Sentences with phrase «kids passed tests»

Only when kids passed tests and moved onto the next grade or graduation, then they could be said to have an «adequate» education.

The risk in de-emphasizing growth is that it might push schools and teachers back to focusing on how many kids pass the tests, which incentivizes focusing on «bubble kids» at or near the passing line.

So if it was implementing state standards with the intention of kids passing tests, then people in some divisions had a lot of resources, people in other divisions far less.

Not exact matches

Former New York City Board of Education chancellor Rudy Crew, worried that the Internet age was passing by too many kids in his urban districts, provided the B - schoolers with three beta - test schools and agreed to join the duo's previously nonexistent board of advisers.

Sam, you will be tested, and you will be apologizing to your spouse and kid more than usual, but this too shall pass.

I'd make them again and who knows, maybe they'll pass the kid test the second go around.

I kid, but man, this was a dinner to pass the test of all dinners.

My kids are my best judges and recipes will not get posted if I receive a unanimous «thumbs down» — the problem was, I didn't have time to pass the kid test before the cookout.

It passes the husband the kids test (all not SCD / Paleo) with flying colours.

Kids are often the toughest critics, especially with healthy stuff, so if it passed the 7 - year - old test then that is always a good sign I hope there are many more batches to come and I will keep that in mind and get back to more banana flour recipes / experiments soon hopefully!

They are fun for kids especially and passed my picky four year old's taste test so I'll be making these again!

Hope they pass the kid test Larry!

Glad they passed the kid test for you Jessica, my son is five and he loves them too!

They've even passed the ultimate taste test — my kids!

I'm hoping it stands the test of time and she can pass it on to her own kids some day.

It has plenty of storage, is supposed to be comfortable for you to push and for your kids to ride in, and passed all the safety tests with flying colors.

Parents who are emotionally responsive, set empathic limits, model emotional regulation, and encourage children to pursue their passions will raise self - disciplined kids, and that's probably true regardless of whether the child passes the marshmallow test at age four.

The lightweight TRC Recreation Kid's Super Soft Vinyl Vest passes the test due to its toddler - friendly design.

That we arbitrarily give up on kids who can't — or won't — pass standardized tests and condemn them to the streets, jail and the grave?

Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña bragged about an increase in the number of city kids passing the state Common Core tests — but that success may have more to do with...

TRIO KIDs tests all of their wagons and they pass all physical tests, flammability tests, and chemical tests including lead content and heavy metal screening.

Once the object of your affections passes your tests, you're all in, shopping for housewares at Crate and Barrel, pinning iconic engagements rings, scouting out hillside mansions for your wedding ceremony, and figuring out which grandparent you'll name the first kid after.

Apple Pecan Pie Balls passed the kid test with flying colors!

Finally, if you find yourself racking your brain every night for inspiration for the next day's lunch, hang on to several kid - tested - and - passed lunchbox ideas.

I'm sure these would pass the kid test too!

I'm not sure if I was waiting for that perfect moment or waiting for the person I was dating to pass some sort of test that even I wasn't aware they were taking, but one thing was for sure — I wanted to be the one to bring up my kids and it had to be on my terms.

The only reason that we still find the overhead projector in most U.S. schools is because many teachers are still giving lectures to rows of kids taking notes to pass that teacher's tests.

That is, as Anderson recognizes, «a very lofty aspirational goal, considering that we have about a third of our kids reading at grade level by the 3rd grade, and that we graduate about 55 percent of our kids, and only 23 percent of those do so by passing high - stakes tests.

«She never had her name on the «math hall of fame» on the hallway wall, which listed all the kids in the school who passed the timed test.»

I'm also proud of the movement of a lot of our kids from far below grade level in reading and math to passing Regents tests.

They can pass the standardized tests with their eyes closed, so we tell high - ability kids that their job is to sit still and stay quiet while the teacher focuses on low - achievers.

The problem is that schools are not simply places where kids earn (or don't earn) passing test scores.

Now states will be able to claim that they have «narrowed achievement gaps» when all they've done is make their tests so easy to pass that virtually all kids — black and white, rich and poor — do so, magically erasing any group differences.

You see, to pass these new tests kids will have to excel at language skills — even on the mathematics portion of the tests — and those intense demands come faster and stronger earlier in their school career.

So we had all of these kids going through the system, passing their classes, getting good grades, passing the state tests with flying colors, and getting their diplomas.

Success Academy kids didn't merely pass the state math test, they destroyed it.

«It's true,» a teacher admitted, «our kids definitely know how to pass tests.

The problem with high - stakes testing, Glynn says, is that teachers wind up spending a lot of time drilling kids on how to pass the tests, rather than actually teaching.

Barjis Chohan, a mother from Wandsworth, London, wrote on Twitter: «I don't know how kids on Monday (including my daughter) will pass the new KS2 SATS tests.

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.

Although they teach mostly poor kids, 95 percent pass the state math test, and 84 percent pass the English test.

The controversy over PARCC comes as the nation pushes to revamp the landmark No Child Left Behind law that ushered in broad testing of schoolchildren and sanctions if too few kids passed exams.

Teachers didn't necessarily like doing it, but getting kids to pass the tests was critical.

In performance - based art, music, and theatre classes, will more time be spent drilling on concepts so a kid can pass a written test rather than on actually improving one's ability to draw, sing, or perform?

«Knowing that my kids are kids who're going to pass and going to do well, I'm afraid that if I don't let them take the test, then that's going to hurt my school by reducing the number of passing and participating students that they have.

If effective teachers are the only way to make students pass tests and Ms. Rhee thinks many teachers simply aren't effective enough, let's have all DC kids taught by effective teachers.

Will kids magically learn and pass tests??? Will they??? I wonder...

Often, state law requires kids to repeat that grade if they can not pass certain portions of the test.

«I see teachers who say to me, «This is why I got into teaching, not to make sure kids pass the state test,»» Gross said.

We were able to get some of our kids who were projected not to pass the third - grade reading test to pass it proficiently,» Sipes said.