Sentences with phrase «whether differences in student performance»

With just a single year of data [41] there is no way to know whether differences in student performance across schools are due to school factors or differences in the average quality of teachers.

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In a study that examined whether some countries are particularly effective at teaching students from disadvantaged backgrounds, Eric A. Hanushek, Paul E. Peterson, and Ludger Woessmann find little difference in the rank order of countries by the performance of students from families where a parent had a college education and the rank order of countries by the performance of students whose parents had no more than a high school diplomIn a study that examined whether some countries are particularly effective at teaching students from disadvantaged backgrounds, Eric A. Hanushek, Paul E. Peterson, and Ludger Woessmann find little difference in the rank order of countries by the performance of students from families where a parent had a college education and the rank order of countries by the performance of students whose parents had no more than a high school diplomin the rank order of countries by the performance of students from families where a parent had a college education and the rank order of countries by the performance of students whose parents had no more than a high school diploma.

To eliminate the effects of any chance differences in performance caused by other observable characteristics, our analysis takes into account students» age, gender, race, and eligibility for the free lunch program; whether they had been assigned to a small class; and whether they were assigned to a teacher of the same race — which earlier research using these same data found to have a large positive effect on student performance (see «The Race Connection,» Spring 2004).

Simply comparing performance based on whether a student's district school is or is not located within one mile of a charter school could be misleading given differences in where charter schools are located.

Two weeks ago I argued that it will be difficult to evaluate whether adopting the Common Core standards is, overall, a good move, because so many factors go into student outcomes (and interact with one another) that a positive change in one factor might yield no difference in student performance.

Though Brizard touts improvements in graduation rates and test scores among his accomplishments in his 3 1/2 years, opinion is sharply divided on whether he has made a significant difference in the performance of the district's largely low - income black and Latino students....