Sentences with phrase «less testing»

They're asking for less test - driven curricula.

Students need less testing and more time to learn.

Length - of - stay for patients who received less testing was, on average, 20 hours compared with 28 hours for those who did receive either of the two additional tests.

Finally, I've got a few less tested strategies which I'll share regardless.

Less testing innovation, especially with formative and interim tests?

High parental priority on education, less test prep time, high expectations.

In an environment where less testing is now the call to action, how can teachers get the biggest meaning from assessment practice while holding students accountable for learning essential content?

Now is the time, he said, for less testing and more teaching.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Thursday a plan to overhaul the state's Common Core system by adopting new, locally - designed standards along with less testing.

«Our teachers want less testing.

«They take longer and we get less test information per unit time spent, «said Scott Marion, associate director of the National Center for the Improvement of Educational Assessment and an advisor to PARCC.

«They [performance tasks] take longer and we get less test information per unit time spent, but there is just no way to not have them,» said Marion.

Today's vote goes a step further by putting the full weight the CEA RA behind that position and providing great detail about teachers» objectives in ensuring less testing and more learning in Connecticut public schools.

But California Governor Jerry Brown, unfazed by the blockbuster study, actually called for less testing in his recent State of the State address.

Examples include preferential voting systems, such as instant runoff voting, as well as the two - round system of runoffs and less tested methods such as approval voting and Condorcet methods.

They also report the students are more relaxed and there is less test anxiety.»

We are happy that the ESSA supports less testing.

Their avowed goals include less testing, an end to high - stakes uses of tests (that is, making decisions about students, educators, or schools solely or primarily on test scores), and implementation of other, educationally sound assessment practices.

It's a lot,» said Craig, who supports using alternatives to Smarter Balanced and less testing overall.

Senate Bill 1095 makes us optimistic that further improvements to provide less testing and more learning in our public schools are in the future,» she said.

Lockwood teachers also say, notably, that they did less testing last year during the school year than in any year in recent memory and basically no test prep in advance of the state exams.

Less test preparation, more instruction.

National parent group reaches out to Congress on ESEA, demanding less testing and privatization and more proven, effective reforms As Congress considers the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA, aka No Child Left Behind), Parents Across America, a national network of public school parents, will be calling on our U. S. Senators and Congressmen this week to share our concerns about the direction of federal education policy, and offer... →

Other digital currencies have billions already in circulation and billions more to come using other less tested consensus mechanisms like Proof - of - Stake.

As per critics, Ethereum may face greater security problems than Bitcoin as the network has suffered fewer attacks than Bitcoin, and as a result it has undergone less testing.

Less testing time = more instructional time (Students complete each assessment in about 20 minutes, a total of 40 minutes)

The report also recommends adopting new, locally designed standards along with less testing and an assurance that state tests accommodate different types of learners — including students with disabilities and English Language Learners.

«We need less testing and more teaching.

Parents want less testing.

There were many: opposition from House conservatives that led leadership to pull an earlier version of the bill from the House floor; union - backed calls for less testing that could have killed support from the Obama administration; a three - hour break from Senate debate to settle a dispute between Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.)

«A new CEA TV commercial featuring Connecticut students, teachers, and parents is now on the air urging lawmakers to pass legislation ensuring less testing and more learning in our public schools.

This perspective is invaluable, and it's the reason to invest in an engagement with a respected consulting company rather than a less tested freelance consultant.

Unless you have any medical conditions or pregnancy complications, you can opt to have less tests and treatments during the course of your pregnancy.

A group of 160 rallied outside PS 372 in Park Slope chanting «More teaching, less testing, support our kids now.»

Ordering one more test or one less test isn't going to «bend the curve,» even if we do it across the board.

These parents also expressed concerns about the safety of flu vaccine, with 21 percent believing flu vaccine has less testing and 23 percent that flu vaccine has more side effects, compared to other childhood vaccines.

There would be less testing (I didn't say no testing or accountability, just approach it reasonably).

«A lot of this angst is less about the Common Core in particular, but [Common Core] is short hand for testing, and I think certainly there's an appetite for less testing.»

Over the past year, the school where I worked had grown increasingly obsessed with test scores, but the more I considered my students and their needs, the less test scores motivated me.

Mrs. Clinton recently promised a National Education Association (NEA) assembly higher pay, student - loan write - offs, less testing and universal pre-K.

Assessment Reform Victories 2016: Less Testing, Lower Stakes, Better Learning Measures was produced by the National Center for Fair & Open Testing (FairTest).

Less Testing.

«You're talking to a person here who wants less testing,» says state superintendent Glenda Ritz, who campaigned in 2012 against the litany of high - stakes tests in Indiana.

MASSACHUSETTS Jan. 9: Citizens for Public Schools and the Campaign for Less Testing, More Learning will host a meeting focused on their testing opt - out campaign.

I believe that parents want age - appropriate curriculums, less test - prep, and reasonable testing protocol.