Sentences with phrase «low stakes for students»

Low stakes for students, high stakes for the teacher.

Not exact matches

They remain focused on grades even on low - stakes assignments and they game the system even when assignments allowed for student choice and voice.

Because the other standardized tests are «low - stakes tests,» without any reward or punishment attached to student or school performance, the authors reason that there are few incentives to manipulate the results or cheat, making the low - stakes test results a reliable measure of student performance (although it is also possible that schools and students won't prepare enough for a low - stakes test to demonstrate their true abilities).

Because test scores will be used to penalize low - scoring schools, they will act as high - stakes tests for teachers and administrators especially in schools serving high proportions of poor and minority students.

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That is a low - stakes test taken only by a representative sample of students, none of whom answer all the questions and for whom no results are reported by student, teacher, or school.

More frequent assessments that start with easier goals and gradually increase in difficulty can also help build students» sense of control, as can opportunities for students to demonstrate their skills in low - stakes tests before taking an assessment that counts.

Schools across the U.S. — especially those with high - needs, low - income populations — are finding they just do nt have the time in a typical day to do much more than prepare students for high - stakes tests in reading and math.

They are also open to a host of school reforms ranging from high - stakes student accountability to merit pay for teachers to school vouchers and tax credits that would give low - income families greater access to private schools.

While breaks can help reset student focus, a useful alternative — especially for older students — is to switch teaching strategies throughout a lesson: Try having students team up on a think - pair - share activity or work in groups, spend a few minutes reviewing concepts, or give a low - stakes practice test at the end of a lesson.

Schools nationwide are getting results with Apex Learning digital curriculum: higher graduation rates, lower dropout rates, improved scores on high - stakes exams, and more students ready for postsecondary success.

One study suggests that the inappropriate reliance on high - stakes testing likely exacerbates the consistent problem of the exclusion of low achieving and special education students from state assessments used for school and district accountability.

The greatest impact was for low - achieving students, largely because the overwhelming majority of higher - achieving students had completed the exam before the onset of high - stakes testing.

The initiative provides a useful model for how researchers and administrators can work together to design, test, and refine low - stakes measures of student mindsets, using them to provide struggling schools with additional resources instead of sanctions.

The combination of funding and sanctions will make the tests high - stakes where they now are not, with all the well - documented harmful consequences for curriculum and instruction, particularly for low - income and minority - group students.

More alarming, regulatory double - dealing severely lowers the stakes for the graduation rates of at - risk student groups.

Regulatory double - dealing severely lowers the stakes for the graduation rates of at - risk student groups.

Miami, FL — November 19, 2014 Students, alumni, educators and parents represented the Dade Coalition for Education and Economic Justice at a meeting with the Miami - Dade School Board in an effort to end high - stakes testing and call for all low - performing schools to be transformed into sustainable community schools.

Because of the high stakes of the SBAC tests, English teachers, especially in schools with a history of low standardized test scores,, prepare students for the test by adhering to the pedagogy prescribed by the Common Core.

«A delay in making the scores «high stakes» would be appropriate under the circumstances and lower the stress levels for our students, teachers, administrators, and parents,» she said.

The findings for the lowest achieving students are particularly troubling considering the high stakes for children who are already on the edge of failure.

These opportunities to engage with authentic student writing and teacher commentary in low - stakes ways allow for legitimate, peripheral participation by teacher candidates in the professional practices of secondary writing teaching.

Re the 12 - week window, several factors are that item - tryout studies are not strongly sensitive to time - of - instructional year like operational programs where you want all students taking the test within a relatively small window for comparisons across students or groups of students, nor are you generally concerned about test security since it is a low stakes research data collection.

Observations, anecdotes, and daily work samples are certainly low - stakes evidence of achievement for accountability purposes, but they may be the most useful for teachers and students.

King says if the high stakes tests are used for determining student placements in the lower grades, then the students will not be penalized if they do poorly on the exams.

Indeed, the National Assessment of Educational Progress test is often used as a gauge for actual student performance specifically because it is a low - stakes test.

Over a decade of research shows that an over emphasis on high - stakes standardized tests narrows curriculum, creates social and emotional stress for students and families, drives committed teachers out of the profession, and turns schools into test - prep factories with principals forced to comply as overseers — especially in low - scoring schools.

It was very heartbreaking to me because I had a sense of low efficacy but I wanted to be great for my students and I knew what was at stake for them (all were from a traditionally disenfranchised community) if they didn't receive a quality education.

For those who view the instability of VAMs as a fatal flaw limiting their utility for high - or low - stakes decisions about teachers, these results suggest that the same concerns may apply to observations and student survey measurFor those who view the instability of VAMs as a fatal flaw limiting their utility for high - or low - stakes decisions about teachers, these results suggest that the same concerns may apply to observations and student survey measurfor high - or low - stakes decisions about teachers, these results suggest that the same concerns may apply to observations and student survey measures.

When Texas legislators passed a law in 2013 that sharply reduced standardized testing for public high school students, they included a provision aimed at easing the pressure of high - stakes exams for students in lower grades as well.

Projects like Imprint — fast, and with minimal premeditation — are fantastic opportunities for artists and art students to engage in a low - stakes yet highly - rewarding project.

The elimination of the gap standard for law schools drastically raises the stakes for all schools now willing to accept students with low LSAT scores or undergraduate GPAs.