Sentences with phrase «debates over test scores»

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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.

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 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.

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.

Nowhere else in California has the debate over the use of student test scores to grade teachers gained more attention than in the Los Angeles Unified School District.

While we can debate over whether Vermont, which has a Hispanic population of 1 percent, is really a peer state to Utah, what is not debatable are the college and career readiness test scores.

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.

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One of the more hot button debates in education over the past few years has been the issue of using student test scores to evaluate teachers.