Sentences with phrase «about standardized»

Reality check, my statement about no standardized tests to evaluate codes for dynamical cores in atmospheric models has been misinterpreted.

How about a standardized method for estimating UHI?

For Dubuffet, beauty was not about the standardized prototypes embraced by the popular culture, and not about the exclusiveness of abstract expression, either.

Simply put, it is not all about standardized test scores anymore, and the school with the highest scores may no longer be the highest ranked school under the new system.

Here's what one parent and researcher learned about the standardized assessments administered to students, teachers, and schools.

What are your views about standardized tests and the university admissions process?

The article also provides two sections with related information: 1) a «glossary of testing terms,» which explains fundamentals of standardized tests and how these tests will be used in the context of new federal legislation (the No Child Left Behind Act of 2002) which requires states to give standardized tests annually, analyze data in specific ways, and track progress toward a required goal; and 2) «frequently asked questions about standardized testing,» which addresses many of parents» concerns about how standardized tests may be used with and affect their children.

Emily Giles, a teacher at International High School at Prospect Heights, told me about a standardized test that was disrespecting the schools» English Language Learner (ELL) students» cultural and linguistic diversity.

About Standardized Tests The ACT is a national college admissions examination that consists of subject area tests in English, Math, Reading, and Science.

Many people whine about standardized tests.

However, in a study examining elementary school parents» opinions about standardized tests and performance assessments, most parents approved of both types of measures and actually gave stronger approval ratings to performance assessments (Shepard & Bliem, 1995).

For example, the Associated Press recently wrote about the standardized testing situation in New Jersey where Governor Christi, like Governor Malloy, is a big fan of having more standardized testing.

Advance your students from relative measurements to learning about standardized units with this lesson that teaches them about inches and feet by using common classroom objects.

Counselors advise students and parents about standardized testing, college essays and applications, financial aid options, and more.

The Test: Why Our Schools are Obsessed with Standardized Testing — But You Don't Have to Be by Anya Kamenetz Nice summary of concerns about standardized testing and arguments against it.

But, now, those lawmakers are concerned about standardized test results that put it among the worst schools in the state.

There's a constant conversation out there about standardized tests: whether they're good or bad, or how much time we're spending on them.

Reframing the Purpose of Education History teacher Jesse Hagopian from Seattle talks during Education Nation's Teacher Town Hall about standardized tests and «reframing the purpose of education.»

As proactive learners and performers, these students not only studied math, but also used it to learn all about the standardized tests.

I don't know many people crazy about standardized testing, but we can all agree on the need for accountability.

An article in the Sunday Review highlights some of the concerns about standardized tests raised by minority parents, students, and educators.

Students and their parents have grumbled about standardized testing since it was mandated by the federal government in 1965.

But in hindsight, considering the backlash from Congress and from parents upset about standardized testing, and looking at what the American Educational Research Association and the American Statistical Association and the National Research Council have said about the problems of using value - added models to make personnel decisions... do you feel like those were the right big bets?

Recently, Duckworth heard about the school that was instituting a Grit Week in order to boost its students standardized testing scores, a goal she 100 percent would not have picked, for one simple reason: Who ever heard of a teenager being passionate about standardized tests?

I thought of... Continue reading Paging Ernestine: Long Island Opt - Outers Don't Care About Standardized Tests Because They Don't Have To.

«The focus on just thinking about standardized test scores as being synonymous with achievement for teenagers is ridiculous, right?»

Many students, as well as parents, are extremely anxious and stressed out about the standardized test.

In essence, it is important that parents continue to advocate and voice concerns about standardized testing, however, alternative supports need to be in place for students and parents as standardized testing are now the norm.

Have your read about standardized test manipulation and cut score deception?

These are some of the things I've heard teachers say over the years about standardized test scores and the pressures surrounding student performance:

At one of the most socially difficult times of their lives, over a third of our children have more anxiety about standardized tests than any other issue.

I was part of a team of 14 teachers from across New York City that put the typical rhetoric aside and paired our collective experience with the existing body of research about standardized assessment to create a series of recommendations.

Even before Common Core, she was uneasy about standardized testing.

Tell them you want to know more about standardized tests and what educational purposes they have.

She claims that with all the concern about standardized tests at the end of the year, many teachers forget that students need to know what they are working towards.

Overwhelmingly, they asked me to write about standardized assessment pressures, flexible seating and classroom design, and relationships.

Or it could simply be low motivation, since many students never hear about their standardized test results from previous years?

Browse the resources below for more information about standardized tests, including new tests aligned to the Common Core State Standards.

We've compiled a resources list to help families understand various uses of assessment in schools, what questions to ask, how to help children prepare, and all about standardized tests.

This past spring, I joined a team of 14 teachers from across New York City that put the typical rhetoric aside and paired our collective experience with the existing body of research about standardized assessment.

Philander Claxton, the commissioner of education in the United States, reached out to students across the country — not about standardized tests or preschool for all, but about something he called «joyous» and «useful»: school gardens.

«It's why painters spend years studying the masters, software programmers memorize commands and functions, and doctors spend nearly a decade learning about standardized responses to symptoms,» Rose wrote.

Forget about standardized tests, forget about lack of funds, and forget about technology, the largest obstacle to improving student engagement is a lack of autonomy.

Dan Koretz, Reporters Roundtable on High Stakes Testing Bloomberg, 4/26/13 «Dan Koretz, professor and director of the Education Accountability Project at Harvard University, John Merrow, PBS education correspondent, Kevin Riley, Atlanta Journal Constitution editor in chief, and Greg Toppo, USA Today national K - 12 education reporter, discuss the effects and increased pressure of high stakes testing on education, test tampering indictments of 35 educators in Atlanta and renewed discussion about standardized test score irregularities in the District of Columbia.»

Champions and Dissidents express very different opinions about standardized testing.Dissidents are much more likely to say the amount of time spent on testing is «too high» (61 percent) compared with Champions (19 percent).

After working together on «Fruitvale Station» and «Creed,» Michael B. Jordan and director Ryan Coogler are planning to reunite for «Wrong Answer,» a movie about the standardized - test cheating scandal that rocked Atlanta's education system in 2013, reports the New York Times.

We'll learn about this standardized scale, and we'll learn about «securitized bonds,» a special form of bond where the loan is guaranteed by specific assets of the company.

Jane Baton, who identified herself as a local algebra teacher, said she was concerned about standardized testing when it came to students» math aptitude, and said rigidity in the system is not good for students.

State legislators Michael Kearns, Ray Walter and Marc Panepinto shared their concerns about standardized tests during a Monday rally.

Instead, the crowd broke into smaller discussion groups to identify concerns about standardized testing.