Sentences with phrase «instead of standardized tests»

He estimates that KIPP will need about 10 percent of the students in a community to really put pressure on the system as a whole, and in Houston, he is already seeing some evidence of that, as the traditional direct - run schools have begun emulating KIPP policies, putting up posters about colleges instead of standardized tests and sending teachers on visits to new students» homes.

Some use portfolio work to assess knowledge, instead of standardized tests; others have kept the testing regimes, but use hands - on learning in some courses, like science.

• Let's use portfolios instead of standardized tests.

And while some see portfolios as excellent qualitative measures instead of standardized tests, we know that the subjective nature of portfolio assessment can make it an unreliable comparison between schools.

Not exact matches

The state Board of Regents announced that standardized English and math tests will be conducted over two days instead of three for students in grades three through eight beginning next spring.

«The Common Core standardized high stakes tests are making too many children feel like they're just another brick in the wall instead of empowering them to love learning.

Ms. Moskowitz and her allies like to point instead to Success» successes on standardized tests, with almost two - thirds of students performing at grade level — more than twice the rate of the public schools.

Next spring, New York's students will spend two days on standardized math and English tests instead of three.

It has caused good schools to be labeled as failing and puts undue pressure on students and teachers to focus on passing standardized tests instead of engaging in other subjects such as the sciences, history, art, or music.

In «Learning from Rudolf Steiner: The Relevance of Waldorf Education for Urban Public School Reform,» a study published in 2008 in the journal Encounter: Education for Meaning and Social Justice, researcher Ida Oberman concluded that the Waldorf approach successfully laid the groundwork for future academics by first engaging students through integrated arts lessons and strong relationships instead of preparing them for standardized tests.

Regardless, teachers can aim beyond the standardized test as just a summative assessment, and instead use it as a tool to reflect upon instruction and meet the needs of individual students.

Instead, a few years ago, administrators became concerned that the standardized - testing frenzy was preventing educators from assessing other important aspects of a childs education and development.

The task of instruction would fall instead on profit - seeking «entrepreneurs... under contract with the school system... and paid on the basis of increased performance on standardized tests.»

The demands of standardized testing often force schools instead to emphasize rote learning in English, neglecting the incredible asset of children's native languages and much of what researchers have discovered about how children learn second languages.

Because Maine's standardized tests focus heavily on mathematics and language skills, Salm said, middle school students would start taking their core courses every day instead of every other day as they have done in the past.

Instead of promoting a sophisticated student and teacher evaluation program, Malloy and other proponents of the corporate education reform agenda have been pushing a dangerous reliance on standardized testing as one of the state's primary mechanisms to judge and evaluate students, teachers and public school.

«CPS says they have to close schools and disrupt communities to save money, yet they are spending untold millions of dollars on standardized testing instead of small class sizes and other important improvements that might actually help struggling schools.»

The author calls for a debate on standardized tests led by education leaders instead of politicians and the testing, tutoring, and textbook industries that benefit the most from testing.

Specific strategies include early warning systems, special needs testing early intervention, intensified learning, and performance assessments instead of high - stakes standardized testing.

If California does what the U.S. Department of Education says it should do, some students could end up taking two standardized science tests instead of one this spring.

Inspired by a statement adopted by more than 360 Texas school boards, major national education, civil rights and parents groups have launched a resolution calling on federal and state policymakers to reduce standardized test mandates and, instead, base school accountability on multiple forms of measurement.

That being not enough, he then decreed that states could apply for flexibility waivers to get out of the terrible mandates of NCLB as long as they agreed to the terrible mandates of Arne Duncan: to adopt the Common Core state standards, the common core national tests, link teacher and principal evaluations to standardized test scores, and, instead of all students being «proficient» by 2014, assure that all students will be «college ready» by 2020.

Instead, these schools could use another standardized test approved by the State Board of Education.

Instead, districts might find ways to reward a particular school or group of teachers that meets a goal, such as improved attendance, discipline or performance on standardized tests.

But a new Alaska study adds more weight to a growing body of research showing that standardized tests are a lousy way to make this decision, and that it would be much better to look at students» high school grades instead.

Instead of focusing on primary education in an attempt to help children to read and enjoy reading there is the absurdity that standardized testing will fix the problem.

I must speak up and say that using the term «success» instead of «standardized test scores» was in disservice to this complex issue.

The proposed plan instead doubles down on the use of state standardized test results by proposing use of student performance on STAAR Math and Reading as the measure of school quality or student success for elementary and middle schools.

Assess students differently (assess with developmental tracking instead of grades twice a semester); less standardized testing — more local control

Standardized testing takes resources away from public schools by stealing time instead of fostering a more multifaceted way of teaching and assessing students.

By getting rid of the Common Core, we will get rid of teaching students the answers for the standardized tests aligned with the Common Core and, instead, teach students to form their own questions and explore those questions wherever those explorations take them because questioning is the essential skill for the information - laden 21st century.

«Another unanswered question is why we aren't investing education resources in community schools that will educate all children, instead of cherry - picking students to boost standardized test scores.

But the No Child Left Behind Act and other federal education efforts promote narrow approaches that overemphasize standardized test scores instead of comprehensive supports that equip American children for the future.

The time is now for policymakers to stop wasting hundreds of millions of dollars, and thousands of school hours, on a useless standardized testing scheme; and to instead invest our scarce public dollars in programs that actually ensure that public schools are have the capacity to support and prepare students to have more fulfilling and successful lives.

Nationwide, increasing numbers of parents are tiring of annual standardized testing becoming a goal in and of itself instead of taking a proper role in monitoring the education system.

Instead, teachers are quitting due to frustration with standardized testing, declining pay and benefits and lack of voice in what they teach.

How a mass standardized test EVERY year would remain necessary with a collection of tools like this instead of a carefully sampled exam reported every couple of years is beyond me.

To improve education for all students: Opting out is an effective way to protest the overuse and misuse of standardized tests, which forces schools to focus on the demands of the tests instead of the needs of students.

Instead of seeking equitable funding, Congress decided that it would impose a massive program of school reform based on standardized testing.

Instead of teaching to a standardized test like we do here in the United States, teachers in Finland are able to choose their own books and design their own curriculum.

Instead of relying on standardized testing alone, comprehensive teacher evaluations should be conducted and analyzed regularly throughout the year.

For the most part the kids at Bushy Park would perform well but instead of taking advantage of the well prepared population to introduce innovate and inspiring teaching opportunities they chose to teach to the standardized tests using endless reams of dittos.