“Good Instruction is times more powerful than family background and income, race and gender and other variables” (Hershberg 2005)

“The single greatest factor determining student learning is the teacher in the classroom” “Effective teachers significantly impact student achievement, far more than a student’s background, prior learning and parent’s educational level”

Student Learning

Factors that Effect Student Learning

“Comprehensive induction programs (new teacher training programs) are structured to train teachers in three characteristics of effecitive teachers: –They are extremely good classroom managers –They know how to teach a lesson for student ACHIEVEMENT –They have high expectations for student success” (Hary Wong, First Days of School)

“Success has little to do with money, class sizes, fancy programs, parent involvement or tutoring. These can be found at both good and bad schools. The schools that beat the odds (of raising poor urban students achievement results): –Assessed and reassessed how the students are learning (performance) –They used assessment results to teach and re-teach –They did not stop until they found a way for every student to grasp the lesson” (The Center for the Future of Arizona, 2006)