Sentences with phrase «national standardized achievement tests»

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Members of these groups were told about either the state ranking of the average student in the respondent's district on standardized tests of achievement or the national ranking of the performance of the average student in the district.

They also embrace standardized testing as a way to measure student achievement, and both call for all states to participate in the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), called «the nation's report card,» which tests students in grades four, eight, and twelve in various subject areas.

Schools must use a range of assessment tools, not standardized tests alone, to measure students» «authentic» achievement levels, a new report by the National Association of Secondary School Principals concludes.

The report, released Wednesday, relies on standards used by the National Assessment of Education Progress, the only national - level standardized test, considered the gold standard for measuring actual student achiNational Assessment of Education Progress, the only national - level standardized test, considered the gold standard for measuring actual student achinational - level standardized test, considered the gold standard for measuring actual student achievement.

Maryland's public school students made greater gains on a national standardized test than their peers in nearly every other state, although the achievement gap between white and minority students persists.

While the Department will likely add more academic performance measures in the future, for 2014 officials also included the level of participation in state assessments, achievement gaps between students with disabilities and the general population as well as scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress, a standardized test used to gauge academic growth across the country.

A study of homeschooled student scores on standardized achievement tests shows higher scores than the general population (National Home Education Research Institute, 1997).

The National Blue Ribbon Schools are selected based on one of two criteria: performance on state assessments, or in the case of private schools, performance on national standardized tests; or schools with at least 40 percent of students from disadvantaged backgrounds that raise achievement as measured by state assessments or national standardizeNational Blue Ribbon Schools are selected based on one of two criteria: performance on state assessments, or in the case of private schools, performance on national standardized tests; or schools with at least 40 percent of students from disadvantaged backgrounds that raise achievement as measured by state assessments or national standardizenational standardized tests; or schools with at least 40 percent of students from disadvantaged backgrounds that raise achievement as measured by state assessments or national standardizenational standardized tests.

Since beginning the change, student scores on Kentucky's standardized achievement test have risen from the 41st percentile to the 78th percentile, and the U.S. Department of Education has named T. C. Cherry a National Blue Ribbon School.

The 2015 scores for the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) are out, and the news isn't good for those who think standardized test scores tell us something significant about student achievement.

If a student is struggling to remember spelling words, a standardized test of spelling achievement with current national norms should be given to quantify just how serious the problem is.

And, Fletcher said, the program's key measure of student achievement — known as Academic Growth Over Time — is based on state standardized tests that will be phased out in the next few years as California moves toward a new national curriculum and assessments.

Finland, which leads the world in student achievement, has no merit pay or standardized tests except for a national exam that all students take at age 16.

As a group, these largely Hispanic students have persistently scored significantly lower than their white peers on standardized tests like the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), known as the nation's report card, despite increased attention to this «achievement gap.»