Sentences with phrase «measure of student achievement»

The other half is based on measures of student achievement.

We believe that grades are incomplete and ambiguous measures of student achievement in that they are not specific, timely, or meaningful.

Second, this equation assumes that the tests are linked to meaningful standards and are therefore valid measures of student achievement relative to those standards, assumptions yet to be supported by reputable research.

The body of evidence, which must contain multiple measures of student achievement using a variety of types of assessments, helps teachers determine whether students have met the content standards.

Another 15 percent will be based on locally selected measures of student achievement, while the remaining 60 percent will depend on more qualitative measures such as classroom observations.

This reduced the validity of high - school tests as measures of student achievement.

To the extent that the state exam is a valid and reliable measure of student achievement, improved test scores indicate improved achievement; the two possible school responses appear one and the same.

The department should also emphasize that test scores should not be the only measure of student achievement.

The requirement that measures of student achievement factor significantly in teacher and administrator evaluations has been a source of contention.

Note: This graph shows schools that have made progress on two separate measures of student achievement: proficiency and growth.

In 21st century, project - based instruction, it is critical to not only use the concrete measures of student achievement but also those qualitative assessments of school climate.

Their study identifies 21 leadership «responsibilities» and calculates an average correlation between each responsibility and whatever measures of student achievement were used in the original studies.

This new flexibility requires a balanced approach to using assessments to provide multiple measures of student achievement.

These characteristics include, in addition to a variety of measures of student achievement as of 1996, the percentages of students in the school that are eligible for free school meals, those who are nonwhite, and those with special educational needs; the pupil - teacher ratio and the number of students enrolled; whether the school is all girls, all boys, a religious school, or in London; and several measures of the qualifications of the teaching staff.

States increasingly are interested in incorporating measures of student achievement growth in teacher evaluations.

Massachusetts has not yet released its list of schools making AYP, but in 2010, 57 percent did not, even though Massachusetts students score at the top on national measures of student achievement.

The biennial assessment is considered one of the most reliable measures of student achievement for elementary and secondary students in the U.S.

According to the Executive Order, its recommendations were to include measures of student achievement (representing at least 50 % of the evaluation); demonstrated practices of effective teachers and leaders; and weights for the various components.

The authors suggest that other states learn from «the danger of relying on statewide test scores as the sole measure of student achievement when these scores are used to make high - stakes decisions about teachers and schools as well as students.»

April 27 (New York)-- Educators for Excellence - New York (E4E - New York), a teacher - led organization, reacts to the introduction of New York State Assembly Bill A10475, which proposes to eliminate meaningful measures of student achievement in New York's teacher evaluations.

In a briefing paper prepared for the National Academy of Education (NAE) and the American Educational Research Association, Linda Darling - Hammond and three other distinguished authors reached the following conclusion: «With respect to value - added measures of student achievement tied to individual teachers, current research suggests that high - stakes, individual - level decisions, as well as comparisons across highly dissimilar schools or student populations should be avoided.»

What is equally important is that as the adults; including educators, policy makers and researchers, need to consider more appropriate ways to analyze positive academic achievement, as well as strive towards creating more accurate measures of student achievement.

Plus, thanks to Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, who effectively appoints the state Board of Regents, the unions are regaining full control of the state education bureaucracy, which will make it even easier to stop teacher testing and, if «necessary,» water down the tests so they're not even a good measure of student achievement.

International measures of student achievement for Australia has shown some steady declines over recent years.

With respect to value - added measures of student achievement tied to individual teachers, current research suggests that high - stakes, individual - level decisions, or comparisons across highly dissimilar schools or student populations, should be avoided.

This study found that students whose teachers crafted high quality SLOs outperformed their peers and showed significantly greater gain on two independent measures of student achievement at all three school levels during all years under study.

CTAC research found that students whose teachers crafted high quality SLOs outperformed their peers and showed significantly greater gain on two independent measures of student achievement at all three school levels during all years under study.

Until we understand better what makes an achievement measure more or less sensitive to instruction (Black & Wiliam, 2007), we have to be very careful with aggregating the results from studies that use different measures of student achievement.

More recently, the state's release of the 2011 Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) scores — Florida's primary measure of student achievement of the Sunshine State Standards — showed that Brevard's sixth grade students ranked first in Florida in both reading and mathematics, and in June the district was honored for the third consecutive year by the Association of School Business Officials for financial excellence.

A subcommittee has suggested incorporating more measures of student achievement, including test scores, and more levels of teacher ratings when judging employees.

The other half of the rating will combine measures of student achievement, including growth on standardized tests, scores for the building where a teacher works, and other elements like district - level assessments or student surveys.

The lack of multiple pre - and post-NCLB measures of student achievement limit the power of our research design.

Their multi-level analysis of repeated measures of student achievement showed that, in most cases, the students achieved as might have been expected, and that in only a few cases was there improvement that might be attributable to the professional development program.

As part of the state's Race to the Top grant, the DDE incorporated «robust measures of student achievement» into its existing system.

And if the underlying measure of student achievement in these studies was standardized tests, as was surely the case in many of them, why are such tests acceptable as measures of teacher quality in studies that are meta - analyzed and used indirectly, but unacceptable when they are used directly to assess teacher quality in a structured research design?

This metric is not an adequate measure of student achievement and thus not a reliable indicator of economic impacts: it hardly matters how long one sits at a school desk if one learns little while occupying that seat.

Accordingly, these schools often fail to perform well on standard measures of student achievement, making it difficult for authorizers to fairly and accurately assess their performance.

In addition, the principal must demonstrate that she and her staff are conducting high quality observations that fairly and accurately reflect teaching performance and that teachers are using high quality measures of student achievement in the form of SGOs.

Ensuring Fairer and Better Tests Under Title I - A The first proposed regulation focuses on ensuring states continue to administer tests that are fair measures of student achievement for all students, with particular focus on ensuring states appropriately capture and measure the progress of English Learners and students with disabilities.

Data from college admissions tests can provide a valuable measure of student achievement, but the non-representativeness of test - takers is an important concern.

Marsh had proposed to make measures of student achievement growth during the school year account for up to 25 percent of a teacher's yearly evaluation.