Across the states, quality education is defined by student performance on exams and preparedness for college, workforce, or the military. (wallacefoundation.org)
For example, if teachers are evaluated using only the traditional state exam and are rated «ineffective» based on student performance on that exam, they may not be rated «effective» overall; they may only be rated «ineffective» or «developing.» (politico.com)
The cost to states for designing and administering high school exit exams is modest compared with the «rapidly escalating» costs school districts face as they try to raise student performance on the exams, concludes a report released last week. (edweek.org)