Sentences with phrase «measures of academic progress»

As mentioned above, the eight CORE districts — Fresno, Garden Grove, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Oakland, Sacramento, San Francisco and Santa Ana — are committed to teaching and measuring social and emotional learning alongside measures of academic progress.

Students in Seattle Public Schools take the standardized Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) test up to three times a year, from kindergarten through ninth grade or beyond.

Findings from the Harvard CEPR study suggest a linear correlation between DreamBox usage and improved scores on the Measures of Academic Progress ® (MAP) assessment.

Our elementary scholars are demonstrating strong academic results as well, growing faster than their peers as demonstrated on the Northwest Evaluation Association's Measures of Academic Progress (NWEA MAP), a nationally normed growth assessment.

The agreement also required the school to accept professional development for its staff and to participate in the Measures of Academic Progress assessment program to get a more timely picture of the academic progress of its students.

Garfield High School became a leader in the movement for authentic assessment in 2013 when the staff voted unanimously to refuse to administer the Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) test, and were joined by the parents and students in a mass opt out campaign.

CCSA has partnered with the Northwest Evaluation Association ™ (NWEA ™) allowing California charter schools to receive a substantial discount on Measures of Academic Progress ® (MAP ®) assessments in Math, Reading, and Language Arts.

Founded by educators nearly 40 years ago, Northwest Evaluation Association ™ (NWEA ™) is a global not - for - profit educational services organization known for its flagship interim assessment, Measures of Academic Progress ® (MAP ®).

Other measures of reading proficiency that are already in place in North Carolina classrooms and were submitted as alternative assessments to meet the Read to Achieve requirements include the Discovery Education Reading / Language arts assessment, Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) assessments, and ClassScape, among many others.

The first, Measures of Academic Progress, or MAP, is used to measure how students are doing compared with their peers nationally — and to evaluate teachers» performance.

Diocese of Grand Rapids students consistently outperform the national average in all subject areas at all grade levels in their fall and spring Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) assessments.

Teachers voted unanimously to «refuse to administer the Measures of Academic Progress, or MAP, test on ethical and professional grounds.»

A boycott by Seattle teachers of district mandated Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) tests has drawn support from educators, parents and students across the country.

Last week the Seattle School District told my kindergarten son to take the Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) test.

Diagnostic exams such as the Mathematics Diagnostic Testing Project, Measures of Academic Progress, Renaissance Math, and Mathematics Assessment Resource Service are also used in placement decisions.

Last week, the school district backed down, announcing that the Measures of Academic Progress — or MAP test — is now optional for high schools, but those refusing the test must find another way to gauge student performance.

The country's leading testing reform organization today announced its support for the boycott of Seattle Public Schools» Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) exam launched by teachers at Garfield High School.

The results for elementary and middle schools are based on students» performance on the Measures of Academic Progress tests that are given to students in third through eighth grade, and administered in the fall and spring of each school year to measure a student's growth during the year.

The report cited proficiency rates in reading and math for students in grades 3, 5 and 8, as measured by the Measures of Academic Progress exam, which tests students throughout the school year.

He said over time, student test score results and other measures of academic progress will be used to improve the hiring tool.

2011: On the Measures of Academic Progress test, developed by the Northwest Evaluation Association, 95 % scored at or above the national average in math, while 96 percent scored at or above it in reading.

We also wanted to increase our scholars» trajectory toward college readiness, as measured by the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) and Measures of Academic Progress (MAP).

To that end, she said administrators will ask the board on May 23 to allow scores from the Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) test or an end - of - the - semester exam in the applicable content area to be used, she said.

Statz said the district's internal testing through the Measures of Academic Progress test, or MAP, remains the primary, consistent way Madison tracks student academic growth over time.

Percentage of students meeting or exceeding average annual growth projection on the Measures of Academic Progress.

Students in five of the nine grade levels showed positive growth in math, and six of the nine in reading on the state's annual Measures of Academic Progress, or MAP, tests.

The Measures of Academic Progress, or MAP test, offers certain advantages over the Wisconsin Knowledge and Concepts Examination, which is the only test that can be used for school accountability purposes.

The research team analyzed mathematics and reading scores for approximately 5,500 students in 32 NGLC schools who took the Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA) Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) mathematics and reading assessments for one academic year: fall 2014 to spring 2015.

In fact, using NWEA's Measures of Academic Progress (MAP), we found they were beating the rest of the country during the summer break.

The partnership between NWEA and Curriculum Crafter will allow educators to find teaching resources directly aligned to student results from the Measures of Academic Progress ® (MAP ®) assessment.

® About Northwest Evaluation Association Northwest Evaluation Association ™ (NWEA ™) is a global not - for - profit educational services organization known for our suite of assessments including our flagship Measures of Academic Progress ® (MAP ®) and Skills Navigator ®, a skills mastery, and progress monitoring tool.

The result was more than two years worth of academic growth for 100 percent of my students within the course of a single school year, as measured by NWEA»S Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) assessment, a computer adaptive interim assessment tool that teachers can use to evaluate student learning growth periodically throughout the school year.

KIPP Austin College Prep has been a KIPP Top Performer on the MAP Assessment (Measures of Academic Progress — A Worldwide Assessment) in Reading and Math for two years, making some of the most growth in reading and math in the entire KIPP network.

Among all district students in grades 3 - 5, reading proficiency as measured by the standard Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) exam was up 9 percentage points over four years to 45 percent, including a 3 percentage - point increase over the past two years.

Parents Across America, Seattle, fully support and applaud the Garfield High School teaching staff in their refusal to administer the Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) test to their students.

With 17,300 students, the district receives an abundance of information, including data from PARCC tests, districtwide pre - and post-common assessments in all content areas, Measures of Academic Progress in elementary and middle schools, Eureka Math and Achieve 3000 achievement scores, and professional - development surveys given to all teachers.

The test that's got Seattle teachers so fired up is a computer - based standardized test called Measures of Academic Progress, or MAP.

Students who fell below the typical growth level for math or reading on the Measures of Academic Progress (MAP)

Results below show our students» performance on the norm - referenced Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) test.

In its founding year, KBP was one of the top ten performers on the Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) assessment across the KIPP network.

In addition to Indiana's statewide standardized tests (ISTEP), the mayor's charter schools must administer nationally normed reading and math tests, for which the Northwest Evaluation Association's Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) is used.

But Summit has reported first - year results for SLP partner schools: Growth on the Northwest Evaluation Association's Measures of Academic Progress (NWEA MAP) exceeded national averages in reading and, very slightly, in math.

Alternatively, there are many reliable interim assessments to measure student growth, such as the Northwest Evaluation Association's Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) that can be given every nine weeks and that measure growth no matter how long a student attends a virtual school.

As outlined in the iNACOL Quality Assurance Performance Metrics, states, authorizers, and researchers should adopt more accurate measures of individual growth, such as the pre - and post-assessment measures typically used by national online learning support organizations (for example, the Measures of Academic Progress [MAP] or the equivalent).

To begin tackling this problem, CMU backward - mapped from the ACT's definition of college readiness to establish grade - level achievement targets for grades 2 — 8 that can be used with Northwest Evaluation Association's Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) or the Performance Series by Global Scholar.

Nita High, principal of Landrums O.P. Earle Elementary School, says she and her staff can use the system to access a students state test and MAP [Measure of Academic Progress, based on scores on the Stanford 9 test] scores.

Some of these schools are adding significant numbers of new students and new grades each year, and there are limitations in both the state data due to redaction rules that impact certain grades and subjects, and the Northwest Evaluation Association's Measure of Academic Progress (MAP) data, since we don't test all grades in every school.

MAP ®, or the Measure of Academic Progress, is a computerized adaptive test which helps teachers, parents and administrators improve learning for all students and make informed decisions to promote a child's academic growth.

What reasons did Garfield High School teachers give for boycotting the Measure of Academic Progress tests?

During the 2014 - 2015 school year, the average student who attended a CICS elementary campus was achieving at or above the national average as measured by the NWEA Measure of Academic Progress (MAP) on both growth and attainment measures.