Sentences with phrase «as valid measures»

As well, the air of respect and high levels of student engagement are palpable in these schools and should be counted as valid measures of success.

Taking the growth percentiles as a valid measure of teaching would have you believe that the distribution of ineffective teachers in New Jersey just happens to directly concentrate into schools with high percentages of students in poverty and low overall proficiency levels on standardized tests.

Not exact matches

If we only take things that can be empirically measured as being valid evidence (an empirical hermeneutic), then faith claims will, by virtue of being faith claims, remain unsubstantiated.

This embrace of measured reality as the only valid reality is at the opposite end of the spectrum from an equally irresponsible dependence on emotion alone.

Just as a math test asks you to solve math problems, not just describe your math ability, a truly valid measure of grit would include some opportunity to demonstrate that skill.

This tool is valid for measuring recovery as it is specific to running fitness measurement and is easily reproducible with minimal variability from external factors (22).

Baseline variables were measured using established valid instruments and were used as covariates to adjust for differences between randomisation groups in some of the analyses in the paper.

«As financial incentives change in the U.S. health care system, valid measures of care quality are increasingly important for ensuring transparency and accountability.

They also predict variables and relationships between variables that haven't yet been measured or analysed — that is just as valid a falsifiability criteria.

As such, it gives the appearance that PDK is seriously trying to get a valid measure of voucher support.

Student - test - based measures of teacher performance are receiving increasing attention in part because there are, as yet, few complementary or alternative measures that can provide reliable and valid information on the effectiveness of a teacher's classroom practice.

School leaders will be able to make retention decisions based on valid measures such as student - achievement growth and classroom observations and student evaluations.

It is important that measures are valid and reliable and generate some kind of norming or statistical information that will help faculty know how students are doing as compared to students across the classroom, district, or nation.

He acknowledges that the Common Core standards have largely failed to usher in an era of timely, valid, and informative comparisons, but then he says, in effect, never mind, we still have NAEP, PISA, and other measures by which to know how one state is doing academically versus another and in comparison with the country as a whole.

Just as a math test asks you to solve math problems, not just describe your math ability, a truly valid measure of grit would include some opportunity to demonstrate that skill.

The bill replaces AYP standards with a requirement for states to annually measure all students and individual subgroups by: (1) academic achievement as measured by state assessments; (2) for high schools, graduation rates; (3) for schools that are not high schools, a measure of student growth or another valid and reliable statewide indicator; (4) if applicable, progress in achieving English proficiency by English learners; and (5) at least one additional valid and reliable statewide indicator that allows for meaningful differentiation in school performance.

The three - year survey of 3,000 teachers in seven school districts by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation found that the controversial method of measuring student academic growth, known as value - added, was a valid indicator of whether teachers helped boost student achievement.

• an interest in valid measures of student engagement — although systems focus on academic outcomes, some try to capture school culture as well.

As full implementation of both the teacher and principal evaluation systems looms for September 2013, it is imperative that boards of education, district leaders, and the DOE ensure that principals and teachers have a viable curriculum based on the Common Core Standards; valid and reliable assessment tools to measure growth in every subject area (tested and nontested); and time to work in professional teams to set growth targets, analyze data, and provide the appropriate instructional interventions for every student.

When considering which indicators to use at the state level to classify schools, states should use valid and reliable indicators, such as rates of chronic absenteeism and measures of college and career readiness, but be cautious about using new indicators;

The concept ignores the fact that standardized tests in schools today were not designed as teacher assessment tools and aren't valid measures, but that isn't stopping a headlong rush into implementation in school districts across the country.

Or according to some, including researcher Jay Greene, find the best mix of measures to implement so that teachers would accept student assessment as a valid to measure teacher effectiveness.

To date Pennsylvania's Department of Education (PDE) apparently has ignored the fact that the Data Recognition Corporation (DRC), the vendor of its state tests, has avoided making any claims that their tests are valid for use as measures of teacher performance (see, for example, here).

Information, resources and tools that highlight the power of performance assessments as robust tools to measure student growth in multiple ways with technical quality (reliable, valid and fair).

To help teachers successfully fulfill their role in this endeavor, effective teacher supervision and evaluation systems that inform teacher professional development and improve instruction are essential; however, disagreement over what those systems should measure remains, and some researchers caution against relying on student test scores as a valid metric (Baker et al, 2010)

Examples of outcome data that are also appropriate and necessary to assess teacher effectiveness are students» individual growth and progress as measured on valid and reliable standardized instruments, teacher made tests that aligned with the curriculum, student performance demonstrations in a variety of media, and portfolios of student work.

As well as the 70 equivalents that will count towards the school's five good GCSE grades including English and maths, a further 55 will be valid for other league table measureAs well as the 70 equivalents that will count towards the school's five good GCSE grades including English and maths, a further 55 will be valid for other league table measureas the 70 equivalents that will count towards the school's five good GCSE grades including English and maths, a further 55 will be valid for other league table measures.

Examples of outcome criteria that are also appropriate and necessary are students» individual growth and progress as measured on valid and reliable standardized instruments, teacher - made tests that are aligned with the curriculum, student performance demonstrations in a variety of media, and portfolios of student work.

Finding indicators supported by valid and reliable» data has been difficult as well as configuring a workable formula for using those indicators as a measure of school success.

Yet, questions remain about what measures are reliable and valid for use as accountability metrics and how to best incorporate them into accountability systems.

When we measure school climate in valid ways, we recognize and value all aspects of the learning process — not just the intellectual aspect, but the social, emotional, and civic aspects as well.

I also believe, although the survey will be a small part of teacher evaluation, it will be viewed as one of the most valid and reliable measures that we use.

As seen in our theory of action model, there is not only alignment among curriculum and instruction and assessment, but also a continuous feedback loop among the three, as each informs the others to provide a valid and accurate measure of student learninAs seen in our theory of action model, there is not only alignment among curriculum and instruction and assessment, but also a continuous feedback loop among the three, as each informs the others to provide a valid and accurate measure of student learninas each informs the others to provide a valid and accurate measure of student learning.

Kane and Cantrell concluded that the evidence suggests that value - added measures can be constructed to be valid; others described the report as strong evidence of support for this approach.

As states select indicators for their school classification systems, which are just one part a comprehensive accountability system, they should include measures that are valid, reliable, and drive behavior at the local level, such as rates of chronic absenteeism and measures of college and career readinesAs states select indicators for their school classification systems, which are just one part a comprehensive accountability system, they should include measures that are valid, reliable, and drive behavior at the local level, such as rates of chronic absenteeism and measures of college and career readinesas rates of chronic absenteeism and measures of college and career readiness.

... a new CT school - day SAT state assessment that has not been properly field - tested as a valid and reliable test measure.

When these experienced teachers refer to «getting to know their students,» it is true that they are referring in part to a student's English language proficiency, as well as strategizing the best way to assess the student's language and literacy skills with valid, reliable measures in order to place student in the appropriate classrooms.

«Digital badging is viewed by many employers and educators as a valid way to measure skills,» explains Rajinder Gill, 21st Century Skills project director for New World of Work.

Oklahoma State Representative Scooter Park said that «HB2957 is a step in the right direction — driven by the support of Superintendents across the state, we can continue to remove the costly and time - consuming portions of the TLE system such as unnecessary data collection requirements as well as open the door for local school districts to develop their own qualitative evaluation system for their teachers according to their choice of a valid, reliable, research based and evidence - based qualitative measure.»

Any other measure of growth as determined by the state (not necessarily based on state assessments), or another «valid and reliable indicator that allows for meaningful differentiation in school performance» for all non-high schools.

With the success of The 4 Hour Body trailer and Tim's measuring of it's direct impact, more people will begin to embrace book trailers as a valid tool for book marketing.

I hoped, with my post, to argue that this process of diversification — while still theoretically valid — has been hard to benefit from in practice recently, at least if you use correlations and dispersion as the measure of how much opportunity there is to add value.

Simple, online, practice - friendly numerical rating scales are available and are slowly helping to improve recognition of feline pain.13 One such scale has been developed (but not yet validated) by Colorado State University.13 A currently validated assessment tool is the UNESP - Botucatu multidimensional composite pain scale, available here.14, 15 The Glasgow Feline Composite Measure Pain Scale: CMPS — Feline (CMPS - F) has been described as «a valid scale for the measurement of acute pain in cats [that] heralds a new era in the recognition and management of acute pain in cats.»

KR: A valid argument against the adjustment time as measured by the bomb spike experiment would be to argue that, while the atmospheric / sink CO2 system is linear at the ppb level, it is non-linear at the ppm level.

Blatant assertion does not count as a valid counter-argument to this measured data, and the known properties of linear systems.

You don't want to demand that mathematical concepts must be measured now before the theory could be accepted as valid, do you?

The NDACC has accepted lidar measurement techniques as valid methods for measuring and monitoring stratospheric ozone, temperature, and aerosols, tropospheric ozone, and tropospheric and lower stratospheric water vapor.

Maybe there is a valid reason for you to advocate because of your concern about a lack of balance, but: (1), I question the criteria you are using to measure that imbalance, and (2) as you become an advocate, you drift away from the science, and you drift away from the first order priority of presenting as much information as is reasonable, objectively, before laying out the argument for your conclusions.

I think the interval is measured in hours, not years.l Otherwise, the assumption of a «well - mixed layer,» which has generally been established in the oceanic community as a valid assumption, would be completely false.

Of course, it is interesting that many of those same «skeptics» also make contradictory arguments that suggest that they have great certainty about the magnitude of the effect (that it definitely isn't as large as the range estimated by the IPCC), and / or argue that none of the ways that climate scientists have measured the effect are valid.