Sentences with phrase «in nontested subjects»

Kentucky, for instance, considers the quality of schools» programs in nontested subjects, such as world languages, arts, and humanities.

Prior research suggests that such intensive test - based accountability can lead to behaviors, such as teaching to the test, that increase scores without improvements in underlying learning or through reduced learning in nontested subjects.

They also argue that it is unfair for teachers in nontested subjects to be judged by the scores of students they don't even teach, as some states» evaluation systems require.

In districts that use school - wide VAM output to evaluate teachers in nontested subject areas, in fact, principals reported regularly ignoring VAM output altogether (p. 99 - 100).

Not exact matches

As full implementation of both the teacher and principal evaluation systems looms for September 2013, it is imperative that boards of education, district leaders, and the DOE ensure that principals and teachers have a viable curriculum based on the Common Core Standards; valid and reliable assessment tools to measure growth in every subject area (tested and nontested); and time to work in professional teams to set growth targets, analyze data, and provide the appropriate instructional interventions for every student.

That may be because in Tennessee, teachers of nontested grades and subjects get part of their evaluation score based on schoolwide performance.

Measures not based on student test scores have a special significance in nontested grades and subjects.