Sentences with phrase «better on standardized test»

The following chart (some of which I've published before) indicates that schools cream off a select group of students — students who end up doing statistically better on standardized test scores.

The analysis looked at the first two years of a four - year program, which has multiple steps, including increased teacher development, and an incentive payment scheme in which teachers are paid more when their students do better on standardized test scores.

I think it's unlikely that they'd seek out someone willing to work more hours, or someone with more industry experience, or someone who could score better on a standardized test.

Children who eat breakfast at school — closer to test - taking time — perform better on standardized tests than those who skip breakfast or eat breakfast at home.

I recently had a long, serious talk with my son about how he needs to do well on a standardized test so he can get into an advanced math class.

Breastfed children had higher mean scores on tests of cognitive ability; performed better on standardized tests of reading, mathematics, and scholastic ability; were rated as performing better in reading and mathematics by their class teachers; had higher levels of achievement in school - leaving examinations; and less often left school without educational qualifications.

Studies have shown that students who eat breakfast at school score better on standardized tests and skip school or are tardy less often.

Research shows that kids who eat breakfast at school perform better on standardized tests, exhibit better classroom behavior, and are less likely to be overweight.

Success students, or scholars as they are known in the network's parlance, perform remarkably well on standardized tests, leading to many accolades and repeated questions about Moskowitz's «secret sauce.»

«He's putting so much focus on test scores that are going to be detrimental to our school because the overwhelming majority of our kids don't speak English at home and don't perform as well on standardized tests,» she said.

One commonly used definition of a «good» school is one that has high academic outcomes in absolute terms - its students don't drop out, frequently go to college, frequently go to selective colleges if they do go to college, frequently find decent jobs if they don't go to college, perform well on standardized tests, take more advanced classes such as advanced placement, international baccalaureate, honors and college classes, etc..

The lower - class kids do better on standardized tests and come up close to the middle - class kids, and all the kids do better on things like intellectual self - confidence, creativity, problem - solving, teamwork, collaboration, tolerance, empathy.

Those students who were admitted to the high - performing schools went on to perform much better on standardized tests.

There's plenty of evidence that students attending «no excuses» charter schools can do extremely well on standardized tests, but do the benefits of this approach to education extend beyond test scores?

When their parents are involved, kids are more likely to earn higher grades and score better on standardized tests; they attend school more regularly, have improved social skills, and are better behaved in school; and they are more likely to continue their education past high school.

«Another showed that students in Cambridge who passed more fitness tests performed better both on standardized testing as well as in their grades, holding all other variables constant.»

Achieving these expectations results in students who score well on standardized tests and go to college.

In the early grades, an older child will tend to perform better on standardized tests than his younger peers simply by virtue of being older.

Also, as we teach kids to write well on standardized tests, there is a formulaic way to score well.

Merseth says the aim isn't just to create a charter that must meets state guidelines and scores well on standardized tests but also to focus on the qualitative, social, moral, and emotional questions facing school design.

And in Chicago, the Noble Network's «no excuses» education philosophy prepares students to not only perform well on standardized tests but also to enroll and persist in college.

«A lot of research shows that students who are taught to write have a better vocabulary, develop better reading skills, and do better on standardized tests than students who are not taught to write well,» Bergey explained.

«My kids do well on these standardized tests,» she says, «but we need more supports in schools to help with the issues that affect students who don't do well on the tests.»

Advocates say that schools should be rewarded financially for performing well on standardized tests, and that providing such incentives will motivate school leaders and teachers to teach effectively and raise student performance.

Students in the program did better on standardized tests and were more likely to attend private high schools.

Summary data also show that Noble students perform extremely well on standardized tests.

The proposed New Century Scholars program, which would require approval by the legislature, would provide $ 2,000 in state aid to students who maintain a B average in high school, perform well on standardized tests, and attend a public or private college or university in Virginia.

Read this post from the answer sheet — a superintendent is going to prison for manipulating numbers and for «weeding out» students who would not do well on standardized tests!!!

Students who attend schools with certified teacher - librarians and quality library facilities perform better on standardized tests and are more likely to graduate, even after controlling for school size and student income level.

With that foundation, students had the best chance to do well on standardized tests, which in many schools become important in 3rd grade.

Hartford is just the latest in a series of school districts across the country where school administrators have doctored test results to make it appear that their students are doing better on standardized tests such as the Connecticut Mastery Test.

Some in the District also say that test scores rose because the percentage of white students — who traditionally do better on standardized tests — has grown in District schools in recent years.

Great teachers understand the importance of these things they are unnecessary to do well on standardized tests.

And while Florida's current A-F school grading system tries to adjust for the fact that schools in high poverty areas face challenges that make it very hard for their students to perform well on standardized tests, it's not enough, says Alan Ehrenhalt for Governing Magazine.

Co-principal Pat Finley says schools have become much too focused on teaching a narrow set of academic skills, the kinds of skills that can help kids do better on standardized tests.

Students who have educated parents and are from higher socioeconomic backgrounds are more likely to do better on standardized tests.

The term student engagement has been used to depict students» willingness to participate in routine school activities, such as attending classes, submitting required work, following teachers» direction in class, and performing well on standardized tests.

What the CT SDE and charter school lobbyists are not explicitly telling you in these claims is that charter schools often serve a relatively more advantaged group of Black and Latinx children compared to the local public schools where they are located and these children are likely to do relatively better on standardized tests because standardized tests favor more advantaged groups of people.

The argument behind rigor is the same as grades vs. learning: a good test - taker can do well on standardized tests, but may fail in a real - world environment.

Our instructors believe education is about more than memorizing information and performing well on standardized tests.

As a local example, one study focused on Charlotte - Mecklenburg shows both black and white students who attended desegregated elementary schools performed better on standardized tests than peers who attended segregated schools.

We can take kids to deeper richer levels of learning, and do better on the standardized tests, it's not an either - or.

In The October 1st edition of the Wall Street Journal, there is an article which claims that a push is coming from the Obama administration to improve teacher quality by rewarding colleges of education that produce teachers whose students do well on standardized tests.

Other research has found that black students perform slightly better on standardized tests and are more likely to be referred to gifted and talented programs when paired with black teachers.

While Achievement First likes to brag that their students do better on standardized tests than students in their neighboring district schools, they fail to reveal that the get those results by refusing to provide educational services to broad social - demographic groups within the community.

Some students may excel in the classroom yet not perform well on a standardized test because they're unfamiliar with the format or develop test anxiety.

It is not sufficient, and it may actually undermine our democracy, to concentrate on producing people who do well on standardized tests and who define success as getting a well - paid job.

Finally, Dr. Steiner wrote, prospective teachers were not being taught methods that would help their students do well on standardized tests.

During our follow - up conversations with districts, we found cases where teacher recommendations are biased against high - achieving minority students; we also found cases where teacher recommendations are advancing minority students who do not test well on standardized tests.

As Kelley notes in his legal review, charter operators often argue that all that matters is whether charter school students do well on standardized tests and that parents are generally satisfied with the schools» performance compared to public schools.