Sentences with phrase «including teacher judgment»

California has identified English learners based on how well they do on the language development test but has left it up to districts and students» teachers to also weigh a mix of factors, including teacher judgment, scores on other standardized academic tests and parent consultations.

Not exact matches

According to PEAC members, some of the issues that PEAC and state officials should look at include the requirement that statewide test data be included in evaluations, the strict formulaic approach of the system that limits judgment and takes an inordinate amount of time away from teaching and learning, specified teacher rating categories that interfere with improvement, and evaluator training that may not ensure calibration.

Another teacher association also filed suit April 20, 2016, asking for a declaratory judgment to block implementation of T - TESS because the student growth component includes so - called «value added measures» that are not based on «observable, job - related behavior.»

The district fared no better in its case against elementary school special education teacher Gloria Hsi, despite allegations that included poor judgment, failing to report child abuse, yelling at and insulting children, planning lessons inadequately and failing to supervise her class.

Teacher evaluation instruments should include factors that combine both human judgment and objective measures of student learning.

Indeed, I think my daughter's teachers should be counseled and supported (and provided with some professional development that includes basic civics instruction on what public school teachers can not do), but frustrated as I am with their judgment regarding the candy, I don't think this alone is anywhere near a firing offense.

These include a reduction in time spent on testing, the ability for teachers to use their own judgment and expertise to determine what skills their students need to focus on, and an increase in cultural relevancy on the required assessments for students in urban Title I schools like hers (no more questions for city kids about sail boats or babbling brooks!).

[4] Teacher evaluation instruments should include factors that combine both human judgment and objective measures of student learning.

One of the values and beliefs of the undergraduate teacher education faculty included having the preservice teachers think conceptually and critically so that they make effective decisions in the classroom and display effective professional judgment.

[68] The substantive elements of the termination that the Board found unreasonable included: the principal ordering Mr. Dorval to use codes given the evidence that policy (of RSCHS and Edmonton Public School Board) supported involvement of teachers» professional judgment and consultation; the order being simply announced with little or no consultation; questions or concerns being ignored; little or no communication to students and parents about the codes or their enactment; the failure of the principal and the appellant to respect the professional rights and duties of the teacher regarding assessment of his students; and the discriminatory singling out of Mr. Dorval for discipline when other teachers who also challenged and refused to follow the principal's order were not disciplined.