Sentences with phrase «kinds of achievement tests»

These kinds of achievement tests, however, are not designed to measure school quality (yet they are often used to do just that).

Not exact matches

This issue's research section offers a first - of - its - kind study examining the impact of instructor quality on student achievement in the higher education sector — finding that students taught by above - average instructors receive higher grades and test scores, are more likely to succeed in subsequent courses, and earn more college credits.

Two kinds of standardized achievement tests commonly used for school evaluations are ill suited for that measurement.

A second kind of instructionally insensitive test is the sort of standardized achievement test that many states have developed for accountability during the past two decades.

The test incentivizes the kind of teaching and learning disadvantaged students need to close pernicious achievement gaps in ELA.

That said, due to test prep and other kinds of manipulation, «achievement increases may not correspond to actual learning gains» and «reading and math gains came at the expense of instruction in other subjects.»

That is, chartering is a movement that began with the aspiration of starting many kinds of schools, but it may have morphed into one that is only adept at starting one type of school: a highly structured school that is run by a CMO or an EMO and whose goal is to close achievement gaps for low - income kids of color while producing exceptional test scores.

Grade - level achievement tests that report grade - equivalent scores outside of the grade level being tested, really don't provide that kind of information.

Hanushek is lamenting that the kids were not given «achievement tests» before they started kindergarten!?!?! Ignoring the logistic nightmare that such a program would cause, children that young can not be tested with the kinds of tests used in schools (he actually, wrote that folks: «no achievement tests were given before kindergarten» (p. 31).

Our introduction lists six reasons for maintaining a repertoire of strategies, namely that strategies are tools for designing thoughtful lessons and units, differentiating teaching and learning, bringing lessons alive, building skills for tests, improving student achievement, and building different kinds of knowledge.

For Tennessee's version of the value - added method to work properly, however, student test scores must be statistically converted to a special kind of analytic scale so that student achievement gains in particular content areas represent the same amount of growth at different grade levels.

Related: Common Core tests will widen the achievement gap at first Thirty - five states have no exit exam at all and seven have exit exams of some other kind — end - of - course tests, New York's Regents tests, California's CAHSEE, a civics exam, etc. — but will not be using a sole test score to allow seniors to graduate or not.

This was the first scientific study of its kind in the US, and it sought to answer if merit pay alone, independent of other resources and support, increased student achievement as measured by test scores.

* The specific tests used, which emphasize some kinds of learning and not others, and which rarely measure achievement that is well above or below grade level.

Those early - on decisions will have a powerful influence on the kinds of statewide achievement tests ultimately employed.