Sentences with phrase «claims about the test scores»

Not exact matches

19 Ohio State University psychologist Terri Fisher tested the oft - repeated claim that men think about sex every seven seconds (which translates to 8,000 instances daily) by having 283 students carry around a golf - score counter and click each time they thought about sex, food, or sleep.

We should be considerably more humble about claiming to know which teachers, schools, and programs are good or bad based on an examination of their test scores.

We also left ourselves open to grossly misleading claims about our policies, such as the myth that we advocated evaluating teacher performance based on test scores alone.

It makes the public gullible when they hear phony claims about miracle schools, where everyone graduates and everyone gets high test scores, and everyone goes to a four - year college.

Furthermore, the mayor's fundamental claim about de-emphasizing high stakes testing is at odds with the annual press conferences the mayor and chancellor have held, trumpeting any NYC score increases on the state tests — even as year - over-year comparisons have been undermined by changes in test length, vendor, and protocol, along with an opaque process of setting cut (or passing) scores only after tests are graded and persistent high opt out percentages in schools, districts, and across the state.

Therefore, making definitive claims about the outcomes of such programs remains a challenging task.83 Some studies find no link between financial incentives for student achievement and higher test scores, while others see higher achievement for students in systems with performance bonuses.84 A large - scale 2014 study on TIF presented findings on early implementation from 153 districts.

Pressed about claims that the ASD's test scores are lower than Neely's Bend's, Barbic said with one in five students at or above grade level, an intervention is necessary and contends LEAD's presence in two other Nashville Schools are cause to believe they can turn Neely's Bend around.

Center staff have recently led and / or participated in psychometric and research work for the PARCC consortium and states using PARCC content (i.e., Louisiana, Massachusetts) such as conducting analyses and advising on issues related to comparability of test scores across test forms with varying proportions of PARCC content, different administration modes, and other conditions that may impact the comparability claims that can be made about the test scores.