Sentences with phrase «absolute scores»

Methodology: Teachers should be assessed based on an analysis that relies on student progress, not absolute scores.

(Even if absolute scores fall, on a relative basis, student performance on the old state assessments is likely to look very similar to student performance on the new assessments.)

That meant a school might be designated «needing improvement» because it had failed to raise scores over the past several years — but still could have a higher absolute score than a school that had met the federal standard because it had made steady gains from a lower base.

After the release of the Brown Center's report in September 2000, Stephen O'Brien, the Blue Ribbon program's director, criticized both our reliance on academic achievement as the sole barometer of a good school and our reliance on absolute scores rather than gains in achievement from year to year.

NACSA surveys show that about 90 percent of large authorizers now use performance frameworks — either their own or those created by states — which almost always give weight to growth as well as absolute scores.

Absolute scores only tell part of the story.

Differences within group will be used to explore how relative rankings and absolute scores reflect the importance and non-importance of variables related to expectations of group psychotherapy.

Value - added analysis is about score improvement, not absolute scores.

* grins * The scarf is actually huge, much like an Hermes scarf and for that price, I think it's an absolute score!

Measurement schemes modeled after New Public Service would look more at outcomes such as gains in skill levels (as opposed to absolute scores), holistic academic progress, critical thinking ability, and creativity.

In other words the absolute scores matter — but how well each charity does in comparison to other similar charities matters too.