Sentences with phrase «grade kind of measures»

Quantifiable university grade kind of measures and we test the people on coffee from a selection of corner coffee shops.

Not exact matches

(For some, of course, there would be reward beyond measure; and for others, there would be only a lifetime of a kind of chronic, low - grade disaffection.)

One 3rd - grade teacher was quoted as saying, «These tests can not and never will truly measure what a child actually knows, how a child sees the world, what a child genuinely understands and grasps, and what kind of life that child lives outside the school walls.»

First - of - its - kind study measures college instructor quality Effective teachers boost grades and test scores, in both their own and subsequent courses

The dysfunctional nature of how urban schools teach students to relate to authority begins in kindergarten and continues through the primary grades.With young children, authoritarian, directive teaching that relies on simplistic external rewards still works to control students.But as children mature and grow in size they become more aware that the school's coercive measures are not really hurtful (as compared to what they deal with outside of school) and the directive, behavior modification methods practiced in primary grades lose their power to control.Indeed, school authority becomes counterproductive.From upper elementary grades upward students know very well that it is beyond the power of school authorities to inflict any real hurt.External controls do not teach students to want to learn; they teach the reverse.The net effect of this situation is that urban schools teach poverty students that relating to authority is a kind of game.And the deepest, most pervasive learnings that result from this game are that school authority is toothless and out of touch with their lives.What school authority represents to urban youth is «what they think they need to do to keep their school running.»

* The specific tests used, which emphasize some kinds of learning and not others, and which rarely measure achievement that is well above or below grade level.