For example, to receive formal services for the gifted part of the 2e equation, some schools require
high scores on a standardized test of intellectual ability such as the Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test or the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children — IV (WISC - IV); other schools require exceptional scores on state achievement tests; and very rarely do schools recognize nonacademic gifts such as dance, leadership, or art, to qualify for the program.
Students from BASIS have consistently
attained high scores on standardized tests — even matching scores from Shanghai students on the PISA test — and several BASIS schools are ranked among America's Most Challenging High Schools by the Washington Post.
Online students are even
showing higher scores on standardized testing on their SATs and ACTs — the average score of traditional classroom learners fall in the 50th percentile, while the average score of online learners fall in the 59th percentile (3).
The NICHD Study of Early Care demonstrated that high - quality childcare starting in infancy is linked to
higher scores on standardized tests of math and reading achievement through fifth grade, effects that persisted to age 15.
No surprise, then, that students exposed to these forms of creative expression
achieve higher scores on standardized tests, or that at - risk students are more likely to stay in school when they participate in an arts program.
By Sarah E. LaCour, Adam York, Kevin Welner, Michelle Renée Valladares, and Linda Molner Kelley Policy makers, journalists, and many parents tend to equate high - quality schools
with high scores on standardized tests.
a broad agreement about their mission and purpose — everyone's there to get
high scores on standardized tests, everyone's in agreement about the need for results, and everyone's bought into how these results will be obtained.
The Wallace Foundation has produced study results indicating that when, (a) principals focus their efforts on improving instruction, (b) teachers trust the principal, and (c) the principal works to develop shared leadership within the building,
higher scores on standardized tests of achievement result.
«In evaluating school performance, registered voters in California say creating a safe and positive school environment is far more important than
higher scores on standardized tests, according to a Berkeley IGS / EdSource poll.
I would bet that most of us are not willing to pay the price that the South Koreans are paying for their children to get
high scores on standardized tests.
Broadly speaking, the idea is that if more kids graduate from high school, and achieve
higher scores on standardized tests, then more young people are likely to go to college, and, in turn, land jobs that can secure them spots in the middle class.
But, in reality, few people would want to say that a test factory is the same as a comprehensive school, and that
a high score on a standardized test is an adequate measure of «success» in the classroom.
If two candidates of different socioeconomic backgrounds apply to a university or program with almost identical credentials,
a higher score on a standardized test by the wealthier person could be the the deciding factor in their admittance.
Examples include academic awards, writing contest awards, publications, perfect attendance awards, leadership positions in clubs and organizations, community service or volunteer awards,
high scores on standardized tests / exams and offices held in clubs and organizations.