It also supports Empowered's website, where prospective students take an online evaluation to see what training might best suit their needs.

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"I'm sympathetic to that argument, but the problem is the longer they wait to prepare, the longer students will wait for the evaluation system that's needed, " he said.

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An evaluation of SMASE reveals that students of teachers who underwent SMASE achieved better in science and mathematics than students of other teachers.

UNESCO: EDUCATION

Experts from Creative Associates International, Inc. with technical assistance from researchers of University of Massachusetts (USA) conducted external evaluation in mathematics and reading upon two groups of students through pre and post-test with the same content.

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After the completion of both programmes, students are required to take a final exam in order to accredit their learning through the System of Evaluation and Certification of Studies.

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Life-long training, networks of learning teachers, action research, community relations, evaluation and accountability: all these are crucial factors for making teachers who can provide their students with the most productive and successful settings for learning.

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Part of the savings could then be used to give the top teachers a raise. ( In a 2008 survey funded by the Gates Foundation, 83 percent of teachers said they would be happy to teach more students for more pay.) The rest of the savings could go toward improving teacher support and evaluation systems, to help more teachers become great.

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