Sentences with phrase «grades as indicators»

They began by defining letter grades as indicators of particular levels of mastery, rather than the number of points earned.

Good grades as an indicator of engagement with learning, curiosity and persistence mean something both in the present and as indicators of being successful out in the work place.

Besides placing a strong emphasis on law school grades as an indicator of legal aptitude, Cravath also looked for other qualities — a passionate dedication to the practice of law as a profession, a willingness to work hard and meticulous attention to the quality of the work.

Not exact matches

Although Greater Vancouver also earns an «A» grade on KPMG's Total Tax Index, as local businesses enjoy relatively low statutory labour costs, the region is much less competitive when it comes to the marginal effective tax rate on capital, an indicator specifically designed to measure incentives for business investment.

«After developing our scale, data from follow - up testing confirmed that students» engagement scores were positively correlated with indicators of performance, such as good grades and independent learning outside of school motivated by interest.

(We use those letter grades, by the way, as a indicator to compare the overall quality of each studio's yearly releases to that of their peers.)

At a school in the Ozarks, a tenth - grade biology class used the electron microscope to examine small aquatic insects as indicators of water quality.

If the standard has a grade profile, as is the case with the Ofsted Common Inspection framework, what indicators are relevant to each grade?

All schools will use chronic absenteeism as an indicator of school quality; high schools will also be judged on two other indicators involving 9th grade academic progress and high school completion

We take as our indicator of each school's performance its performance composite for grades 3 through 8, which the state computes as the percentage of tests taken in all three subjects that meet the state's proficiency standard.

[ii] They then compared those averages to a «10 minutes per - grade» guideline that serves as an indicator of the «right» amount of homework.

Ormiston Forge Academy in Cradley Heath capped a remarkable year with 84 per cent of the A level cohort achieving three or more passes at grades A * - E. Just 18 months after the Academy was judged as Good by Ofsted and in the same year it was designated as a National Support School, every indicator at Key Stage 5 has improved yet again.

In both subjects, scores on both exams are at least as strongly correlated with college grades as the SAT, a widely used indicator of college readiness.

The ten indicators were: 9th - grade attendance rates; rates of college readiness at the end of each grade (as measured by the number of students on track to earn a Regents diploma as opposed to a less - rigorous «local» diploma); the number of credits earned and Regents exams passed by grade 12; dropout and transfer rates; graduation rates; and rates of receiving a Regents diploma.

The problem, as Coleman's saw it, is that grades and most other academic performance metrics are relative indicators, ranking students against their classroom peers.

«Intuitively, I had not expected this to be an important policy lever, but there are a lot of indicators that things are not going well for students in the middle school grades in the United States,» says West, who serves as executive editor of Education Next.

The report also continues the EPE Research Center's annual practice of ranking and grading the states as well as the nation as a whole on key education indicators.

He also serves as the Principal Investigator on a range of Research Alliance studies including those examining the efficacy of on - track indicators for different grade levels; performance trends in NYC high schools; and the effects of school closure.

As Education Week's Quality Counts turns 20, the nation has posted a solid C — the same as last year — on the report's 2016 summative - grading indicatoAs Education Week's Quality Counts turns 20, the nation has posted a solid C — the same as last year — on the report's 2016 summative - grading indicatoas last year — on the report's 2016 summative - grading indicator.

the accountability group met or exceeded, or did not differ significantly as determined by the commissioner, from an annual performance target established by the commissioner and the accountability group met or exceeded the third performance indicator at that grade level, as defined in paragraph (15) of this subdivision.

ISBE plans to continue to communicate and receive feedback from stakeholders, as necessary, and more information will be coming out regarding IL - EMPOWER, P - 2, Elementary / Middle Grade, College and Career, and Fine Arts indicators, as well as the growth indicator and grading scale.

Methods that measure individual student growth as compared to their own previous scores are better indicators of progress than comparing this year's third grade to last year's third grade, etc..

Those who argue against using tests as the main indicator of success may dismiss the current grading system as fervently as they did pre-Katrina.

The Arizona Education Progress Meter, which represents key metrics that support a shared vision for world - class education in our state, includes eighth grade math as one of eight indicators by which to measure the health of education in Arizona.

In a state where per - pupil spending ranked 48th in the nation in 2013, many have questioned why the letter grades don't serve as an indicator for where increased funding and resources should be allocated to bring up low - performing schools.

This study examines the relationship between 8th and 9th grade early warning indicators as predictors of graduation outcomes, as well as the relationship between 9th grade indicators and college enrollment outcomes.

Each domain includes a list of standards, or indicators, such as using strategies to promote higher - level thinking skills or creating a respectful classroom culture, that teachers at all grade levels, in all subjects, are expected to meet.

The state also examines «vertical scale scores;» a rough indicator of the «improvement» from year to year of the same group of children as they progress through grades.

No surprise, I guess, that none of the other «issues» about which the EVAAS has been continuously questioned and critiqued were addressed in this article (e.g., about fairness and the teachers who are not TVAAS eligible, validity or the lack of relationships between the TVAAS and other indicators of quality in Tennessee, subject and grade level bias, as written about here and here, etc.).

The state has proposed using English language arts and math standardized test scores in grades 3 to 8, science test scores when available, an English learner indicator, high school graduation rates, suspension rates, chronic absenteeism, college and career readiness, school climate, parent engagement and school conditions as part of its evaluation.

For example, Connecticut's «on track to graduate» indicator measures the percentage of ninth - graders earning at least five full - year credits.9 Massachusetts, on the other hand, measures the percentage of students who fail a ninth - grade course.10 Illinois uses a hybrid approach, counting students as on track if they earn at least five full - year course credits in ninth grade and no more than one semester F in a core course their first year of high school.11

One of the lessons we can draw from the success of the initiative is that having multiple indicators of student performance — such as graduation rates, suspension rates, and grade point averages — helps educators see the whole child and address each student's needs.

In California's plan to comply with the Every Student Succeeds Act, approved by Congress in 2015 to replace the federal No Child Left Behind Law, the state has chosen to use chronic absenteeism as another academic indicator along with test scores for grades K - 8.

So here's how it would work: The state would develop school grades based on a variety of indicators, as it does now.

The state would then sum the subtotals for each indicator to determine a school's total score, which can be translated into a letter grade; color; symbol, such as star ratings; or kept as a number score.

Each report provides basic information on the CSR model, including the model's mission and focus, year introduced in schools, grade levels served, number of schools served, and costs as well as ratings on five indicators of quality and effectiveness.

While technology does not have its own standard in the SPTM nor is it highlighted in all grade bands as well as it is highlighted in the high school section, it is an important indicator within the Mathematics Concepts, Practices and Curriculum standard.

«Over 50 years of research links the various roles that families play in a child's education — as supporters of learning, encouragers of grit and determination, models of lifelong learning, and advocates of proper programming and placements for their child — with indicators of student achievement including student grades, achievement test scores, lower drop - out rates, students» sense of personal competence and efficacy for learning, and students» beliefs about the importance of education.»

And as early as sixth grade, chronic absence has also been identified as an indicator that a student will later drop out from high school.

«This law requires the state to use state - authorized Alabama will use assessments and other key performance indicators that give a total profile of the school or school system, or both, a school's grade, at a minimum shall be based on a combination of student achievement scores, achievement gap, college and career readiness, learning gains, and other indicators as determined by the State Superintendent of Education to impact student learning and success.»

4) not acting as if their grades / scores and the colleges they get admitted to are the indicators of their worth and value as humans.