Sentences with phrase «closures on student test scores»

This study examines the impact of school closures on student test scores and attendance rates.

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A bipartisan draft bill to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, the original name of the federal education legislation, would bar the federal government from requiring states to use student test scores in teacher evaluations or forcing closure or other sanctions on struggling schools.

The original act held schools accountable to minimum percentages of proficient students, as measured by scores on standardized tests, with the threat of sanctions, including school closure, if they failed.

In the GOP Assembly plan, both the board and DPI would establish criteria to determine a school's letter grade, including test scores on math and reading, graduation and attendance rates, and the closure of achievement gaps between groups of students.

Market - oriented education reform refers to a series of initiatives that include educator evaluations based in large part on student standardized test scores, the closure of schools that are considered failing or underenrolled, and an increase in the number of charter schools, many of which are operated by for - profit companies.

So, when researchers looked at test scores four years after a school closure, displaced students had generally comparable scores on state math exams to scores of their non-displaced peers.

And while that might not seem like a lot, Richards noted that «on average, displaced students have significantly flatter growth trajectories than their non-displaced peers,» meaning that displaced students» test scores progressed at a slower rate than similar students who didn't experience a closure.

Because NYC schools risk receivership and even closure based on test scores, because state test scores are the variable used in awarding free SHSAT preparation, because the city publishes school - wide score averages in its own guidance materials for parents and because NYC School Reports literally center their definition of «great schools» on student test scores, test prep continues to feature prominently in city public school curriculum, beginning as early as kindergarten, no matter how much the mayor publicly claims to «de-emphasize» it.

Results of the study suggest that students displaced by school closures can experience adverse effects on test scores and attendance; however, these effects can be minimized when students move to substantially higher - performing schools.