Sentences with phrase «measurement of academic growth»

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Most current assessments do a lousy job of measuring academic growth by pupils who are well above grade level because they don't contain enough «hard» questions to allow reliable measurement of achievement growth at the high end.

To assess and improve its academic programs the University must obtain periodic measurements of student perceptions and intellectual growth.

This detailed information about student academic growth should be used instead of AGT scores or any other measurements based on a single test, as teachers and administrators seek to use data to inform best practices that will improve student achievement;» [emphasis ours]

Now that student academic progress will be used as a measurement of teacher effectiveness, it is crucial to transform teacher evaluation from an exercise in compliance to an effective engine of growth.

The school is ranked 13th in the state in terms of academic proficiency and growth measurements, graduation rate (96 %) and AP scores.

It does not mean eliminating measurement of academic attainment and growth; it means coupling those with rigorous, reliable and valid indicators of school organization and other nonacademic factors.

A number of parents and teachers showed up to today's jam - packed school board meeting to denounce board member Steve Zimmer's proposal to reject Academic Growth Over Time (or AGT) as a measurement of pupil progress in teacher evaluations.