Sentences with phrase «heavily on test scores»

One of the conditions for a waiver was that states had to have a teacher evaluation system that relied heavily on test scores.

In districts and states that chose to rely heavily on test scores in their evaluations, that has been the observed outcome.

Ironically, the DOE and Charter School authorizers are increasingly forcing community charter schools to adapt to the traditional testing model that evaluates the overall performance of the school heavily on the test scores.

In a letter to the administration, the NEA said it is unhealthy to focus so heavily on test scores and warned that the rules for the competition would interfere with local union contracts.

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.

In a series of important posts, Jay Greene made a strong case against accountability systems that lean too heavily on test scores.

His team is also expected to continue focusing heavily on test scores as a performance measure, one of the more controversial aspects of his education reforms.

And no other nation relies so heavily on a test score to rank and sort teachers.

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.

Asked yesterday about the Success Academy network's extremely high test scores this year, de Blasio replied: «Clearly there is a current within the charter movement that focuses heavily on test prep, and I don't think that's the right way to go.»

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.

I think we're focusing quite heavily in this study on exam results because previous studies have found the link between test scores or exam results and the gross domestic product of an economy or the vitality of a country's society.

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.

Feaster - Edison relies heavily on both standardized test scores and Edison's own benchmark assessments to inform and adjust instruction throughout the year.

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

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.

Finally, to account for the minor differences between respondents and nonrespondents that we did observe, the test scores of children who, based on their demographic characteristics, were more likely to attend follow - up sessions were weighted less heavily, while the test scores of children who were less likely to attend follow - up sessions, but nevertheless did, were weighted more heavily.

My biggest critique is that the state's grading system still relies too heavily on absolute test scores (rather than growth).

The technocratic approach to accountability requires that all schools are judged according to uniform metrics, therefore the technocrats rely heavily (indeed, almost exclusively) on standardized test scores, particularly in math and language arts.

School choice opponents have seized on these findings as evidence that these programs are ineffective and even harmful while advocates point out that Louisiana is heavily regulated, the first few years of an evaluation tell only the worst part of a story (i.e. there are transition effects), and that we should be careful about a heavy - handed focus on test scores.

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.

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.

(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.

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.

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.

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.

One of them, Shavar Jeffries, president of the Democrats for Education Reform, an influential political action committee supported heavily by hedge fund managers favoring charter schools, merit - pay tied to test scores and related reforms, issued a statement that went so far as to say that the original draft on education was «progressive and balanced» but that the new language «threatens to roll back» President Obama's education legacy.

And the new teacher evaluations, heavily based on detailed classroom observations in lieu of more emphasis on test scores, drastically increase what was already a tremendous workload for principals and assistant principals.

Governor Dan Malloy used that quote to reiterate why the state should terminate tenure, shift to a teacher evaluation system that relies more heavily on standardized test scores and create something called the «Commissioner's Network» in which the state would take over 25 schools, fire the teachers, ban collective bargaining and turn the schools over to a third - party.

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.

Brown took issue with the top - down accountability model heavily based on test scores that Duncan advocated, an extension of the accountability model embodied in the No Child Left Behind law.

It found that those that relied the most heavily on state standardized - test scores appeared to be counterproductive.

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.

The current list is based on standardized testing data from the era of No Child Left Behind, a federal law that graded schools heavily on math and reading scores.

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.

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

Schools, panicked at having their survival based on standardized test scores, invested heavily in testing technology.

Apruzzese and Levine initially agreed to some of the most hated aspects of SB24 such as the new teachers evaluation that aimed to tie teacher certification to evaluations based heavily on standardized test scores.

Most school rankings lean heavily on academic performance, but what if test scores were taken out of the equation?

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.

Positions like these are heavily over-subscribed with candidates who, based on test scores and grades, are equally qualified.