Sentences with phrase «like school letter grades»

He says even though Indiana has a waiver from some of the federal No Child Left Behind law's strictest provisions, things like school letter grades and teacher evaluations are still tied to standardized test scores.

Not exact matches

Sometimes it feels like you need a master's degree in education just to decipher all the eduspeak in the comments section (not to mention schools that have moved away from using traditional letter grades).

In other words, the app will analyze message quality, including length, spelling mistakes, slang and hostile words and then assign you a letter grade, like in school.

In Florida, while regular schools like Olympia get letter grades for performance, alternative schools can opt for less rigorous ratings tied to testing progress.

As state chief of Indiana schools, Tony Bennett implemented an A-F grading system, giving the schools a letter grade, just like students.

Since it was first passed in 2011, lawmakers have made annual changes to the school grading law, which requires public schools to receive a letter grade based on metrics like test scores and graduation rates.

Despite South Bend schools» new resolution, since it's a legal requirement, the district, like all others in the state, will still be assigned a letter grade by the state.

As a parent writing to President Obama explained, in a letter posted at the Washington Post blog of Valerie Strauss, «We have something very important in common: daughters in the seventh grade... Like my daughter Eva, Sasha appears to be a funny, smart, loving girl... There is, however, one important difference between them: Sasha attends private school, while Eva goes to public school... Sasha does not have to take Washington's standardized test, the D.C. CAS, which means you don't get a parent's - eye view of the annual high - stakes tests taken by most of America's children.»

State Superintendent Glenda Ritz says moving forward, she'd like to see the state's Legislative Services Agency «check» the Department of Education's work calculating school letter grades.

«No one liked» the cap that limited a school's state - issued letter grade rating to a C unless the school met performance goals laid out under No Child Left Behind, a top state education official tells StateImpact.

Like many educators, Eiler says the system has a key flaw: Under the new system, students can achieve very high scores on the ISTEP, but still be labeled «low growth,» potentially harming the school's letter grade.

You'll find that on our chart we have divided the charities up into sectors and awarded them easy - to - read letter grades, just like those awarded in school.

Think of your credit scores like a report card that you might review at the end of a school term, but instead of letter grades, your activity ends up within a scoring range.

We start by evaluating each stock for its value potential and then for its growth appeal, assigning each a letter grade, like the ones you received in school.

Instead of the general classes listed above, these ratings range from Table A through Table J. Much like grades in elementary school, the further down the letter, the worse off you are.