Sentences with phrase «regents test»

The consortium's 39 diverse public high schools (37 are in New York City, one is in Ithaca and one is in Rochester) are staffed by AFT members and have received waivers from four of the state's five standardized exams (students still take the English Regents test).

In New York City, home to the nation's largest public school system with 1.1 million pupils, just 52 percent of the students who took last year's statewide Regents test in Algebra I passed, mirroring statistics elsewhere in the country.

In Ms. Abbott's case, for example, her basket of evidence might have included the tenth grade Regents test, perhaps with a pre-test she had designed to evaluate student needs at the beginning of the year and growth by the end of the year.

When she had these same students in eighth grade the next year, where they mostly worked on high - school level material, all of them passed the tenth grade Regents test and fully one - third had perfect scores.

Those researchers found that students who received a passing grade on the state eighth - grade math exam, for example, had a one - in - three chance of scoring highly enough on the math Regents test in high school to be considered prepared for college math.

For instance, principal Stephen Stoll says the biology course that had 70 labs a year ago now has only 30, because students need more time to learn the terms and concepts that will be on the Regents test.

Graduation rates, Regents test scores, drop - out rates, the progress of minority students, the performance of the weakest 9th grade students — you name it, and the results, as evaluated and tabulated by the respected university - based scholars at the Research Alliance for New York City Schools, were very strong, even remarkable.

You have the teacher telling the student to get his portfolio done and he says that he is studying for the Regents test.

For instance, it takes a history teacher who, when developing a class that covers the use of water throughout U.S. history, also hits on the skills and content students need to pass the New York State Regents test.

Students across the region began taking New York State Regents tests Tuesday and a Buffalo Public Schools teacher is using digital means to help students review for their History Regents.

I'm also proud of the movement of a lot of our kids from far below grade level in reading and math to passing Regents tests.

But when New York State began requiring students to pass the standardized Regents tests in order to graduate from high school, Beacon was forced to reduce the number of projects and cut the time for assessing them.

The state agreed to have researchers at Harvard University analyze the scores and compare them with results on national exams and Regents tests, the subject exams that high school students are required to take for graduation.

Related: Common Core tests will widen the achievement gap at first Thirty - five states have no exit exam at all and seven have exit exams of some other kind — end - of - course tests, New York's Regents tests, California's CAHSEE, a civics exam, etc. — but will not be using a sole test score to allow seniors to graduate or not.

For high schools, progress is measured by credit accumulation and by how many Regents tests (state exams needed to complete a high school diploma) students pass.

Not exact matches

The state Board of Regents announced that standardized English and math tests will be conducted over two days instead of three for students in grades three through eight beginning next spring.

Prospective teachers in New York will no longer have to score as high on a qualifying test to obtain teaching certificates now that the Board of Regents has agreed to lower the passing score

The Regents are now in the process of conducting a review of the standards, tests and evaluation system.

That includes Board of Regents Chancellor Betty A. Rosa, who has said she would opt her children out of standardized tests and was among the first to issue a statement condemning Paladino for his remarks.

Controversy over the Regents Geometry exam arose in June, after hundreds of thousands of teens took that test and others.

ALBANY — State Regents exams will undergo extra scrutiny following the discovery of three flaws in a recently administered geometry test — one of them reported by a 16 - year - old East Setauket student.

The vote came a few months after the state's teachers unions, closely aligned with the Assembly, claimed a victory in December when the Regents, prompted by the governor and Legislative leaders, placed a moratorium on the use of student test scores in teacher evaluations.

State Board of Regents Chancellor Merryl Tisch and Education Commissioner David Steiner acknowledged that over the past several years, the test scores had been grossly inflated.

Regents ease some testing and evaluation requirements, allowing teachers rated «ineffective» who face firing a chance to appeal on grounds they were not prepared to give lessons based on Common Core standards.

NYS has a standardized testing problem, a NYSUT official writes: Many students do poorly on tests for grades 3 - 8, but pass high school Regents exams.

But since then, several Regents have been replaced by ones who are critical of high stakes testing and penalties for schools that aren't performing well.

The state Board of Regents gave final approval to a rule change easing the requirement that districts provide extra help to all students who failed the state's math and English language arts tests.

Regents Chancellor Betty Rosa says the board wants to make certain the tests continue to provide a valid measure of student achievement.

The Board of Regents is due to release the new regulations governing the evaluations — including how much weight to give at least one standardized test and in - classroom observation.

The letter, written by a top Cuomo aide, says the student test scores are «unacceptable,» and asks Board of Regents Chancellor Merryl Tisch and outgoing Education Commissioner John King what to do about an evaluation system that rates just 1 percent of all of the teachers in the state as poorly performing.

For example, in the current state budget, Cuomo and lawmakers enacted amendments to the Board of Regents» implementation of the Common Core, specifically prohibiting students» standardized test scores from being included on their permanent records or used in promotion decisions.

He said the Regents were attempting to «delay» the rating system, but the proposal would not have stopped the evaluations or removed testing from the evaluations; rather, it would have stated explicitly that educators could use a Common - Core defense during disciplinary proceedings, an option unions said was already available to teachers and principals.

The Board of Regents, which sets education policy, has also asked the Legislature for $ 2.1 million for other anticheating measures, including an analysis of erasures on answer sheets, and steps toward computer - based testing.

Said Regents Chancellor Betty A. Rosa: «This decision not only reduces the amount of time children will spend taking tests, but also returns valuable instructional time to our teachers.

The Board of Regents, on recommendation from Cuomo's Common Core task force, put in place a moratorium on the use of test scores in teacher and principal evaluations through the 2019 - 20 school year.

The Regents tabled a proposal that would have offered more protection for teachers and principals who could risk losing their jobs as a result of Common Core - based tests after Cuomo blasted it.

The Regents last year reduced the number of test questions and took away stressful time limits to try to ease opposition.

«This decision not only reduces the amount of time children will spend taking tests, but also returns valuable instructional time to our teachers,» Regents Chancellor Betty Rosa said.

The vote — an abrupt about - face in policies pushed by Cuomo and the Regents in recent years — was the latest in a series of state responses to rising public opposition against Albany's direction on school curricula, testing and educator evaluations.

Anti-testing activists said the opt - outs sent a clear message to Cuomo, the Regents and the state Education Department: The tests and curricula aligned with the Common Core academic standards must be completely retooled.

The fiery UFT president suffered a bruising blow from Mr. Cuomo in the latest state budget deal, which gave the state education department and Board of Regents power to create new teacher evaluations that are expected to emphasize standardized tests and make it easier to dismiss teachers.

In revamping the state's evaluation system, Regents Chancellor Merryl Tisch said she aims to have fewer tests for students, and more productive professional development for teachers.

A four - year moratorium on use of student scores on Common Core state tests to evaluate job performances by teachers and principals gained quick and overwhelming preliminary approval Monday from the state Board of Regents.

Regent Judith Johnson of Rockland County, left, named Monday to lead a «work group» looking into issues with the state test system, speaks to members of the state Board of Regents during a meeting at the Education Department in Albany on Monday, April 18, 2016.

New leaders of the state Board of Regents are scheduled to be elected Monday, then hold a news conference where they likely will face questions about their future plans for Common Core academic standards, student testing and teacher evaluations.

The Board of Regents, facing pressure from Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the legislature, is recommending that the effects of the new high stakes testing on students, designed in response to the Common Core, be delayed for five more years.

Elia and the Board of Regents are revising the teacher and principal evaluations for the fifth time since 2010, and Pallotta said there's a lot riding on the reforms, including whether the test boycott movement will continue.

The newly elected Chancellor to the Board of Regents, Betty Rosa, expressed grave doubts about the state's use of standardized tests in the schools, saying if she were not on the Board of Regents, she would join the opt out movement and not permit her children to take the tests.

Board of Regents chancellor Merryl Tisch and Mr. King issued a joint press release shortly after Mr. Cuomo's speech and said they have opposed standardized testing for young students and emphasized the state «has never tested K - 2 students.»

The Board of Regents» new leaders launched an inquiry Monday into the validity of the state test system and its links to teacher evaluations, citing the need to rebuild public trust following a second annual round of massive exam boycotts on Long Island and across the state.