Sentences with phrase «annual standardized tests also»

The use of annual standardized tests also means that NCLB uses outputs as the basis of ensuring accountability.

Not exact matches

He also was at the helm when New York began requiring annual teacher evaluations based in part on student performance on Common Core - aligned standardized tests, a position that made him the main target of opposition to both initiatives.

But since 2002, it has also required annual standardized tests and sanctions at schools that failed to meet performance target.

The 46th annual Phi Delta Kappa / Gallup poll on the public's attitude toward public schools also shows that although America's support for the Common Core State Standards is waning and the public questions the benefits of standardized tests and international assessments, two out of three public school parents would still give high marks to the school that their children attend.

However, they also celebrated the preservation of annual standardized testing of all students in grades 3 through 8 and once in high school, and they approved of maintaining the requirement that schools must test 95 % of all students and called it a discouragement to the opt - out movement.