Sentences with phrase «assessments as graduation requirements»
The bill required teacher preparation programs to report data on their candidates (and share this information with their university), use higher cut scores on standardized tests for entry, and add portfolio - based assessments as graduation requirements, among other reforms.
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A range of initiatives from the New York State Education Department (SED) regarding standards, assessments, and graduation requirements has been very helpful in [forming] such important district strategies as aligning our curriculum, more effectively focusing our staff development, and instituting additional summer and afterschool programs.
As a remedy, it provides «college and workplace readiness benchmarks» designed to help states align their high - school assessments and graduation requirements with the demands of credit - bearing college courses and quality jobs.
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 article looks at alternatives to standardized tests as high school graduation requirements, profiling the East Side Community High School in New York City which has replaced standardized tests with a combination of projects and oral presentations which it considers more authentic as assessments.
- the end of MCAS as a graduation requirement; - the redesign and streamlining of the existing test; - the use of MCAS for diagnostic purposes only; - review of MCAS and the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks by professional education associations; - an independent review of MCAS for validity and reliability; and - a comprehensive assessment system for schools.
In my home state of Vermont, almost every school is identified as «failing» under the requirements of No Child Left Behind, despite the fact that we have one of the highest graduation rates in the country, and students from Vermont continually score among the highest in the country on annual NAEP assessments.
States should align their middle level promotion standards, high school graduation requirements, instruction, and assessments with college and career ready standards, as well as the expectations of colleges and employers.
Board group's agenda: The Florida Coalition of School Board Members» agenda for the 2018 Legislature includes expanding school choice by creating a scholarship for bullied students to attend private schools, using paper and pencil testing through the 8th grade, allowing SAT and ACT scores to be used in place of state assessments as a requirement for high school graduation, and more.