Sentences with phrase «proficiency rewards schools»

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• There was a widespread, well - justified concern that prior accountability measures based primarily on achievement levels (proficiency rates) unfairly penalized schools serving more disadvantaged students and failed to reward schools for strong test score growth.

While some are concerned that students might be exiting the system before they are ready, others say by rewarding proficiency over seat time, students will leave high school college - and career - ready.

Schools making good progress but not yet reaching desired average levels of achievement are not rewarded, and schools with high - achieving students have no further incentive to improve if they've already reached the mandated proficiencySchools making good progress but not yet reaching desired average levels of achievement are not rewarded, and schools with high - achieving students have no further incentive to improve if they've already reached the mandated proficiencyschools with high - achieving students have no further incentive to improve if they've already reached the mandated proficiency level.

Schools have different ways to provide this intervention time during school — teachers might share students to present the relevant material to small groups while students who have proven proficiency are rewarded and given a time to celebrate their success.

With a diverse student body, Golden Lake is a top - performing school, earning the state's «Reward School» designation twice for remarkable achievements in individual academic growth, student proficiency and achievement gap reducschool, earning the state's «Reward School» designation twice for remarkable achievements in individual academic growth, student proficiency and achievement gap reducSchool» designation twice for remarkable achievements in individual academic growth, student proficiency and achievement gap reductions.

In fact, Johnson (2005) recently described a new law in Texas that rewards students who have shown proficiency on the state test with 2 weeks off from school (during the school year) while teachers concentrate on preparing the other students for the test.