Sentences with phrase «cost of standardized tests»

The cost of standardized tests, long assailed by testing critics as too high, has resurfaced in the debate over reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Act currently underway in Congress.

Contradictions of school reform: Educational costs of standardized testing.

Prospective teachers are unnecessarily burdened by the increasing costs of standardized testing.

These teachers are unnecessarily burdened by the increasing costs of standardized testing.

By the way, the financial costs of standardized testing are difficult to compute.

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Schools certainly feel the immediate costs of failing to prioritize wellness — poor test scores for students, lower standardized test scores school - wide, reduced funding resulting from absenteeism, which is why it is so important to share this report with school administrators and boards of education.

In more affluent schools, parents are likely to oppose measures that increase the focus on standardized test scores at the cost of student satisfaction.

The costs of extra planning time are offset, however, by significant rewards, as evidenced by students» successes and their improved confidence and attitudes, as well as their achievement on standardized tests.

Many education organizations are vocal in their opposition to the emphasis on standardized tests in current policy, believing that they narrow curriculum, cost too much, and are of little use in improving student learning.

While nations around the world introduced heavy standardized testing regimes in the 1990s, the Finnish National Board of Education concluded that such tests would consume too much instructional time, cost too much to construct, proctor, and grade, and generate undue stress.

With the statute authorizing state standardized tests due to expire in June 2014, the incoming Legislature is facing some hard decisions on the future of the state testing system: What subjects should be tested, for whom, how often (not every year in every subject, perhaps), at what cost, and, perhaps the biggest question, for what purpose?

Recognizing the cost of human - graded assessment There's a good reason why standardized tests — such as the SAT, ACT, and state end - of - year exams — are usually composed of a long string of multiple choice questions followed by only a small handful of constructed response questions.

But the bill, supported by the powerful California Teachers Assn., attracted a firestorm of criticism over the costs to financially strapped districts and the requirement to negotiate with unions every element of evaluations, including the use of state standardized test scores.

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.»

Additionally, a growing number of states are opting to cover the cost of college - prep entrance exams rather than issue standardized tests to assess high school juniors» academic progress to meet federal accountability requirements, including Wisconsin, Michigan, Delaware, Maine Illinois, Connecticut and Kentucky.

She stated that adding standardized tests in the other grades «will cost millions of dollars and will tell us nothing that we do not already know about our students» achievement and what we must do to improve it.»

Students may spend 20 to 25 hours actually taking the math and ELA tests but a study, «TIME ON TEST: The Fixed Costs of 3 - 8 Standardized Testing in New York State», found that students had to wait over an hour each day for «testing related activities» — 20 minutes to prep room, 14 minutes to change locations for some students, 12 minutes to count and distribute the tests, ad naseum — to be comTesting in New York State», found that students had to wait over an hour each day for «testing related activities» — 20 minutes to prep room, 14 minutes to change locations for some students, 12 minutes to count and distribute the tests, ad naseum — to be comtesting related activities» — 20 minutes to prep room, 14 minutes to change locations for some students, 12 minutes to count and distribute the tests, ad naseum — to be completed.

Administering a college entrance exam can reduce the number of standardized tests high school students must take; focus standardized assessment on tests that are meaningful to students» practical concerns and postsecondary planning; and introduce cost savings for families.

This new award - winning documentary reveals the stark contrasts between America's obsession with standardized tests, at the cost of everything else, and Scandinavia's embrace of all things nature - based.

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The Bureau also believes that the Loan Estimate is a better shopping tool for consumers than informal estimates provided to consumers prior to receipt of the consumers» application, [374] because the Loan Estimate was developed through an extensive consumer testing and design process and will present information regarding loans provided by different creditors in a standardized format (unlike informal estimates) and because certain costs disclosed in the Loan Estimate are subject to limitations on increases, as described below.