Sentences with phrase «debate about test scores»

Although the current evidence based fad has turned into a debate about test scores, this book is about using evidence to build and defend a model of teaching and learning.

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In a case the NY Times said would «propel New York City to the center of a national debate about how student test scores should be used to evaluate teachers,» a bunch of lawyers fought it out in a NYC courtroom yesterday.

A problem facing many child and youth programs is that they are largely absent from mainstream education conversations and the popular media, which are dominated by debates about teacher unions, test scores, and school budgets.

(If you want to learn more about the debate surrounding test scores and teacher evaluation, check out ARW's 2010 documentary Testing Teachers).

In other words, they are usually debates about over-standardized testing — the large - scale assessments, often multiple choice, that are given to thousands of students, with consistent scoring and comparable results.

Research findings, anecdotes, and test scores can inform the debate about whether a particular school reform has worked or not worked, or whether it is a «good» approach or a «bad» one, but the decision to continue or abandon that approach will always be political in nature.

The debate erupted in August, when The Times published a database of the value - added scores of about 6,000 elementary school teachers based on seven years of testing data, prompting union protests and vows by the district to raise the issue during contract negotiations.

From Wikipedia about de - «personalized education», in the Debate section - «What personalized learning really means is adjusting the difficulty level of prefab skills - based exercises based on student test scores... (and) requires the purchase of software...» From the first Wikipedia paragraph, citing 2017 US NETP,»... (students and teachers) talk about learning progress, process and / or PRODUCTS (my caps)».

The discrepancy highlights an ongoing debate about the value - added test scores that an increasing number of states — soon to include Florida — are using to evaluate teachers.

In an interview last week, the 32 - year - old Marrocco talked about her path to excellence, a climb marked by a few stepping stones that are often overlooked in debates over teacher evaluation, tenure, and test scores.

Offering teachers incentives of up to $ 15,000 to improve student test scores produced no discernible difference in academic performance, according to a study released Tuesday, a result likely to reshape the debate about merit pay programs sprouting in D.C. schools and many others nationwide.

The Forum developed in 1997 out of a sense of urgency that middle - grades school improvement had stalled, amid a flurry of descending test scores, increasing reports of school violence, and heated debates about the nature and purpose of middle - grades education.

This post first appeared on Idaho Education News By Anthony Warn We in Idaho hear a lot about low test scores, go - on rates that are in reverse, debates about school funding formulas, and too many students unprepared for college and career.

Lawmakers are still debating what to do about TNReady and teachers are still going to pay a price, as this year's test scores will be included in teacher evaluations.

We in Idaho hear a lot about low test scores, go - on rates that are in reverse, debates about school funding formulas, and too many students unprepared for college and career.