Not exact matches
It has also reviewed hundreds of thousands of reports to aid in distinguishing the best - quality research
from weaker work, including studies on such subjects as the effectiveness of charter
schools and merit pay for
teachers, which have informed the ongoing debate about these issues.
Research
from inside and outside the ed
school consistently shows that
teacher education is an extraordinarily
weak intervention in the process of socializing
teachers, whose main influences are a long apprenticeship of observation as K - 12 students before entering
teacher education and the powerful culture of the
school in which they begin to teach.
The abundance of stories
from teachers about how motivated
weak readers have become, and how much better those kids feel about themselves as a result of being included in reading the core texts and doing the work of the unit, is — without question — a summative finding of the Knowledge Matters
School Tour.
Priorities there have shifted
from providing assistance to
schools with
weak performance (primarily using retired professionals and
teachers on loan) to targeting districts in distress.
Reducing class size is extremely popular among parents and
teachers, though research has shown
weak effects
from modest class size reductions and
schools sometimes struggle to find qualified
teachers and classroom space to create new classes.
Illinois, on the other hand, uses student and
teacher data
from the 5Essentials Survey to differentiate
schools.65 A 10 - year Chicago study found that
schools that were strong in at least three of the five survey elements — which include effective leaders, collaborative
teachers, supportive environment, involved families, and ambitious instruction — were significantly more likely to improve student learning than
schools that were
weaker in these domains.66