcomes in terms of narrative
achievement: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and Borderlands 1.
In the end, the teacher professionalism agenda has functioned like a black hole, sucking in much of the available energy, attention, and funds and leaving little for other reforms - not just other teacher - related reforms (such as those urged by the Excellence Commission), but also a
very different list of changes (technology, choice programs, preschool, new curricula) that might prove more effective and economical as strategies for boosting pupil
achievement.
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.
It is important to emphasize the difference between teachers acting individually and as part of a union, for these settings may have
very different consequences for student
achievement.
But when similar results emerge from the evaluations of school voucher programs in three
very different cities, we can be fairly confident that the intervention is the main cause of the differences in
achievement.
Because of the way tracking was done (splitting the grade into two classes at the median baseline test score), the two students closest to the median within each school were assigned to classes where the average prior
achievement of their classmates was
very different.
And all of this is so important, because we know that students in the same year of school or students at the same age are
very,
very different in their levels of
achievement.
After extensive and thorough review of student transcripts from
different schools, they came to a conclusion which suggests that the inclusion of technology in education can
very well improve student
achievements.
No Child Left Behind was imperfect, as all laws created by men and women are, but the law created a
very different landscape, where now we are attending to
achievement gaps in a
very different way.
Despite the two schools» similar student populations, their 2003
achievement results revealed two
very different pictures.
The research team deemed this a high - utility technique because it has been proven in several studies to be
very effective across students of
different ages utilizing it with a variety of materials, and on most measures of
achievement, even over long delays.
The picture is
very different in countries that rank highly in both the TALIS survey and in student
achievement on international tests.
The No Child Left Behind version of ESEA established a
very different aim — closing the
achievement gap.
«The number of states that have moved so far forward on teacher evaluation is just striking — more than 40 states now require student
achievement to be a factor in teacher evaluations is
very different from where we were before,» Sandi Jacobs, the group's vice president, said in an interview.
Did you know there are four
different reader profiles — and those four profiles have
very different levels of
achievement?
Moreover, most tests are not designed to compare the learning gains of students who start at
very different levels of
achievement.
Simply put, our current technology for constructing tests does not allow us to make strong claims about the relative gains of students who start from
very different places in the
achievement distribution.
The plans focuses on schools ranked among the
very lowest performers on state tests, now called Priority Schools, or those with the widest gaps in
achievement between
different racial groups and other groups of children, labeled as Focus Schools.
It is intrinsic to their
achievements, which are at once
very different and similarly audacious, improvisational and generously open - ended.
For the average person, attaining this level of
achievement while adjusting to life in a
very different, far away country would be rightly seen as a tremendous accomplishment.
The landscape paintings of Max Beckmann (1884 - 1950) are increasingly understood as fundamental to his
achievement, equivalent in stature to his portraits but operating as the ground for a
very different side of Beckmann's sensibility.
[94] The plaintiff no doubt hoped to do well, but hope and
achievement are
very different.
Although the three courts encounter
very different legal and political problems and have widely divergent records of
achievement (meaning that the «implant» has been sometimes rejected), they appear to share, as a result of their derivation from a common «prototype», a strong commitment to promoting respect for human rights and to holding member states accountable.
The body of this section is
very subjective and depends on how many jobs you have and how similar or
different the tasks, responsibilities and
achievements are for each company, or for each position you held at one employer.
Quantifying your
achievements in a resume is
very important — not for yourself only but because you need to be able to connect with the reader on several
different levels.
Success in education may look
very different for
different children, but we believe the progress and
achievement of all children must be valued equally and celebrated.