Sentences with phrase «hinging on student test scores»

In cities and suburbs from Pennsylvania to Colorado to Arizona, charters and traditional public schools are locked in fierce competition for students, for funding and for their very survival, with outcomes often hinging on student test scores.

In cities and suburbs from Pennsylvania to Colorado to Arizona, charters and traditional public schools are locked in fierce competition - for students, for funding and for their very survival, with outcomes often hinging on student test scores.

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Each state's success or failure under NCLB hinges on the particular cut score that a state's officials have selected, often arbitrarily, to determine whether a student's performance on a state accountability test classifies that student as proficient.

Under No Child Left Behind, accountability has hinged entirely on standardized test scores, a single number that has been used to determine whether students graduate or teachers keep their jobs.