Sentences with phrase «all about test scores»

If you don't understand what is being said about test scores, ask questions.

«If they're worried about their test scores and want a way to get them higher, they need to give kids more arts, not less,» says Tom Horne, Arizona's state superintendent of public instruction.

We don't really care about test scores per se, we care about them because we think they are near - term proxies for later life outcomes that we really do care about — like graduating from high school, going to college, getting a job, earning a good living, staying out of jail, etc...

about test scores, a five - year award he was given to conduct the research, and digging deeper.

With all the media chatter about test scores, merit pay, failing schools, and teacher quality, it's sometimes easy for those outside the school system to forget that it's people — just everyday people with a calling for education — who make up that system.

But we shouldn't only care about test scores.

«When the standardized tests begin to test thinking, I'll care about the test scores... but it's not what we want to be doing for kids.

Talking about test scores to people who don't think test scores are important is not a winning strategy.

Why did voters, incumbents, and potential challengers care about test scores in 2000 but not in 2002, or in 2004?

If you mostly care about test scores, private school choice is not for you.

In my experience, it is not unusual for teachers to 1) not really know that much about the test scores they are attempting to explain, and 2) be civil toward me yet completely discount most of the questions I ask and the concerns I raise.

They would have everyone believe that it's all about test scores.

«You can't clobber people about test scores and then say, «Let's collaborate.»

Although the current evidence based fad has turned into a debate about test scores, this book is about using evidence to build and defend a model of teaching and learning.

Earlier this year, Mike Petrilli wrote for EdNext about the test score reports parents receive showing how their children have done on Common Core - aligned tests and at efforts to make these reports easier to understand.

Don't understand much about test scores?

«My members don't know about the test score part, and I think that will kill them.

Check out the chapters «The Facts About Test Scores» and «The Facts About International Test Scores».

«The angst we are feeling about those test scores,» she said, «is related to the fact that we didn't do this in the right order.»

Find out more about your test scores and how they relate to ACT College and Career Readiness Standards.

It's not just focusing on data about the test scores and so on.

It would define «information» to include pupils» actual test scores or grades, the percentile or range into which those test scores or grades fall, or any symbol, color, logo, or other device to represent or convey any information about test scores or grades.

Last year, the Center for Education Innovation created easy - to - read «education scorecards» for every school district in the state so that parents — many lacking high levels of literacy or regular access to the Internet — would have clear information about test scores, graduation rates and teachers.

«When people talk about their experience with a really good teacher, they're not talking about test scores,» said Aaron Pallas, professor of sociology and education at Teachers College, Columbia University.

«I respect your right to choose — it's not about test scores, who is better, who is not — it's more about what is best for our children,» Ybarra said.

It builds a foundation of trust and respect that will make talking about test scores more productive.

WEINGARTEN: Take what Justin just said about test scores.

He made it all about your test scores.

«For affluent parents who are concerned about the test scores, they have an exit strategy — their exit strategy is to hire a private tutor,» Ms. Moskowitz said.

Suddenly, the quiet boy comes to life, offering his opinion in Lisa Johnson's English Language Arts class at Sanger Unified School District's Fairmont School, where clusters of four to six students meet often to talk about test scores and work through lessons.

In his RSCO School Choice Fair field notes, HH expresses concern that ``... the lack of conversations about test scores, despite some critics» view that test scores are not a reliable indicator of a school's quality of education, is concerning as low - income parents might not be aware of the academic outcome produced by the schools that they are choosing for their kids» (HH).

Thanks to NCLB and AYP, we were all about the test scores and whether learners were able to show year - on - year gains, demonstrating that their skills and abilities were improving academic year after academic year.

Politicians «are fussing about test scores,» Lindsey continued.

Gary: with all due respect for those who post here, thank you for your patience with nit - picking, e.g., we could argue interminably over the use of the terms «validity» and «reliability» and «bias» as they are used generally and as they are used in very specific ways by psychometricians when talking about the construction and administration of standardized tests and the inferences that could be drawn about test scores.

An inflated resume alone may be forgiveable, but Rhee's lies about the test score gains under her teaching played a big role in how she did her job as the D.C. school chief.

Learn more about test score fluctuation and managing Quantile measures from different tests.

«I think the biggest thing is, we're now signaling to schools that it's not all about test scores,» Minnich said.

If I have to be so concerned about a test score, I can not address the needs of individual students.»

The bottom - line questions will not be about test scores or budgets or adequate yearly progress, but about whether you have listened to, learned from, and led with your students.

«We care about test scores as a way to measure whether kids are on the right track today, but what we ultimately care about is kids being happy and healthy, being good citizens and having access to good jobs,» said Taylor.

Don't be too anxious about test scores.

Or yell at people (Chris Christie), or make up facts (Stefan Pryor), or denigrate parents (Arne Duncan), or brag about taping the mouths of children shut (Michelle Rhee), or lie about test scores.

Charter schools are notorious for bragging about their test scores, but as the evidence proves, the tests themselves are designed to fail students who don't speak English and students who have more severe special education needs.

District leaders explain this policy is due to constraints on the budget, and not concern about test scores.

Center staff have recently led and / or participated in psychometric and research work for the PARCC consortium and states using PARCC content (i.e., Louisiana, Massachusetts) such as conducting analyses and advising on issues related to comparability of test scores across test forms with varying proportions of PARCC content, different administration modes, and other conditions that may impact the comparability claims that can be made about the test scores.

Buyers may want to know about the test scores at the local schools or the city's plans to construct a new park.

Not exact matches

Girls, for example, now make up about half of the enrollment in high - school science and math classes and are scoring almost identically to their male classmates on standardized tests.

According to an independent study done by nonprofit researchers SRI International, students who used Dreambox for four months improved their test scores by about 5 percent.

Farrell notes that colleges and universities tout the successes of their incoming students — test scores, academic achievement, acceptance rates, and the like — but rarely spend the same amount of energy sharing data about job placement and success rates of graduates.

It's counter-intuitive, but Grant says a study involving a math test has confirmed the finding: «When the defensive pessimists distracted themselves with another task right before the math test, their scores were about 25 percent lower than when they listed the most extreme outcomes that could happen in the test, and how they might feel.