Sentences with phrase «just academic test scores»

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Within the academics, we're not just looking for a GPA and test score, we also want to know how you got there — Honors, AP, IB classes, etc..

According to a study by public school education news site, School News Network (SNN), socioeconomic status affects academic achievement; that is, poor students get just as poor test scores.

The API, which scores a school's academic success based on test scores, has been suspended for two years to allow for the transition as well as a makeover of the index itself to include more than just test scores.

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.»

For many Charter Schools, the test score is just one measure to assess student academic performance, not the only assessment tool.

NCSECS advocated and helped influence the law including a provision raising the bar a bit higher to ensure high standards for special education students by limiting their participation in tests based on alternate (lower) academic achievement standards to 1 % of students tested (and not just limiting the reporting of their scores on such tests, as was done under NCLB).

Parents choose St. Martin of Tours because of its rigorous academic program and safe, nurturing environment; students are never just a test score or enrollment number, but valued as made in God's own image.

• Use of multiple forms of evidence of student learning, not just test scores; • Extensive professional development that enables teachers to better assess and assist their students; • Incorporation of ongoing feedback to students about their performance to improve learning outcomes; • Public reporting on school progress in academic and non-academic areas, using a variety of information sources and including improvement plans; and • Sparing use of external interventions, such as school reorganization, to give reform programs the opportunity to succeed.

In just the past three academic years, FairTest has documented confirmed cases of test score manipulation in 33 states plus the District of Columbia.

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.

Young people's success in life depends on more than just academic knowledge and test scores.

Student perceptions are a powerful complementary measure of academic rigor, beyond just test scores.

Its data revealed that just nine per cent of secondary teachers feel key stage 2 test scores accurately reflected their pupils» academic standards.