Sentences with phrase «average test score allowing»

Received an above average test score allowing me to take a classified job.

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Several of the most significant features of recent education policy debate in the United States are simply not found in any of these countries — for example, charter schools, pathways into teaching that allow candidates with only several weeks of training to assume full responsibility for a classroom, teacher evaluation systems based on student test scores, and school accountability systems based on the premise that schools with low average test scores are failures, irrespective of the compositions of their student populations.

Standardized test scores allow parents to compare the performance of their own child and the average performance of their child's school against the performance of students in the same grade in other schools around the state and nationwide.

For the first time, the DOE has compiled charter - school scores on the state's proficiency tests as a single district, which allows for comparisons with the statewide average.

Average test scores went up because students who were likely to do poorly were not allowed to take them.

The study found that LearnSmart improves pass rates (+12.5 %), increases students» class and test preparation outside of the classroom (students who completed all the LearnSmart modules scored an average of 10 % higher on all exams), and allows instructors to cover more applied topics and real - world activities in class.

In other words, not everyone can increase test scores by 16 % over three years on average, simply because reality won't allow for it.