Sentences with phrase «aligned assessments here»

Find the most important and timely information about high standards and aligned assessments here.

Not exact matches

The real value here is that if the SAT aligns more to the common core, we won't be giving an assessment at the end of K - 12 that's out of kilter with what we demand at the end of the day.»

Members of the board that oversees the assessment program, in a meeting here this month, outlined the difficulty of designing a test for Puerto Rico with questions that are closely aligned to those on the test used throughout the United States.

[T] here are only two possible state assessments for students with disabilities — the general assessment and the alternate assessment aligned with the challenging state academic standards.

So here's my prediction: since districts have a year and a half, roughly, to get their staff to even understand the CCSS, develop aligned curriculum, secure materials for, and create, lessons and assessments, while simultaneously teaching under the Connecticut standards, by the time the new testing comes along in the lower grades (you know, K - 2, where there IS no testing at present?)

Here's the rub: A growing number of states are reopening their standards and rethinking the decisions they previously made about aligned assessments.