This sort of information is not
available from standardized tests, which fail to assess such complex work.
Not exact matches
Once attached to a player's helmet (a hockey version is
available now, versions for football, lacrosse, and ski and snowboard helmets will be introduced in 2012) The ShockboxTM sensor measures the G - Force of a hit to the helmet
from any direction, and then sends the data wirelessly via Bluetooth to the athletic trainer, coach or parent's smart phone to alert them when the athlete suffers a traumatic head impact that may be concussive so they can be removed
from the game or practice for evaluation on the sideline using standard concussion assessment tools, such as the
Standardized Assessment of Concussion, Sports Concussion Assessment Tool (SCAT2) or King - Devick
test.
But for Core proponents, the timing couldn't be worse: Just as states began implementing the new standards, 40 states receiving No Child waivers are also launching new systems to evaluate teachers, which will incorporate some measures of student achievement, including, where
available, scores
from standardized tests.
If getting the data using frequent
standardized tests occupies up to one - third of all
available time to teach, that will alone prevent students
from making the marks they should.
Districts choose
from commercially
available standardized tests to measure students against national norms.
Oregon doesn't provide statewide statistics on charter school performance, and many of the schools are too new for their
standardized tests scores to show up in the 02 - 03 data, the most recent
available from the state Education Department.
Except for yearly
standardized testing as an assessment of student achievement, services for homeschoolers have not been routinely
available from the states.
Standardized grade - level achievement
tests may be
available from your local school district or state department of education.
Because classroom teachers can effectively use all
available assessment methods, including the more labor - intensive methods of performance assessment and personal communication, they can provide information about student progress not typically
available from student information systems or
standardized test results.
Now that two years of data
from California's new
standardized test are
available, we are in a better position to evaluate early implementation of both the Common Core State Standards and the new Local Control Funding Formula, particularly its impact on economically disadvantaged students and English Learners.