Sentences with phrase «about standardized testing»

Would a teacher who is concerned about standardized test scores or student growth numbers, try to squeeze in more academic time?

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.

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

Be careful how you talk about standardized tests in front of your child.

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.

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

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

Recently I've had a lot of teachers come to me asking about standardized test preparation.

In order to do that, students should be prompted to reflect on their personal feelings about standardized tests.

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.

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

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.

After learning about tests from your child's teachers and school officials, take the time to talk to your child about standardized tests.

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.

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

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

Some teachers offer a similar complaint about the standardized testing aspect in the applicable subjects, which educators call «value - added» modeling.

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.

Fortunately or unfortunately, I have nothing good to say about standardized testing other than it exists.

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

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

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

What You Need to Know about Standardized Testing New infographic reveals some surprising facts.

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

«Americans aren't as pissed off about standardized testing as headlines often make it seem.

Success, however, is not just about standardized test results, Adler says.

The right high school for your student goes well beyond statistics available about standardized testing results and the number of advanced or honors level courses offered.

If your child's anxious about standardized testing, one of the first things to do is to desensitize the test for them.

If you speak negatively about standardized tests in front of your child, they may decide that the tests are unimportant and will not try to do well on the test.

What you should know about standardized tests before your child sharpens his # 2 pencil.

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

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.

Potential explanation for this pattern include district administrators encouraging opt - outs in order to cover up poor performance, districts focusing on non-tested subjects to satisfy parents who care less about standardized tests, and parents becoming more skeptical of the value of tests when their children do not score well.

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

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

The Common Core has come under fire from across the political spectrum, with conservatives angry about what they see as the loss of local control over education, progressives unhappy with the role of the Gates Foundation and worried about standardized testing that will accompany the standards.

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

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

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?

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?

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

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

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.»

When Louis C.K. went on a Twitter rant about the standardized tests and Common Core State Standards being rolled out in his own children's public schools, he brought to mind other instances where comedians have broken through the fog of typical policy debate to reflect how most people really feel about an issue.

In Roswell, N.M., discussion about standardized testing championed by the district superintendent escalated into unrest — and then action.

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.

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).