School Districts and Student Achievement

2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 378-398 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew M. Chingos ◽  
Grover J. Whitehurst ◽  
Michael R. Gallaher
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Student Achievement ◽  
School Districts ◽  
Education Reform ◽  
Linear Models ◽  
Decomposition Analysis ◽  
The United States ◽  
Fifth Grade ◽  
Fifth Grade Students ◽  
Variance Decomposition Analysis

School districts are a focus of education reform efforts in the United States, but there is very little existing research about how important they are to student achievement. We fill this gap in the literature using 10 years of student-level, statewide data on fourth- and fifth-grade students in Florida and North Carolina. A variance decomposition analysis based on hierarchical linear models indicates that districts account for only a small share (1 to 2 percent) of the total variation in student achievement. Nevertheless, the differences between lower- and higher-performing districts are large enough to be of practical and policy significance, with a one standard deviation difference in district effectiveness corresponding to about 0.11 standard deviations in student achievement (about nine weeks of schooling). District performance is generally stable over time, but there are examples of districts that have shown significant increases or decreases in performance.

scholarly journals Penerapan Model Student Teams Achievement Divission Untuk Meningkatkan Hasil Belajar IPS Pada Siswa Kelas V SD Inpres 4/82 Walian

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Silvani Montol
Keyword(s):  
Student Achievement ◽  
Social Studies ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Mastery Learning ◽  
Student Learning Outcomes ◽  
Fifth Grade ◽  
Fifth Grade Students ◽  
Student Teams ◽  
The Social

This study aims to improve social studies learning outcomes in fifth grade students of Inpres 4/82 elementary school Walian through the Implementation of the Student Teams Achievement Divission Model. This study uses a classroom action research method consisting of 4 stages: planning, implementing / acting, observing and reflecting. Then to determine student learning outcomes can be calculated using the mastery learning formula. The results obtained in the first cycle reached 65.4% while in the second cycle the results obtained reached 87.8%. Thus it can be concluded that by applying the Student Achievement Achievement Divission model can improve the social learning outcomes of fifth grade students of SD Inpres 4/82 Walian..

scholarly journals AN EXAMINATION OF ONE FACTOR IN SCHOOL REFORM: INCREASED TEACHER ACCOUNTABILITY IN TWO URBAN SCHOOL DISTRICTS

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (27) ◽  
pp. 329-344
Author(s):  
Nadine Bonda
Keyword(s):  
Student Achievement ◽  
School Districts ◽  
School Reform ◽  
Standardized Testing ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
The United States ◽  
Urban School Districts ◽  
Case Study Approach ◽  
Study Approach

Beginning in 2009, and with the passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, school districts across the United States began to be held to higher standards and their progress publicly reported.  Student achievement began to be measured by standardized testing and great efforts were being made to reduce the achievement gap. This paper is based on a five-year study of teacher evaluation in two urban districts in Massachusetts where improving teacher practice was seen as an important factor in raising student achievement. This research studied efforts to address those teachers who were identified as underperforming and were supported through individual improvement plans.  This paper used a case study approach to show what the practices of a sampling of these teachers looked like, teachers’ reactions to being rated unsatisfactory, and teachers’ reactions to the improvement planning process.

scholarly journals PENGARUH PERHATIAN ORANG TUA TERHADAP PRESTASI BELAJAR SISWA KELAS V SD NEGERI 1 KALIWUNGU KUDUS

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edgar Aufar Zulfahmi ◽  
Masturi Masturi
Keyword(s):  
Student Achievement ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Fifth Grade ◽  
Learning Achievement ◽  
Fifth Grade Students ◽  
Analysis Technique ◽  
Level Of Significance ◽  
Variable Influence ◽  
Positive Effect

The attitudes and attention of parents, both father and mother, towards their children in learning activities will have a positive effect on learning outcomes. Parents attention can be shown by communication. Communication made by parents to their children in an atmosphere of intimacy by asking about their learning at school or the difficulties they face can help children in learning. People who supervise their children's education will be able to find out student achievement so that parents can take action against their children if the child's learning achievement decreases. The research methodology includes the location of this research is SD Negeri Kaliwungu Kudus. The population as well as the sample of all fifth grade students of SD Negeri 1 Kaliwungu Kudus totaled 25 students. In this study. Data collection techniques using observation, questionnaires, documentation, interviews. The data analysis technique used simple lineier regression analysis. The results of the F test obtained F results of 50.612 with a significance of 0.00 so that it can be concluded that there is a variable influence of people's attention on student achievement variables, with the conclusion that if F count is greater than F table or the level of significance / probability is 0.000 <0.05. then the null hypothesis (Ho) is rejected, the Work Hypothesis (Ha) which says there is a variable influence of parental attention on student learning achievement variables is accepted

PENERAPAN MODEL QUANTUM TEACHING UNTUK MENINGKATKAN KEMANDIRIAN DAN PRESTASI BELAJAR SISWA PADA MATA PELAJARAN MATEMATIKA MATERI KESEBANGUNAN DAN SIMETRI

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruli Nur Alfian Zaki
Keyword(s):  
Student Achievement ◽  
Student Evaluation ◽  
Mastery Learning ◽  
Class Action ◽  
Fifth Grade ◽  
Learning Achievement ◽  
Average Value ◽  
Fifth Grade Students ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Evaluation Sheet

Interviews and observations showed low learning achievement of independence and fifth-grade students of SD Negeri 2 Tinggarjaya, so this research aims to improve the independence and student achievement in the subjects of Mathematics material congruency and symmetry. This research is the subject of a class action that takes fifth-grade students with a number of 30 students consisting of 12 men and 18 women. This study uses a model of Quantum Teaching is carried out2cycles, each cycle consisting of 2 meetings. Each cycle consists of planning, implementation, observation/observation, and reflection. Based on the result obtained in the first cycle, students' independence as much as79,58% with both criteria and the second cycles much as89,18%, thus increasing the criterion very well, while the acquisition of student achievement obtained in the first cycle the average value of the class of 58,67 with passing grade is achieved only 60%. in the second cycle, the acquisition of student achievement obtained an average value of 89,25class with mastery learning reaches 88,9%. The collection of data through questionnaires and student evaluation sheet, Quantum Teaching shows that the model can improve the independence and student achievement in the subjects of Mathematics material congruency and symmetry.

scholarly journals Ecological Systems and Complexity Theory: Toward an Alternative Model of Accountability in Education

2008 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Eileen S. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Student Achievement ◽  
School Districts ◽  
Complexity Theory ◽  
Alternative Model ◽  
Linear Models ◽  
Ecological Systems ◽  
Contextual Theory ◽  
Accountability In Education ◽  
Individual School ◽  
Research And Policy

The call for accountability within education has led to the increased examination of the academic achievement of students across the nation. Too often, however, schools and school districts are scrutinized by means of overly simplistic linear models that fail to consider the complexity of interactions that result in student achievement. This paper postulates that student achievement is instead best understood as a developmental outcome that emerges as a result of interactions among layers within a complex system. Organizations such as schools can be modeled using Bronfenbrenner’s ecological systems and analyzed using complexity theory as an appropriate and useful alternative to the linear models that often form the basis of educational research and policy. Key elements of both Bronfenbrenner’s ecological-contextual theory and complexity are explained and applied at the level of an individual school.

School Bond Referendum, Capital Expenditure, and Student Achievement

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kai Hong
Keyword(s):  
Student Achievement ◽  
School Districts ◽  
Factor Model ◽  
Capital Expenditure ◽  
Current System ◽  
The United States ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Confounding Variables ◽  
School Bond ◽  
Bond Referendum

AbstractIn the United States, the reform of the financial system of capital expenditure is under consideration, as people believe the current system through local referenda contributes to inequality in student achievement across school districts. Several studies using a regression discontinuity design (RDD) find zero to modest positive effects of capital expenditure on student achievement; however, these studies identify only the effect of capital expenditure financed by a marginally passed bond with a vote share at the cutoff. In this paper I estimate the average effect of capital expenditure on student achievement by incorporating a latent factor model into the existing RDD framework, and comparing school districts that are similar in their underlying confounding variables, namely preferences for educational investment. The results show that, on average, capital expenditure financed by a passed bond does not have significant effect on student achievement.

scholarly journals The Use Of Demonstration Method In Magnetic Media To Improve Students Activity At The Fifth Grade Student In Sd Negeri 08 Pinang Sebatang Timur In Kecamatan Tualang Kabupaten Siak

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 132-139
Author(s):  
Mahyar Mahyar
Keyword(s):  
Student Achievement ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
Fifth Grade ◽  
Grade Student ◽  
Average Value ◽  
Fifth Grade Students ◽  
Improve Student Achievement ◽  
Classroom Action Research

Students are accustomed to memorizing facts, principles, formulas, laws and problems given by the teacher, thus understanding the concept tends to be low. Description of daily test value obtained from 25 students that is, the average value of 54.80 with the percentage of the value reached 48% only KKM. From the description above we need the new treatments to improve student achievement and learning activities. In order to improve learning outcomes, it can be improved through demonstration methods and media in the form of real objects that exist around, so that students no longer have difficulty in understanding the material. Based on the above, then that becomes the problem in this study can be formulated as follows: 1) Do the media magnets, magnetic objects, cable and battery can improve student achievement at the fifth grade student in SD Negeri 08 Pinang sebatang Timur Kecamatan Tualang Kabupaten Siak about making magnets ? 2) Does the demonstration method can improve students' learning activities at the fifth grade students in SD Negeri 08 Pinang sebatang Timur Kecamatan Tualang Kabupaten Siak about making a magnet? The subject in this classroom action research is a fifth grade students of SDN 08 Pinang sebatang Timur Kecamatan Tualang Kabupaten Siak at the second semester in the academic year 2014/2015 the number of students 25 people, consisting of 9 men and 16 women with different levels of ability to understand the lesson. Classroom action research was carried out in SDN 08 Pinang sebatang Timur Kecamatan Tualang Kabupaten Siak. Researchers take this location or place with the consideration of working at the school concerned, making it easier in search of data, the opportunity of time wide and subject of the research that is in accordance with the profession researchers. Based on the results above we concluded that the application of methods of demonstration can improve student learning outcomes in science subjects in SDN 08 Pinang sebatang Timur Kecamatan Tualang Kabupaten Siak in second semester of 2014/2015.

Predicting and Modeling Superintendent Turnover

2003 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 328-346 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerald L. Natkin ◽  
Bruce S. Cooper ◽  
James A. Alborano ◽  
Art Padilla ◽  
Sujit K. Ghosh
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
School Districts ◽  
Postgraduate Education ◽  
The United States ◽  
Management Support ◽  
Poverty Level ◽  
Superintendent Turnover ◽  
Superintendent Tenure ◽  
Random Samples ◽  
Using Data

This study examines the longevity in office of superintendents in 292 school districts, using data from the period 1975-99. Random samples of districts from across the United States, as well as all school districts from North Carolina, were studied. Data were analyzed by survival analysis techniques, using information on superintendents, districts, and school boards as predictors. Superintendent tenure has not changed significantly since 1975-79, averaging 6–7 years over the whole period. Significantly related to survival in office were level of school board involvement in management, support for needed construction, merger of school systems, district poverty level, and superintendent postgraduate education.

scholarly journals PENINGKATAN KEDISIPLINAN DAN PRESTASI BELAJAR SISWA MELALUI STRATEGI BERBAGI PENGETAHUAN SECARA AKTIF BERBANTUAN MACROMEDIA FLASH

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 102
Author(s):  
Shindia Dendri Pratiwi ◽  
Aji Heru Muslim ◽  
Sri Harmianto
Keyword(s):  
Student Achievement ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Student Learning ◽  
Fifth Grade ◽  
Average Score ◽  
Learning Achievement ◽  
Fifth Grade Students ◽  
Planning Implementation ◽  
Classroom Action Research

Abstrak: Penelitian tindakan kelas ini bertujuan untuk meningkatkan kedisiplinan dan prestasi belajar siswa pada tema 7 peristiwa dalam kehidupan melalui strategi berbagi pengetahuan secara aktif berbantu macromedia flash untuk siswa kelas V SD N kalikidang. Penelitian ini terdiri dari dua siklus dan masing-masing siklus terdiri dari dua pertemuan, setiap siklusnya terdiri dari empat tahapan yaitu perencanaan, pelaksanaan, observasi dan refleksi. Hasil penelitian pada tema 7 peristiwa dalam kehidupan melalui strategi berbagi pengetahuan secara aktif berbantu macromedia flash menunjukkan adanya peningkatan kedisiplinan dan prestasi belajar siswa. Kedisiplinan pada siklus I memperoleh rata-rata skor sebesar 26,04 dan siklus II memperoleh rata-rata skor sebesar 40,52. Prestasi belajar siswa pada siklus I memperoleh skor rata-rata 65,24 dengan persentase sebesar 60% dan siklus II memperoleh skor rata-rata 89,2 dengan persentase sebesar 84%. Persentase kedisiplinan dan prestasi belajar siswa telah mencapai indikator keberhasilan yang telah ditentukan yaitu dengan kriteria baik dan meningkat. IMPROVEMENT OF DISCIPLINE AND STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT THROUGH ACTIVE SHARING STRATEGIES ASISTED MACROMEDIA FLASH Abstract: This Classroom Action Research aims to improve discipline and student learning achievement on the theme of 7 events in life through active knowledge sharing strategies assisted by macromedia flash for fifth grade students of SD N kalikidang. This study consists of two cycles and each cycle consists of two meetings, each cycle consisting of four stages, namely planning, implementation, observation and reflection. The results of the research on the themes of 7 events in life through active knowledge sharing strategies helped by macromedia flash showed an increase in discipline and student achievement. Discipline in the first cycle obtained an average score of 26.04 and the second cycle obtained an average score of 40.52. Student achievement in the first cycle obtained an average score of 65.24 with a percentage of 60% and the second cycle obtained an average score of 89.2 with a percentage of 84%. The percentage of discipline and student achievement has reached a predetermined indicator of success, which is good and increasing criteria.

The Customer May Not Always Be Right: Customer Compatibility and Service Performance

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryan W. Buell ◽  
Dennis Campbell ◽  
Frances X. Frei
Keyword(s):  
Operations Management ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Decomposition Analysis ◽  
The United States ◽  
Level Data ◽  
Product Choices ◽  
Variance Decomposition Analysis ◽  
Quick Service ◽  
Loan Growth ◽  
The Impact

This paper investigates the impact of customer compatibility—the degree of fit between customers’ needs and the capabilities of the operations serving them—on customer experiences and firm performance. We use variance decomposition analysis to quantify the relative importance of customer, employee, process, location, and market-level effects on customer satisfaction. In our models, which explain roughly a quarter of the aggregate variance, differences among customers account for 96%–97% of the explainable portion. Further analysis of interaction-level data from banking and quick-service restaurants reveals that customers report relatively consistent satisfaction across transactions with particular firms but that some customers are habitually more satisfied than others. A second set of empirical studies provides evidence that these customer-level differences are explained in part by customer compatibility. Customers whose needs, proxied by differences in demographics and product choices, diverge more starkly from those of their bank’s average customers report significantly lower levels of satisfaction. Consistently, banks that serve customer bases with more dispersed needs receive lower satisfaction scores than banks serving customer bases with less dispersed needs. Finally, a longitudinal analysis of the deposit and loan growth of all federally insured banks in the United States from 2006 to 2017 reveals that customer compatibility affects a firm’s financial performance. Branches with more divergent customers grow more slowly than branches with less divergent customers. Institutions serving customer bases with more dispersed needs have branches that exhibit slower growth than those of institutions serving customer bases with less dispersed needs. This paper was accepted by Vishal Gaur, operations management.

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