Sentences with phrase «difficult tests aligned to the standards»

Not exact matches

So in total: The Department will be hands - off about the test systems states choose; the consortia will sink or swim based on their ability to create products states want; states may chose to go in different directions, making comparing results difficult; but the Department will use its peer - review process to ensure state systems are aligned with standards and set the proficiency bar high.

But states find it difficult to gain consensus on a coherent set of substantial and ambitious academic standards, to align their tests with those standards, and to get strong accountability systems working.

It has become particularly acute as states have switched to more difficult tests designed to align with the Common Core, academic standards adopted by more than 40 states and spurred in part by the federal government.

Students may have struggled with the math test because the new Common Core - aligned math standard is more difficult than what students are used to, said Carolina Cardenas, CSU's director of academic outreach and early assessment.

Those involved in helping students prepare for the test say a lower bar to passing is an imperfect solution to a genuinely difficult problem — how to create an exam that is aligned to the tougher standards now being implemented in high schools, while addressing the fact that most of those trying to pass the exam — both young people who dropped out of high school years ago and adults — never had any exposure to the Common Core.