Sentences with phrase «heavily on student test scores»

To TNTP's credit, the report's recommendations steer clear of quick fixes, such as relying heavily on student test scores to evaluate teachers.

Although the NJEA didn't get down to specific percentages, the gist of its argument is that the administration is relying too heavily on student test scores, at least in the initial year of the evaluations.

The latest foray into the courtroom began Feb. 13, when New Mexico teachers sued state officials over an evaluation system that relies heavily on student test scores.

In particular, they've noticed that teachers and others have expressed strong reservations about any evaluation system that relies too heavily on student test scores.

To win federal Race to the Top grants or waivers from No Child Left Behind (NCLB), most states adopted teacher and principal evaluation systems based heavily on student test scores.

In a letter printed as an advertisement in the Tallahassee Democrat, Florida Education Association President Andy J. Ford discouraged local union affiliates from signing an agreement to implement a state plan that, among other provisions, would require districts to base teacher evaluations and compensation bonuses heavily on student test scores.

Not exact matches

Since Joel has started donating money to some of the schools, their progress on student testing scores have heavily increased showing that his money is doing something to help.

At least going by his rhetoric, he seems to have almost declared war on the teacher unions and he has proposed a new system of evaluation, which is more heavily based on students» tests scores than the one currently in use.

The State Education Department has until the end of the month to design new teacher evaluations that will rely more heavily on students» standardized test scores.

Leaning too heavily on proficiency rates or average test scores can unfairly target schools, especially those that serve disadvantaged students, for intervention, while ignoring schools where students are learning the least.

One of the big problems is that they lean so heavily on student scores from reading and math tests.

Having long criticized laws like the federal No Child Left Behind act and Indiana's Public Law 221 for relying too heavily on test scores, small groups of parents are planning to have their students «Opt Out» of statewide testing this spring.

But just as important is what it wouldn't do — rely too heavily on how well each teacher's students scored on the tests.

They say student achievement is much more than a score on a standardized test and that it's a mistake to rely so heavily on charter schools.

(At its inception, IMPACT relied heavily on student standardized test scores, and in fact used them to evaluate every adult in the system, including custodians.

It was spearheaded under Rhee by Henderson, her deputy, and initially relied heavily on student standardized test scores to evaluate every adult in the system, including custodians.

IMPACT and TNTP's report heavily influenced the Obama administration's $ 4 billion Race to the Top program, which rewarded states that created new evaluation systems based on student test scores.

The report heavily influenced the Obama administration's $ 4 billion Race to the Top program, which rewarded states that created new evaluation systems based on student test scores and value - added modeling.

Heavily testing students and relying on their scores in order to hold schools — and in some cases teachers — accountable has become the norm in education policy.

The ratings are developed using a «Big Data» approach that incorporates multiple data points, including the state's recently introduced, and heavily scrutinized, «A through F Ratings» system, average student scores on standardized tests like the ACT and SAT, and high school graduation rates.