Sentences with phrase «mandated testing»

Court - mandated testing usually involving random monitoring of someone who has been convicted of illegal drug use or to rule out drug use by parents involved in custody cases.

Administering state mandated testing with a high level of security.

Scheduled and monitored state mandated testing, internal diagnostic testing and informal measures of student progress to ensure quality and integrity of program.

Some of them have been turned into testing centers for mandated testing.

In the 1980's, railroad, nuclear, Department of Defense, and maritime employees came under Federally - mandated testing requirements.

The PIE applies only to the DOT - regulated transportation employers with respect to their DOT - mandated testing, not to the Federal agency or the other public agencies and private businesses.

Perhaps, now the committee can turn its attention to meaningful changes in the mandated testing plans.

Charters must align their curriculum to Arizona Standards and are required to participate in state mandated testing.

After 15 years of mandated testing under the No Child Left Behind Law, what do standardized test scores actually tell us about school and teacher quality?

As Mrs. XXXXX stated in her initial response to you, local school districts do not have the authority to permit parents to opt - out their children from mandated testing, as testing all students is required by state and federal law.

After math scores on state - mandated testing at Kerrick Elementary School in Louisville, Kentucky, dropped for two consecutive years in a row, administrators at this Title I School knew they needed help.

The districts studied and the states in which they are located differ in the amount of mandated testing time.

A major newspaper expose demonstrating the U.S. school testing industry's inability to competently design and administer the current level of required state exams should persuade Congress to drop a plan to greatly increase mandated testing now being debated as part of an «education reform» bill, according to the National Center for Fair & Open Testing (FairTest).

He said the Democrats did not take other important steps, such as calling for the banning of all high - stakes uses of standardized tests and a reduction in government - mandated testing.

Among the facts from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Fourth Grade Reading report cited by FairTest: — There has been no gain in NAEP grade four reading performance nationally since 1992 despite a huge increase in state - mandated testing; — NAEP scores in southern states, which test the most and have the highest stakes attached to their state testing programs, have declined; — The NAEP score gap between white children and those from African American and Hispanic families has increased, even though schools serving low - income and minority - group children put the most emphasis on testing; and — Scores of children eligible for free lunch programs have dropped since 1996.

In this role, she planned organized and directed district mandated testing programs as well as all Nevada state mandated assessments.

We learned that teaching is a highly respected position in Finland, and that there is no mandated testing.

** This cost also does not include other mandated testing such as RTI, Student - Learning Objectives (SLO), Achievement tests, and other assessments used locally.

The 2015 legislation eliminated an 11th grade English test and capped the number of hours students can spend on state - mandated testing.

Yes, after all the faux concern about schools being shuttered for the strike, it turns out my daughter's school was shut down 50 percent longer that same week due to state - mandated testing.

Will there still be state - mandated testing, rating systems, sanctions and school closings?

The other is that «mandated testing program creates unfortunate consequences for students, teachers, and school districts.»

With state mandated testing and critical teacher evaluations, there is more pressure on our students.

State - mandated testing takes 1 pct of FL class says @excelined - but district practices vary http://ow.ly/E513i @ewaemily @LizetteNYT

Federally mandated testing will continue under the law, but the best way to respond to test results will be left to the states.

A recent survey of large urban districts nationwide found that students take an average of 112 mandated assessments during the K — 12 years; the survey discovered no correlation between mandated testing time and student performance on the National Assessment of Educational Progress, whose aggregate results are reported via «the Nation's Report Card.»

Public support remains as high as ever for federally mandated testing, charter schools, tax credits to support private school choice, merit pay for teachers, and teacher tenure reform.

We see only slight changes in people's views on the quality of the nation's schools, for instance, or on federally mandated testing, charter schools, tax credits to support private school choice, merit pay for teachers, or the effects of teachers unions.

The key to quality online programs is alignment to mandated testing requirements.

Because most students enter charter schools before the 3rd grade when state - mandated testing begins, only 36 percent of applicants in our study have prior test scores on record and this group is not representative of all applicants.

He says this comes from increasing pressure from policy - makers and administrators, budget cuts to already underfunded programs, unreliable teacher evaluations, mandated testing, and a myriad of other burdens.

In that light, sports leagues» tests for cannabis can look somewhat like a charade: After speaking with several current and former athletes, it became clear that many of them weren't really scared of getting caught for cannabis use, because they believed the people who mandate the testing didn't really want to catch them.

The latest fight between the Buffalo Teachers Federation and Buffalo Public Schools is heating up, this time over incentives like ice cream socials to persuade kids to take state - mandated tests and threats of punishment for those who don't.

State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia said Wednesday that students in grades three to eight will have as much time as they need to complete their state - mandated tests this year — as long as they are «working productively.»

Southern Tier Republican Sen. Tom O'Mara has launched the second TV ad of his re-election campaign, which focuses on his success in getting a bill passed through the Legislature and signed into law that mandates the testing of public school water for lead.

Widespread publicity of the opt - out movement last spring, when about 20 % of New York students in grades three through eight boycotted the federally mandated tests, made more families aware of the option.

It was unclear if the Senate would take up a bill that passed the Assembly making it easier for residents of Hoosick Falls and other communities to sue for damages related to water pollution, or if the Assembly would pass a bill mandating testing for lead in school districts.

In today's test - driven environment, it is easy for educators to limit our vision to how students perform as a whole on state - mandated tests.

«Principals in Texas are being evaluated partially on their schools» performance on our state - mandated test, the TAAS.

Read Commentary Resistance to mandated tests, especially from parents of special - needs children, is reaching a breaking point in many districts, writes Rebecca Page Johnson.

The report, released last week by the U.S. Department of Education, is based on 4th grade scores from the National Assessment of Educational Progress, a set of federally mandated tests given periodically to nationally representative samples of students.

CAP has rightly cited these local tests as the root of the problem, but this proposal would not reduce the number of federally mandated tests.

The $ 34 per student spent by states on federally and state - mandated tests simply isn't very much in a system that spends about $ 10,000 per student.

Not satisfied with students» progress on district - and state - mandated tests — and after careful deliberation by administration and staff — the Edwards Middle School implemented the Massachusetts Expanded Learning Time (ELT) Initiative in the 2006/07 school year.

The number of students who passed the state - mandated test has risen from 48 to 82 percent in reading and from 30 to 84 percent in math.

I liked what they were doing, the interaction they were having, but I couldn't help wondering how they would do on the state - mandated test that was coming up next month.

The NAEP is a congressionally mandated test, commonly known as «the Nation's Report Card,» that assesses what U.S. students know and can do.

The state - mandated tests now being used are so insufficient they «are causing educational harm, perhaps irreparable harm, to thousands of American children,» W. James Popham, an emeritus professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, and the chairman of the Commission on Instructionally Supportive Assessment, argued at a press conference here.

They say the overreliance on data has harmed education by narrowing curricula and focusing on test preparation to ensure that students pass mandated tests in math and English language arts.

One possible reason is that the state - mandated tests were not well aligned to the curriculum taught in private schools.