Sentences with phrase «heavy focus on testing»

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.

Kate Toews questioned how the district will measure student potential given the number of assessment methods and the heavy focus on test scores.

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With a heavy focus on the importance of hands - on experience for their students, rather than standardized testing, Waldorf teachers help their students to explore curricula through diverse activities, with plenty of room to customize lesson plans.

With Falcon Heavy's additional lift, researchers planning the Large UV Optical Infrared Surveyor telescope, a proposed mission for the 2020s with a mirror at least 9 meters across, could focus less on reducing weight and more on delivering a great scientific instrument, says Matt Mountain, president of the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy in Washington, D.C. «If we don't have to fight for mass, the testing is greatly simplified and you can launch more ambitious systems.»

Dr. LePine also checked for heavy metals, parasites, vitamin levels, and a host of other tests that focused on finding the root cause of his problems and not just eliminating symptoms.

Somewhat similarly, the new trailer for Project X is suffering from a bit of an identity crisis, the beginning putting a heavy focus on the reactions from test screenings, but then that issue completely gives way to absolutely raucous footage from the film.

States should seize the possibilities for more innovative approaches to school improvement posed by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), which replaces a law much criticized for its heavy - handed federal role and for focusing schools heavily on teaching for low - level multiple - choice tests in reading and math to the neglect of other subject areas and higher - level skills.

First, it mentioned that Common Core differs from other standards, for example, in its heavy focus on writing; therefore, «assessments that truly measure the Common Core will likely look different from current state tests.»

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.

The tendency to casually focus on student achievement, especially given the testing system's heavy emphasis on reading and math, allows a large number of employees to either be excused from results - driven accountability or be held accountable for activities over which they have no control.

Success Prep's heavy focus on standards and testing has stifled what Guyton calls a core foundation of dance education: creativity.

But the recession dealt a heavy blow to our schools and working families, No Child Left Behind took the focus off equity and put it on testing, and privatizers swooped in to capitalize on a system struggling from swift, unbridled change with little support, financial or otherwise.

Likewise, suits targeting companies» advertising practices — either claiming that ads disproportionately focused on «heavy users» of food and or deceptively claimed that fast food could be nutritious — also flunked the causation test.

A $ 125 million 800 employee closely held family enterprise focused on the design, testing and manufacturing of heavy vehicle transportation safety systems.