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Q: What Are the Characteristics of Effective/Successful Schools?Scholars have offered multiple lists of effective school characteristics, facilitating the emergence of dynamic models and meta-analyses classifying and sequencing the relative success of these factors[1][2][3][4]. Two distinctive characteristics of these models are evident. First, their dynamic nature helps a school to identify weaknesses and take action to improve the teaching and learning environment[5]. Second, these models suggest that influences on student achievements have multiple levels. Reviewing previous models and meta-analyses, three levels embodying the factors that contribute to student achievement can be identified.First, school-wide instruction has been suggested as a key factor. Research results in the field of instructional effectiveness are centered on three major aspects: effective learning time, structured teaching, and the opportunity to learn with items coherently taught[6]. Concentration on teaching and learning, purposeful teaching, high expectations, positive reinforcement, monitoring progress, and ensuring pupil rights and responsibilities are denoted as key characteristics [7]Second, SER scholars have exhibited extensive interest in school-wide managerial factors. Leadership is frequently identified as such a factor predicting student achievement[8] [9] [10]. Robinson et al. indicated a grasp of content knowledge, being able to solve school-based problems, and establishing trust-based relationships with teachers, parents, and students as the three essential capabilities of instructional leadership[11]. Similarly, Hallinger listed key leadership involvements as establishing goals and expectations; strategic resourcing; planning, coordinating, and evaluating teaching and the curriculum; and promoting and taking part in teacher learning, ensuring an orderly and supportive environment[12]. Different cultural contexts suggest specific leadership approaches that impact and sustain student achievement, such as distributed leadership[13][14] transformational leadership [15][16], and consideration leadership[17]In addition to leadership, creating a climate of effectiveness has been suggested as another characteristic of effective schools[18][19][20]. The idea that an orderly climate facilitates learning traces back to the seminal work of Edmonds[21]. Purkey and Smith supported the idea that school effectiveness is closely related to school climate and culture[22]. Continuous professional development, sustaining the bias for achievement, and monitoring teachers’ capacity for effective instructional practices in the classroom also contributes[23][24][25].The external environment surrounding the school has been highlighted as a relevant factor. The link established with the local community and the parents functions as a “network of mutual support”[26] . Initial research on school effectiveness counted on social factors such as ethnic and racial background, family history, or socio-economic status as predictors of school effectiveness[27] [28], and although the focus of SER in relation to student achievement has shifted, societal factors remain an important concern.Among other conditions, effective support for school improvement requires the involvement of parents[29][30]. Parental involvement in some systems may function as an accountability system contributing to student effectiveness[31]. Some scholars have addressed the issue under school choice, arguing that when certain conditions (e.g. the national system, the actual possibility to choose, the information available, parents’ criteria) are satisfied, school choice has the potential to function as a power in school improvement. According to the traditional understanding, public school choice contributes to the creation of a market mechanism, forcing schools to compete for survival and leading to higher parental pressure for effectiveness[32][33].Thanks for reading. Schools matter…Footnotes[1] https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01411920903165603[2] The International Handbook of School Effectiveness Research[3] https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09243450500234617?casa_token=W5p36n2Mg4kAAAAA:WdEy_UWMRCF473arBfuq952m0Nl2_lY97tIEOdqv-DQCn-5eHobEazxsenV-aAp-CcAb9AenEf5wCA[4] Contextual factors and effective school improvement[5] https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09243453.2010.512795?casa_token=2y6vh-E0zzoAAAAA:AyAeTl3N7aMWlsoN7N62_FDnm6ihFwElYf5-RQB2_25sZcVXsnc3Acm5x8NgQng291Z6QgM1neRLTA[6] https://s3.amazonaws.com/academia.edu.documents/34176027/ประสิทธิผล_Jaap_Scheerens.pdf?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAIWOWYYGZ2Y53UL3A&Expires=1542916801&Signature=qcfVLwcGUOAat15jGV0gmpweS7E%3D&response-content-disposition=inline%3B%20filename%3DInternational_Institute_for_Educational.pdf[7] https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0924345950060401[8] EmeraldInsight[9] Collective Leadership Effects on Student Achievement[10] http://www.academia.edu/download/44349141/Exploring_the_impact_of_school_leadership_on_pupil_outcomes.pdf[11] Your gateway to world-class journal research[12] https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Philip_Hallinger/publication/241674642_Leadership_for_learning_Lessons_from_40_years_of_empirical_research/links/55c681a108aea2d9bdc54820/Leadership-for-learning-Lessons-from-40-years-of-empirical-research.pdf[13] http://people.oregonstate.edu/~flayb/MY%20COURSES/H676%20Meta-Analysis%20Fall2016/Examples%20of%20SRs%20&%20MAs%20of%20interventions/Hattie2000%20Synthesis%20of%20over%20800%20meta-analyses%20relating%20to%20achievement%20-%20first%2029%20pages.pdf[14] EmeraldInsight[15] EmeraldInsight[16] http://www.academia.edu/download/32163570/Successful_leadership.pdf[17] http://nickbookreg.com/whats-worth-fighting-for-in-your-school-michael-fullan-andy-hargreaves-read-free-top-books.pdf[18] https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Petros_Pashiardis/publication/235271798_The_influence_of_school_leadership_styles_and_culture_on_students%27_achievement_in_Cyprus_primary_schools/links/5b75164a45851546c90915cd/The-influence-of-school-leadership-styles-and-culture-on-students-achievement-in-Cyprus-primary-schools.pdf[19] World Class Schools[20] Contextual factors and effective school improvement[21] http://www.midwayisd.org/cms/lib/TX01000662/Centricity/Domain/8/2.%20Edmonds%20Effective%20Schools%20Movement.pdf[22] http://Purkey, S.C. and Smith, M.S. (1985), “School reform: the district policy implications of the 271 effective schools literature”, The Elementary School Journal, Vol. 85 No. 4, pp. 353-389.[23] Visible Learning | A Synthesis of Over 800 Meta-Analyses Relating to Achievement[24] The International Handbook of School Effectiveness Research[25] Effective Management Configurations in General and Vocational Education in the Netherlands[26] Contextual factors and effective school improvement[27] EQUALITY OF EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY.[28] Inequality: A Reassessment of the Effect of Family and Schooling in America.[29] EmeraldInsight[30] Contextual factors and effective school improvement[31] Does External Accountability Affect Student Outcomes? A Cross-State Analysis[32] Parent Involvement and School Responsiveness: Facilitating the Home-School Connection in Schools of Choice[33] Politics, Markets, and America's Schools

My highschool has a grading system that was suppose to help students, and lessen the effects of getting some low grades on your final grade during the year. This was abused by a group in my batch, and it got really extreme during our last year. Not to mention they shared it to the lower batches, and after we graduated, the whole grading system was changed.The basic idea is, in one year, you have 4 quarters, and the succeeding quarter’s final grade is 30% previous quarter, 70% current average = quarter grade.Also, 75 is the lowest passing grade one can get. 74.99 below is failing. But the lowest mark that is placed in the final report card is 70. So 71 is 71, 70 is 70, but 67 is still 70.Can you think of an abuse of this system?This is what some of the delinquents did to cheat the system.70 is the lowest mark, so those who get 67 can still make up for it. What if you get 1, 6, 11, 40 as a final grade? Ridiculous right? No one is THAT BAD. Hence it wasn’t considered in the system.Then these guys started to not even bother answering. Our tests are often 100 items, 1 point each, or some have 10 items for 2 points each. When they receive the paper, they go to multiple choice, go a b c d a b c d a b, go to true and false, go T F T F T F T F then sleep during the whole exam period. Final grade? 6. 3. One manage to get 0. The teacher just make a huge X mark on the blank pages.At the end of their quarter, all their grades in all their subjects have a big red 70.for the next 2 quarters, we have 30% of 70 + 70% of 70 which is still 70For 4th quarter, they TRY to do good. Aiming for something 78+30% of 70 (3rd quarter) and 70% of 78 (4th quarter) = 75not a high grade, but you didn’t fail, so you do not need to repeat the year.4th quarter is also the months with a lot of school presentation and sports events, that can give + points or exemption from a few exams.Some of them join the “singing contest” and they can sing quite good. They may not win but joining gives you an instant 100 in 1 test.Edit for Daniele IavaroneSCHOOL SYSTEM• At what age do you start going to school? Until what age?3yo at Kinder 1 (at a different school), 5yo at Preschool one (my school until Highschool. I will be talking about this school in my answers), graduated Highschool 4th year at 17yo• Can you leave before? Is it common?Not very common. In my batch, no one left during preschool, I think 4 during elementary and 7 during high school. We are around 300 in a batch. Students may transfer OUT to other schools. Since the school opened, no transferees are accepted.• Are schools divided by age? (elementary, middle, etc...) How?Preschool 1 – 3, Elementary 1 – 6, High School 1 – 4. Everyone is about the same age. Applicants from Preschool 1 have around the same age bracket (5-6). The only times we have an older kid in the batch is a repeat student from the higher batch.• Can students jump forward, if they are talented? Can they do it if they lost a schoolyear?No, you stay in your year level. If you are talented, then you are the top student of the batch (honor student, etc). I do not know the process if one missed a whole year. I don't recall any experience in my time at school. I think the person had to transfer.• Is education free or you have to pay some fees?We have a yearly tuition fee. We have no financial or academic scholarships for students, although excellence in school may give you scholarships for college. But all students in school paid the tuition full.• Do you have to pay for the books?Almost all books are bought. There is a book adoption program especially for books that are reused but sometimes, the reading material requires the updated editions• What is free in your school? What isn’t?We have a library. There are empty floors in one building, the multi-purpose building. Student can practice and have study groups there. Free use of the basketball court (playground for the younger students). The registrar office has a free landline phone you can use to make calls.You need to pay in the canteen and for the school bus service. Emergency meds and stuff in the clinic are charged to you at the end of the quarter.• What happens if someone can’t afford it?If you can't pay the tuition, you can't get into the school. Students who can afford the tuition find most of the other stuff affordable. Some don't get the school bus service since they have their own car/driver, for example. The ones who avail of them are often those less rich among the student community.• Are schools opened both for boys and girls?We are a co-ed school from Preschool to Highschool• Is there a “student card” that gives students privileges? (discounts on publictransport, for example)We have a student ID. But most of the students actually don't use public transport or commute. We can use the ID for other promos, such as student rates in theme parks etc.• Who pays for the bus/train fare? What happens if the student can’t afford it?In the start of the year there is a registration for the school bus service. Usually those who DON'T have a driver to fetch them, or live too far to make fetching a hassle, avail of the school bus service.• Is there a school library? Can you borrow books from there? Is it free?Yes. We have a library card as well. You can borrow for free, but as usual, there are fines for returning late or damage.SCHOOL DAY• How long does a school day last?Class start 7:20 and end at 4:10. We are comparatively longer to most other schools here because we learn 3 major languages, compared to others who learn only 2.• Can students sleep at school? If yes, do they have to pay for it?You can take a nap in your desk at recess and lunch after eating. In Preschool there is a mandatory Nap Time class and you need to cross your arms and lie down. The teacher will scold you if you are awake and playing around.• Do you have breaks in between the school day? How many and how long?2 20 minute recess, morning and afternoon, and lunch break. For gradeschool it is 1 hour long. For highschool it is only 40 mins. The reason is that the lunch area can only hold limited students, so the first 20 mins, HS still have class while the GS go eat. Everyone ends lunch time the same time. Preschool only have half day so morning class go home before lunch and afternoon come after eating• How does a school day start/end in your country?Morning = Flag ceremony (during monday), morning prayer then class inspection (teacher will check uniform, haircut, fingernails, etc)Afternoon = summarizing homework, evening prayer• How many days per week do you attend school?5 days, Monday – Wed then Friday Saturday. Our area has a church, who's special day is Thusrday, and a lot of people come, so there are crowds and traffic. Hence we don't follow the M-F schedule. Imagine the culture shock when we go to college.• Do you have holidays? When?Public Holidays in Philippines in 2016Holidays in our country. There are special occassions as well that give us no classes, like the Director (Dean) birthday, or the feast of our Saint. We are also next door to Malacanang, which is our “White House”, (We are so close we can actually throw rocks from some windows and be able to hit the wall of the building.) so when there are big presidential events or rallies, we have no school.• What do you usually do at school?During breaktime I usually get some food in the canteen and hang out with friends in our classroom's corrider. Sometimes I get some homework done at school.• Can you eat at school?Eating is forbidden in the classroom. You can eat in the canteen or the lunch area.• Is there a canteen where you can buy/get food? Is it free?Yes we do. It is not free, though everything is quite affordable to the general school population.• If you can eat at school, what kind of food can students find?Junkfoods, juices, sandwiches, local delicacy treats, candies.• Do schools organize school trips? Who has to pay for it?Every year there is a batch field trip. It changes every year, and each year level has their own. There is often jealousy when the Grade 6s get to go to a local theme park (for Physics learning trip) when we just went to the old dilapidated Observatory back then. There is a fieldtrip fee that is collected from each student a few weeks before.• Where do students usually travel to? Where do they stay? (hotel, host families etc)Usually some place with educational experience, like zoos or the local volcanology facility, etc. The trip is a one day thing, so we go their via the school buses, and get back before the day ends.• Do schools organize school exchanges? If yes, also with foreign schools?We do not have this program.• What school facilities do you usually have? (science lab, gym, swimming pool,soccer field etc...)We have a lab with we use during chemistry and biology classes. There are 2 gyms, both with a full basketball court and one that can be a volleyball court. There are 3 badminton courts. For the swimming varsity, they hold practices in a nearby sports club. We do not play soccer. (just our school). The auditorium is where we have our school programs.SUBJECTS, GRADES, TESTS & EXAMS• Are schools in your country divided on subjects? (language school, technicalschool, music school etc)There are some specialized schools but most are like mine, who teach general education, from language, to science to music.• What subjects do students study at school?Some year levels have more classes as you go higher. I don't remember well that much anymore but these are mostly the 4th year classes.English Reading, English Literature, Filipino (local language), History, Science, Religion, Home Economics, PE, Chinese History, Chinese Literature,• Can you choose what subjects to study and what to avoid?Nope. There is a fixed curriculum for each year level.• How many teachers do you have for each subject?For each batch, 2 teachers teaches a subject. There are 6 sections and they handle 3 each. Some teachers teach all 6 sections of a year. Some teach 3 for 2 different year levels. The 3 PE teachers handle all PE classes.• Do you change class when you have to study another subject? (English room,Math room etc)We have 1 room the whole year. Teachers are the ones who come and go. Most of the time, the current teacher is reminded to wrap up when we see the next teacher waiting outside the room.• Do schools in your country give students mark/grades? If yes, how do they work?Passing is 75-100. Failing is below 75. (I have explained this most in my Quora answer Rachel Subijano's answer to How does your school system work and how do students feel about it?)• What happens when you get a bad mark/grade?Fail the subject in the 4th quarter and you will have to take the class in summer (basically the whole year cramped again into 2 months)Fail a lot at the end of the year and you repeat the year. My batch lost 2 students to repeat, and received 1 from the higher batch. Being a repeater is one of the most shameful moments in school. You are generally looked down upon by most especially in your first year. Often, the repeater gets to become friendly with his new batch in the next years.• Do students have to repeat years of school if they fail?Only if you fail a lot. I am not sure exactly of the details. I don't usually interact with the “failing students”• Do you have tests in your school? If yes, how are they structured? (open answer/multiple choice etc)Short quizzes are usually 10/10. Depends on what the teacher wants to test. Last 10-15 mins. Big exams (mid quarter and final quarter exams) are usually 2-3 page exams with 100/100 item. The whole batch moves to the lunch area to take it there. Usually 1-1.5hours. We have almost all kinds of tests, multiple choice, matching type, true or false, fill in the blanks, etc. The exception is Math, where we usually get 10 or 20 big problems, worth 5-10 points each. There are the scary big Math exams with only 5 questions. Miss one totally and you risk failing if you don't perfect the other 4.• If you have tests, how frequently do you have them?Class quizzes are often announced and unannounced. Usually after a major topic in class, or if the teacher feels no one was listening.• Do you also have exams? When do you have to take them?Major (mid quarter) and Final Exams are usually announce beforehand, and we are given the topics that will be covered for review. They each happen once a quarter for each subject.• What are the most important exams in a student’s life?All! You are taught to balance everything. You may be the top Math achiever but if you fail History, you will get a low total grade in the end.• Is religion taught in your schools? How does it work?It is a minor subject for Grade school and Highschool. It is pretty much about trivia and stuff. The easiest of exams but you can still fail if you don't study. Religion pretty much helps pull up your total year grade.• Is “Food and Nutrition” taught in your schools?We have a year's science class devoted to biology. Home Economics teaches this as well, but is only taught in highschool• Is sex education taught in your schools? If yes, what do you learn?Pretty much basic stuff in science, when we tackle the human reproductive system.• Is “Art” taught in your schools?Homeroom is usually for art. Each class's adviser is also a teacher of a main subject. So Class A gets a few minutes less Math for the art project because adviser is a math teacher. Class B gets less history because adviser is the batch's history teacher.• Is “Music” taught in your schools?Art and musics alternate for homeroom. Same system applies for short music lessons. Students interested in instruments and singing can join the school organizations devoted to those.• Is Physical Education taught in your schools?For Grade school, PE is included with Art and Musics. A few minutes of basic exercise once a week. For highschool, students are required to come to school on Thursday for PE. Varsity players are exempted from PE and receive a perfect grade all the time, but require to attend practice (depending on the sport, Thursdays or Sundays) and must not have failing marks.• Do you learn languages at school? Which ones? How many languages can astudent speak when he’s 14?We learn 3, English, Filipino and Chinese. During Preschool, students learn English and Chinese only. We are introduced to Filipino at elementary (8yo)RELATIONSHIP STUDENTS & SCHOOL STAFF & TEACHER• Do you call your teachers with “Mr”,“Mrs” or can you use their real names? (John,Anna etc)Mr. Santos. Ms. Baet. Mrs. Santiago. Most of us don't even know our teachers first names, or forget. The only times we usually hear it, is day 1, when introductions are made, and Teacher recognition events.• Are teachers generally strict? Do you think they are open-minded?There are the nice lovable teachers you won't forget. There are the terror teachers you won't forget.• What about the school staff?We know some of the staff such as the clinic staff and the cafeteria staff. The janitors and security we usually call “ate” or “kuya”• Are there student councils or other form of student organization?The student council is from elected high school candidates. We experience how real elections go in our SC elections. There are even campaigning (for fun) where candidates come to class and promote him and his party and give their platforms. There are organizations like the Math, Science and Home Economics club, etc.• Can students decide something about the school system?The SC can voice the opinions of the students to the administration. Usually the requests are reasonable and get implemented.BEHAVIOR & PUNISHMENTS• What are some rules that every student have to follow?ID must be worn at all times. Proper and complete uniform at all times. These were in the handbook. Its been years I don't remember most. But pretty much the usually stuff against bringing liquor, porn, drugs, etc.• Do students in your country wear shoes when they are in school?We are required to wear black leather shoes all the time. In case you can not, a letter from parents is required (eg. You have a foot injury and need to wear slippers)• In your opinion, what are some rules that are common in your country but not inother places?There is no instances of cutting classes in our school. There is no way to leave the campus during class times. Everyone going out will be checked by the guard. Even if you sneak an outfit and change you will be inspected. If you are not in your seat in class time, your parents will be called and you will get a warning the next day.• Can students use smartphones/tablets in your schools?The must remain in the pocket or bag during class time. You may use them at breaktimes. For emergencies, a student may as permission to exit the room for the call.• Is it possible to punish a student? If yes, for what reasons?This is all listed in the student handbook. I can't remember much already. There are disciplinary actions such as warnings, up to suspension and sometimes being expelled.• Is corporal punishment allowed in your school? If yes, when and how?Absolutely forbidden.• What kind of punishment can a student face and for what reasons?For minor classroom punishment, you are scolded in class. Sometimes you are asked to exit and continue the class looking through the window while in the corridor. Serious offenders get sent to the prefect of discipline.BULLYING• Is bullying a serious issue in your country?It is bad in other schools but my school is pretty strict in discipline and handling it, that everyone is naturally not a bully. The most “bully” we experience is teasing.• How do schools react about it?Can't give a good answer for this• How do schools prevent it?Can't give a good answer for this• Is there racism in your schools?We do not have much foreigners in school. Pretty much everyone is Filipino-Chinese. The staff and most teachers are usually Filipino while some teachers are Chinese.• Is there homophobia in your schools?It is weird because I don't even recall an instance of homosexuals in my years in school. If there are LGBT, there are all closet gays and lesbians and we graduated without even knowing.• Is there sex discrimination in your schools?None at all. Most of the time the boys are even more fearful and shy of us girls but we don't harass them or anything as well.DRESS CODE• Do students have to wear a school uniform?We have a standard uniform. Each sex has their own design for Preschool, Grade 1-3, Grade 3-6 and highschool• What clothes are allowed and what aren’t?Casual clothes are only allowed during Christmas Party or special events. Everyone in the classroom has to wear the uniform• What happens if a student doesn’t follow the dress code?You can't even go in campus. You will be forced to call and be fetch, and be absent for the day.HEALTH & HYGIENE• Do you have doctors/nurses at school? If yes, do you have to pay for it?We have a clinic. Checking and mild conditions are free. If you need meds, it is charged at the end of the year.• What happens when a student is ill? Does he/she have to prove it?Our doctor is very skilled. It is hard to fake it. If you are well, you are sent back to class. If rest is needed, there are beds to rest in. For urgent cases, your parents are called to take you home.• Does your school also provide vaccines?You need to have your vaccinations in your own doctor before school starts.• Is your school clean?Very clean. If you trip you usually just need to dust off some dirt. That's it. No muddy pits or smelly canals.• Who cleans your school? Do students clean school sometimes?For classrooms, each class is required to keep it clean during the day. We have 1 room the whole year, it is our 2nd home. There is a team of janitors who clean outside during class hours, and the rooms after class.• If a student writes on a desk/wall, does he have to clean it?We have one desk every year. It is painted every summer. Any marks on the desk is usually your responsibility. You do not have to paint it but it will be a minor offense.• Do students have to shower at school (after sport, for example)?There is a shower in the gym. Usually during Thursday PE or for the varsity after practice.• If yes, do students feel at ease with it? If not, why?I have never experienced using the showers in school.

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