Not exact matches
On the other hand, the very fact that they claim if not a monopoly of supreme values and motivating forces, yet a unique relation to them,
makes it impossible for the churches to participate in
promotion of
social ends on a natural and equal human basis.
Our findings from Florida suggest that the use of standardized testing policies to
end social promotion can help low - performing students
make modest improvements in reading and substantial improvements in math.
In our balanced budget I proposed a comprehensive strategy to help
make our schools the best in the world — to have high national standards of academic achievement, national tests in 4th grade reading and 8th grade math, strengthening math instruction in middle schools, providing smaller classes in the early grades so that teachers can give students the attention they deserve, working to hire more well - prepared and nationally certified teachers, modernizing our schools for the 21st century, supporting more charter schools, encouraging public school choice,
ending social promotion, demanding greater accountability from students and teachers, principals and parents.
The study found that
ending social promotion helped low - performing students
make modest improvements in reading and substantial improvements in math.
As of 2006, 23 states included
social studies in their
end - of - year student assessments, and 10 of the 23 use these test results to
make decisions regarding student
promotion or graduation (Grant, 2006; Vogler & Virtue, 2007).