Sentences with phrase «aligning tests became»

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The improvement in Texas accelerated over time, however, and the past few years» improvement are most likely due to true learning of the material tested by the examinations - particularly as Texas's curriculum and tests became more closely aligned.

Looking back, I can see that my colleagues and I were struggling to counteract powerful tendencies that work against high student achievement in urban schools: If teachers work in isolation, if there isn't effective teamwork, if the curriculum is undefined and weakly aligned with tests, if there are low expectations, if a negative culture prevails, if the principal is constantly distracted by nonacademic matters, if the school does not measure and analyze student outcomes, and if the staff lacks a coherent overall improvement plan — then students fall further and further behind, and the achievement gap becomes a chasm.

With Pence's support, it becomes more likely Indiana will become the first to leave the Common Core initiative, though many others have taken a step back from national consortiums designing new tests aligned to the standards.

Last year, Kentucky became the first to administer Common Core aligned tests and scores there plummeted, adding to the concern in New York.

It has become particularly acute as states have switched to more difficult tests designed to align with the Common Core, academic standards adopted by more than 40 states and spurred in part by the federal government.

Course content is automatically aligned to the Common Core and each state's standards, ensuring students are working on the exact skills they need to effectively prepare for standardized testing and become college and career ready.

From there, he became a site - based school improvement coordinator, responsible for making sure that curriculum materials were aligned to state tests.

Become familiar with the CCLS - aligned changes and implementation of the Speaking and Writing modalities from the New York State English as a Second Language Achievement Test.