Sentences with phrase «just focusing on test»

«It is increasingly important to look at long - run outcomes of educational policies, including impacts on educational attainment and labor market outcomes, rather than just focus on test scores.

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At the core there just wasn't enough consistent traffic coming to the site to really split test different opt - ins, so I decided to focus on traffic building first by creating a stronger profile on Instagram.

Let me show you a really simple technique that you can use with the previous technique i showed you about using individual keywords instead of pasting a bunch of keywords and its really a one - click technique to get even more great keywords from the Google Adwords Keyword tool so I've already gone ahead and done a search for «fishing tips» just a single keyword if you didn't see that previous video you want to watch that because that's a really good little tip there i'll put a link in this video so you can click through and see that video number two in this series but once you've done your search will simply go down here to keyword options click this little pencil icon here and you'll see this option to only show ideas closely related to my search terms now everybody knows about this this year but a lot of people don't take the time to actually use it so if you simply just click the toggle their turn it on and then hit save what it's going to do is going to only bring back keyword terms that are closely related to «fishing tips» and here's one more hot tip for you it is specific to singular and plural so for instance if my original see keyword was «fishing tips» and I've selected to only show closely related ideas my results are going to have the word tips plural in them so if I will just take a second and remove that s after i've downloaded the file for «fishing tips» let's do that again «fishing tips» i've downloaded the file all my terms have the word tips in them now come right back up here i remove the s so singular and i search again now i'm going to get back results that have the word tip instead of tips and then because i have only show closely related ideas now just to show you a sample what will happen when you do that you remember this is the file i showed you in the previous video and you'll remember from that video that our competitors because they're just pasting in a bunch of keywords and hitting search they're getting back 706 results for this sample test here so they would get 706 keywords and that's what they would take off with them and start to decide which what pages they want to make for seo or how they want to set the pay - per - click campaign ok we're using these other methods taking a few extra seconds to really understand how the Google Adwords Keyword tool works and with this new method of both using singular and plural but selecting only show closely related ideas we now have for the exact same keywords we have 2867 keywords we got back so we're walking away with 2867 keywords our competitor for the very saying input terms is only getting 706 we're getting four times as many keywords for the Google Adwords Keyword Tool you can take this information and you can use it to really grow your business because there's some really excellent keywords that your competitors are overlooking simply because they don't understand how to use the Google Adwords Keyword tool so this has been helpful for you once you've used the google keyword planner to find lots of new keyword ideas what do you do with all those keywords the biggest problem is that you can there's so many keyword tools out there you can get hundreds of thousands of keywords by spending a day using the different keyword tools but what you do with all that information the answer is a cool tool called keyword grouper pro and keyword grouper pro is completely free there's not even an opt - in you simply download the tool now at the top of this video there's a link if you click that i'll show you exactly how to use keyword grouper pro it doesn't matter where you got your keywords from i'm going to show you how to take those keywords group them into tight groups and then you can set up your campaigns know exactly which groups represent buyers and once you know where the buyers are at you can simply focus your marketing in that area to make more profit in your business

The latest The State of Competitionis out now - the focus is SLC:»... rather than our usual «year in review», this year we're finishing up with a reflective piece on just what the substantial lessening of competition test involves.

One aspect won't come as a surprise: just as their 2008 counterparts did, the 2012 email team focused on testing:

«It's sending a message,» said Stewart - Cousins who said she'd rather «create an environment which is focusing on learning and not just chronic test taking.»

«For every kid that opts out, it's making a statement that we don't like the direction when everything becomes focused on a test or just the tested subjects as opposed to a well - rounded education,» he said.

Of their high scoring, de Blasio said, «That's because of a heavy focus on test prep, which is just not the philosophy of this administration and of DOE, nor do I think it's what the vast majority of parents want to see for their kids,» de Blasio said.

Asking every port to implement strict control measures, like testing and treating ballast water, could drag down productivity — but focusing on just those places most likely to spread invaders would have a large effect, say the researchers.

In addition to testing the overall efficacy of the solution, the 13 - week pilot clinical trial focused on the roles of psychological traits called locomotion (think of «just do it») and assessment («do it right»).

Just one 20 - minute Hatha yoga session has been shown to improve accuracy and speed on tests of inhibitory control and working memory, two measures of brain function responsible for the capability of remaining focused and absorbing as well as retaining information.

Dr. LePine also checked for heavy metals, parasites, vitamin levels, and a host of other tests that focused on finding the root cause of his problems and not just eliminating symptoms.

We believe that true compatibility is about more than just liking someone's profile picture - our matchmaking system allows us to focus on matching those we think will be suited to each other on every level, something we achieve by really getting to know our members via our in - depth personality test.

«Schools and learning need a movement to change not just the way we teach, but also how we think about teaching and learning,» Yamashiro says, noting that education needs to be valued in American society and focused on not only test scores and economic success, but also on the whole child and finding joy in learning.

Children's Book Week celebrates reading for enjoyment in schools and encourages educators to make time to read for fun and not just focus on literacy testing.

These lessons focus primarily on the transparency of the systems, but this is just one of several principles that states should attend to (which I have offered previously): Accountability systems should actually measure school effectiveness, not just test scores.

The law should further specify that the science and social science assessments be cumulative and comprehensive, and not focused just on the content taught during the tested grade level.

Current state tests were missing several important opportunities — they often did not measure the full range of what students should know, focusing on easier skills and ignoring hard - to - measure standards, and most states did not include writing in their assessment systems (to name just a few of the issues with the current market of tests).

Still, its detractors argue that the law has had unfortunate side effects: too much time spent teaching to narrow tests, schools focused on boosting the scores of students who are just below the proficiency threshold, and some states lowering their standards to reduce the number of schools missing their achievement targets.

With states now appropriately crafting accountability frameworks that focus not just on test scores but on multiple measures, we also will hear less heated rhetoric about the consequences of poor results.

Merseth says the aim isn't just to create a charter that must meets state guidelines and scores well on standardized tests but also to focus on the qualitative, social, moral, and emotional questions facing school design.

Luke Reynolds (recommended by Adam Steiner - @steineredtech) thinks students are «more than just test scores,» and hence focuses less on the test and more on overall classwork.

As the focus on standards - readiness grows, educators need reassurance that they're not just teaching students how to pass a test, but also supporting their exploration, creativity, and deep understanding of applied knowledge.

In 2007 they approved funding for the first public Waldorf methods high school, in the Sacramento Unified School District; and (3) Three key findings on urban public schools with Waldorf methods: (a) In their final year, the students in the study's four California case study public Waldorf - methods elementary schools match the top ten of peer sites on the 2006 California test scores and well outperform the average of their peers statewide; (b) According to teacher, administrator and mentor reports, they achieve these high test scores by focusing on those new three R's — rather than on rote learning and test prep — in a distinct fashion laid out by the Waldorf model and (c) A key focus is on artistic learning, not just for students but, more importantly perhaps, for the adults.

«If we go back to just focusing on specific skills or how to take a test, that's not teaching and learning, and that's not going to help our kids.»

You have to look at where the kids are going after high school and college — not just focus on a stupid test.»

While the curriculum at Success Academy may focus more on tested skills than that at some other schools, the notion that these skills are too basic to be meaningful and are unrelated to critical thinking just doesn't ring true.

A big change seen in about half the states is a focus on growth — how fast test scores are moving and in which direction, not just how many kids have passed a specific score on the tests.

With just a couple of taps, teachers can focus individuals, subsets of students, or all students at once on a testing app or webpage.

By forcing teachers to focus on students who fell just below the proficiency cutoff, the law may have encouraged teachers to group struggling students together to prepare them for standardized tests.

«It's sending a message,» said Senator Stewart Cousins who said she'd rather «create an environment which is focusing on learning and not just chronic test taking».

By 2015, a task force including DPS staff, community partners, and city agencies focused on providing services to DPS students will recommend to the board a metric to measure the growth of the whole child, not just by test scores.

«It just focuses huge attention on standardized testing.»

The Forum on Educational Accountability has produced a blueprint to rewrite the law to focus on improving schools not just inflating state test scores.»

Still, there would not be compelling evidence that national standards produce optimal outcomes; economic growth, as well as personal fulfillment, could very well require an education focused on much more than just high test scores.

«The focus on just thinking about standardized test scores as being synonymous with achievement for teenagers is ridiculous, right?»

Episode Info: Instead of just looking at the effect teachers have on the test scores of their students, researchers have expanded their focus to include the impact of teachers on student attendance and the long run outcomes of their students.

It's not just focusing on data about the test scores and so on.

It required schools to publish their scores on state tests not just as averages, but broken down by students» race, sex and other groups, a rule that most educators agree has focused attention on narrowing achievement gaps.

Yet seeking Mr. Duncan's ouster — he has been deemed too focused on «high - stakes testing» — was just one of 110 «new business items» on the convention agenda.

If you just focus on raising test scores, some teachers say, «Well, I get the best test scores in the district or the state, so why should I improve?»

Exam Elf works not just on grade level, Common Core aligned math standards, it also focuses on essential test taking strategies.»

Around that table, we were devising a better way to measure success for all kids, focused not on the inputs, but on the outcomes — and outcomes beyond just test scores.

Too often the focus is just on improved scores while little focus is on how that goal will be achieved, besides the usual test - prep.

Finally, recognizing that learning is not just about getting high scores on tests, BVP's focus on a positive and joyful classroom environment has led to significant social and cultural outcomes.

The new tests have the potential to determine a wider range of knowledge but it isn't going to change the outcomes for low performing kids by itself... We need to focus on their individual needs not just keep giving them tests they are going to fail.

What this means is that all of the hype and stress and teaching - to - the - test is really just focused on a few «borderline» kids in an effort boost the score of the school.

Some schools focus just on «bubble» students — those who are right on the verge of passing their standardized tests.

The 50 stories gathered here, along with hundreds of others, were submitted as part of the Rethink Learning Now campaign, a national grassroots effort to change the tenor of our national conversation about schooling by shifting it from a culture of testing, in which we overvalue basic - skills reading and math scores and undervalue just about everything else, to a culture of learning, in which we restore our collective focus on the core conditions of a powerful learning environment, and work backwards from there to decide how best to evaluate and improve our schools, our educators, and the progress of our nation's schoolchildren.

It's not just conservatives who oppose — or at least are raising concerns about — the Common Core standards and especially the related increased focus on testing (highly profitable for Pearson, highly controversial among actual school communities once they experience it).