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What a shame... and standardized testing, what a revolting way to judge the merit of a school system (more specifically ~ an individual educator) I was horrified to find out from a family friend who was a Special Education teacher a few years ago (who is now my sons 7th grade, general Ed., Language Arts teacher), that the BOE pays for the special Ed teachers to go to a 3 day long In Service, instructing them how to get their Spec.

These include homework - free weekends like the one coming up over Thanksgiving break, encouraging teachers to economize on assignments by, for instance, assigning fewer practice problems in math (10 can serve just as well as 25), and creating a centralized homework calendar that will allow teachers to coordinate big assignments, so that kids don't end up with a lot of tests or projects due on the same day.

Test score improvement, if assessed over a few years, can identify those at the very top and bottom of the teacher effectiveness scale.

The vote came a few months after the state's teachers unions, closely aligned with the Assembly, claimed a victory in December when the Regents, prompted by the governor and Legislative leaders, placed a moratorium on the use of student test scores in teacher evaluations.

A few of the speakers suggested imposing a three - year moratorium on some of the high - stakes consequences of the testing connected to the Common Core, including teacher evaluations.

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo named members to a Common Core review panel and called for fewer standardized exams Monday, but gave no sign of rolling back his controversial initiative to tie test scores to school closings and teacher evaluations.

In revamping the state's evaluation system, Regents Chancellor Merryl Tisch said she aims to have fewer tests for students, and more productive professional development for teachers.

A New York state court is ruling that a new teacher evaluation process can't rely so heavily on how students perform on a few state tests.

The new teacher evaluation system, tied to test scores, could make it easier for principals to single out teachers deemed ineffective, although state laws still make firing such teachers so arduous that only a few are forced out each year.

There are many challenges facing students, teachers, principals, and the school boards, including Common Core, test scores, and funding, just to name a few.

Removing the test scores from evaluations will almost certainly result in even fewer teachers» being rated ineffective.

In a move that few would have predicted a year ago, the State Board of Regents on Dec. 14 voted nearly unanimously to eliminate state - provided growth scores based on state test scores from teacher evaluations for four years.

In a move that few would have predicted a year ago, the State Board of Regents on Dec. 14 voted nearly unanimously to eliminate state - provided growth scores based on state standardized test scores from teacher evaluations for four years.

In 2005, Browns Mill School became the first sugar - free school in the country, and the results speak for themselves with a 30 percent decrease in nurse visits, a 28 percent drop in teacher referrals for bad behavior, and improved test scores.20 Dr. Sanders - Butler continues to see the difference in the children's health through weight loss and fewer absences, as well as more frequent everyday positive interactions with happier children.

Whether it be a few calming breaths before a test or a couple basic poses done with a chair or desk, both students and teachers will benefit from daily yoga.

It's fine to talk about more technology in our classrooms, smaller class sizes, new teaching and learning strategies, teacher training, and higher test scores, but few of these discussions get us to the heart of the matter — the roots of our current system.

Critics of test - based accountability programs have long argued that within a few years of introducing new tests, teachers learn to limit their instruction to what is likely to be assessed — otherwise known as teaching to the test.

By most accounts, a few charter schools began testing their youngsters more frequently, with the idea that teachers could use those interim results to inform their teaching.

For schools in the bottom quartile of the number of teachers with tested students, that is, schools with approximately 10 or fewer such teachers in elementary and K — 8 schools and five or fewer in middle schools, school - wide merit pay did lead to improved student achievement.

I spoke with physics teacher Matt Harding (@physicsramble on Twitter), who has been using the test for a few years.

In response to the criticism that teacher impacts on student test scores are inconsistent over time, the authors show that «although VA measures fluctuate across years, they are sufficiently stable» that selecting teachers even based on a few years of data would have substantial impacts on student outcomes, such as earnings.

But, as teachers, we must creatively find the time for projects (often, projects get pushed aside until the last few weeks of school, when standardized testing is done).

«Teachers often take students to a local college for testing, because there are fewer distractions and the setting reminds students of why they are taking tests and working so hard.»

Grade - span testing would make it even tougher to attract teachers into those few areas with much higher stakes.

My blog silence these past few months has been due to my work on an education reform guide and a story for Education Next on middle schools (which, my editors hope, will be done soon), but I have been paying attention to the sturm und drang concerning Diane Ravitch's new book and her «turnaround» or «u-turn» on certain core issues — e.g. charter schools, teacher assessment, and testing.

By testing students, releasing the results to the public, and attaching rewards and sometimes a few weak sanctions to those results, accountability reformers have attempted to tighten the screws on local school boards, administrators, and classroom teachers.

Such brief yet weighty exams limit the ways students can show their skills, and because it's impossible to test hundreds of state standards in a few hours, they leave teachers guessing on which to emphasize.

Student - test - based measures of teacher performance are receiving increasing attention in part because there are, as yet, few complementary or alternative measures that can provide reliable and valid information on the effectiveness of a teacher's classroom practice.

Indeed a few years ago, a New Zealand - born elementary school teacher at a TeamCFA charter school in North Carolina was herself studying to take the citizenship test.

It wants fewer tests but isn't willing to give up on test - based teacher evaluations.

The department should remember that while many states permit linking teachers to student test scores, few districts actually do so, and that while Virginia and Mississippi have each had a charter law for more than a decade, combined they have only five charter schools.

Concerned that high - stakes testing was narrowing student assessment down to a few scores, teachers and administrators in one Illinois district developed a system to assess a range of skills — including critical thinking and social - emotional skills — they wanted students to master by the time they left school.

In the program's first year, the bonus program boost to math scores was 3.2 points on the New York state test, or 0.08 standard deviations, in schools with small cohorts of teachers with tested students (approximately ten or fewer such teachers in elementary and K - 8 schools and five or fewer such teachers in middle schools).

In recent years, the consensus among policymakers and researchers has been that after the first few years on the job, teacher performance, at least as measured by student test - score growth, can not be improved.

So instead, I put together an experience in which they worked in groups attacking a pile of different information sources about Archaeotype that I had lined up: a few pages of an evaluation report on the project, a few Web sites that described the software and the constructivist philosophy behind it, a virtual chat with one of the developers in New York, and a room - based videoconference with a teacher who had tested the program.

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Space is too short to highlight every noteworthy feature, but here are a few that have stood time's test: E. D. Hirsch's placement of progressive education within the Romantic tradition (first issue), Joel Best's skeptical view of school violence (2002), Michael Podgursky's discovery of the well - paid teacher (2003), Bruno Manno's and Bryan Hassel's takes on the charter movement (2003), Brian Jacob and Steve Levitt's technique for catching teachers who cheat (2004), Barry Garelick's jeremiad against progressive math (2005), Frederick Hess and Martin West's exposé of school «strike phobia» (2006), Roland Fryer's identification of «acting white» (2006), Clay Christiansen and Michael Horn's vision for virtual learning (2008), and Milton Gaither's authoritative look at home schooling (2009).

I think the pedagogy test could help eliminate a few people who may not be qualified and the content area test definitely ensures that potential teachers know their subject, but it is hard to say that it shows if teachers will be successful in the classroom.

She noted that many previous studies have examined the effect of teacher quality on test scores, but few have examined the effect of teacher quality on attendance.

And I didn't even mention taking and passing that sublimely subtle NM teacher licensure test (NMTA / NES), essentially an 8th Grade literacy test that quite a few teacher credential applicants take 3 or 4 times before earning a passing score.

It is clear, however, that testing — particularly the high - stakes use of test results to reward or penalize students and teachers — has few friends outside the ranks of professional education reformers.

South Carolina teachers would take a pay cut and students would take fewer tests under cost - cutting measures that won initial legislative approval Tuesday.

Teachers and school leaders know the improvements are due to their unremitting efforts to do their best for every child and young person, whatever their background, and despite the relentless changes to the curriculum, tests and exams, imposed by the Government, that have added to their workload over the past few years.

Many states are putting the standards in place in the classroom, testing students on them, and evaluating teachers based on those test results, all within a few years.

The student - to - teacher ratio is drastically smaller, there was no testing, there were no administrators, and the camp was specifically focused on technology use — to name a few.

Pokes at teachers to raise student test scores, and setting up some new schools for a few students won't do the deed.

Btw, interesting that you recognize the inherent flaws in the methods used to measure teachers, including this supposed «normal» first few years of a new standard or a new test.

More than a few eyebrows were raised when School Board member - elect Monica Ratliff appeared at a Thursday Educators for Excellence (E4E) event and seemed to signal support for some kind of a test - based pay system to attract and keep good teachers in LA classrooms.

These reports were to reach teachers a few weeks prior to state testing dates so that teachers could identify students who might need additional coaching.

Pearson, the educational and publishing conglomerate out of the U.K. — best known for standardized testing services, covers a few of the common challenges teachers face in a recent article.