Sentences with phrase «beyond good test scores»

The positive impacts of having an experienced teacher extend beyond better test scores for students.

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While the atheist scores better on some test, the believer is encountering reality on a depth beyond intellect.

Officials say changes Illinois has made in how it categorizes student performance — called cut scores - on standardized tests mean parents and community members must look beyond the report to evaluate how well the...

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?

Making Thinking Visible: How to Promote Engagement, Understanding, and Independence for All Learners A well - organized, research - based guide for teachers who hope to move beyond test scores to meaningful lessons that support higher - level thinking.

The research shows arts integrated learning goes well beyond the basics and test scores.

The results of this new research demonstrate that the potential benefits of increased teacher diversity extend well beyond standardized test scores, raising important questions about lost opportunities caused by the underrepresentation of minority teachers in America today.

The best incentive plans are those that go beyond rewarding select teachers whose students score higher on standardized tests, says Darling - Hammond; they use multiple measures to evaluate teacher performance and create career ladders capable of supporting and rewarding all teachers.

Expand the use of «accountability indexes» to include measures beyond test scores and to give schools credit for students well above and below the proficient level.

This year's 11th graders are the first subject to new state rules requiring students to score well on new state tests to graduate, beyond earning credits and strong grades in their schools.

State accountability systems focus attention and resources on low performance and remediation, but in many school districts across the country district leaders are as much concerned, if not more, about sustaining good performance and about establishing agendas for student learning beyond proficiency scores on standardized tests.

As districts — as well as states — now have the opportunity under ESSA to design accountability systems that consider measures beyond state standardized test scores, system leaders must understand the need for coherence.

Good Morning Op - ed in The Advocate says recent school choice data is promising, but conversation must go beyond test scores.

The reason is that even if evidence showed the impact of such policies on observable outcomes, such as student test scores, we know that good teachers produce learning gains in areas that go beyond tested academic subjects.

This is a completely separate concern from the fact that, at best, measured «teacher effects» may only explain from 1 % to 15 or 20 % of the variance in student test scores, a figure dwarfed by the variance explained by factors beyond the control of teachers.

During the strike, Chicago Teachers Union president Karen Lewis said she was concerned that «too much of the new evaluations will be based on students» standardized test scores,» and argued there were «too many factors beyond our control which impact how well some students perform on standardized tests, such as poverty, exposure to violence, homelessness, hunger, and other social issues beyond our control» (Chicago Teachers Union, 2012, para. 5).

Gaithersburg Middle School parents want Weast's replacement to «focus beyond test scores, to create much more well - rounded students.»

The true measure of student success is much more than just a test score and such success requires support well beyond effective instruction.

As teachers gain experience, their students are more likely to do better on other measures of success beyond test scores, such as school attendance.

Teaching with the objective of assuring higher standardized test scores has failed to produce well - rounded, knowledgeable students able to do well in College and beyond.

Around that table, we were devising a better way to measure success for all kids, focused not on the inputs, but on the outcomes — and outcomes beyond just test scores.

Apparently relying on standardized test scores that are influenced by economic and social factors beyond a teacher's control are deemed the best way to evaluate an individual teacher....

Jack Schneider is an assistant professor of education at the College of the Holy Cross, Mass., the director of research for the Massachusetts Consortium for Innovative Education Assessment and the author of the soon - to - be-published «Beyond Test Scores: A Better Way to Measure School Quality.»

According to the National Education Association (2015), parental involvement, or family engagement, increases the likelihood that students will raise grade point averages and earn higher test scores, and attrition rates will decrease; socially, students improve their behavior and adapt better to the school environment, which also affects their academic successes during grade school and beyond.

These state profiles compile data that align with the whole child tenets to provide a picture of child well - being that extends far beyond test scores and graduation rates.

The Whole Child Snapshots feature data aligned with the five tenets of ASCD's Whole Child Initiative — healthy, safe, engaged, supported, and challenged — to provide a fuller picture of well - being that extends beyond standardized test scores.

But the reformers can't dismiss the fact that test scores are driven by factors well beyond the control of the teachers.

Proven Reforms: We support the expansion of sensible, research - based reforms, such as pre-K programs, full - day Kindergarten, small classes, parent involvement, strong, experienced teachers, a well - rounded curriculum and evaluation systems that go beyond test scores.

Sessions and workshops will explored topics on Innovation and Score Reporting: Going Beyond the Passing Status, Transition for Paper - Based Testing to Computer Based - Testing: Success Stories; The Role of Technology in Examinations; Best Practices in Assessment, Evaluation for Quality Standards in Higher Education.

In 2015, Trinity College developed a test - optional policy that allows application readers to get to know the applicant well beyond just their grades and test scores.This change in policy stemmed from growing research in the area of non-cognitive skills, which leads us to believe that there are alternative factors, besides just standardized test scores, class rank, grades, and essays, that are essential to understanding potential student success in college and later in life.

by Andrea Rogers A new study by Harvard researchers suggests that the impact of a high - quality charter school may go well beyond the short - term benefits highlighted by simple test score...

At the school level, value - added means essentially the same thing — the measurement of how well a school purportedly grew its students from one year to the next, when students» growth in test scores over time are aggregated beyond the classroom and to the school - wide level.

Beyond their functional aspects, as mentioned the truck - like element puts you in a commanding position above all the little Corollas and Civics of the world, and it does score well in crash tests.

The truth is, all of these boast better crash test scores, more secure handling and braking, quieter and more comfortable interiors, more up - to - date technology features and driving experiences light - years beyond a Soviet taxi's.

I scored the performance high but I'm sure I haven't tested the limits of the car (I'm a senior citizen, and I think it's a good idea for me to not push the car beyond my limits with the possible consequences of breakage, collision and higher insurance premiums; the car does everything I want it to.