Sentences with phrase «emphasis on student test scores»

Their leaders worry that states will place too much emphasis on student test scores, and they say it is unfair to blame a teacher whose students are struggling with poverty, violence and other factors that make it difficult for them to perform well in school.

He's transformed the way educators are evaluated, putting much more emphasis on student test scores as a measure of effective teaching.

, which delineated a system of increasing teacher responsibility tied to increased pay, did not put sufficient emphasis on student test scores to meet grant priorities.

Back on June 3, 2011, she wrote a letter to President Obama, detailing her concerns about the emphasis on student test scores as a prominent part of educator evaluation.

But many also say they are uncomfortable with the emphasis on student test scores.

As part of the 2015 state budget lawmakers voted to create the new teacher evaluation system that places a greater emphasis on student test scores when evaluating the job performance of teachers and principals.

The changes placed greater emphasis on student test scores as a component of evaluations and established financial penalties for any school districts that did not comply.

Not exact matches

And especially in this moment when we really care a lot about accountability in schools, there has been an increasing emphasis on finding measures — like a student's standardized test scores — to tell us if a teacher is a good teacher.

«The Common Core Task Force Report has 21 common sense recommendations we've been seeking for several years including reducing the amount of testing and testing anxiety, making sure curriculum and exams are age appropriate and not placing such a heavy emphasis on teacher evaluations and student performance on the standardized test scores.»

I hear that many of the best colleges are now placing far greater emphasis on student maturity, our independence of thought, and our breadth of potential talent than on test scores.

Despite making far larger test - score gains than students attending open - enrollment district schools, and despite the emphasis their schools place on cultivating non-cognitive skills, charter school students exhibit markedly lower average levels of self - control as measured by student self - reports (see Figure 2).

Up to eight states would be authorized to conduct demonstration programs testing whether state control of Head Start actually leads to better coordination of preschool programs, greater emphasis on school readiness, improvement in poor children's preschool test scores, and progress in closing the achievement gap between poor and advantaged students.

Obama's emphasis on evaluating individual teachers by students» test scores has set off a frenzied effort by states to rewrite their laws in hopes of snaring some of the federal billions.

Because using test scores as a way to gauge teacher effectiveness is new and largely untested, it is important that Oregon proceed in a thoughtful, measured way that continues to put most emphasis on how well teachers use research - proven methods of engaging and teaching all students, he said.

By expanding the notion of student success, and moving it beyond a metric governed by test scores, authentic assessment puts the emphasis on student understanding.

Summary: Americans overwhelmingly think there is too much emphasis on standardized testing in public schools and that test scores are not the best way to judge schools, teachers or students, according to a national poll.

In his speech he said: «Firing teachers and closing schools if student test scores and graduation rates do not meet a certain bar is not an effective way to raise achievement across a district or a state... Linking student achievement to teacher appraisal, as sensible as it might seem on the surface, is a non-starter... It's a wrong policy [emphasis added]... [and] Its days are numbered.»

Some doubt the validity of the tests themselves, some question the idea that student learning gains reflect teacher effectiveness, and some question the emphasis on test scores in shaping teachers» goals.

A greater emphasis needs to be placed on ensuring that all students achieve at least one year of academic growth each year, rather than on what the average test score for a class or grade is on an assessment.

The bill would have, among other things, enhanced the emphasis the state's new accountability system would put on student test scores.

This detailed information about student academic growth should be used instead of AGT scores or any other measurements based on a single test, as teachers and administrators seek to use data to inform best practices that will improve student achievement;» [emphasis ours]

Two issues that engendered strong responses in the comments submitted on the draft guidelines relate to the linkage of student test scores to teacher evaluations and the over emphasis on charter schools in the turnaround of what are now designated as «Persistently Lowest Achieving Schools».

Duncan also defended his administration's emphasis on tying teacher evaluations to student test scores in part through No Child Left Behind waivers and Race to the Top grants.

Some people doubt the validity of the achievement tests on which the scores are based, some question the emphasis on test scores to begin with, and others challenge the very idea that student learning gains reflect how well teachers do their jobs.

I also agree with some NCLB critics: it unfairly labeled many schools as failures even when they were making real progress — it places too much emphasis on absolute test scores rather than student growth — and it is overly prescriptive in some ways while it is too blunt an instrument of reform in others.

On this note, and «[i] n sum, recent research on value added tells us that, by using data from student perceptions, classroom observations, and test score growth, we can obtain credible evidence [albeit weakly related evidence, referring to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's MET studies] of the relative effectiveness of a set of teachers who teach similar kids [emphasis added] under similar conditions [emphasis added]... [Although] if a district administrator uses data like that collected in MET, we can anticipate that an attempt to classify teachers for personnel decisions will be characterized by intolerably high error rates [emphasis addedOn this note, and «[i] n sum, recent research on value added tells us that, by using data from student perceptions, classroom observations, and test score growth, we can obtain credible evidence [albeit weakly related evidence, referring to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's MET studies] of the relative effectiveness of a set of teachers who teach similar kids [emphasis added] under similar conditions [emphasis added]... [Although] if a district administrator uses data like that collected in MET, we can anticipate that an attempt to classify teachers for personnel decisions will be characterized by intolerably high error rates [emphasis addedon value added tells us that, by using data from student perceptions, classroom observations, and test score growth, we can obtain credible evidence [albeit weakly related evidence, referring to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's MET studies] of the relative effectiveness of a set of teachers who teach similar kids [emphasis added] under similar conditions [emphasis added]... [Although] if a district administrator uses data like that collected in MET, we can anticipate that an attempt to classify teachers for personnel decisions will be characterized by intolerably high error rates [emphasis added].

By excluding the use of student scores on statewide mastery examinations in teacher evaluations curriculum emphasis can return to a well - rounded experience instead of the narrow focus of artificial achievement in the form of test preparation.

Over a decade of research shows that an over emphasis on high - stakes standardized tests narrows curriculum, creates social and emotional stress for students and families, drives committed teachers out of the profession, and turns schools into test - prep factories with principals forced to comply as overseers — especially in low - scoring schools.

And while I certainly believe BCCS places a great deal of emphasis on student learning (evidenced by the third grader's state test scores), there is much more to it than that.

The act's emphasis on test scores as the primary measure of school performance has narrowed the curriculum, and the one - size - fits - all accountability system has mislabeled schools as failures even if their students are demonstrating real academic growth.

But a new law passed last year requires that the methods used to calculate the API reduce its emphasis on test scores and include other indicators of success, including proof that a student is college and / or career ready.»

Americans overwhelmingly think there is too much emphasis on standardized testing in public schools and that test scores are not the best way to judge schools, teachers or students, according to a national poll.

The emphasis on improving test scores has overwhelmed every aspect of teachers» work, forcing them to spend precious collaborative time poring over student data rather than having conversations about students and instruction.

The emphasis on numbers (grades and LSAT scores) at the exclusion of testing for «resilience, grit, or mental toughness» means that we are admitting students that may not be suited to the profession.