While their students will still take standardized
tests in most grades, the results will be used primarily for diagnostic purposes — to identify students that need extra help.
And for those families who haven't finalized registration or may still be undecided, there are a few seats still available
in most grade levels.
Test scores went up this
year in most grades and subjects, but statewide only about 40 percent of students scored at least proficient in math and about 50 percent in reading.
Students in most grades also made above - average progress compared with the national average, the researchers found.
Students posted slightly higher test stores in math and language
arts in most grades, from 3 through 8, and in high school.
To facilitate the transition to the new standards and tests, legislation passed in 2013 eliminated the
CSTs in most grades and subjects.
In Cleveland, voucher students
in most grades performed worse than their peers in public schools in math, though they did better in reading.
In fairness, New London did make small but steady
gains in most grades & subjects that averaged about a 1.5 % increase in math proficiency, no change in reading, and 4 % increase in writing.
TRENTON — New Jersey's public school students racked up slightly higher test
scores in most grades in the 2010 - 11 school year, despite Gov. Chris Christie's cutting about $ 1 billion in state aid to schools that year, according to standardized test results released today by the state Board of Education.
Colleagues and I have spent the last several years using US Census Data to PREDICT the test results on every NJ mathematics and language arts test
in most grade levels administered since 2010.
A larger percentage of Pathways students passed the Florida Standards Assessments
tests in most grade levels and categories when compared to other area schools.
But the answer isn't just to lay off teachers and let class sizes rise (though,
in most grades and subjects, modest increases aren't the end of the world).
Class sizes also are extremely small — between eight and 18 students —
in most grades, making it easier to give children individual attention.