Sentences with phrase «where achievement test scores»

In this study we test the performance of some nonexperimental estimators of impacts applied to an educational intervention — reduction in class size — where achievement test scores were the outcome.

Not exact matches

We have found that eliminating valedictorian status and class rankings has reduced stress at certain schools — especially those where achievement in the form of grades and test scores and college admission rates is valued above all other traits.

But for Core proponents, the timing couldn't be worse: Just as states began implementing the new standards, 40 states receiving No Child waivers are also launching new systems to evaluate teachers, which will incorporate some measures of student achievement, including, where available, scores from standardized tests.

As an example of the limitation of this measure, note that the United States is coded as a country where teacher salaries can be adjusted for outstanding performance in teaching on the grounds that salary adjustments are possible for achieving the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards certification or for increases in student achievement test scores.

The school board decided to require the two - hour reading block at 59 elementary and 12 middle schools where students average scores of 25 or less on the Stanford Achievement Test.

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.

The legislation also, as Layton reported, «require states to intervene with «evidence - based» programs in schools where student test scores are in the lowest 5 percent, where achievement gaps are greatest, and in high schools where fewer than two - thirds of students graduate on time.»

At a gardenless charter school called Cal Prep, where 92 percent of the students are black or Latino, where the focus is on academic achievement, and where test scores have been rising steadily.»

Over the border in Georgia, Gwinnett County has developed a «Results - Based Evaluation System,» in which fully 70 percent of the score for schools and their principals is tied to student achievement, as assessed by indicators including standardized test scores and measures of where schools are in closing the achievement gap.

They are blamed when achievement scores are down and ignored when test scores are up; even in New York City, the nation's largest school district, where classes begin on Sept. 8.

Most impressive is a new requirement that states intervene in schools where student test scores are in the lowest 5 percent, where achievement gaps are greatest and in high schools where fewer than 67 percent of students graduate on time.

The other half of the rating will combine measures of student achievement, including growth on standardized tests, scores for the building where a teacher works, and other elements like district - level assessments or student surveys.

These are institutions where the average test scores of incoming students indicate that they admit a wide range of students in terms of academic preparation and achievement.

He cites a study that my research team recently completed of the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program (MPCP), where high - stakes test - based accountability was added requirement to the long - running voucher program in 2010 - 11, and the achievement scores for voucher students surged in relation to the comparison public school students that year.

Increasing the rigor of standards and, subsequently, the demand of tests, will likely increase the proportion of cases where classroom observation scores and student achievement results align to identify similar teachers as effective.