Sentences with phrase «critics of standardized testing»

Critics of standardized testing say cheating is a result of the consequences that policymakers have attached to scores, from closing schools for poor performance to offering merit bonuses to teachers whose students do well.

The case, arising from cheating revealed in 2009, highlights what critics of standardized testing argue is part of the downside of relying on the test results to evaluate teachers, principals and schools: Pressure to perform can lead people to cross the line when their jobs or merit pay are at stake.

She became a vocal critic of the standardized testing movement and raised alarms on the outsize role that testing is playing in public education: taking over the time students spend in the classroom, being used as a weapon against their teachers, and distracting from the real problem of unequal opportunities for students.

Have critics of standardized tests successfully brought attention to their distrust and potential misuse of high - stakes testing for teacher evaluation?

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Meanwhile, state Sen. George Latimer, a Rye Democrat, has long been a vocal critic of the practice of standardized testing.

Meanwhile, state Sen. George Latimer, a Rye Democrat who voted against Common Core has long been a vocal critic of the practice of standardized testing.

King, the acting secretary of education, has a long history of supporting corporate - friendly education reforms, and has pushed for unpopular policies like more standardized testing and Common Core, which critics say are ineffective.

«College and Career Ready» indicators: Many states already include AP, IB, ACT, and SAT achievement in their high school rating systems, and we heartily endorse all of these of these measures, especially those tied to achievement on AP / IB tests, which are precisely the sort of high - quality assessments that critics of dumbed - down standardized tests have long called for.

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.

Responding to critics who charged that standardized tests failed to measure the full range of student abilities and were biased against women and minorities, the college dropped its requirement that applicants submit their scores on the Scholastic Aptitude Test.

But A.C.T. officials downplayed the signficance of the tiny rise — a tenth of a point on a scale of 36 — and standardized - test critics voiced alarm at test results showing a slight increase in the «gender gap» between male and female students.

Almost a decade ago, in her book The Language Police, Diane Ravitch, who recently became a critic of the Common Core, censured textbook and standardized - test publishers for suppressing any reference to entire realms of content that could be construed as «unfair.»

Would the proponents of school accountability policies such as standardized testing come out on top, or would the findings support the opinions of the critics?

Not the joy - killing machines ruining childhood, as so many critics have portrayed standardized tests, but true measures of whether children were learning the key skills they would need as grown - ups: how to think critically, solve problems, make a convincing argument, and write a coherent paragraph.

Critics also contend that standardized tests are only one measure of student performance, and must be considered alongside other assessment tools, including classroom work, student portfolios, and teacher evaluations.

Moreover, critics warn of a «narrowing» of the curriculum, saying that the heightened attention paid to standardized tests forces teachers to ignore content or even entire subjects that do not appear on the tests.

Distilling critics» fears to the common denominator, one finds an overarching concern that the current discussion about IPS reform will center on shifting control of money and power without genuine awareness of what techniques could best shape IPS students into life - long learners capable of achieving success on a broader plane than that defined by standardized test scores.

The critics of modern school reform that I know are people who see enormous trouble in the public education system, but don't think it will be fixed by spending billions of dollars on questionable teacher assessment systems linked to standardized test scores, or expanding charter schools that are hardly the panacea their early supporters claimed they would be, or handing out federal education dollars based on promises to change schools according to the likes and dislikes of Education Secretary Arne Duncan, whose record as superintendent of Chicago public schools was hardly distinguished.

Tip of the Hat to union watchdog and critic Mike Antonucci for noting that, on the final day of the 2014 Representative Assembly, NEA members approved yet another change to the evaluation language, this time making it abundantly clear that standardized tests can never be used.

The measure, which won approval in the Republican - led House of Representatives late Wednesday, would ease federally imposed achievement goals that critics say relied too much on standardized tests and were unrealistic for struggling public school systems such as Baltimore's.

The study also found that student gains on standardized tests reflected meaningful learning and critical thinking skills, not just test preparation or memorization — a frequent concern of critics of the value - added approach.

In the U.S., the results of standardized tests are the main measure of school success, but critics say the tests don't capture more nuanced aspects of school quality.

Critics have pounced on some of the language, which has been used by corporate reformers to support their agenda of emphasizing standardized tests as a way to hold educators, students and schools accountable, as well as expanding school choice through charters.

Critics of merit pay say that it is unsupported by research, and that evaluating an individual teacher's performance based on student standardized testing is extremely difficult, given the many factors outside the classroom that can affect student achievement.

(And yes, as Learning Curve's loyal comment - thread critics will surely point out.14 seconds after this piece is posted, a controversy involving allegations of cheating on standardized tests by teachers has yet to be resolved.

But support began to wane when critics from all sides of the political spectrum began to emerge with concerns on a variety of fronts, including problems with the content of the standards and the developmental inappropriateness of those for the earliest grades, the design of the new tests, how the new exams were written and by whom, and the federal government's funding of new standardized tests aligned to the Core.

BL: And I'll begin with some things that are in the news this week, beginning with your new Schools Chancellor, Richard Carranza, urging parents not to opt their kids out of statewide standardized tests... Is that consistent with your own views as a critic of high stakes standardized testing?

Some critics fear the change would have a disparate impact on law schools with significant numbers of minority students, whom studies have shown traditionally don't do as well on standardized tests, which is also a concern of the council.