Sentences with phrase «addition to test scores»

Our school profiles now include important information in addition to test scores — factors that make a big difference in how children experience school, such as how much a school helps students improve academically, how well a school supports students from different socioeconomic, racial and ethnic groups, and whether or not some groups of students are disproportionately affected by the school's discipline and attendance policies.

This includes «extracurricular distinction and personal qualities» in addition to test scores and grades.

However, when parents can choose how their children learn, research shows other positive effects, in place of or in addition to test scores.

The state Board of Education has created a dashboard to evaluate schools on things like suspension rates and chronic absenteeism, in addition to test scores.

She added that other measures of evaluating a school are valuable in addition to test scores, but she said test scores are an important starting point for parents.

In addition to test scores in math and science, the TIMSS data include background information on students» home and family life as well as data on teacher characteristics, qualifications, and classroom practices.

The Every Student Succeeds Act requires states to use «another indicator of student success or school quality,» in addition to test scores and graduation rates, when determining school grades.

In addition to test scores in math and science, the TIMSS data include information on teacher characteristics, qualifications, and classroom practices.

Principals can also evaluate teachers on the basis of a broader spectrum of educational outputs in addition to test scores that parents may value.

In addition to test scores, PISA collects data on student learning styles.

Not exact matches

A late gift for the holidays — in addition to providing more info on what Quality Score is (as Andrey blogged earlier this month), Google has been conducting a test of showing the Quality Score for your PPC ad keywords inside your AdWords account and some information and screenshots have been posted on DigitalPoint.

I am with you on that Pablo, in theory we should have 75 — 80 mill to spend, I wouldn't put Zabaletta in the 2 or 3 quality players, he is decent offensively but plays in a team that rarely has to defend, Moses looks decent doing that at Chelsea, all too often Byram has been exposed by not having any defensive assistance if we sign him will be interesting to see how he is defensively because he will be tested in our team, Batshuayi would be a quality addition but he is still only a reserve for Chelski and I don't think he could do what Costa has for them or for us, imo we would still need another striker to lead the line, maybe Josh King if the rumours are true, what hasn't been mentioned too much is the left wing slots, none of ours are particulary great most of them seem to prefer the right side, if we don't go for Nolito maybe have a punt on Grosicki from Hull, we were interested in him previously and he is a very quick player that can create and score goals.

In addition, teachers whose students» test scores are consistently low; those who have failed to secure their teaching certificates on time; those who haven't had a permanent position for six months or more; those who've faced department probes leading to substantiated allegations of misconduct; and those granted an extension regarding tenure could also be dismissed.

«In addition to gains in achievement test scores we also saw improvements in engagement with school, such as an increase in attendance of about 2.5 weeks per year» said Jonathan Guryan, Associate Professor of Human Development and Social Policy in the Institute for Policy Research at Northwestern University and Co-director of the University of Chicago Urban Education Lab.

In addition to a significant jump in math test scores, students receiving tutoring and mentoring failed two fewer courses per year on average than students who did not participate, and their likelihood of being «on track» for graduation rose by nearly one - half.

Over 150,000 individuals registered with 181 practices participating in the ADDITION - Denmark study were sent a diabetes risk score questionnaire, and if their score indicated moderate to high risk they were invited to attend for a diabetes test and cardiovascular risk assessment with their family doctor.

They also hope that university admissions officers consider taking into account what applicants «know» (for example, what they learned in their high school elective classes), in addition to their grades and standardized test scores.

In addition to the above, Johns Hopkins researchers found that women with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder and a history of Candida overgrowth were more likely to score lower on memory tests than those women without a history of infection.1

In a study involving dietary ketosis via a low carbohydrate diet (less than 10 percent of total calories), compared to subjects on a 50 percent carbohydrate diet, the low - carbohydrate subjects demonstrated better performance on memory tests, with higher scores being correlated to higher serum KB levels.14 A study using cultured mouse hippocampal cells showed that addition of the KB β - hydroxybutyrate (β - OHB) to cells exposed to Aβ resulted in no decrease in the numbers of dendrites or total neurons — two of the noted pathological changes in AD.

In addition to examining the effect of teacher gender on students» test - score performance, I examined teacher perceptions of a student's performance and student perceptions of the subject taught by a particular teacher.

In addition, the differences in test - score gains between bottom - and top - quartile students on each non-cognitive skill amount to almost a full year's worth of learning in math over the middle school years.

In addition to modeling lessons for teachers and working with small groups of students, the skills specialists also regularly analyze student scores on diagnostic, formative, and standardized tests across classrooms, subjects, and grades.

In addition to dipping into his private fortune for unlimited campaign ads touting his test score gains, he has total control of a $ 15 billion education empire that doles out jobs and no - bid contracts to potential critics and spends millions on a well - oiled public relations machine, but spends nothing on independent research or evaluation of classroom programs.

In addition to our main experiment testing the ECO-C Intervention's effects on our target group of high - achieving, low - income students, we also used the same approach to study its effects on students who meet the same test - score criteria but who have estimated family income above the bottom one - third or attended a feeder high school.

In addition, all Florida schools are graded from A to F based on the share of their student bodies that scores at high levels on the FCAT and experiences gains in their test scores from year to year.

In addition to whatever other changes are playing out in schools (not to mention this year's test - takers are a slightly different group than last year's), states are using both new sets of assessments and new cut scores to determine proficiency rates.

In addition, the law creates flexibility for state and local leaders to think creatively — beyond just test scores and graduation rates — about how to measure school quality.

In addition to test - score data, the system will include, among other things, demographic data, teacher assignment by course, and each student's course enrollment and completion.

In addition to the survey data collected, in - depth interviews were conducted with 43 teachers who taught in the promotion-gate grades (3rd, 6th, and 8th, where students faced their test - score Rubicons) at five K - 8 schools in the system.

Twenty - seven large school districts, representing roughly 10 percent of the nation's students, volunteer for extra testing so that they can have NAEP scores for their cities, in addition to their states.

In addition, statistical analysis of the PALM data revealed that all three components of PALM (classroom - embedded, on - demand, and taking a closer look) contributed significantly to the prediction of students» scores on a norm - referenced reading test.

For instance, in addition to the use of test scores and SGP, much of the discussion focused on separate achievement measures for each teacher that will be developed by individual teachers and their principals.

In addition, the U.S. Department of Education strongly pressured states to adopt controversial policies expanding charter schools and measuring teacher effectiveness on the basis of student test scores.

In addition to the legal action, the union has distributed letters for teachers to give to their principals, expressing opposition to the new evaluations and the use of standardized test scores in setting objectives for teachers in initial planning conferences.

* UPDATED A contingent of LA parents, armed with a petition of about 420 signatures, will ask the state Board of Education this week to adopt a summative rating to evaluate schools in addition to a number of proposed measures that move beyond ranking schools solely based on test scores.

For example, in addition to information on achievement (which must include more than test score data), the public needs to know if schools lack basics like well - equipped and staffed libraries, art supplies and science labs, and clean bathrooms.

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.

In addition to unleashing «great innovation and creativity» on the part of the participating states, the waivers have pulled in «hundreds of thousands» of students whose standardized test scores hadn't been counted toward accountability plans for schools, Duncan said.

In addition, they all use students» prior test score data to «control for» the risk factors that impact student learning and achievement both at singular points in time as well as over time.

In addition to perusing students» histories, teachers should also assess skill levels in a subject area through standardized test scores and other assessments.

In addition to criterion benchmarks, it's also common for tests to offer up normative data in which students» scores are directly compared to other students in the nation, district, school, or grade.

[2] In addition to increased enrollment, state test scores have been simply outstanding with GOC, students consistently meet or exceed state standards.

In addition to failing to fully deliver on earlier promises of digital tests for all students and more timely results, as with the national benchmarks (through agreed cut scores), other promises made by the Department of Education back in 2010 are still up in the air.

A contingent of LA parents, armed with a petition of about 420 signatures, will ask the state Board of Education this week to adopt a summative rating to evaluate schools in addition to a number of proposed measures that move beyond ranking schools solely based on test scores.

The union's president, Margaret Gibbons, said that they did so «primarily because the board is opposed to tying teacher compensation and evaluation to a student's test score,» but also because «In addition, we [opposed] states competing for funding.

In addition to questions about whether there's evidence that TeacherMatch does what its creators say it does, he worries about how it would be scored and whether the system overemphasizes student test scores.

High regulation was defined as «the state requiring homeschool parents to send to the state notification of homeschooling or achievement test scores and / or evaluation by a professional and, in addition, having other requirements (e.g., curriculum approval by the state, teacher qualifications of parents, or home visits by state officials).»

In addition to looking at test scores, the CORE districts were promising to take a holistic view of student performance and school quality.

In addition to a graph that correlates reading test scores and median sale prices, the ORA has created two maps.

Three states — in addition to the law's assessment requirements — use another cut of test score data such as improvement among subgroups of students, including those from low - income families, students from major racial and ethnic groups, students with disabilities, and English language learners.