Sentences with phrase «favor using test»

At that time, 52 percent favored using test scores.

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Indeed, because eggs are large cells that are relatively easy to manipulate, they are one of the favored cell types used by biologists to express foreign genes and to test gene function.
I didn't say there was no inequality in the justice system, I said the media inflames when they use 1 case as a litmus test, especially when the system is stacked in favor of defendants.
just one more thing to note i don't understand why wenger keeps testing the lwb position, you have saed use him, when he came on the momentum changed in our favor our second choice lwb is obviously monreal?
Those who are already skeptical about using tests to judge schools and educators will find a lot to like, while those in favor of the practice will be challenged by the evidence presented that test - based accountability can lead schools to engage in unproductive practices.
There is strong support for using the same standardized test in all states, with 73 % of the public in favor of uniform testing; 70 % are opposed to letting parents opt their children out of state tests, consistent with 2015 results.
On Wednesday a state judge in Albany ruled that student test scores on state exams could not be used for 40 percent of a teacher's evaluation and that NYBOR's and NYSED's cut scores for grading teachers was unfairly slanted to favor those student scores.
What would American education look like if we had shunned IQ tests as a means of sorting children, used higher salaries to attract more able recruits to teaching, adapted the kind of engaging cooperative inquiry among both teachers and pupils that Dewey favored, and expected all children to do rigorous mathematics and science beginning in elementary school?
The NEA analysis of the proposed legislation claimed it favored «1) establishing a teacher evaluation system using gains in student test scores; 2) allowing «community stakeholders» to have a role in designing teacher evaluation systems; and 3) providing merit pay for teachers based upon gains in student test scores.»
Only 9 % of Americans favor «giving teachers tenure» and oppose using student performance on state tests to determine tenure.
The Ednext poll is worded more stringently, forcing those surveyed to embrace the use of tests as a basis for paying teachers: «Do you favor or oppose basing a teacher's salary, in part, on his or her students» progress academic progress on state tests
This approach is different from using value - added measures of standardized tests as a significant component in an evaluation and separates the San Jose system from one favored by reform groups like StudentsFirst.
During a recent panel discussion on testing, Rub argued in favor of judicious use of standardized testing — what she called «one of the most controversial and contentious issues in education.»
One group that praised the rejection by the feds is StudentsFirst, a Sacramento - based advocacy group created by former Washington, D.C., chancellor of schools Michelle Rhee, which favors the substantial use of test scores with teacher evaluations.
MaryEllen Elia, the state education commissioner, said in a phone interview that she was «absolutely in favor» of using test scores and other measures of student performance in teacher evaluations.
In the Obama administration's 2009 Race to the Top competitive grant program, for example, the federal government favored states that permitted the use of student test scores in teacher evaluations.
Even with strong majorities favoring time to adjust, over three - quarters (78 %) of voters believe teachers should continue to be evaluated based in part on test scores during the transition with 26 % believing those evaluations should be used only to reward good work or provide guidance to improve teaching and 19 % agreeing only if the evaluations are not used to hire or fire teachers.
Indeed, one factor that worked in DCPS's favor was that the 4,000 - member Washington Teachers Union was significantly weakened, and unable to successfully fight against using test scores to evaluate teachers.
The results of the 1992 Gallup Poll indicated that 71 % of public school parents favored requiring public schools to use standardized tests to measure the academic achievement of students.
If these groups» resources keep growing, more of their favored reforms — such as closing failing schools, expanding charter schools and using test scores to grade teachers — will likely spread across the country.
Parents, teachers, school administrators, public education advocates and experts all speaking in favor of the legislation that would drop the use of the unfair, inappropriate and discriminatory Common Core tests from Governor Dannel Malloy's teacher evaluation program.
Some conservatives in favor of tougher education standards and more standardized testing are using the data to argue Texas needs to hold school districts to higher accountability standards.
38 percent of Americans and 31 percent of parents favor using student performance on standardized tests to evaluate teachers (PDK / Gallup 2014, pt.2, p. 50).
The results from 2013 painted a different picture, with 41 percent favoring the use of test scores to evaluate teachers.
This year, the percent favoring the use of test scores fell yet again to just 38 percent.
The poll began by asking respondents whether they favored states using standardized test scores to evaluate teachers in 2012.
I am strongly in favor of using test results for accountability of students, educators and schools.
The zealots favor standardized tests because the tests generate numbers — «hard data» — that can be used to assess «performance» and «competitiveness.»
Suburban districts, after all, also have to deal with quality - blind seniority - based privileges such as reverse - seniority layoff rules, pay scales that favor seat time over performance, and restrictions on the use of objective student test score growth data from use in teacher evaluations.
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Courts apply a four - factor test and consider all the circumstances — parody is a check mark in favor of fair use under one of the categories.
A linear mixed effect model using these three independently significant variables to explain the decline in δ13C was favored in model selection over any single variable model with a Likelihood Ratio Test (130.4 vs 139.8 — 147.6, Table 2) and thus strongly suggests that shells are responsive to carbon chemistry.
I've selected some terms that O'Connor used in testing audiences, favoring ones that might be of some use to lawyers.
The company did apply for and receive a permit for testing autonomous cars on public roads in California, but reports say that efforts to build a car from scratch have been scrapped in favor of focusing on autonomous software existing automakers can use.
Microsoft will not include password use as default requirement for the next test release of Windows 10 S, indicating of the company's plan to kill passwords in favor of biometrics and other form of authentication.
As users began to determine which chips were used in their devices, data began to point toward a 60/40 split in favor of TSMC, although the ratio has shifted toward 50/50 as more data has been obtained.Benchmarks have suggested there is little if any difference in chip performance between the two A9 variants, but some recent battery testing (via Engadget) is hinting at the possibility of significantly better battery life for models with the TSMC - manufactured A9 chip.We should
Nicotine drug tests used during background screening have been challenged in court, the Southeast Missourian reports, but a federal court in Massachusetts ruled public policy favored a smoke - free society over the right of individuals to smoke on their own time.
And they use assessments that reveal how children are learning, as well as what they know, favoring unobtrusive observation - based instruments over paper - and - pencil tests.
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