Not exact matches
Parents should, of course, help kids reduce the sources of stress — not over-scheduling them or excessively focusing on
grades and
test scores — but they can also dramatically reframe stress, away from
avoiding it at all costs to trying to manage the bad and leverage the good.
I
avoid buying over-the-counter proteins and instead choose pharmaceutical -
grade products that have been
tested for things like lead and arsenic.
More than 15,000 students
avoided repeating a
grade and thousands more boosted their
test scores substantially.
But it's tough to
avoid the current
tests altogether because they're given in 3rd through 8th
grade.
As a result, many always - D schools have similar or even lower
test scores than F schools but have still managed to
avoid receiving a failing
grade.
Third, in order to
avoid having to re-grade too many papers or arrange to make up new versions of the
test and then re-administer it, teachers will loosen their
grading policy or seek to dial back the amount of
graded work.
Student performance data can be exported and charted in Excel or Access, thus giving teachers accurate performance statistics and
avoiding the need to manually
grade timed
tests.
TUNICA, Miss. — This summer, Sunflower County ran an intensive four - week program to give students who have failed statewide
tests a final chance to
avoid repeating the third
grade.
Both third
grade and eighth
grade students had to hit minimum
test scores to
avoid repeating a school year.
What safeguards can be put in place to
avoid any future issues, or should we simply not count
test results in students» final
grades?
The board is also behind legislation — House Bill 1202 — that would allow districts to opt out of mandated
tests for all but third, eighth and 10th
grades, and the ACT
test in 11th
grade, so long as they use state - approved substitutes and
avoided «inadequate» academic performance.
A spokesman for the Florida Department of Education said, to staff members» knowledge, this would be the first time a public school was granted permission to
avoid state
tests, which are taken by students in third
grade through high school.