Sentences with phrase «graduation decisions»

The state will issue both old and new Common Core tests this spring and for some students, the new tests will be used in graduation decisions.

With the nationwide efforts to raise graduation standards and the increasing use of standardized testing, the idea of basing promotion and graduation decisions on portfolios of students» work has fallen out of fashion as swiftly as slide rules gave way to calculators.

First, graduation decisions are mostly left up to the schools and districts that are supposedly accountable for them.

These include tests used in making admissions, promotion, or graduation decisions and tests used to evaluate schools and school reform.

Graduation decisions and diploma options: States use a variety of criteria in making graduation decisions, ranging from course credits to exit exams.