Sentences with phrase «computers for standardized tests»

The state mandate that students use computers for standardized tests has made the situation worse because computers are scarce and easily crash.

Not exact matches

The Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) and the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Career (PARCC) are creating computer - adaptive exams that will offer customized questions based on student responses, which will measure what students do and do not know more efficiently and accurately than standardized tests have in the past.

I wonder if it was even worthwhile to apply for Race To The Top since at one time it was mandatory to spend 40 percent on standardized testing and computer systems.

Rutherford County Board of Education member Lisa Moore and Holloway High School math teacher Monica White talk about their concerns for the TNReady standardized tests students take on computers.

Parents and administrators have expressed concern that PARCC may be too difficult for students used to standardized state tests, and some schools do not yet have the technology for students to successfully complete PARCC's computer - based assessment.

It is particularly known for its bare - bones curricular focus on standardized test scores in reading and math, its use of computer - based «learning labs» that cut down costs, and its promotion of the Rocketship brand — including a daily pep rally where students chant that they are «Rocketship Rocketeers.»

Providing computer access for their students was difficult for Mike, Cheri, and other teachers in their school, because the computer labs were booked for over 80 of the 180 school days in order for students to take state and district - mandated standardized tests in math and reading.

Gordon Lafer, in an in - depth report this year for the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), notes that Rocketship's educational model rests on four strategies: «the replacement of teachers with computers for a significant portion of the day; a reliance on young and inexperienced teachers for the rest of the day; narrowing the curriculum to math and reading with little attention to other subjects; and even within these subjects, a relentless focus on preparing students for standardized tests.»

• A computer room for standardized testing; a computer classroom accessible to the media center; a TV studio adjacent to the media center; and storage for large carts containing technology equipment.

Recent research in Maryland, Illinois, and at the National Center for Education Statistics, has shown that standardized tests create a significant technology gap for students in high - poverty schools — students receive lower scores on computer - based tests than they would using pencil and paper.

And educators, seeking to prepare students for a successful future in which computer and typing skills have usurped penmanship, are finding cursive's relevance waning, especially with leaner school budgets and curricula packed with standardized testing prep.

This is part of a national trend: states cut funding to public schools while pouring millions into new materials and computer systems designed for standardized tests.

We heard many stories about SBAC testing that are common to high - stakes, standardized tests: the tests dramatically disrupted the educational process, deprived students of hours of instructional time, reduced stressed out students to tears, and monopolized the computer labs and libraries in service of test administration for weeks at a time.