Sentences with phrase «called high stakes tests»

I've noticed that when you and educators talk about NCLB, the focus is always on the so - called high stakes tests.

(Not to mention, as Michael Horn pointed out to me yesterday, these so - called high stakes tests are no stakes tests for students themselves, whereas assessments embedded in their day to day may actually motivate students to perform).

Not exact matches

Thursday's City Council schedule will include a meeting of the Committee on Governmental Operations for its preliminary budget oversight hearing; a meeting of the Committee on Veterans to consider a resolution «calling upon the New York State Legislature to pass and the Governor to sign S. 752, the Veterans» Education Through SUNY Credits Act»; and a meeting of the Committee on Education to consider multiple resolutions, including one «calling upon the New York State Legislature to reject any attempt to raise the cap on the number of charter schools,» one «calling upon the Department of Education to amend its Parent's Bill of Rights and Responsibilities to include information about opting out of high - stakes testing and distribute this document at the beginning of every school year, to every family, in every grade,» and one «calling upon the New York State Legislature to eliminate the Governor's receivership proposal in the executive budget for New York City.»

The Network for Public Education, a nonprofit education advocacy group co-founded by historian Diane Ravitch, is calling for a national «opt out» of high - stakes standardized testing.

The resolution declares «no confidence» in education department commissioner John King's policies and calls for a three - year moratorium on high - stakes standardized testing.

As parents and educators statewide continue to protest so - called high - stakes testing tied to Common Core, politicians this election season are tapping into voters» frustration with how the curriculum was rolled out.

The petition comes as the union continues to call for a three - year moratorium on using tests aligned to the rigorous Common Core standards for «high stakes» decisions affecting teachers and students.

New York State United Teachers president Richard Iannuzzi is calling for a three - year moratorium on using the test results for «high - stakes» decisions, such as whether to promote a student or discipline a teacher.

Hawkins chose to announce in front of the NYC Board of Education to highlight his call for adequate funding for public schools and an end to high - stakes testing.

«I would call off this high - stakes testing and Common Core and let the teachers teach,» said Hawkins.

Consistent with his party's platform, Hawkins opposes fracking, favors heavier taxes on the rich, criticizes high - stakes public school testing and calls for a return to state revenue - sharing to relieve property taxes.

Instead of the privatization schemes pushed by Cuomo and Republican candidate Rob Astorino, Howie Hawkins and Brian Jones are calling for fully funded, quality public education, qualitative assessments instead of the punitive high stakes testing model, and an end to the attack on teacher's unions.»

Betty Rosa, the new Regents chancellor, justifies it all as opposing what she and the teachers unions call «high - stakes tests,» which supposedly just ruin the whole educational process.

But it calls for a delay in using the test results to make high - stakes decisions about students, teachers or schools.

In an era where high - stakes tests have increased concern over test anxiety and introduced debate over the merits of teaching to the test, it may seem odd to promote a teaching method called «test - enhanced learning.»

The authors themselves say that their results «show that explicit cheating by school personnel is not likely to be a serious enough problem by itself to call into question high - stakes testing.»

The interpretation of this so - called Texas miracle, however, is complicated by studies of schools» strategic responses to high - stakes testing.

From the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) of 1975 to its more inclusive follow - up in 1997; from the cry for attention from those lobbying for gifted students to calls for greater sensitivity to the learning styles of all student populations; from the initial proficiency tests of the early»90s to their high - stakes, pass - fail descendants; from the rise of bilingual education in some parts of the country to its demise in other regionspublic education has been a veritable vessel of change.

Choosing this test as a basis for considering the impact of high - stakes tests on students in the 4th and 8th grades (ages 9 and 13, respectively) is a sensible idea, because the validity and reliability of NAEP, often called the «nation's report card,» are well accepted.

In a revealing look at high - stakes standardized admissions tests, a new book called SAT Wars: The Case for Test - Optional Admissions, demonstrates the far - reaching and mostly negative impact of the tests on American life and calls for nothing less than a national policy change.

They also are calling for a decrease in high - stakes testing; an increase in music, art, and gym programs; smaller class sizes; and paid preparation time.

Book Claims Negative Impact of SATs In a revealing look at high - stakes standardized admissions tests, a new book called SAT Wars: The Case for Test - Optional Admissions, demonstrates the far - reaching and mostly negative impact of the tests on American life and calls for nothing less than a national policy change.

Specifically, we've called for giving teachers tools to use assessments to inform instruction, minimizing test prep (which research suggests does not necessarily lead to increased test scores), focusing on student growth rather than absolute proficiency, and using test scores as only one measure among many in high - stakes decisions.

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It is time for New York State to heed, at the very least, the New York State United Teachers» call for a three - year moratorium on high - stakes testing, thus providing time for New York to re-examine its reforms, and change course.

The nearly 200 groups, including AROS, are calling on the Senate to end the law's emphasis on punitive, high - stakes testing and instead provide sustainable funding for full - service community schools.

Last April she called for a moratorium on high - stakes Common Core tests, and she made a call in November with early childhood education expert Nancy Carlsson - Paige for education officials to convene a task force to review the «appropriateness and the implementation of the Common Core standards for young learners... and recommend developmentally appropriate, culturally responsive guidelines for supporting young children's optimal learning.»

It sure is, say local opt - out activists, who oppose so - called school reform measures — including high - stakes tests used to evaluate teachers — that they say are designed to foster private alternatives and ultimately dismantle public education.

The nation's other major teachers union, the American Federation of Teachers, has also expressed concern about the implementation of Common Core and has called for a three - year moratorium on high - stakes testing.

Obama's «Race to the Top» policy — the brainchild of Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, the former «CEO» of Chicago Public Schools — further codifies high - stakes testing by allocating scarce federal resources to those states most aggressively implementing these so - called accountability measures.

The American Federation of Teachers has been a bit more nuanced; it supports the standards, but President Randi Weingarten has called for a moratorium on high - stakes testing while the Common Core exams are phased in.

The 2011 Florida Legislature and Governor Rick Scott tied the future of nearly 200,000 professional educators to high - stakes standardized test scores, dramatically diminished their professional influence over classroom curriculum and cut their pay by 3 % calling it a «contribution» to the Florida Retirement System.

The demands include calling for an end to high - stakes testing that labels schools, punishes students, and evaluates teachers; corporate interventions in public education; and economically and racially segregated school communities.

On the other hand, American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten supports the new standards, but has called for a moratorium on high - stakes testing based on them.

Miami, FL — November 19, 2014 Students, alumni, educators and parents represented the Dade Coalition for Education and Economic Justice at a meeting with the Miami - Dade School Board in an effort to end high - stakes testing and call for all low - performing schools to be transformed into sustainable community schools.

United Opt Out National, a group devoted to eliminating high - stakes testing in public education, and Save Our Schools, a grassroots movement that opposes federal education reforms like NCLB and Race to the Top, have planned a series of events called Occupy the DOE (Department of Education).

While the brunt of the psychic damage of high - stakes testing falls on children, the true targets of these so - called «student - centered» policies are adults.

He said the Democrats did not take other important steps, such as calling for the banning of all high - stakes uses of standardized tests and a reduction in government - mandated testing.

According to organizers, the rally is being called «Win Back Wednesday» because public education must be «won back» from the profit - driven entities behind high - stakes testing and school privatization schemes and returned to actual stakeholders: parents, students, and educators.

Beginning almost immediately, this accountability system, which had been rated by national organizations as the best in the country, came under relentless attack by a firestorm of misguided opposition to standardized and so - called «high stakes» testing that by the end of the legislative session in 2013 had virtually gutted the system.

Over the past three legislative sessions, the Texas public education accountability system, once rated by national organizations as the best in the country, has come under relentless attack by a firestorm of misguided opposition to standardized and so - called «high stakes» testing, so that by the end of the 2013 session, the system had essentially been gutted.

Educational Leadership in an Age of Accountability explores these changes in Virginia, following its implementation of an ambitious accountability plan that called for standards of learning, statewide high - stakes tests, standards of accreditation, and annual school performance report cards.

There was another motion that called for an end to high stakes testing for grades Pre K to 2.

(Reuters)- A backlash against high - stakes standardized testing is sweeping through U.S. school districts as parents, teachers, and administrators protest that the exams are unfair, unreliable and unnecessarily punitive - and even some longtime advocates of testing call for changes.

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While our call for a temporary moratorium on high - stakes testing hasn't gained traction yet, the work of countless NCTE members continues to promote the positive consequences of effective teaching and collaboration, when it is properly supported.

High - Stakes Testing With public demand and recent federal legislation calling for high standards and improved student performance, virtually every state in the nation has created and administered statewide tests that measure student progress over tHigh - Stakes Testing With public demand and recent federal legislation calling for high standards and improved student performance, virtually every state in the nation has created and administered statewide tests that measure student progress over thigh standards and improved student performance, virtually every state in the nation has created and administered statewide tests that measure student progress over time.

Civil rights leaders such as Rev. William Barber, the voice of the Moral Monday Movement, have called on politicians in Washington, D.C. to «fix public education and end high stakes testing.»

Decker is among a group of legislators calling for a three - year moratorium on the «high - stakes» consequences of state testing, including using scores for teacher evaluations, graduation requirements and district accountability ratings.

LONDON — The American Federation of Teachers, along with teachers unions and nongovernmental organizations throughout the world, will speak out during Pearson's annual general meeting Friday, April 29, in London to call for a review of its business model that pushes high - stakes testing in the United States and privatized schools in the developing world.