Sentences with phrase «debate over testing»

Such efforts come at a time when states across the country are preparing to field - test assessments aligned with the Common Core State Standards, and when controversy over the common core in many statehouses has reignited the debate over testing overload.

There is a big debate over testing, with some groups insisting that the tests are the problem.

Other issues on Carranza's agenda will be what to do about dozens of failing schools in New York City, the debate over testing, the question of how to attract the best teachers and what teachers are lacking in their current contracts.

One in five parents opted their children out of the tests in 2016 amid complaints about the rigorous Common Core standards they measure and debate over the tests» usefulness and role in teacher and school ratings.

Our study will not end the debate over test - based promotion, but we do hope it will prompt policymakers to take the next step: identifying and implementing changes in high schools that will help translate students» better preparation into better results.

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Yes, he'd understood the science of DNA testing was incomplete, and that there was vigorous debate over the efficacy (and even potential downside) of population screening, and that it still wasn't clear if the process had reached the point where two different testing companies would even arrive at the same results.

And despite fathering four children, three with wife Laurene Powell Jobs and another from an earlier relationship (whom he acknowledged only after a court - ordered paternity test), Jobs seemingly never used his influence to change the debate over work - life balance.

Following North Korea's third nuclear weapons test in February this year, much attention has been paid to debates within China over its troublesome neighbour, with some suggesting severing ties to the North altogether.

Debate still rages over the extent to which British school children are tested, despite the decision by children's secretary Ed Balls to scrap the Key Stage 3 tests and replace them with school - based assessments by teachers.

While here, King was asked about the growing debate over the state's standardized tests.

The testing question also figures prominently into the debate over teacher performance evaluations, as the governor has proposed making state test results 50 percent — instead of the current 40 percent — of the evaluation system, a move that is strongly opposed by the teachers unions that are closely allied with the Assembly Democrats.

Flanagan's ascension leavesommittee he chairs — Education — without a leader at a time when education remains a very hot topic at the Capitol, thanks to the ongoing debate over the state's teacher evaluation system and Common Core - related tests.

While the education fight last year was largely waged over the policy of testing and teacher evaluations, the debate this year is broadly over funding.

An overhaul of federal education law moving through Congress — the biggest legislative change in 14 years — holds the prospect of a major shift in New York's contentious debate over the linkage of student test scores to teachers» job evaluations.

ALBANY — A drive to repeal New York's legal requirement basing teacher job ratings largely on students» state tests scores ignited debate Monday over the question of whether repeal could mean «double testing» for students.

The debates over standardized testing, teacher evaluations and opting out of the tests by students with the backing of their parents were all renewed recently as New York released the results of the math and English language exams for grades three through eight.

One of the measures the union is watching seemingly has paradigmatic implications in the debate over charter schools and standardized testing.

Education Commissioner Pam Stewart said the debate over the policy and its impact occurred in 2016, when the board adopted the rule imposing the new testing structure.

As such, the contest could offer a test of the debate by Republican leaders over whether the party needs to adjust ideologically to expand its appeal to places like New York.

«However, in light of the debate over the last few days it is clear that compliance with the «legislative» test of the manifesto commitment is not adequate.

In an accompanying editorial, Allan S. Brett, M.D., of the University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, S.C., writes that while there may be debate over the use of flexible sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy for colorectal cancer screening, another screening technique, stool DNA testing, might render this debate moot in the not - toodistant future.

The five types of cancers analyzed in this study have screening methods that allow for detection at an early stage, though in some instances, debate remains over efficacy and appropriate use: mammography for breast cancer, colonoscopy for colorectal cancer, Pap smear and / or HPV test for cervical cancer, spiral computed tomography or CT for lung cancer, and PSA test for prostate cancer.

Henig charts the tumultuous growth of this revolutionary procedure, from the research that led to the birth of the first test - tube baby in 1978 to present - day debates over cloning and genetic engineering.

The debate over whether the technique — nicknamed «three - parent IVF» — should be allowed to proceed to human tests underscores how quickly the science of reproductive medicine is evolving.

In an era where high - stakes tests have increased concern over test anxiety and introduced debate over the merits of teaching to the test, it may seem odd to promote a teaching method called «test - enhanced learning.»

The debate over the schedule for Pap tests is «not new,» says Wyand.

The syllabus required that I address the history of our current school system, debates over reform, standards and testing, teacher preparation, and more.

Over the past 20 years, many school systems around the globe have undergone some form of education reform and yet the trillions of dollars being spent in school systems, ongoing debates over the value of teacher pay incentives, and standardized test movements have yielded little effect in many countrOver the past 20 years, many school systems around the globe have undergone some form of education reform and yet the trillions of dollars being spent in school systems, ongoing debates over the value of teacher pay incentives, and standardized test movements have yielded little effect in many countrover the value of teacher pay incentives, and standardized test movements have yielded little effect in many countries.

That article, «America's Mediocre Test Scores,» by Michael Petrilli and Brandon Wright, launched a debate over the best way to compare poverty rates across countries.

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.

A forthcoming study by a pair of Stanford University researchers is further stoking the debate over whether states» high - stakes testing programs can positively affect academic achievement.

As usual, some of the debates got heated and anger boiled over about the role of tests in schools.

The issue features a debate between Spellings and Josh Starr, superintendent of schools in Montgomery County, Md., over whether states should take a three - year break from accountability testing.

Colorado legislation has sparked a statewide debate over the merits of high - stakes testing for young students.

The school system currently in place evolved over centuries of back - and - forth debate about the purpose of education, the best way to prepare children for their futures and the right way to test and evaluate kids, schools and states.

From worries about where the United States ranks on international tests to arguments over the Common Core, the way teachers teach and students learn math continues to be debated widely, leading to proposed changes in the ways mathematics is taught.

Washington, D.C. — With the debate over standardized testing reaching a fever pitch, a new report from the Center for American Progress finds a culture of testing and test preparation across many schools and districts, with students in analyzed school districts assessed as many as 20 times per year in the classroom.

WASHINGTON — Citing the potential abuses and misuses of tests, the Congress's research arm last week raised caution flags in the current debate over creating a new national system of student assessments.

The Winter 2014 issue of Education Next included a debate over the wisdom of a hiatus from high - stakes accountability testing while new standards and tests are implemented.

While interest in judging school performance based on the gains individual students make over time is high, the best way to do so is not even part of the current debate, one veteran testing expert argues.

Much like the debate over global warming, these non-believers refuse to validate an unassailable fact: standardized testing does have positive — and predictive — value in education and in life, just as the Earth is, indeed, getting warmer.

Now consider that during the debate over the No Child Left Behind Act, the National Conference of State Legislatures sent members of Congress a letter criticizing the testing requirements as «an egregious example of a top - down, one - size - fits - all federal reform.»

The investigation has provided more fuel for the national debate over how charter schools use suspensions, expulsions and other harsh disciplinary practices to weed out students who need extra support and, in so doing, boost the schools» test scores.

Quantitative editor Andrew Flowers argued that a key part of the debate is over, and that recent studies have converged on the finding that value - added measures accurately predict students» future test scores.

But it's not known how much class time students spend preparing for tests that became mandatory, starting in third grade, under the George W. Bush - era No Child Left Behind law and are a flashpoint in the debate over the Common Core academic standards.

This legislation has sparked heated debate over issues such as the federal role in education, testing, and funding.

The debate gets bogged down over issues such as merit pay, standardized testing and school choice.

L.A. Unified School District's Academic Growth Over Time measurement system, based on students» progress on standardized tests, spurs debate over fairness, accurOver Time measurement system, based on students» progress on standardized tests, spurs debate over fairness, accurover fairness, accuracy.

The report is certain to add fuel to the fire in the ongoing debate in California and elsewhere over how to measure teacher quality and the effort or resistance of some government bodies to tie teacher evaluations to standardized test scores.

Assembly Bill 484, which has been approved by the Assembly and is currently being debated in a state Senate committee, would eliminate all of the California Standardized Tests that high school students would have taken over the 2013 - 2014 academic year — tests in subjects like history, algebra, chemistry and phyTests that high school students would have taken over the 2013 - 2014 academic year — tests in subjects like history, algebra, chemistry and phytests in subjects like history, algebra, chemistry and physics.