Sentences with phrase «higher proficiency mark»

Among the 44 states which have adopted Common Core, it will be interesting to see if any of them buttress these higher standards with a higher proficiency mark on annual tests.

Not exact matches

The greater focus on student growth versus mere proficiency in most states should make it somewhat likelier for high - poverty schools to get decent grades, but it could also result in many schools in affluent suburbs getting mediocre marks.

The report paints a similarly discouraging picture in terms of reading proficiency — just 17.4 % of 3rd graders, 10.1 % of 8th graders, and 14.4 % of high school students with disabilities were able to meet the proficiency mark (all down by at least 25 percentage points from 2011 - 12).

Complicating the landscape is the large variation in how states define «proficiency,» according to a recent report from the National Center for Educational Statistics, which noted that in states with the lowest expectations, what was considered proficient was three to four grade levels below what states with the highest cut marks expected.

Instead, scores for Speaking and Listening are marked as showing low, mid, high, or exceptional proficiency.

Millburn Superintendent James Crisfield said he was initially concerned about the high school showing in the 68th percentile for «academic achievement,» until he saw that the mark was based only on the state's High School Proficiency Assessment and biology test resuhigh school showing in the 68th percentile for «academic achievement,» until he saw that the mark was based only on the state's High School Proficiency Assessment and biology test resuHigh School Proficiency Assessment and biology test results.