Sentences with phrase «just test prep»

Of course, it's not a perfect system, and it requires more than just test prep, but even in an unscreened school we find that it's possible to incorporate the tests in a way that works for our kids.

However it is more than just test prep because it is a dynamic and growing resource that students interact with formatively.

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I've read you can save whole leaves of basil in the freezer, so we have washed and prepped some to test out this winter (http://www.rodalesorganiclife.com/food/preserving-basil) and will also just blend up some leaves with the oil and freeze in ice cube trays to defrost and add the vinegar later and top a winter salad.

Few policies more closely affect everyday people — just ask any parent frustrated by standardized test prep.

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.

In March, the NYS Education Department requested a waiver from the federal law, allowing for developmentally appropriate testing standards for child with serious disabilities, and a second year of prep time for English Language Learners for children just starting to learn English.

Magee says teachers will be working in the next two years to make sure adopting the Common Core becomes more than just prepping students for standardized tests.

So, we meal prepped it to test it out and let us just say that this Smoked Salmon & Lentil Breakfast Salad had us craving it for lunch and dinner, too!

My husband and I just decided to test out meal prepping once a week and this sounds AMAZING!

Local parents of elementary - age kids have set out to make Hogg a school they and their neighbors want to send their kids to, which means higher test scores, tighter discipline, and a college - prep curriculum - changes they believe will benefit all children, not just their own.

Starting test prep too early is not just totally unnecessary, it is actively counterproductive.

I expected that test prep would displace some amount of instruction, but I didn't foresee just how much time testing and test prep would swallow or that filling students» time with interim tests and test prep would become the new normal.

Teachers caring about what is bothering students is positively associated with value added just as test prep is.

It is just that teachers caring is a little less strongly related than test prep.

Teachers need time to be teachers and to do fun and exciting things in their classrooms, not just prep for tests.»

And I'm not just talking about sticking them in some suspiciously named Acme - Higher - Learning - A + - Little - Stanford Academy that offers math and test prep and reading comprehension practice in a windowless room, taught by someone who makes commission on the number of As your student returns with on one test or another.

To take just one example, one of the most disturbing negative effects of test - based accountability is that many young teachers have been trained specifically to use bad test prep — test prep that generates bogus gains in scores rather than true improvements in learning.

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.

A Kaplan GMAT test prep course also allows you to do a full «test run» of exam day by taking a full - length practice GMAT at a Kaplan testing center, proctored just as it will be on the day of your exam.

Seems to me that this is also further evidence that teaching with just short test prep passages is a disservice and will come back to haunt us.

When students are prepped and prepped and prepped to pass the state tests, they aren't necessarily better educated, just prepared to take a specific test.

Just because kids are poor, doesn't mean they aren't smart and these brightest children are bored out of their minds by the non-stop test prep that serves «data - driven instruction» but fails to actually teach smart kids anything.

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.

If you are on the fringe of getting the TOEFL score you would like, but have taken the test or numerous practice tests, and just aren't quite getting to that minimum, then consider using some of these test prep options to help you out.

«The bad news — absolutely pervasive bad test prep... much of it is just gaming, and it's particularly pervasive in low - income schools.»

No prep for keyboarding, tests timing out, and just general stress.

But as Pat Wolf, one of the authors of that study, noted — the score increase may well be just an artifact of private choice schools deciding to start prepping students for that high - stakes test now that they were required to take it.

New survey data suggest these impressions about over-testing and test prep are more than just anecdotal: They are the norm for the majority of public school teachers.

For the first time ever, I am thrilled with the offerings of a «test - prep» program because it is more than just test - prep; it is thinking prep, and thinking is what drives the processes for students to succeed.

PURE and MTAS ask CPS to respect the decisions of parents to protect our children from test misuse by opting them out, and to honor the teachers who are refusing to give the tests as a matter of conscience and from a sincere desire to provide children with a real education, not just more test prep.

The dawn of the 2011 race season is upon us: NASCAR just kicked off its year with the Daytona 500, F1 teams are presently testing in Europe, Le Mans hopefuls are currently starting their training — and, of course, Cadillac Racing is prepping its new CTS - V Coupe racer for the SCCA World Challenge GT

Nowadays, as demand for small SUVs shows no signs of abating, Audi is gearing up to release the second - generation Q3, and while we have yet to receive official specs from the manufacturer, our spy photographers just caught a camo - clad test mule prepping for some real - world tests.

Then just remember what your old SAT test prep instructor preached, «Always stick with your first answer!»