Sentences with phrase «fear of test score»

By contrast, teachers now avoid creative teaching in fear of test score declines.

We are in schools that are driven by fear of test scores.

Not exact matches

Well, as it turned out all my fears, which the night before the test resulted in me tossing and turning prior to sleep and having visions and thoughts of never, ever getting a driver's license, were for naught because old Bob though limited to one eye, passed the test with pretty much the same score he received in 1963.

The Tangerines have endeared themselves to everyone and on Tuesday will provide Sunderland with one of their most testing home encounters in the whole of 2010 simply because they aren't like other sides, they've never heard of the word fear at inside a stadium which has been nothing short of a fortress for the hosts, and Holloway's men will go their with an attacking intent and a purpose to score goals, plenty of them as well.

More and more it seemed like the district's only goals were to raise the kids» standardized test scores and to teach them to fear authority — both of which, I'll admit, they did quite well.

She's infamously demanding of her teachers and employees, rattling off a constant stream of emails about school improvements and test scores, and current and former Success teachers have described anxiety and fear in their schools when Moskowitz has come to visit.

Moreover, a fear of North America's more discerning audience - particularly the influential youth market - and the snickering of the film's initial test screening at the DGA centre (with a prominent and active pot - head audience) frightened Scott to the point where he excised character moments with extensive dialogue, the film's more gentle subtleties, and Jerry Goldsmith's enchanting orchestral score.

That's a daunting challenge for any test maker, but it's further complicated by widespread fears of soaring failure rates and their political consequences, as well as by Arne Duncan's stipulation (in the federal grants that underwrite the assessment - development process) that the states belonging to each consortium must reach consensus on those passing scores (in government jargon, «common achievement standards»).

All students at South Side take advanced English, but principal Carol Burris fears more students in New York will be put in lower - quality remedial classes because of poor test scores on the new Common Core tests.

Or, put another way, if teachers were generating high test score gains from their students by creating a climate of abject fear in their classrooms, their observation scores should be low and that information is useful.

Distilling critics» fears to the common denominator, one finds an overarching concern that the current discussion about IPS reform will center on shifting control of money and power without genuine awareness of what techniques could best shape IPS students into life - long learners capable of achieving success on a broader plane than that defined by standardized test scores.

But the produce - or - else testing culture that she fostered — tying portions of some evaluations to growth in scores and securing commitments from principals to hit numerical targets — created a climate of fear, in the view of many school employees.

Legislators paused the release of marks for 2014 - 15, due to fear that a change in state tests would significantly decrease student scores.

Critics fear that parent triggers will transform the school system into an assembly line of identically run schools that focus on test scores at the expense of teacher autonomy in the classroom.

In fact, Wyoming's test scores went up across the board that year — despite the fears of state education officials, who asked the federal government months before getting the results to throw out the 2010 data.

Some, including Jefferson Parish School Board Superintendent James Meza fear that value added testing leads teachers to simply teach to the test, and that early learning indicators known as DIBELS (Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills) scores can easily become the goal rather than the method.

Does the fear of punishing a school or a teacher for poor test scores motivate institutions and educators to perform better?

If the power of solidarity is going to reclaim our schools, more affluent, predominantly white activists will need to develop an anti-racist understanding of the movement against standardized testing and the barriers that communities of color face to joining — including the very real fear from parents of color that their children's schools will be shut down if they don't encourage them to score well on the tests.

When I hear formative assessment reduced to a mechanism for raising end - of - year - test scores, it makes me fear that we might reduce teaching and learning to that same level.

Why getting teacher accountability right is essential to Common Core's success How shared responsibility for students differs from fear of repercussions from test scores

This is dramatically different from accountability that leaves teachers operating in isolation and in fear of repercussions from test scores.

An added gem is that Common Core advocates excitedly announced that the new tests will be harder to pass, giving even open - minded teachers reason to fear that the combination of new tests, stricter scoring, and new high - stakes evaluations was designed to put them in the crosshairs.

Many teachers are concerned about what they see as a lack of freedom in curriculum planning and personal teaching style, and fear being evaluated based on their students» Common Core test scores.

The Atlanta report's conclusion that cheating resulted from a culture of fear, one spurred by rising test - score targets, fuels the argument that policies determined by test scores provide perverse incentives that are not in the best interests of students.

But the board of directors feared that the HCZ schools were expanding too quickly; they weren't confident that they were sufficiently successful (partly reflected by test score analysis) and decided to hold back until they were more confident.