Sentences with phrase «adequate measures of student progress»

Assessment professionals are clear that single test scores are not reliable or adequate measures of student progress and should not be used for high - stakes decisions.

Not exact matches

Adequate yearly progress (AYP) is the measure by which schools, districts, and states are held accountable for student performance under Title I of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB), the current version of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.

Ironically, however, it is not clear that these growth models would fulfill the more simplistic federal requirements for adequate yearly progress, which dictate that the performance of students at each grade level be measured against a fixed standard of proficiency.

That's why it's important to fix how we are measuring Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)-- so that schools are not unfairly punished by measurements that do not take account, for instance, where a particular student started at the beginning of the year and whether the school moved students closer to proficiency targets.

The problem with NCLB - style adequate yearly progress (AYP) measures is that they tell us as much about the makeup of the student population as the degree to which schools are promoting student growth.

The biggest difference between Harkin's bill and NCLB is that NCLB currently requires that states use raw numbers of students proficient in math or reading to determine whether «Adequate Yearly Progress» measures are met, or face escalating sanctions.

We obtained student achievement data for literacy (reading or language arts) and mathematics from scores on the states «tests for measuring Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) mandated by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2002 (NCLB).

In place of using student test scores, the state Department of Education wants federal officials to permit California districts to use high school graduation rates and the participation rates of students in this spring's 11th — grade Smarter Balanced tests as measures of Adequate Yearly Progress in high schools.

If their request is granted, student scores on Smarter Balanced assessments this year would be reported to the U.S. Department of Education, as they will be to parents and schools in California, but would not be used to measure whether a school or district has made Adequate Yearly Progress.

In contrast to the traditional methods of measuring school effectiveness (including the adequate yearly progress system set up under NCLB), value - added models do not look only at current levels of student achievement.

In the school year before AYD was implemented, scaled scores for those students had increased by only 1 point on the Measures of Adequate Progress (MAP) test, and just 20 % met district growth targets.

It is not intended as the sole measure of whether a student is making adequate educational progress.

As Congress begins preparing for debate over the reauthorization of No Child Left Behind, state schools chief Tom Torlakson has joined the chorus of voices calling for the replacement of Adequate Yearly Progress with a new growth system - one that not only measures student academic progress but also health and wellness, and school dropouProgress with a new growth system - one that not only measures student academic progress but also health and wellness, and school dropouprogress but also health and wellness, and school dropout rates.

Finally, we obtained student achievement data for literacy and mathematics in elementary and secondary grades, using scores on the states «tests for measuring Adequate Yearly Progress as mandated by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2002.