Sentences with phrase «brag about test scores»

Charter schools are notorious for bragging about their test scores, but as the evidence proves, the tests themselves are designed to fail students who don't speak English and students who have more severe special education needs.

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Randi Weingarten likes to brag a little about the reading and math test scores posted this year at two New York City charter schools she...

So, as the Courant wrote, «state education officials were tight - lipped Tuesday about when they will release this year Connecticut Mastery Test scores, but at least two districts eager to brag about their results are jumping the state's embargo.»

Zimmer, who is running for reelection, said he does not put all his faith in test scores but was happy to brag about the results.

Losing ground on test scores for this school could have obvious consequences from a NCLB point of view, but in this instance it was also about pride, bragging rights and even resources from the Board of Education.

As we know, charter schools like to brag about their higher test scores, but traditionally use their recruitment process and «out migration» policies to push out less academically proficient students and, almost across the board, fail to take their fair share of non-English speaking students and students who require special education services.

Or yell at people (Chris Christie), or make up facts (Stefan Pryor), or denigrate parents (Arne Duncan), or brag about taping the mouths of children shut (Michelle Rhee), or lie about test scores.