NCLB funding was money spent on
annual standardized achievement testing, accountability mechanisms based on the outcomes of those tests, reporting of compliance with the law, and school choice being offered as a solution — all packaged and sold to the country as «flexibility.»
What forces, priorities, evidence, or interests have driven the collective belief that
annual standardized achievement testing can improve schools?
Not exact matches
Results from
annual standardized tests can be useful for accountability purposes, but student progress must be measured on a far more frequent basis if the data are being used to inform instruction and improve
achievement.
Provide parents with an
annual written explanation of the student's progress, including scores on
standardized achievement tests
If you were to design a comparative study of differences in student
achievement between school environments that use
annual standardized tests and those that do not, what measures of
achievement or other outcomes would you examine to reveal differences, and why?
Administers
standardized achievement tests, interprets results to determine learners» strengths and areas of need for initial,
annual and triennial assessments.
Achievement improved on
annual standardized tests.
Provide to the parent or guardian an
annual written explanation of a student's progress, including the student's scores on
standardized achievement tests;
«Our office does not keep the
annual fire and sanitation inspections or any immunization records or
standardized achievement test results on the individual Non Public Schools,» said Mills.
Today many schools administer a
standardized achievement test to prepare for their state's
annual NCLB assessment.
PURE supports the
annual limitation on the number of
standardized academic
achievement tests given to students as proposed in SB 2156.
The same is true for K — 12
standardized achievement tests and metrics such as
annual yearly progress required by No Child Left Behind.