Sentences with phrase «current testing policies»

We asked Koretz, a professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, to reflect on how current testing policies touch the lives of parents and teachers — and how they can advocate for change.

Similarly, if students complain that there is too much studying - to - the - test in school, we should rethink current testing policies.

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marijuana user could test positive for pot for up to approximately 25 days under the current NFL policy.

Under the current policy, any NFL player who tests positive for marijuana will be entered into the league's intervention program.

The Donald's past business practices and current policy prescriptions create plenty of opportunities to use the words «con» and «fraud», and activists can employ online ads to test many different stories and ways of framing them.

We have elaborated upon these principles with respect to current policy debates on the uses of predictive genetic test results in health insurance, and present these ideas below:

The problems are not entirely the fault of the EPA; policies for safety testing under current chemical regulations are flawed [see «Chemical Controls»; Perspectives, Scientific American, April].

Katrina Karkazis and Rebecca Jordan - Young call for an end to current sex - testing policies in international athletics and the Olympics (21...

The Moodle quiz tested, among others, the ability of learners to determine rules for patterns and functional relationships using flow diagrams, tables, formulae and equations in line with the current National Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement for Grade 7 - 9.

According to new research published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, the current policy of limiting thyroid tests to women at high risk of thyroid disease overlooks most cases of thyroid disease during pregnancy, and undiagnosed, untreated thyroid disease in pregnancy carries a significant risk of an adverse outcome for both mother and baby.

Members who write for children came together to critics the «detrimental effects» of the current trend in education policy, as they feel the increasingly restrictive rules and focus on testing will have a negative impact on children's writing ability.

These were: well - being and welfare — insisting upon the adoption of well - being policies in all education settings; empowering and enabling — identifying the balance between empowering and overburdening staff; freedom and flexibility - reversing the trend for testing and increasingly structured curriculum frameworks and trust and train teachers to do their job with a focus on reflective practice; and celebrating success — making sure we all better celebrate the amazing experiences and achievements of teachers to help stem a current tendency for public pessimism.

If CSR is introduced in the current policy context of high - stakes testing, together with the inadequate funding highlighted by the Gonski Review, we can expect minimal achievement outcomes.

But such a policy could easily be implemented through a system of means - tested grants and tuition discounts, like the current U.S. system, without providing costly tuition benefits to students who can afford to pay at least part of their higher education expenses.

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.

Additionally, the 20 percent opt - out rate underrepresents the magnitude of parental opposition to New York's current high - stakes testing policy.

These and other results suggest that some of the most prominent ideas that dominate current policy debates — from supporting vouchers to doubling down on high - stakes tests to cutting federal education funding — are out of step with parents» main concern: They want their children prepared for life after they complete high school.

8:30 AM — 9:15 AM Keynote: Dr. Joshua Starr, CEO, PDK International Understanding Public Attitudes About Schools During this presentation, Dr. Starr will discuss new polling data that shows the public's current attitudes about public education; the overall quality of local schools; curriculum and standards; school funding and taxes; homework and testing policies; school choice; and more.

Peter Smyth, a retired educator and administrator, and also a co-founder of Community Voice, says, «After a career in education and research into educational reform, I have come to these conclusions: while South Carolina Superintendent Zais has applied for a waiver to No Child Left Behind, his proposals reflect those of Secretary Duncan and the current and previous administrations, policies which have not achieved their goals and have made raising test scores and graduation rates, rather than meaningful learning, the default goals of American education.

For example, the publisher of the SAT10, used in the current Policy, says that for student promotion decisions, test scores ``

As I look out over the current school reform landscape I see it is categorized by policies that seek to standardize, homogenize, and corporatize public education through the use of one - size - fits - all curriculum standards, high stakes testing, micro-management of school operations from distal bureaucrats, teacher evaluation policies based on mis - interpretations of current research, and heavy reliance on corporate education providers camouflaged as non-profits operating via charter schools.

For example, the publisher of the SAT10, used in the current Policy, says that for student promotion decisions, test scores «should be just one of the many factors considered and probably should receive less weight than factors such as teacher observation, day - to - day classroom performance, maturity level, and attitude.

The proposed changes to the current Policy are minimal and amount to little more than a swap of one high - stakes nationally - normed standardized test for another.

The current version of the law, the No Child Left Behind Act, created a federal system of testing and accountability, and many educators and policy makers contended that that law was too constraining and created some harmful side - effects.

Given the current federal policies I guess when the child you refer to fails a 4th grade reading test, the school system will be justified in firing all her teachers from kindergarten to the 4th grade.

The Web site of Marylanders Against High - Stakes Testing (www.geocities.com/stophsa) is also a strong resource for educators interested in advocating against current assessment policies.

Education officials in Massachusetts deny any plan to scrap the test, but this week the state senate approved an amendment affirming the current policy requiring students to pass the tenth - grade MCAS to graduate.

His topic is how to reconcile trends on different tests, a timely and important subject in the current policy environment.

If we let current policies answer this question for us, we're back to test scores; after all, nothing else matters in an era of high - stakes accountability.

While our new Commissioner is preparing to go on a speaking and listening tour of the state, she would do well to try to understand exactly why New York is the current leader in the nationwide Opt Out movement against today's standardized testing policies, having seen test refusals jump from nearly 60,000 in 2014 to 200,000 in 2015.

However, Kansas's current policy puts students at risk by allowing out of state teachers to teach on exchange certificates for up to two years without passing required subject - matter tests.

Because current state policy requires that refused tests be given the lowest possible score, the scores of 1 given to refused tests are calculated into the growth rates used to evaluate individual teachers.

Similarly, what Louis C.K. said about current education policies like standardized testing and the Common Core occurred against a backdrop of popular dissent.

But the current heightened emphasis on standardized testing is an effect of the policies of the Obama administration, for sure.

Current education policy focuses on a failed strategy of school and district «turnarounds;» characterized by staff shake - ups and pedagogical practices that focus narrowly on raising test scores.

Last Tuesday, Eduardo Porter — writer of the Economic Scene column for The New York Times — wrote an excellent article, from an economics perspective, about that which is happening with our current obsession in educational policy with «Grading Teachers by the Test.»

I believe in high standards for students and teachers but current policies are taking Indiana public education in the wrong direction with it's teach - to - the - test philosophy.

The outcome of that process and of the House's parallel bill which left committee already and which failed to adopt a Democratic sponsored amendment to require states to adopt «college and career ready standards» and to use standardized test results in accountability systems, will play a significant role in the current policy environment that is best summarized as «test and punish».

The current debate among educational professionals and policy - makers is whether student test scores should (or should not) be one among a number of criteria by which teachers are judged.

Our ideal policy would go even further in this direction, but it's a good start: The federal government would maintain performance standards, but offer more ways for schools to meet them than the current regimen of tests.

In a Closing Keynote address to some 500 attendees, education historian and NYU professor Diane Ravitch, an NPE founder and Board President, accused current education policies mandated by the federal government, such as President Barack Obama's Race to the Top, of making high - stakes standardized testing «the purpose of education, rather than a measure of education.»

Her current research interests include Earth Science education, learning progression development, and how science curricular practices are impacted by educational policies tied to standardized testing and accountability measures.

This is a must read for all of you following the current policy trends not only surrounding teacher - level accountability, but also high - stakes testing in general.

But in the current policy environment, the reality is that SEL will be taken more seriously and implemented more conscientiously if fully integrated into the academic curriculum, especially into the tested subjects of English and maths.

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This project: 1) investigates, explains, and tracks public understanding of the causes, consequences, and solutions to climate change, support for climate policies, and the current barriers to action, and 2) designs and tests new strategies to engage the public in climate science and solutions.

The concern with the current MPS policy is simple — does a starting point of belief, in the absence of further investigation, meet the test of reasonable suspicion in the absence of other evidence?

Of course, employers may protect themselves from policy grievances regarding random testing by negotiating the testing language into the collective agreement, but the current state of case law on this issue makes it highly unlikely that a union would voluntarily agree to such language.

Noting that the exceptional circumstances test placed a considerable burden on prisoners seeking to use artificial insemination facilities, the Grand Chamber considered current government policy excluded any real weighing of the competing individual and public interests.