Factors Affecting English Achievement of First Year Students of Compra National High School

Having ineffective teachers can severly lower graduation rates, as well as college graduation rates. In today’s society, a high school diploma can determine if a job applicant gets the job they applied for or not. High school does help prepare students for the real world and helps provide them with the basic tools needed to succeed. Therefore, graduating high school is a necessity nowadays and having caring, powerful teachers is very important. Because of ineffective teachers, students are not being prepared for the real world and their job salary earnings will also

The framework is composed of 4 domains and 22 components. Each component has a level of performance; unsatisfactory, basic, proficient and distinguished. The lowest score is unsatisfactory and the highest level is distinguished. The framework makes it easy for teachers to be evaluated and understand their score because it describes the performance for each component and provides possible examples for the levels of performance in all of the components. The examples show how a particular skill of teaching might look like in the classroom.

The education system currently in place does not allow for a student to learn at their own level and give time for improvement. The focus mainly on english and mathematics also hinders a

There have been many assumptions why students receive a better education in certain schools. Many believe students don’t receive a good education because their school might not have enough resources. Different studies have been conducted by sociologist to have a better understanding why certain students have a better education that others. Poor education can lead students to suffer from functional inability.

30 years ago, America was the leader in quantity and quality of high school diplomas. Today, our nation is ranked 36th in the world. In the US in 2010, 74% of students in American high schools graduated and received their high school diplomas. If the other 16% or 1.3 million students had graduated that year, the nation would have seen $337 billion more in earnings throughout those students’ lifetimes. The problem is not only those 16%, but also the education of much of the graduating 74%. The problem is High schools are not preparing students with the skills and knowledge necessary to excel after graduation. Some of the failures that accompany US education are the fact that: only 1 in 4 high school students graduate college-ready in the 4 core subjects of English, Reading, Math and Science. Since 1983, over 10 million Americans have reached the 12th grade without having learned to read at a basic level. Over 20 million have reached their senior year unable to do basic math. Almost 25 million have reached 12th grade not knowing the essentials of U.S. history. American 12th graders also rank 19th out of 21 industrialized countries in mathematics achievement and 16th out of 21 nations in science. Our advanced physics students rank dead last. The low ability that is represented by American high school students is many times because of the quality of the teachers who are educating these students. In the U.S., 14% of new

Academic performance among U.S. students has decreased, specifically in test scores compared to other countries. Studies have shown that college students are not applying themselves and have not shown improvement in critical thinking, reasoning, and writing over four years of higher education. Miller and Slocombe state that, "Unless the trend toward declining education and complacency is reversed, the future of the U.S. in the world economy may be in jeopardy." Students need to understand what is required of the new reality, and shape themselves to fit it to become successful and competitive employees. Poor education is a direct reflection of student preparedness. People have low interest in teaching due to its low paying salary, and those with higher education choose to follow a career with a promising salary. Most educational institutions have low expectations for both students and teachers- leading to poor instruction and decrease in graduation

The article also discusses how the country’s highest achievers are increasing their performance in reading while the country’s lowest achievers are preforming at record lows. A survey produced by US News showed that only thirty-seven percent of high school seniors are scoring proficient or higher in reading. However, just twenty-five percent of the students score high enough in math. The survey also showed that the students in the lower performing percentile dropped four points in math and six points in reading when compared to the previous year. This survey and this article as a whole stand to prove that most high school students are becoming lesser prepared as the years’ tack on. As the survey supported, high school seniors are not performing proficiently enough to keep up with college coursework. If high school seniors are not performing proficiently enough, then they will not be able to make the transition from high school to college. Over time, this could possibly eliminate the high school students who do not perform efficiently from furthering their education at all. This can all be related to the high schools not preparing students for college. This is a very good argument and article because it proves that most high school seniors are not capable of succeeding in college because they are not adequately

As educators, we need to be holding ourselves accountable for providing fundamental blocks for success preparing students to the real world should be the target. Students should be able to be independent thinkers, therefore establishing their ability to become critical thinkers, problem solvers, and lifelong learning for the 21st century. As educator’s, we need to provide creative learning experiences, project based inquiry learning, developmental life skills leading to critical thinking and problem solving to make life more enduring. Teaching practices cannot be limited to standardized test scores. It requires accountability measures that includes observations and feedbacks focused on growth and the education they receive, their efforts to try, engagement in learning, participation, leadership skills, performance task, and portfolio approach. The accountability for students and teachers need to be measured in such a way that education involves people, human variables and differentiations must be considered. Hard work of educators and students can improve student achievement. By setting the right thing such as establishing meaningful and relevant tasks, ambitious and attainable goals, providing information to parents, educators, and community members about how schools are doing, prompt and support improvement where ever necessary, analyze the strengths and weaknesses, monitor student

The teacher role in this classroom is to encourage the children to explore experience and enjoy the world through play. We want our teachers to get to know each child in a deeper way so that we can be part of their life. In this preschool the child’s role is to play, it’s their job to play. We believe that this is the way they learn by using their hands and other senses to explore and experience the real-life situation.

There are likely a number of problems, or potential problems with all education in the 21st century. Primary education, or elementary education, is a constantly evolving system. From the way standardized testing is constructed and viewed, to the way the curriculum is orchestrated by teachers are just some of the changes in education. It seems logical, if not necessary, for something so basic and foundational as education, to evolve and change with its pupils and “the times”. For some however, the continuous changes are a source of anxiety and frustration. It is becoming increasingly more apparent to people involved in the education system, at any level, that the actual practices of some of these changes are not yielding the intended results. As many things can be in the 21st century, the higher education system’s problems, can perhaps, be traced to the monetary interest or gain to be had. The rising cost of higher education seems to be giving a more undeniable impression, that colleges are becoming more concerned with the aspect of making money rather than expanding upon student’s knowledge and skill level. This type of behavior implies that institutions of higher education are acting more like a business and less than an integral part of the education system. However, to remain successful, the practice of the business should not cause degradation to your product quality, the morale of your workforce, or customer concern.

The success of students depends on effective teaching and this efficient coaching is not required occasionally but every day in every classroom and discipline. An effective teacher not only influences the students' academic interests but also has a great influence on his//her physical, societal, emotional, and behavioral good (Killion & Hirsh, 2011). Teachers have a direct influence on "how students learn, what they learn, how much they learn, and the ways they interact with one another and the world around them" (Korkmaz, 2007). This effect on student achievement is understandable and apparent because the student achievement starts and finishes with the excellence, the instructional program, and guidance of the teacher (Korkmaz, 2007). However, the occurrence of effective teaching is only possible when every concerned member including parents/families, officials, community members, and educationalists contribute to the process of uninterrupted progress and student achievement. An effective teacher is familiar with the fact that in order to improve his/her teaching methods, effective professional learning is the only influential pathway (Killion & Hirsh, 2011).

Recent years have witnessed a severe increase in the amount of criticism leveled at the public education system in the United States (Giroux, 2009). Declining test scores, declining graduation rates, the lack of proper preparedness of high school graduates entering college, and the overall poor learning skills of the general population have all been listed as symptoms of the underlying problems with the nation's educational system.

Improving education is on the list here in the United States. We cannot improve education until the problems are recognized. Once the main problems are recognized, I believe the change can successfully happen. One of the main things we need to recognize is, “the problems plaguing our schools are rooted in the way our society is organized” (Pezone & Singer, n.d, para.3). Society is playing a big role with some of the problems that higher education is facing. The economy that we live in is known to be very competitive. Now day’s schools teach students how to be competitive in ways. It also has a way in leaving several students uneducated. Students do not work very hard to learn little. Educating students needs to improve so that students can complete their program with success and encouragement. Another problem is, the cost of college is becoming more expensive each day.

From experience, the role of the teacher depends on the level that you are teaching. If it is a low level class, there is a need to have more control. If it is a high level class, it is okay to have less control. The role of a teacher should be diverse depending on the environment, the institution you’re teaching in, and the students that are being taught. The roles as a controller, director, manager, facilitator, and resource should all be used and implemented in the classroom. In my service learning classroom, I played a very small role. That role being a resource because I was just a teacher’s assistant and I was asked simple questions about college life, and small grammar questions.

The United States of America is the world most powerful country in the world, dominating the world’s economic and political system. Millions of foreign students come to America for higher education each year. Ironically enough, America public school system is not so glorious. Indeed, it is not effective where teachers and students lacked motivation and interaction to develop critical thinking and innovation. Michael Moore in the article “Idiot Nation” and John Taylor Gatto in “Against School” argued that the education system in the United States is deeply flawed. Moore elaborated school system has a poor curriculum, teacher lack of enthusiasms, facilities are in adverse condition and the library is lack of resources and outdated books are still in use. While Gatto discusses we still apply a system called Prussian, an old theory since the Revolutionary War, which restrains students from developing creativities, autonomy and enthusiastic to experiment new concepts. Throughout the articles and researches, we must accept the fact that our school system met the problems and students are sufferers. Because students are the country’s future, therefore the government should prioritize by give more fund to improve the education system. Once the fund is available, not only school system will be able to pay teachers’ salary appropriately and give efficiency training skills, but also replacing new textbooks and implementing modern technology to help students learn actively and become