In recent years, Bill Gates has giv

In recent years, Bill Gates has given financial support to improve American education.

Late last year, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation launched the Measures of Effective Teaching project. The project tests new ways to recognize what makes a good teacher.

Its goal is to help educators and policymakers identify and support good teaching.

The study is being carried out in public school systems in seven American cities. Thousands of teachers volunteered to take part. They agreed to have their classes recorded on video, but only for observation by expert researchers.

Last spring, the project collected digital videos of thirteen thousand lessons in the classrooms taught by the teachers. They were in grades four through nine.

Researchers also collected information from students. They asked students to report their opinions of each teacher’s classroom. Students were also tested in mathematics, English and biology.

Officials recently released early results of the project study. The report says teachers’ past success in raising student scores on state tests is one of the strongest signs of their ability to do so again. This is known as a teacher’s “value-added.”

The teachers with the highest value-added scores on state tests also help students understand math or show reading ability.

The results also say students know effective teaching when they experience it. The students gave comments on whether or not their teachers cared about them. They also gave opinions on how much teachers controlled or managed student behavior in the classroom.

The report found that classrooms where students reported positive experiences were more likely to show greater learning gains.

Another finding shows that combining different sources of information helps administrators provide better comments and suggestions to teachers. In many cases, administrators had been basing their comments on student test scores only.

The Measures of Effective Teaching project continues through twenty twelve when final results will be released. Researchers plan to test a new measure that examines what a teacher knows about how to teach a subject. Experts say these findings could also help create better training and development for teachers.

And that's the VOA Special English Education Report, written by Lawan Davis. Join us online at voaspecialenglish.com. You can also join us on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube at VOA Learning English. I'm Steve Ember.

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In recent years, Bill Gates has given financial support to improve American education.Late last year, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation launched the Measures of Effective Teaching project. The project tests new ways to recognize what makes a good teacher.Its goal is to help educators and policymakers identify and support good teaching.The study is being carried out in public school systems in seven American cities. Thousands of teachers volunteered to take part. They agreed to have their classes recorded on video, but only for observation by expert researchers.Last spring, the project collected digital videos of thirteen thousand lessons in the classrooms taught by the teachers. They were in grades four through nine.Researchers also collected information from students. They asked students to report their opinions of each teachers classroom. Students were also tested in mathematics, English and biology.Officials recently released early results of the project study. The report says teachers ' past success in raising student scores on state tests is one of the strongest signs of their ability to do so again. This is known as a teacher "value-added."The teachers with the highest value-added scores on state tests also help students understand math or show reading ability.The results also say students know effective teaching when they experience it. The students gave comments on whether or not their teachers cared about them. They also gave opinions on how much teachers controlled or managed student behavior in the classroom.The report found that classrooms where students reported positive experiences were more likely to show greater learning gains.Another finding shows that combining different sources of information helps administrators provide better comments and suggestions to teachers. In many cases, administrators had been basing their comments on student test scores only.The Measures of Effective Teaching project continues through twenty twelve when final results will be released. Researchers plan to test a new measure that examines what a teacher knows about how to teach a subject. Experts say these findings could also help create better training and development for teachers.And thats the VOA Special English Education Report, written by Lawan Davis. Join us online at voaspecialenglish.com. You can also join us on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube at VOA Learning English. I am Steve Ember.PrintCommentShare:

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近年来，比尔盖茨已经给予财政支持，以改善美国的教育。

去年晚些时候，比尔和梅林达盖茨基金会发起有效的教学措施项目。该项目试验新的方法来认识如何成为一个好老师。

其目的是帮助教育工作者和决策者识别并支持良好的教学。

这项研究正在进行在美国七个城市的公立学校系统。数千名教师自愿参加。他们同意让他们班的视频记录，但只能由专家学者观察。

去年春天，该项目收集了由老师授课的教室一万三千课数字视频。他们是四年级到九。

研究人员还从学生中收集信息。他们要求学生报告他们的意见，每个老师的课堂。学生进行了测试，数学，英语和生物。

官员最近公布了这项研究的早期结果。报告说，提高学生在国家测试中成绩教师过去的成功是他们有能力再次这样做的最重要的标志。这是一个被称为教师的“附加值”。

教师中附加值最高的国家考试也能帮助学生理解数学和阅读能力。

研究结果还表示，学生的有效教学。学生给了不管老师是否关心他们的意见。他们也给老师如何控制或管理学生的课堂行为的看法。

报告发现，那里的学生报告的积极经验更可能表现出更大的学习收获

教室。另一项调查结果显示，结合不同来源的信息，帮助管理人员向教师提供更好的意见和建议。在很多情况下，管理员已经根据他们的意见对学生考试成绩的唯一。

评测有效教学的项目一直持续到二零一二时，最终的结果将被释放。研究人员计划测试一项新措施，老师如何知道如何教好一门课。专家们说这些发现也有助于为教师创造更好的培训和发展。

这就是今天的美国之音特别英语教育报道，由Lawan戴维斯。加入美国在线在voaspecialenglish.com。你也可以加入我们的facebook，在美国之音学习英语推特和YouTube。我是史提夫恩伯。

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