Sentences with phrase «basis of test scores»

One solution, performance evaluation on the basis of test scores, is prevalent in many countries.

Outside of school, policy makers and the media are no longer heard judging programs, schools, school districts, or states solely on the basis of test scores.

The state then classifies schools and districts into four performance categories on the basis of test scores, dropout rates, and attendance rates.

Moreover, high - stakes renewal decisions are seldom made on the basis of test scores alone; they reflect financial and operational evidence, verification of compliance with the law, site visit reports, and reams of other quantitative and qualitative evidence.

Under NCLB, schools are judged largely on the basis of test scores, and many schools have figured out that the system can be gamed simply by targeting groups of students with intensive test preparation.

«There is far more interest in supporting teachers than firing them or paying them on the basis of test scores,» said Barnett Berry, the president and chief executive officer of the Hillsborough, N.C. - based Center for Teaching Quality.

Listing criteria in federal law would, we believe, lead to judging principal quality fully or in large part on the basis of test scores.

The Department of Education or private groups should not base rewards solely on the basis of test scores or changes in the scores.

Protection Against High - Stakes Decisions Based on a Single Test A 50 - state survey shows that 11 states identify low - performing schools solely on the basis of test scores.

But he directed much of his ire at the plan itself: Mandating that schools improve while holding the threat of closure over their heads, and at the same time trying to «bypass» district governance, creates the wrong atmosphere for schools to actually improve largely on the basis of test scores, he argued.

Just as we would be reluctant to celebrate a school solely on the basis of its test scores, we would not acclaim schools strictly because they offer equitable learning opportunities, a positive learning environment, or excel at one of the eight other criteria we've identified as key to closing opportunity gaps.

But there are exceptions that show families don't make decisions about schools just on the basis of test scores.

The new system Fariña outlined begins in 2017 and newly mandates that educators may not be rated ineffective solely on the basis of test scores.

It would be great if the teachers in the non-pilot districts kept the criticism up regarding how totally invalid it is to evaluate teachers on the basis of test scores.