Improving Student Achievement
UP TCAP
Beth Kuykendall, Ph.D.February 18, 2011
Keys to Improving Student Achievement
• Use the data– TVAAS– Star– Orchard– Odyssey– ThinkLink
TVAAS• Improve student scores & improve effect
data – Use TVAAS proficiency projections
https://tvaas.sas.com/evaas/signin.jsf
Use Orchard, Star, & Odyssey• Star
• Reports areas of concern, grade equivalence• Orchard
• Reports objectives/standards answered correctly
• Odyssey• Reports objectives answered correctly
Keys to Student Achievement• Parental Involvement
– Happy notes/calls– Document everything– Send home newsletters about your
class/emails– Yourhomework.com and schoolnotes.com
Keys to Student Achievement• Teach the standards
– At different levels– As important as it is to reach your low
students, it is also important to challenge your higher achieving students.
Keys to Student Achievement• Captivate your Students/Engagement
• Easy tips– Call on students by name– Ask “how”, “why”, “describe” questions– Make learning relevant/use real world examples– If you are doing most of the talking, try to incorporate
some type of “activity” for your participants every 3-5 minutes.
– Use visual and auditory aids
More ideas for student engagement
• Think-pair-share• Brainstorming• Games• Debates• Technology• Turn to your Partner• Card System
Key to Student Achievement• All Students Do Not Learn the Same Way
• Know your students– Their abilities– Their learning styles– Their likes and dislikes
– ONE SIZE DOES NOT FIT ALL
Keys to Student Achievement• Presence of the teacher
– “The teacher’s influence on student achievement scores is twenty times greater than any other variable, including class size and student poverty.”
» Education Trust, 2003
In Conclusion• Use the data• Parental Involvement• Teach the Standards• Captivate your Students• ALL Students Do not Learn the Same
Way• Presence of the Teacher
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