Sentences with phrase «admissions test measuring»

Not exact matches

These papers add to a growing body of information suggesting that widely used «objective» admissions measures, such as GRE test scores and GPA, are exactly the wrong way to go about picking future contributors to scientific progress.

A new movement is trying to refocus admissions away from purely individual academic achievement and toward something you can't measure with SAT tests or resumes padded with public service points: real concern for others and the common good.

During Lewis - Carter's four years as principal, she has led these children — disadvantaged by every conventional measure and further handicapped by the hardships of Katrina — to a stunning performance record on state - mandated standardized tests, one that compares favorably with the city's selective - admissions schools.

Our institutions are listed among the nation's best by any measure — national rankings, Advanced Placement and PISA / OECD testing, the National Merit Scholarship Program, or college admissions and merit aid, among many others — because we treat the classroom as sacrosanct, and teach students to love learning.

Moreover, ACT Inc., which began measuring college readiness as the American College Testing Program in the 1950s, reports that among the college aspirants who took its admission exams last year, only 21 percent of the graduating seniors attained scores high enough in all four subjects — English, reading, math, and science — to indicate that they wouldn't need to take a no - credit remedial course when they entered college.

Data from college admissions tests can provide a valuable measure of student achievement, but the non-representativeness of test - takers is an important concern.

Upcoming presenters and discussion facilitators include Jeff Selingo of the Washington Post on The Networked University and Jack Buckley of American Institutes for Research on Measuring Success: Testing, Grades, and the Future of College Admissions.

A dozen of those states use those tests to measure achievement, the same number as last year, but a big jump from years ago, when only a handful used college - admissions tests for that purpose.

The report recommends that colleges add the results of Common Core assessment tests to the measures by which they gauge students» eligibility for admission and financial aid; that they help make sure primary and secondary schools teach the things needed to succeed in higher education, and that the Common Core tests measure them; and that schools of education show future teachers how to prepare their students for college and careers.

In addition to ensuring that programs require a measure of academic performance for admission, Massachusetts might also want to consider requiring content testing prior to program admission as opposed to at the point of program completion.

As a university professor, I have seen the results of this extreme focus on test - taking: These students score at the highest levels on tests that are reported in their admissions applications, but they score considerably lower on writing assessments, and most importantly, their performance in the classroom does not measure up to the test scores.

Despite the possibility of a switch to voluntary status, it's probably unlikely that law schools would abandon a test deemed so integral to the admissions process — it remains the best way to measure applications against one another and to evaluate merit - based financial aid.

The American Bar Association's accreditor of law schools is proposing to eliminate the requirement that ABA - approved law schools secure scores for a «valid and reliable» test for incoming classes as long as other measures indicate the school has «sound admission policies and practices.»