Sentences with phrase «mind teaching to the test»

As Governor Malloy said himself... He doesn't mind teaching to the test as long as the test scores go up.

The CT Mirror piece also mentions Malloy's anti-teacher, anti-public education reform initiatives although it doesn't contain Malloy's equally famous comment that he didn't mind teaching to the test as long as the test scores went up.

Like Democratic Governor Dannel Malloy who once said that he didn't mind teaching to the test as long as the test scores went up, West Haven Superintendent of Schools Neil Cavallero has become a poster boy for the Corporate Education Reform Industry and their stance that you will take the tests or you will sit there.

Malloy infamously added, later that year, his observation that he didn't mind teaching to the test as long as the test scores went up.»

Earlier this year we heard Malloy claim, «I don't mind teaching to the test as long as test scores go up,» while proudly uttering the falsehood that teachers need only show up for four years to get tenure.

In defense of his plans to implement the unfair, inappropriate and expensive Common Core and Common Core testing scheme, Malloy said he didn't mind teaching to the test as long as the test scores went up.

Not exact matches

I have found after 25 yrs of hands on ministry that a questioning mind, always ready to test what is being taught is the best place to be.

They will be able to hire and maintain a teaching force with the goal of higher test scores in mind, and they will have more flexibility than public schools do to reward or punish their teachers on the basis of test results.

«In this age of educational accountability through standards and assessments with only one right answer and success measured by test scores, we need to keep young minds open for alternative ways of thinking... teach students not to get a job, but create one.»

Rhee, a veteran of the reform - minded Teach for America organization, became both demonized and lionized as she fired hundreds of teachers and convinced the local teachers» union to agree to merit pay based on student test scores.

What a great tribute to Governor Malloy who said during last spring's «Education Reform» debate that he didn't mind schools «teaching to the test as long as the test scores go up.»

Just because kids are poor, doesn't mean they aren't smart and these brightest children are bored out of their minds by the non-stop test prep that serves «data - driven instruction» but fails to actually teach smart kids anything.

Paul Marble, associate director at Sturgis, said he attributes the high test scores to the school's international baccalaureate (IB) program: «We teach habits of mind like being reflective, caring and taking risks.

If all answers apply, many teachers might answer that they spend all their time teaching, if not to the tests, then with the tests in mind.

Interestingly, considering how much attention public education issues received during the recent gubernatorial campaign, this vital topic did not get much play in Malloy's speech, although the governor — who once said that he didn't mind schools teach to the test, «as long as test scores went up,» — did proudly proclaim that his first term accomplishments include that fact that his administration had «raised test scores» in Connecticut.

Malloy, now famous for his -» I'd don't mind if they teach to the test as long as the test scores go up» — statement has been leading the mob mentality that is claiming that it is imperative that 20 - 40 % of a teacher's annual evaluation be based on their student's annual test scores.

Governor Malloy went so far as to make it clear that he doesn't mind a policy of teaching to the test, as long as test scores go up.

The political operative is widely credited with writing Malloy's 2012 anti-teacher speeches in which Malloy proposed doing away with teacher tenure and observed that he didn't mind having teachers teach to the test as long as test scores went up.

Keep in mind, this lamentation of the lack of «honor» given to teaching as a profession comes from someone who has repeatedly taken the standard reformer line that all of the ills in our education system can be traced back almost entirely to teachers themselves and who has advocated for policy makers who diminish teachers» workplace protections and their autonomy and who want to tie opportunities for greater compensation to standardized test scores.

This from the Governor who said he didn't mind teachers teaching to the test as long as the test scores went up.

Governor Dannel Malloy has pledged to «stay the course» on the Common Core and said he didn't mind having teachers teach to the test as long as the test scores went up.

CHAPTER ONE: Find The Good In Your Dog CHAPTER TWO: Know Your Objective CHAPTER THREE: Use This House training Program For All Dogs CHAPTER FOUR: The Proper Frame Of Mind CHAPTER FIVE: You Need One Good Manager CHAPTER SIX: Treat Your Team Properly CHAPTER SEVEN: Be Aware Of Your Dog's Programming CHAPTER EIGHT: How To Clean Up CHAPTER NINE: Selection Of A Potty Area CHAPTER TEN: Start A House training Journal CHAPTER ELEVEN: Signaling CHAPTER TWELVE: Start Teaching The Correct Behaviors CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Public Potty Manners CHAPTER FOURTEEN: The Digestive System CHAPTER FIFTEEN: Miscellaneous CHAPTER SIXTEEN: Common House training Mistakes CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: Crate Training CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: Use Of A Kennel CHAPTER NINETEEN: Play Fetch CHAPTER TWENTY: Socialize Your Puppy CHAPTER TWENTY ONE: Real Life Examples CHAPTER TWENTY TWO: Putting It All Together CHAPTER TWENTY THREE: The Test

These moments — when we must rely on our minds to test the logic of what we see — teach us to question our confidence in first impressions.

The «Test Patterns,» as the artist referred to the paintings, were to evoke in viewers a visceral reaction that might rid the mind of the teachings of culture and tradition so as to see them with a naked eye.

But if you're buying it for a kid to teach them about design and crafting prototypes in order to test and improve design — essentially raising the next generation of minimal - waste - minded designers and engineers — then it certainly has a strong green edge.