Sentences with phrase «general curriculum tests»

«Their legislation seeks to change teacher licensing standards from requiring that teachers pass a Praxis exam to requiring that they pass the much more rigorous North Carolina Foundations of Reading and General Curriculum tests, which are based on Massachusetts» MTEL teacher licensure exam.»

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Carolyn also does general consulting with schools on topics from curriculum development to teaching study skills to interpretation of student test scores.

He repeated his earlier position that the state's rollout of curricula and tests aligned with the Common Core academic standards was rushed, that teachers were not prepared and there is too much testing in general.

According to the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), which administers NAEP, the determination of proficiency in any given subject at a particular grade level «was the result of a comprehensive national process [which took into account]... what hundreds of educators, curriculum experts, policymakers, and members of the general public thought the assessment should test.

One issue is that accountability in general, and test - based accountability in particular, can have negative effects on instruction, such as a dumbed - down, narrowed curriculum.

Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers, said: «Primary schools are already under immense pressure from having to introduce an untried baseline assessment scheme this year alongside a new primary curriculum, and new tests at the end of key stage 2.

In Kentucky and Maryland, where the high - stakes tests are based on vague general skills more than on specific curriculum content, the protests seem mild by contrast.

Malcolm Trobe, deputy general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders union, said many secondary schools already had strategies and tests to ensure pupils moving up from primary had the basic skills for the secondary curriculum.

In general, studies indicated that high - stakes standardized basic skills tests led to: a) a narrowing of the curriculum, b) an overemphasis on basic skills and test - like instructional methods, c) a reduction in effective instructional time and an increase in time for test preparation, d) inflated test scores, and e) pressure on teachers to improve test scores (Herman & Golan, 1993; Nolen, Haladyna, & Haas, 1992; Resnick & Resnick, 1992; Shepard, 1991; Shepard & Dougherty, 1991, Smith, 1991; Smith, Edelsky, Draper, Rottenberg, & Cherland, 1990).

The pressures of test preparation, standards, and curriculum frameworks often reduce the study of nature and the environment to a set of facts and general concepts.

Additionally, admittance into the program will be conditional upon successful enrollment into Relay GSE and passing all required state exams (Test of Academic Proficiency (TAP), Learning Behavior Specialist I, and Special Education General Curriculum) by specific deadlines.

For this section of the IEP, the case manager should use the assessment data to outline the special education services that should be provided to improve a student's skills, accommodations that should be made to give the student equal opportunities to access the general education curriculum, and modifications or supplementary aids that the student would need for testing or daily classroom activities.

However, I challenged them, and they defied all expectations by learning the same curriculum and taking the same standardized tests as their peers in general education classes.

Incessant testing with no relation to the real world, the mindless collection of trivia classified as data, forcing a «business model» like Enron or Lehman Brothers or General Motors on the public schools, driving the arts and the social sciences out of the curriculum, and watching every Chancellor, Superintendent, Commissioner, and Secretary of Education promote charter schools over their own public schools at every turn.

What it has led to is a general malaise among our profession, one that has accepted a narrowing of the curriculum, a teaching to the test mentality, and a poorly constructed redefinition of what a good education is.

What high stakes testing DOES DO, is create a standard by which parents and their advocates can demand access to the general curriculum for their child with disabilities.

In addition to the general concerns that Common Core is not needed, harms students and takes control of curriculum and testing away from teachers and local school districts, there are many specific concerns that upset parents and teachers.

When asked if the failure rates are a reflection of an outdate college curriculum, Dr. Allsopp responded, «The content your seeing on the General Knowledge Test (GKT) is not college level content, it's what you see in high school.»

Both the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEA) of 2004 and No Child Left Behind (NCLB) call for students with disabilities to participate in the general education curriculum and in testing programs to the maximum extent possible for each student.

«The educational content is adapted to the curriculum with 500 sheets of general education, tests and interactive quizzes.

Publishers of Test Preparation, Curriculum - oriented Review Books, and General Reference works for Middle School through Graduate School.

General responsibilities of a Fifth Grade Teacher are developing curriculum, planning lessons, teaching various subjects, using a variety of teaching methods, using instruction time effectively, assigning homework, grading tests, and reporting to parents.

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16 SB 319 / HCSFA S. B. 319 (SUB)- 1 - HOUSE SUBSTITUTE TO SENATE BILL 319 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT 1 To amend Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to professions and 2 businesses, so as to provide that professional counseling includes diagnosing emotional and 3 mental problems and conditions; to clarify that persons licensed as professional counselors, 4 social workers, and marriage and family therapists are not authorized to conduct 5 psychological testing; to provide for legislative findings and intent; to provide for a 6 curriculum of continuing education relating to diagnosing; to provide for the establishment 7 of rules and regulations regarding testing conducted by licensed professional counselors; to 8 clarify that psychological testing is part of the practice of psychology; to provide that certain 9 licensed persons are able to perform certain tests other than psychological testing; to revise 10 definitions; to amend Code Section 37 -1-1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, 11 relating to definitions relative to the general provisions governing and regulating mental 12 health, so as to conform a cross-reference; to provide for related matters; to provide an 13 effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.