Sentences with phrase «administer new standardized tests»

But all participating states are to administer new standardized tests aligned with the Common Core in the spring and the Obama administration requires most states to use those test scores to evaluate teachers.

Not exact matches

Questar administers New York State standardized tests in English Language Arts and mathematics for elementary and middle school students in grades three through eight.

The resolution up for discussion in Comsewogue says the board «will seriously consider not administering the New York State standardized ELA and math exams in grades 3 - 8, and the science exam in grades 4 and 8,» citing disagreement with state funding and the linkage of teacher evaluations to student test scores.

But fifth - graders at the Liberation College Preparatory School and Spirit College Prep, new schools in Houston, declined in both reading and math achievement in their first year, based on standardized tests administered by KIPP to keep track of each school's and each child's progress.

New City administers the Iowa Test of Basic Skills (ITBS), a nationally standardized test of achievement, in 2nd through 5th graTest of Basic Skills (ITBS), a nationally standardized test of achievement, in 2nd through 5th gratest of achievement, in 2nd through 5th grades.

The transition to new assessments, though Colorado had been administering a statewide standardized test since 1997 opened the door for more regressive data sharing policies.

Across the country, school districts in rural areas and other pockets with low bandwidth are confronting a difficult task of administering new Common Core - aligned standardized tests to students online.

Dickson County Schools have delayed administering the paper version of the state's new TN Ready standardized tests until March 7 after a delay in receiving the testing materials, the schools director said.

This standardized testing pushback is not new — released in January, ASCD's 2015 Legislative Agenda (PDF) calls on policymakers to reduce the reliance on standardized testing — and it continues to grow as states administer new tests aligned to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS).

California officials reject federal government's push to administer old science tests California education officials have decided that students will take only one statewide standardized test in science this spring, a pilot test based on new standards known as the Next Generation Science Standards.