Sentences with phrase «if student testing»

And if student testing has an impact on reform, it will be due to the better information parents receive about the amount of learning taking place at each school.

In his speech he said: «Firing teachers and closing schools if student test scores and graduation rates do not meet a certain bar is not an effective way to raise achievement across a district or a state... Linking student achievement to teacher appraisal, as sensible as it might seem on the surface, is a non-starter... It's a wrong policy [emphasis added]... [and] Its days are numbered.»

More than NCLB, Race to the Top blames teachers if student test scores don't go up, which has demoralized millions of teachers.

New Mexico is one of just 18 states where the student scores from various tests count for half of teacher ratings or prevent a teacher from being rated effective if student test scores don't hold up.

Not exact matches

If you were a good student, you likely also reviewed the material the week of the midterm, the night before, and perhaps the morning of the test.

Organizers at Pembroke Pines Charter High School said they would have probably attracted more than an estimated 70 to 100 out of the 1,600 - student school if there hadn't been testing that day.

If lets say some students of a certain class flunk the Maths test but most others passed it, does it mean the students who failed did not study their Math book properly and there is something wrong with the Math book?

In fact, the researchers report that «if similar success could be achieved for all minority students nationwide, it could close the gap between white and minority test scores by at least a third, possibly by more than half.»

Thus, students must be tested to see if they have mastered a subject well enough to receive a passing grade.

If the student fails both of those tests, then the parents will be fined... say $ 500 per student who is overweight.

Or should that student tested again and again, and if necessary held back in that grade?

Not too long ago, a student asked me during a final exam if he could write an essay on a topic of his own choosing rather than on one of the three possibilities provided by the test.

If a test falls on a day when a student will be out for religious reasons, he or she must be given the right to take a make - up test, for example.

Among them: determining what constitutes acceptable state tests; establishing criteria by which to approve a state's school accountability plan; defining «qualified» teachers; and deciding how broadly to interpret a clause that lets schools avoid sanctions if their students make lesser gains than those required under the bill's «adequate yearly progress» provision.

Even when other students began to tire of the assignment — to make a cookie to present at Bakery Day, an opportunity at the end of term where students showcase signature items — Boran kept asking (and testing) a zillion «what ifs.»

If you want to grade a student to determine how good or terrible he or she is, you don't base your judgement on that one test that they got 49 % in.

But preliminary results already show powerful gap - closing effects for Educare students: If disadvantaged children enter Educare before their first birthday, they usually are, by the first day of kindergarten, essentially caught up with the national average on tests of basic knowledge and language comprehension, as well as on measures of noncognitive factors like attachment, initiative, and self - control.

Moser brings to the subject matter a unique background: As a clinician who has treated hundreds if not thousands of concussed student - athletes at the Sports Concussion Center of New Jersey, she brings real world experience to the subject, not just as a neuropsychologist with specialized expertise on baseline and post-concussion neurocognitive testing but in the management and treatment of concussions, including the academic accommodations that are often needed during the sometimes long road to recovery.

If an LEA adopts a policy permitting random drug testing of students in voluntary extracurricular activities, it must notify the parents and guardians that the student may be subjected to random drug testing prior to a student participating in an extracurricular activity, with the parent or guardian providing written consent.

If a student is tested in a drug testing program and the results of the test are positive, all records of the test must be confidential.

The Obama agenda has focused almost exclusively on systemic school reform to address the achievement deficits of disadvantaged students: standards, testing, teacher evaluations, and a continued, if different, focus on accountability.

The CEP allows districts and schools to serve free meals without paperwork if at least 40 percent of their students are already automatically enrolled for free school meals due to their participation in other means - tested programs, such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

Even if your child doesn't have daily homework, reviewing notes and preparing for tests and quizzes is really the only way students can truly understand and learn a subject.

Some schools even require students who take AP courses to take the AP test, and I've heard of schools that will downgrade on a student's transcript a course from AP to honors if that student fails to take the AP test.

And especially in this moment when we really care a lot about accountability in schools, there has been an increasing emphasis on finding measures — like a student's standardized test scores — to tell us if a teacher is a good teacher.

This program is a great fit if your elementary or middle school student is on the math fast track and / or needs help with advanced math subjects, homework or tests.

This can be an especially helpful tool if your student has above or below average scores on their test, and can assist in encouraging your student further.

After testing is completed: If you decide to enroll your student into the Christian Liberty Academy School System (CLASS) within six months after receiving the test results, the cost of the test will be deducted from your student's tuition fee.

If oatmeal isn't on your school breakfast menu, it might be time to test some recipes with your student focus group.

In the endless, exhausting chase to meet standardized testing pressures, graduation rate pressure, and attendance pressures (in which funding is tied to students being in school, not what, how or if they learn), there so much more that is sacrificed than just nutrition.

We also offer tips for encouraging kids with SM to participate and verbalize, strategies for handling testing and advice on what to do if you learn you will be getting a student who has struggled with SM in the past.

If Jeff Klein owning Skelos» manhood is passing a test, only then are they «A» students.

If schools had to compete for students the same way businesses compete for customers, schools would need to strive toward increasing test scores and better preparing students for the workforce.

Afterward, Elia, speaking to reporters, said there is a real threat that the state could lose federal funds if less than 95 percent of students take the tests in April.

«Despite the importance of assessments, if student results are inconclusive, the testing days will not have a productive educational impact.

Just before the March 31 budget deadline, when it became clear that lawmakers would approve a new evaluation system that relies more heavily on state exams, NYSUT joined the «opt out» push, arguing if enough students refuse the tests, they won't be statistically reliable for use as part of the rating system.

If the kids there flunked the test, it's time to reevaluate what your expectations are of students.

If they passed it by school grading originally and the state audit finds an error does the school receive a warning or are students required to retake the test / class when necessary?

If the WHOLE class fails a test, including the kids who are normally good students, the test was unfairly hard.

If passed, it would ban standardized testing on students in Pre-K through 2nd grade.

«If JAMB is qualified enough to conduct tests and they have conducted test then there will be no need to conduct another test for students to gain admission.»

One commonly used definition of a «good» school is one that has high academic outcomes in absolute terms - its students don't drop out, frequently go to college, frequently go to selective colleges if they do go to college, frequently find decent jobs if they don't go to college, perform well on standardized tests, take more advanced classes such as advanced placement, international baccalaureate, honors and college classes, etc..

One example was if special - ed students are given a test written to a much higher reading level than they can ever achieve.

The speech typically includes an argument that Success values progressive educational values over test scores, a joke about what might happen if Success students were allowed to voluntarily attend school, and a swipe at the de Blasio administration.

If Heastie lets the unions put a hack in her place, state tests will soon proclaim New York's students to be doing just as wonderfully as their teachers.

The boycotts could cost Long Island's public schools more than $ 200 million in federal and state financial aid if Washington imposes penalties for low student test - participation rates, key superintendents in Nassau and Suffolk counties said in a January letter to acting U.S. Education Secretary John B. King Jr..

«The promise is that if teachers present the materials within the modules to their students and stick to the minute - by - minute schedule, their students will know everything needed to be successful on the test,» Champoux said.

Cuomo has suggested $ 1.1 billion in additional education spending — but only if lawmakers agree to implement tougher tenure rules, teacher evaluations more reliant on student test performance and the authorization of more charter schools.

Over the last several months, discussions of the Common Core State Standards have been eclipsed by the public's reaction to major issues which have arisen in their implementation — issues such as declining student test scores, and the role of such test scores in teacher evaluations, evaluations mandated if a state was to receive its share of federal money from the «Race to the Top» funds.

If you could get your hands on a student's report, it tells you absolutely nothing about their strengths or their weaknesses, so that is the major concern we have with this test and punish system,» responded Dana.