Sentences with phrase «exit exam policies»

This implies that the negative impacts of high school exit exam policies on graduation rates found in other studies are more likely a result of reduced graduation rates of very low - achieving students than of discouragement of marginally low - achieving students.

The report, based on data collected from state education department personnel in 45 states, discusses the present status of state exit exam policies, the future of these policies as states implement the Common Core State Standards and common assessments, and lessons that can be learned from states» past experiences with implementing new exit exam policies.

«The direct costs of developing and administering the tests themselves represent a small share of the total costs of implementing a mandatory exit exam policy,» says «Pay Now or Pay Later.»

The impact of the exit exam policy in Massachusetts is worth noting, especially since the proficiency threshold for passing the state test is one of the highest in the United States.

There is no national exit exam policy in the United States set either by the federal government or by a consortium of state governments.

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The report also addresses a second, widely used accountability policy: high - school exit exams that hold students responsible for meeting a set of content standards.

As important, the analysis does not consider any measures of state policies except for exit exams, implying that any other policy changes for the three decades between 1971 and 2004 are either irrelevant for student performance or are not correlated with the introduction and use of exit exams.

No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), the proliferation of high school exit exams, the success of school choice initiatives, and a dozen other smaller if more bitter battles, education has become one of the hottest policy topics in Washington.

Carol Yu Education Policy and Management Current City: New York / Boston Current job: Global academic director, Bridge International Academies Career highlight: Seeing our first cohort of graduates in Kenya excel on the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education exam (KCPE), a high - stakes national exit examination for primary students.

NCLB did not include such a requirement, and according to a September 2012 study of the Center on Education Policy, only about half of states (26) on their own require that students pass state high - school exit exams to earn a diploma.

High school exit exams do not significantly affect dropout rates, according to a study released last week by the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research.

Checked (all titles published by the Center on Education Policy): From the Capital to the Classroom, Year 1 (January 2003) Year 2 (January 2004) Year 3 (March 2005) State High School Exit Exams series: A Baseline Report (August 2002) Put to the Test (August 2003) A Maturing Reform (August 2004) States Try Harder, but Gaps -LSB-...]

English - language learners are lagging significantly behind other students in passing high school exit exams, concludes a study by the Washington - based Center on Education Policy.

«I'm concerned that exit exams begin to drive reform policies.

When fourteen public school teachers came together as part of Educators 4 Excellence - New York Teacher Policy Team on how to improve the use of testing in schools, they were taken aback by the depth of research showing the harmful effects of exit exams, which twenty - six states have adopted in one form or another.

In 2015, when California suspended its use of the high school exit exam, those schools and districts saw an opportunity to lift up the performance assessments they were using and to push for policies that would support that work.

State High School Exit Exams: A Baseline Report (Center on Education Policy).