Sentences with phrase «emphasize subjects tested»

Too many districts enrolling high percentages of Black, Latino, low - income, and English Language Learner students feel pressured to narrow the curriculum to emphasize those subjects tested (math and English language arts).

Nationwide, such instruction has declined under pressureto emphasize subjects tested under the No Child Left BehindAct, and the impact has been severe in elementary schools.A survey released in 2007 by the independent Center onEducation Policy found that since the law passed, 44 percentof districts have cut time in the elementary grades fromuntested subjects.

Not exact matches

Enacted in 2001, No Child Left Behind (NCLB), for instance, emphasized academic competence by requiring that prospective teachers either graduate with a major in the subject they are teaching, have credits equivalent to a major, or pass a qualifying test showing competence in the subject.

Her curriculum must emphasize subjects for which the state accountability test measures proficiency — math, reading, and science.

A 1999 study by the Center for Research in Educational Policy at the University of Memphis and University of Tennessee at Knoxville found that students using the Co-nect program, which emphasizes project - based learning and technology, improved test scores in all subject areas over a two - year period on the Tennessee Value - Added Assessment System.

Creative writing is not one of the subjects tested on the entrance exams so it is not emphasized.

Similarly, many [charter] schools focus on tested subjects, while others might emphasize creative writing or the arts.»

Starting in the mid-1980s, a standards - based education reform movement emphasized beefed - up subject - matter content, with a test given at the end of the year to see whether students had «gotten» it.

Rather than designing one test, flexibility is needed so that teachers and schools could choose to target the topics / subjects they are emphasizing.

Reallocation (example: shifting resources, including time, to emphasize the subjects and types of questions on the test)