Sentences with phrase «actually tested items»

They're also a mix of actually tested items and sample questions.

Not exact matches

We've personally tested nearly every item in this guide (and heavily vetted the ones we haven't) to showcase only the very best iPhone accessories that you actually need.

But in a subsequent meeting, the staff actually took portions of the MCAS and came to these conclusions: Although the test is hard, it really does measure the kinds of skills and knowledge students need to be successful in the 21st century; because the MCAS is a curriculum - referenced test whose items are released every year, it is possible to align the curriculum and study for the test; and finally, our students have a long way to go, but most can reach proficiency if the whole school teaches effectively over time.

How sad that a confluence of limited funding, political pressures, and its own history of empire - building has led the National Assessment Governing Board to propose an increase in testing combined with a reduction in the kinds of items and tasks that might actually tell us something worthwhile about student learning («Board Ponders New Format To Make NAEP More Cost - Effective, Useful,» Jan. 24, 1996).

In addition, given that scale score points do not equal raw or actual test items (e.g., scale score - to - actual test item relationships are typically in the neighborhood of 4 or 5 scale scores points to 1 actual test item), this likely also means that Kane's interpretations (i.e., mathematics scores were roughly the equivalent of 1.4 scale score points on the PARCC and 4.1 scale score points on the SBAC) actually mean 1 / 4th or 1 / 5th of a test item in mathematics on the PARCC and 4 / 5th of or 1 test item on the SBAC.

The report does not actually contain items that specifically mention «drill,» work their way methodically through the key concepts of literacy and mathematics,» or «taught to the test,» but I believe the reporters (and perhaps Gates officials) are referencing the test prep items with these phrases.

We choose to use items that actually show growth — assessments that are taken multiple times per year rather than one high stakes test, student work on tasks that show growth and learning over time, etc..

And we have to recognize that CA's previous CST system was built to measure CA's 1997 standards that objective analyses have said heavily overlap in terms of both content and rigor with the new common core standards, similar to MA's old standards to new common core standards situation, and that likely 60 to 80 percent of the CST items also actually measure common core standards, tho not with the desired types of item and test administration formats.

In the UK, the MOT certificate may list items that «require attention, in the opinion of the inspector» (e.g. tires close to the legal wear limit) even though the car actually passed the test.

They are still taking them out for a test drive to see if they are actually an item they will use in their daily lives or if they are just a passing trend.