Sentences with phrase «more authentic performance»

Making adjustments to state teacher licensure requirements to allow teaching candidates to demonstrate their competency through rigorous but more authentic performance assessments, such as the edTPA, that do not have the degree of racial disparity in pass rates that traditional exams have had.

Developing content standards, creating more authentic performance assessments, and establishing rigorous student performance standards will not — in and of themselves — substantially boost student achievement.

Not exact matches

An authentic thank you, or time taken to acknowledge an employee who's worked really hard on a project and done a great job on it, creates more confidence, increased performance and better professional relationships.

Chapel Hill honors its rich diversity in a street party showcasing traditional music and dance performances, authentic cuisine, crafts and more.

Then wrap up the day with nightly on - property entertainment, featuring live music, authentic Mexican performances, fire dances and more.

The narrative of Milk anchored by Sean Penn's transcendent Best Actor - winning performance and Dustin Lance Black's authentic award - winning Best Original Screenplay deepens the more somber experience of the documentary.

His performance would feel more authentic if he doesn't always seem to play this type of character over and over again.

The conversations and issues coming from the script penned by Mohan, Jeffrey Brown and Egan Reich are all too familiar for anyone who's had a significant other, and the natural and authentic performances by this young cast make it that much more accessible and emotional.

Many of the performances have that stilted, pre-Method tinge to them, but both Winters and Mitchum bring something more authentic and unseemly to their roles.

It's a great performance by Stiller and I love Greta Gerwig as well who I would describe as playing a more authentic version of Natalie Portman's similar character in Garden State.

Currently, more school districts and universities are seeking authentic measures of student learning, and performance - based assessments have become increasingly relevant.

The scenario set up in the performance task creates an authentic need to know more about young people's use of the Internet, their reading habits, and the pros and cons of the issue — not to mention how to write an effective argumentative essay.

Research by Fred M. Newmann and his colleagues on «intellectual works» (previously called «authentic achievement») showed how more real - world and complex performance assessment improves student achievement as measured by national and state tests.

The research makes the performance more authentic — and often a history lesson — for the 1,200 kids the school district brings to each of AWOL's three performances each year.

The hopeful news is that as more schools offer integrated studies, broader, more substantive forms of assessment — testing that more accurately reflects authentic development in student thinking and performance — may, out of necessity, come into use.

Schools and students needed more complete and better ways of demonstrating knowledge and skills along with ways of conducting authentic performance assessment for students.

Also, in my experience, performance tasks as assessment have become more common, but as teachers, we must ask ourselves if these tasks we are asking students to complete are actually authentic?

On one hand, this could reflect authentic variation in performance across academic and social - emotional domains — and therefore the value of a more holistic indicator.

Perhaps some boards of education might decide that their educators could design much more rigorous and authentic assessments like those designed by the New York Performance Standards Consortium.

Thanks to help from community partners and volunteers, a lot of meaningful, authentic, and challenging learning opportunities occur during and outside of the regular school day (including tutoring sessions, after - school and summer programs, social - emotional learning, business internships, musical performances, and more).

This is not because performance assessments are «more rigorous» or «harder,» but because they are more authentic to the students» passions, and more flexible in allowing the student to choose their method of demonstrating standards.

At the classroom level, teacher - designed and curriculum - embedded performance assessments offer teachers a more nuanced and authentic way to assessing student learning, one that could over time replace standardized testing.

When technology is used to further enrich this approach by providing the structure and ability to capture student performance, assessments can be more varied, constant, and authentic.

Students» abilities to demonstrate these kinds of skills are much more appropriately assessed through the use of authentic, project - based learning and performance - based assessments.

The test results on a shorter «snapshot» of student achievement could, then, be put in proper perspective with more meaningful authentic measures of student learning, reflected in daily school performance, portfolio and long - term projects, report card information, graduation rate statistics, and school climate surveys.

But in reality, all students tend to do better on multiple - choice tests compared to more authentic or performance - based assessments, and gaps between types of students actually increase when moving away from multiple - choice exams.

That was the era of «authentic assessment» (more accurately termed performance assessment, though that's a different debate).

- New Nissan 370Z continues the bloodline of previous Zs by offering an authentic sports car experience, with enhanced performance and handling thanks to its more compact dimensions and attention to weight - saving -

Additionally, rear or four - wheel drive is more than just a tribute to the most authentic roots of the Alfa Romeo legend: it is also a technical solution which offers high performance and astounding enjoyment.

Rear or four - wheel drive is more than just a tribute to the most authentic roots of the Alfa Romeo legend: it is also a technical solution which guarantees high performance and astounding fun.

Merida itself is also a fantastic and bustling city with lots of unique and interesting things to do including: browsing the huge and vibrant local market; going for a leisurely stroll or jog along the lovely, peaceful and beautiful Paseo de Montejo street; eating authentic Mexican and Yucatecan foods and meals; relaxing in the gorgeous treed Plaza Grande during the day; watching the lively and traditional music and dance performances at the Plaza Grande and other nearby plazas / squares / parks during the evening and nighttime; wandering the streets and admiring the beautiful colonial architecture everywhere; and much more!

For an even more authentic audio experience, fans can journey to Royce Hall in Los Angeles on February 12th, 2017 for a unique (and free) PlayStation performance.

GRID Autosport features more than 100 different routes across 22 amazing locations, authentic real - world car - handling physics, the return of the fan - favorite in - car view and the most sought - after classic and modern high - tech, high - performance race cars.