Sentences with phrase «admissions tests as»

Nearly a quarter of magnet schools report administering admissions tests as part of the application process.

What the author was referring to was the recent announcement by Harvard Law School that it would accept the Graduate Record Examination in lieu of the Law School Admission Test as the basis of an application for admission to the JD program.

Lysaght and Barry Currier, the managing director of the section, both stressed that under the proposed change the council could direct any school to require an admissions test as «remedial action» if, for instance, a low bar passage rate, attrition or other facts suggested a school was accepting less capable students.

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With about a 26 % acceptance rate, and an average Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) score of 712, the US News & World report ranks it as the 14th best business school in the US.

For more specialized graduate programs, specific subject - related entrance exams are required such as the Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT) for business, Law Admissions Test (LSAT) for Law, and the Medical College Admissions Test (MCAT) to attend a medical university or college.

In fact, we should have organizations develop admissions tests aligned with other high school orientations as well — multicultural curricula, Afrocentric curricula, STEM - and arts - based curricula.

From preschool - admission tests to the SAT and the ACT — even when we tell ourselves as individuals that these tests don't matter, as a culture we put great faith in them.

Ivy League admission departments are not placing as much consideration on standardized test results and are relying more on the personal interview and creative endeavors of applicants.

The DOE wants the middle school planed for vacant sections of popular P.S. 158 to admit students who meet somewhat stringent admissions criteria, such as good attendance records or test scores, as well as students who would meet lower standards, according to a notice released by the department.

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.

As the authors of the new UNC study write, admissions committees often assume that «[t] ypical selection criteria [such as] standardized test scores, undergraduate GPA, letters of recommendation, a resume and / or personal statement highlighting relevant research or professional experience, and feedback from interviews with training faculty... correlate with research success in graduate school.&raquAs the authors of the new UNC study write, admissions committees often assume that «[t] ypical selection criteria [such as] standardized test scores, undergraduate GPA, letters of recommendation, a resume and / or personal statement highlighting relevant research or professional experience, and feedback from interviews with training faculty... correlate with research success in graduate school.&raquas] standardized test scores, undergraduate GPA, letters of recommendation, a resume and / or personal statement highlighting relevant research or professional experience, and feedback from interviews with training faculty... correlate with research success in graduate school.»

Students fill out applications and take admissions tests starting in pre-K, as programs begin as early as kindergarten.

North Korea officially acknowledged the failure of its latest rocket launch Friday (April 13) in a rare admission from the reclusive nation, which defied international warnings not to launch what the United States and other countries saw as a missile weapons test.

But as he thought about taking the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) test, he began to lean more toward a PhTest (MCAT) test, he began to lean more toward a Phtest, he began to lean more toward a Ph.D..

A majority of U.S. high school graduates who took the ACT are entering college poorly prepared to tackle key subjects such as math and science, concludes a report by the sponsor of the nation's second most widely used college - admissions test.

Finally, while exam - school students have considerably higher fluid cognitive skills (as would be expected of students who gain admission via test scores and grades), attending one of these locally renowned schools in the company of other bright students confers no systematic advantage.

Boston's oversubscribed charter schools are of particular interest, as multiple studies have exploited the lottery admissions process to document the schools» effectiveness in raising student test scores (see «Boston and the Charter School Cap,» features, Winter 2014).

As a result, state tests were made much more challenging and the percentage of students identified as proficient dropped from 90 percent or more to around 50 percent, a candid admission of the challenges the Tennessee schools faceAs a result, state tests were made much more challenging and the percentage of students identified as proficient dropped from 90 percent or more to around 50 percent, a candid admission of the challenges the Tennessee schools faceas proficient dropped from 90 percent or more to around 50 percent, a candid admission of the challenges the Tennessee schools faced.

The effects of high - stakes testing programs on outcomes such as retention, graduation, and admission into academic programs are different from the results of using grades alone.

Who is most likely to be willing to abandon control over their admissions, accept tiny voucher amounts as payment in full for serving the lowest achieving students, and be willing to take the state achievement tests?

So far, over 400 of the nation's colleges and universities have said they will require an admissions exam that requires a writing test such as the one in the SAT, according to the College Board, which sponsors the test.

Even if government accountability is not the norm for government programs, some people may still favor requiring choice schools to take the state test and comply with other components of the high - regulation approach to school choice, such as mandating that schools accept voucher amounts as payment in full, prohibiting schools from applying their own admissions requirements, and focusing programs on low - income students in low - performing schools.

For decades, the S.A.T. and the American College Program test have been used by college - admissions officials as a «common yardstick» to determine if students from New England boarding schools, one - room schools, and everywhere in between are ready...

* If the ACT and College Board folks build the Common Core into their widely used college - admissions tests, as seems likely, will these new consortium - based assessments even be needed at the high school level?

Many colleges and universities also use AP test scores as an integral part of their admissions decisions.

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.

As of October 2003, admissions officers» ability to assess the meaning of test results and to make reasonable decisions for all students will be compromised.

The flagging of SAT scores protected the test's usefulness as a common standard of measurement by informing readers, such as college - admissions officers, when the test had been taken under unusual conditions, such as receiving time and a half to finish the standard three - hour exam.

However, Cambridge should be aware that tests could present a disadvantage for low and middle income students as there is a thriving market in private tuition for the extra admissions tests used at Oxford and Cambridge.

Even as the numbers and diversity of students taking college admissions tests are rising, average scores on the tests are increasing.

It will be interesting to see what happens with test scores as Success's enrollment grows; how its high school performs (some suggest that Success's elementary schools are outstanding but that instruction weakens in later grades); and how Success graduates fare in the college admissions process and in college.

The chart above compares the performance of Detroit's charter schools (the top bar) to all the DPS schools (middle bar), as well as to Detroit's traditional public schools, excluding the schools that require passing a test or maintaining a certain GPA to gain admission (the bottom bar).

The poll found that 66 percent of Americans agree that college admissions criteria should include students» entire backgrounds as well as their tests and grades.

The low opt - out rate in New York City (where, as previously mentioned, tests were used for admissions and placement) skews the statewide statistics.

Last, there are implications for fair testing practices, he says, especially on such important tests as the SAT, which is used by many colleges and universities as an admissions tool.

The seventh graders at the Brooke Charter schools in East Boston and Roslindale fare as well on a state math test as students at the prestigious Boston Latin school, the country's oldest public school and a school with an admissions exam.

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.

Who is most likely to be willing to abandon control over their admissions, accept tiny voucher amounts as payment in full for serving the lowest achieving students, and is willing to take the state achievement tests?

States therefore should avoid well - intentioned but misguided regulations such as open admissions requirements, price controls, state testing mandates, and excessive reporting requirements.

For users, MOOCs are notably attractive because they eliminate bars to enrollment, such as admissions testing, and afford great freedom with regard to the time and place of study.

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.

After an intense application process (in which I never again want to mention the three - letter word for standardized test to obtain graduate school admission) * and huge amounts of good luck, it's still incredible to think I'm now writing to you in my apartment from Cambridge, Massachusetts where I've been since September as a student in the International Education Policy program of the Masters of Education.

That is a stunning statement because it is an admission that public school has been reduced to test preparation and that the bureaucrats in the NJDOE see test preparation as the hallmark of «thorough and efficient» education.

Not one four - year college in NJ is willing to accept the results from the PARCC tests as an admissions indicator.

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.

College Board — A non-profit organization that develops and administers the SAT and other standardized tests and curricula used by K — 12 and post-secondary institutions to promote college - readiness and as part of the college admissions process.

Yet a number of the ways in which many (admittedly privileged) independent schools achieve their impressive learning outcomes - such as high standardized - test scores, strong graduation rates, and distinguished college admissions - are actually well within reach of public schools.

Here is an example that The Wall Street Journal gave from the admissions test to Jersey City High School in 1885: «Write a sentence containing a noun as an attribute, a verb in the perfect tense potential mood, and a proper adjective.»

For those of you high school students who have decided to take the ACT as your college admissions test, and for those of you required to take it as a high school exit exam, you'd better prepare yourself for the ACT Reading portion of the exam.

Although they may not discriminate in admissions based race, color, national origin or disability, they can require attendance in a designated church, mosque or synagogue and they may select students based on other factors such as test scores, discipline records and the lifestyle of their parents.