Increasing Student Achievement

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This paper provides a literature review that analyzes a comprehensive intervention to increase student achievement in 10th grade global history. It specifically focuses on how educational leaders and researchers can use staff development as an intervention to increase student achievement. The paper also discusses what types of staff development programs are most effective in raising the competency of teachers.

Table of Contents:
Review of the Literature
Improving Student Achievement
Instructional strategies
Professional development
Summary

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"However, staff development as a means of improving student achievement is a complex organizational goal, involving many components. The ADHS administrators have been neglectful by providing staff development in a one-shot format to its teachers. This type of approach has proven not to work. To make matters worse, goals for improvement have existed in isolation; the administrators have not provided follow-up or feedback to the teachers concerning staff development. In addition, ADHS administrators have also been evaluating teaching instead of student learning. This research project attempted to move learning from being teacher focused to student centered by improving the ADHS's current staff development program on DOL and supervising learning (Marzano, 1997)."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Alderman, M. K. (2004). Motivation for Achievement: Possibilities for Teaching and Learning (2nd ed.). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
• Battle-Bailey, L. (2004). Interactive Homework for Increasing Parent Involvement and Student Reading Achievement. Childhood Education, 81(1), 36-40
• Cooper, S. (2004). Computerized Practice Tests Boost Student Achievement. T H E Journal (Technological Horizons In Education), 32(2), 58-67.
• Duffey, D. R. (2004). Connecting People and Information to Improve Student Achievement. T H E Journal (Technological Horizons In Education), 31(11), 1
• Falchikov, N. (2004). Improving Assessment through Student Involvement: Practical Solutions for Learning in Higher and Further Education. New York: RoutledgeFalmer.

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