Sentences with phrase «about competency exam»

Thanks to a last - minute revision to North Carolina's year - old K - 12 accountability law, none of the teachers in the state's lowest - performing schools had to take a much - talked - about competency exam last week.

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Interestingly, the committee's conclusion with respect to exit exams does not pick up on the full report's emphasis on the importance of the design features of incentive systems, which include warnings that tests aimed at ensuring minimum competency may lower expectations, and concerns about both the potential narrowing of the curriculum and the tendency for score inflation on a known test.

Some of the organizers behind Education Forward have some clever ideas about how to fund the online courses a student might take, for example — by offering 50 percent of funding to the provider up - front for enrollment, 25 percent for the student passing the course, and the last 25 percent upon successful passage of the state final exam — but this idea, which moves the focus to student outcomes, isn't codified explicitly in the initiative (although the notion of competency - based learning is, which might lead to such an outcomes - based funding system).

I have created general competency requirements, but admit I am driven more by watching the students ignite their passion than worrying about pleasung our exam board

But students at both ends of the spectrum — that is, with either high or low grades — were significantly (about 2 to 4 percentage points) more likely to attend college in 1993 - 94 when they lived in a state with minimum - competency exams.

When, however, my colleagues and I analyzed longitudinal data that adjusted for the grades and test scores of students in 8th grade, we found that students at schools with minimum - competency exams with C - grades in 8th grade, while not more likely to drop out, were about 7 percentage points less likely to get a high - school diploma or a General Education Diploma (GED) within six years.

Growing up in a state with minimum - competency exams raises by about 11 percent the earnings of those who had low GPAs in 8th grade.

The hybrid end - of - course / minimum - competency exam systems that have been in place in New York State since the early 1980s and in North Carolina since about 1990 clearly had the largest effects on test scores.

Courses normally last about 8 hours and you will need to demonstrate competency by passing a final exam to receive a passing grade.

You begin learning about patient care early in your program by taking classes like Clinical Competencies, Human Anatomy and Physiology, and Exam Room Procedures.

The following table includes information about educational requirements, exams, competencies, expected earnings, and typical places of employment for five of the most common healthcare certifications.