Sentences with phrase «new high school graduation requirements»

This inventive video on YouTube refers to proposed new high school graduation requirements in Rhode Island that, starting in 2012, would require that all students score at least «partially proficient» on standardized tests.

1800 students and parents staged a demonstration at the capitol building in Albany, NY in an effort to ease the strict new high school graduation requirements around the Regents exams.

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The State Board of Regents is close to finalizing a new CPR graduation requirement for high school students in New Ynew CPR graduation requirement for high school students in New YNew York

Currently, those who scored a 2 or lower were judged to be not meeting the required standards, now children who receive a score of 2 or higher will be considered on track for meeting the new Regents requirements for high school graduation.

The Board of Regents approved new options for students to meet the State's high school graduation requirements.

Now children who receive a score of two or higher will be considered on track for meeting the new Regents requirements for high school graduation.

As Reckhow and others have noted, the focus in grant making has been on pushing new approaches and broader policy changes that might indirectly foster improvement in high schools — through higher standards, stronger graduation requirements, and better teacher training.

As states across the U.S. move to adopt standardized tests as a means to determine grade promotion and school graduation, new research presented in the Harvard Educational Review shows that sole reliance on high - stakes tests as a graduation requirement may increase inequities among students by both race and gender.

A task force studying educational improvement in Nebraska has called for a long list of reforms, including a new school - finance formula, far more state aid for schools, higher pay and longer contracts for teachers, a master - teacher program, and the establishment of statewide high - school graduation requirements.

Maryland's chief state school officer last week asked his board of education to establish a new kind of statewide graduation requirement for high - school students — 100 hours of community service.

That's the message New York Commissioner of Education Richard P. Mills delivered to Empire State educators last week as he unveiled a proposal to toughen the state's requirements for graduation from high school.

While 75 percent of the principals from 1,960 randomly selected high schools reported last summer that they were familiar with the new ncaa requirements, only 12.6 percent said they had attempted to inform parents of the requirements, and only 11.5 percent said they had changed graduation requirements or made other moves to make sure their...

In addition, the state legislature has approved a new law that allows high school students to substitute a rigorous computer science course for a mathematics class under North Dakota graduation requirements.

Rethinking Pathways to High School Graduation in New York State: Forging New Ways for Students to Show Their Achievement of Standards In December 2013, the Coalition for Multiple Pathways to a Diploma released this report, prepared by Advocates for Children of New York, examining the difficulties that high stakes standardized exit exams pose for many students and addressing the need for more flexible exam requirements and assessment - based pathways to a diplHigh School Graduation in New York State: Forging New Ways for Students to Show Their Achievement of Standards In December 2013, the Coalition for Multiple Pathways to a Diploma released this report, prepared by Advocates for Children of New York, examining the difficulties that high stakes standardized exit exams pose for many students and addressing the need for more flexible exam requirements and assessment - based pathways to a diplhigh stakes standardized exit exams pose for many students and addressing the need for more flexible exam requirements and assessment - based pathways to a diploma.

• High - school graduation requirements should be strengthened so that all students acquire a solid foundation in five «new basics»: English, mathematics, science, social studies, and computer science.

The article looks at alternatives to standardized tests as high school graduation requirements, profiling the East Side Community High School in New York City which has replaced standardized tests with a combination of projects and oral presentations which it considers more authentic as assessmehigh school graduation requirements, profiling the East Side Community High School in New York City which has replaced standardized tests with a combination of projects and oral presentations which it considers more authentic as assessschool graduation requirements, profiling the East Side Community High School in New York City which has replaced standardized tests with a combination of projects and oral presentations which it considers more authentic as assessmeHigh School in New York City which has replaced standardized tests with a combination of projects and oral presentations which it considers more authentic as assessSchool in New York City which has replaced standardized tests with a combination of projects and oral presentations which it considers more authentic as assessments.

Last year then N.J. Education Commissioner Chris Cerf had said passing the new PARCC tests in high school would not be a requirement for graduation for at least three years.

Passing the new PARCC state tests in language arts and math will be one of three options high school students can use to meet the state requirement for graduation during the three - year transition period starting with the Class of 2016.

Today, we announced the new members of our High School Graduation Requirements Task Force!

New York State has fairly rigorous requirements, including Regent's exams, for high school graduation.

The Coalition Urges New York State to Convene a Commission to Re-Examine High School Graduation Requirements In November 2017, the Coalition wrote to Chancellor Rosa and Commissioner Elia supporting a proposal to establish a commission to re-examine New York State's graduation requirements and made several recommendations [PDF] for the commission to consider as alternatives to high - stakes exit exHigh School Graduation Requirements In November 2017, the Coalition wrote to Chancellor Rosa and Commissioner Elia supporting a proposal to establish a commission to re-examine New York State's graduation requirements and made several recommendations [PDF] for the commission to consider as alternatives to high - stakes eGraduation Requirements In November 2017, the Coalition wrote to Chancellor Rosa and Commissioner Elia supporting a proposal to establish a commission to re-examine New York State's graduation requirements and made several recommendations [PDF] for the commission to consider as alternatives to high - stakesRequirements In November 2017, the Coalition wrote to Chancellor Rosa and Commissioner Elia supporting a proposal to establish a commission to re-examine New York State's graduation requirements and made several recommendations [PDF] for the commission to consider as alternatives to high - stakes egraduation requirements and made several recommendations [PDF] for the commission to consider as alternatives to high - stakesrequirements and made several recommendations [PDF] for the commission to consider as alternatives to high - stakes exit exhigh - stakes exit exams.

Rethinking Pathways to High School Graduation in New York State: Forging New Ways for Students to Show Their Achievement of Standards On December 12, 2013, the Coalition for Multiple Pathways to a Diploma released this report, prepared by Advocates for Children of New York, examining the difficulties that high stakes standardized exit exams pose for many students and addressing the need for more flexible exam requirements and assessment - based pathways to a diplHigh School Graduation in New York State: Forging New Ways for Students to Show Their Achievement of Standards On December 12, 2013, the Coalition for Multiple Pathways to a Diploma released this report, prepared by Advocates for Children of New York, examining the difficulties that high stakes standardized exit exams pose for many students and addressing the need for more flexible exam requirements and assessment - based pathways to a diplhigh stakes standardized exit exams pose for many students and addressing the need for more flexible exam requirements and assessment - based pathways to a diploma.

Arizona's state officials publicly sparred with the administration after it was threatened with being placed into high - risk status for refusing to count graduation rates for 20 percent of a school's ranking on the state's new accountability system (versus 15 percent), and for not revamping its teacher evaluation system to meet the waiver's requirement.

Bloomberg.com reported that the Chicago Teachers Union opposes the new graduation requirement, saying budget cuts prevent high school guidance counselors from adequately assisting students in developing post-graduation plans.

Massachusetts is hashing over a new high school graduation standard that would consider competency in various subject areas, rather than having just one standardized graduation requirement.

Further, to give teachers and students time to transition to the new assessments, the state has said that it will not use PARCC for high school graduation requirements until at least 2019.

Some wish to take on the challenge of accelerated programs for high school students in New York City, while others are looking to coordinate graduation requirements with busy schedules.

That must mean you've evaluated the expectations required of your high school students in order for them to graduate — and determined that your district's / school's plans are in compliance with new federal ESSA graduation requirements!

New civics test graduation requirements: The Education Commission of the States (2017) reports that since 2015, 8 states have made passing a high school civics exams modeled on the 100 - question immigration citizenship test a graduation requirement: Arizona, Arkansas, Idaho, Kentucky, Missouri, Nevada, North Dakota and Utah.