Kate Toews questioned how the district will measure student potential given the number of assessment methods and
the heavy focus on test scores.
Not exact matches
Of their high
scoring, de Blasio said, «That's because of a
heavy focus on test prep, which is just not the philosophy of this administration and of DOE, nor do I think it's what the vast majority of parents want to see for their kids,» de Blasio said.
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.