Sentences with phrase «just academic indicators»

There is a strong desire to expand beyond just academic indicators — including a measure of growth is very important — but including things that are not direct learning outcomes and focus more on environment and other input measures blurs the vision on what we want students to know and be able to do.

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So far, Connecticut, Delaware, Louisiana, and Tennessee, and other states «can use science test scores,» but «they just can't be part of the «academic achievement» indicator.»

Focusing just on proficiency can be a misleading sole indicator of academic excellence, especially considering many Oakland students enter the classroom far behind grade level.

Just like medical screenings that are brief, easy, reliable indicators of overall health (think blood pressure or body temperature), academic and behavioral screenings indicate the overall «health» of a school, class, or individual child, like when a school conducts vision and hearing screening at the beginning of the school year.

For example, states need the flexibility to evaluate school performance across multiple academic indicators — not just test scores — and to focus resources in the schools that need the most help.