Sentences with phrase «limited measure of achievement»

By that limited measure of achievement, the achievement gap increased.

Not exact matches

If once again one may be guilty of some measure of overmodernization in order to bring out the essential meaning, we may assert that the great achievement of the Hebrew people, practically unparalleled as it was in the ancient world, was the attainment of a limited monarchy.

We can't fix the limits of math and reading achievement tests by adding mandatory «grit» surveys or other measures.

Assessment is, of course, a vital part of education, but the stakes attached to these tests are way out of balance when such a limited and imperfect measure of achievement counts for more than all the assessments of all the students» teachers,» says Orfield.

Nevertheless, there is still a story to be told, and the essential part of it is that the program that education reformers have tried to promote now for decades — introduce more choices of schools for students, enable competition among schools, open up paths for preparing teachers and administrators outside schools of education, improve measures of student achievement and teacher competence, enable administrators to act on the basis of such measures, and limit the power of teachers unions — has been advanced under the Obama administration, in the judgment of authors Maranto and McShane.

Beyond measuring achievement effects, however, there has been only limited analysis of the impacts of charters on the students who attend them.

The second issue is that, although there are examples of growth as a valued indicator of success, too often we still use a limited view of achievement as our measure of success.

One key weakness of the student achievement — gain measure is the limited number of grades and subjects for which assessment data are currently available.

Limit alternate assessments based on alternate achievement standards only to students with the most significant cognitive disabilities, up to 1 percent of all students; terminate assessments based on modified achievement standards; and prohibit the use of Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) to measure academic achievement under ESEA.

complies with nonpublic school accreditation requirements as set forth in Section 22.1 - 19 of the Code of Virginia, and administered by the Virginia Council for Private Education (VCPE) or is a nonpublic school that maintains an assessment system that annually measures scholarship students» progress in reading and math using a national norm - referenced achievement test including, but not limited to, the Stanford Achievement Test, California Achievement Test, and Iowa Test of Baachievement test including, but not limited to, the Stanford Achievement Test, California Achievement Test, and Iowa Test of BaAchievement Test, California Achievement Test, and Iowa Test of BaAchievement Test, and Iowa Test of Basic Skills.

These assessments include SOL tests and other measures of student achievement, including alternative assessments taken by certain students with disabilities and children with limited English proficiency.

United Teachers Los Angeles accused Deasy of breaking a binding agreement by requiring that «data - driven» measures of student achievement be given a «weight limited to 30 percent» of a teacher's final evaluation.

Having firmly committed itself to many of the same reforms, at least as rendered in broad strokes, the DFL found itself again playing defense — this time, to limit the new policies to measures intended to help close the academic achievement gap, not strip the grownups trying to make it happen of their contractual rights.

Even though these tests measure only a limited portion of what we care about in schooling, there is a high level of agreement that reducing achievement gaps between students of different races and economic backgrounds would be a major educational improvement (provided that it was accomplished by raising the performance of the less advantaged).

The bill, which now needs only the signature of Governor Pat Quinn, a supporter of the measure, would make tenure contingent on student achievement and limit the collective bargaining rights of teachers unions by making it harder for teachers to call a strike.

Measures of student achievement can include, but are not limited to, local and state academic assessments, classroom work, student grades, classroom participation, student presentations and performance and student projects and portfolios.

For a district qualifying under this paragraph whose charter school tuition payments exceed 9 per cent of the school district's net school spending, the board shall only approve an application for the establishment of a commonwealth charter school if an applicant, or a provider with which an applicant proposes to contract, has a record of operating at least 1 school or similar program that demonstrates academic success and organizational viability and serves student populations similar to those the proposed school seeks to serve, from the following categories of students, those: (i) eligible for free lunch; (ii) eligible for reduced price lunch; (iii) that require special education; (iv) limited English - proficient of similar language proficiency level as measured by the Massachusetts English Proficiency Assessment examination; (v) sub-proficient, which shall mean students who have scored in the «needs improvement», «warning» or «failing» categories on the mathematics or English language arts exams of the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System for 2 of the past 3 years or as defined by the department using a similar measurement; (vi) who are designated as at risk of dropping out of school based on predictors determined by the department; (vii) who have dropped out of school; or (viii) other at - risk students who should be targeted to eliminate achievement gaps among different groups of students.

Their ability to measure influence on a broader definition of student achievement, however, is limited by the degree to which the testing data incorporated in the value - added model correlate with student achievement beyond the test score itself.

As a result of the limited applicability of teacher value - added measures to the full population of teachers as well as concerns about potential mis - measurement of effectiveness associated with using value - added measures even when available, neither seniority nor measures of value - added to student achievement should be the sole criterion determining layoffs.

In the early 1960s, for example, he seemed to be measuring himself up against the achievements of Abstract Expressionism and consciously wondering how he might beg to differ, and even testing the limits of our patience as spectators, asking us to consider how little might be required to make a painting which has clout and authenticity — overlay an entire surface with black paint, and then introduce across that surface some black chevrons edged with orange?