Sentences with phrase «boost state test scores»

Further, with lowered accountability mandates, schools and districts are under less pressure to boost state test scores.

Labeled as chronically under - performing under the federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act, all electives had been stripped away to make more time for reading and math drills in an effort to boost state test scores.

Not exact matches

Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration has cited decreases in chronic absenteeism, and boosts in state test scores as evidence of their success.

In the first year of the program, the bonus program boost to math scores was, by our estimates, 3.2 points on the New York state test, or 0.08 student - level standard deviations.

Her litany of complaints about the academic results of Klein's «radical restructuring» is somewhat familiar — «inflating» test results and «taking shortcuts» to boost graduation — except for the charge that «the recalibration of the state scores revealed that the achievement gap among children of different races in New York City was virtually unchanged between 2002 and 2010, and the proportion of city students meeting state standards dropped dramatically, almost to the same point as in 2002.»

Still, its detractors argue that the law has had unfortunate side effects: too much time spent teaching to narrow tests, schools focused on boosting the scores of students who are just below the proficiency threshold, and some states lowering their standards to reduce the number of schools missing their achievement targets.

While experts worry that schools are «teaching to the test» on some high - pressure state exams, a pair of economists have suggested yet another way schools can boost scores: by «feeding to the test.»

In the program's first year, the bonus program boost to math scores was 3.2 points on the New York state test, or 0.08 standard deviations, in schools with small cohorts of teachers with tested students (approximately ten or fewer such teachers in elementary and K - 8 schools and five or fewer such teachers in middle schools).

For a brief period, states were required to rank their teacher education programs based in part on how much their graduates were boosting student test scores.

For a brief period, states were required to rank their teacher prep programs based in part on how much their graduates were boosting student test scores.

Still, Charter School Center CEO James Merriman says the demographics aren't what boosted the charters» state test scores above those of district schools by 11.2 % in English and 0.7 % in math this year.

Districts» pension costs are set to double by 2021 — just as growth in the state education budget is projected to slow down and as pressure mounts for schools to boost standardized test scores.

Leaders who clearly explain why technology is valuable, beyond boosting standardized state test scores, are more likely to engage their teachers and create a culture that embraces change.