Sentences with phrase «focus on testing»

Instead of focusing on test scores, many respondents said that counselors should be able to focus on helping individual students explore career paths and develop individual plans of study.

But at higher - income schools, where kids tended to do better on those tests, there wasn't as much focus on test prep.

The group had harsh words for the continuing «focus on testing in narrow subject areas» and for the lack of a transition plan.

But teaching social - emotional skills is often seen as a way to move away from a narrow focus on test scores, and to consider instead the whole child.

The study focused on the testing of methods which seek to reduce the imaging time and to correct image problems caused by a long imaging time.

At higher income schools, where most kids scored proficient on the state tests, there wasn't as much focus on test prep.

She liked the art, sure, but she was also focused on the test drive aspect of the event.

Like most public schools, too, it is sadly focused on test results, with a selection seemingly designed by sales rankings.

Almost everything; there's compliance paperwork, more collaboration, more focus on test scores and far more accountability.

The curriculum in our local district schools place a heavy focus on testing and gathering data, but we wanted more for our son.

But the intense focus on test scores has left many parents concerned about narrowing curriculum and what they call a classroom concentration on testing well instead of learning.

The families of more than 350 students chose to send their children there, many of them specifically because the charter school's teachers say they didn't focus on testing.

Instead, we specifically focused on testing linear, narrative content because it's the primary use case for e-book readers.

Parents tend to be much less focused on test scores and far more concerned about all those other things those scores don't capture.

Thus far, the education community has mostly focused on the testing and accountability options in the bill.

The extensive focus on test scores as the only measure of student progress is forcing educators to teach to the test.

In particular, observers have expressed concerns that the lowest - performing schools have responded to the policy by simply focusing on test preparation.

Rather than innovate, most charters focus on test prep and drill.

This biotechnology company, which started in 2005, is primarily focused on testing drugs that treat eye diseases, such as diabetic - related blindness.

A lot of attention is focused on the test flight dates.

He explained that dating apps today need to focus on testing assumptions.

After all this is why people focus on test scores.

And most of the emphasis of our policies focuses on test scores.

One way education has changed is with the recent focus on test scores.

The peer - reviewed paper focuses on test scores at public middle schools near a state boundary.

The relentless focus on test scores has had a significant impact on how teachers interact with their students.

Consumers will get a chance to drive the cars and to be the star of their own movies focused on their test drive.

This practice encompasses many forms within visual communication with particular focus on testing the boundaries between art and design and draws on hugely varied sources and art histories.

The company is focusing on the testing phase and looking to team up with industrial partners to accelerate the speed at which they can deploy the wind energy generators over the coming years.

In other words, focusing on testing in the early years may lead to less effective teaching and learning, not the other way around.

Increase class size, focus on test prep via devices.

If you've accumulated a lot of ideas, it is important that you only focus on the tests that could have the biggest impact on your business goals.

For years, critics have complained that the law's focus on test scores offers far too narrow a picture for judging school quality.

Team owner Rod Shegem told Sportscar365 they will instead focus on testing for 2017.

Pallone was concerned that NCLB was too focused on test scores rather...

WEA President Lindquist said she was glad to hear that the staff is not just focusing on test scores data.

Schools and educators are likely to narrow the curriculum by focusing on tested subjects at the expense of untested ones.

«The students had prior knowledge of how to manipulate things on the screen, so they were more focused on the test questions and how to respond.»

Shift away from focusing on testing alone to highlighting the essential components underlying a strong school culture — an environment where teachers are continually encouraged to say «Help me; thank you; and WOW!»

We don't want to set up a system so focused on test scores that it actually incentivizes schools to kick out low performers.

Similarly, many [charter] schools focus on tested subjects, while others might emphasize creative writing or the arts.»

The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 required schools to focus on struggling students and raise proficiency by focusing on test scores, which prompted many schools to separate out children who were behind so they could provide targeted instruction.

The methods employed by charters to get higher test scores often focus on rigid compliance in a militaristic social environment, combined with a curriculum narrowly focused on test preparation.