Although both are important, it is important to monitor growth over time for
the best measurement of progress.
Not exact matches
Widely affirmed proposals call for the restructure
of low - performing schools, more emphasis on the basics, safer classrooms, more rigorous graduation standards, periodic
measurement of progress through some kind
of standardized tests, longer days and year - round schooling, decentralization into smaller learning communities and greater freedom for those smaller units, smaller classes,
better - qualified teachers and improved salaries, more parental input and more equitable funding.
All
of these will give you
better progress measurements than a scale.
Tracking your body
measurements,
progress photos, and strength gains will be far
better indicators
of muscle growth.
«It makes a lot
of sense to check along the way to see where your kids are doing
well and getting hung up,» said Robert J. Mislevy, a member
of the commission and the chairman in
measurement and statistics at the Princeton, N.J. - based ETS, which has helped design the National Assessment
of Educational
Progress, the SAT, Advanced Placement tests, and other
well - known exams.
Griffith argues that educators need to embrace ongoing
progress in SEL
measurement and assessment, «and to not allow «the perfect to be the enemy
of the
good.»
Other examples include The
Better Life Index
of the Organization on Economic Cooperation and Development, France's Commission on the
Measurement of Economic Performance and Social
Progress.