Sentences with phrase «more bubble tests»

But, it's an unfortunate comment on today's education debate that my quest to align public funding with effectiveness is seen as a call for more bubble tests.

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Light from the collision should help test Einstein's theory of general relativity, and tell us more about two huge bubbles of hot gas at the centre of the Milky Way that the black hole may have spawned.

These and other distinctions mean that assessments that truly measure the Common Core will likely look different from current state tests, necessary as we move from fill - in - the - bubble tests toward more engaging assessments that better mirror good instruction in the classroom.

Such assessments cost more than bubble tests, but they push teaching in the directions intended by the standards.

The tests, by SBAC and Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers, will both be administered mostly on computers and will feature more open - ended questions than the traditional «fill in the bubble» exams to which students have grown accustomed.

The new tests are meant to be much more difficult than typical standardized tests, with many more open - response questions and essays in addition to fill - in - the - bubble multiple choice.

President Obama has now succumbed to the firestorm in opposition to standardized and «high stakes» testing that has swept the country over the past several years, even picking up on the talking points — «Learning is about so much more than just filling in the right bubble».

Read more — Feds Award $ 330 Million To Find Alternatives to High - Stakes Bubble Tests

Administered online, PARCC is designed to require more writing and critical thinking than the old bubble tests.

Apparently the belief in this school, and probably others, is that by humiliating these students, segregating them from their fellow classmates and preventing them from having popcorn and cotton candy will provide them with a powerful incentive to forgo their anxieties and be more attentive when it comes to filling in the bubbles on next year's CMT test.

One study found that teachers under high - stakes testing spent more time teaching «bubble kids» who were close to passing, at the expense of students elsewhere on the bell curve.

Traditional multiple - choice assessments with bubbles struggle to meet the needs of both the new national test and more importantly the learning needs of our students.

Using language that evoked some of his fiercest critics, Mr. Duncan wrote in a blog post, «I believe testing issues today are sucking the oxygen out of the room in a lot of schools,» and he added that teachers needed time to adapt to new standards and tests that emphasize more than simply filling in bubbled answers to multiple - choice questions.

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Castle of Illusion, obviously, isn't on the Mini, but many more testing platformers are, from the Mario games to Bubble Bobble and the genuinely fuck - this - thing - I - am - done - with - it frustrating original Castlevania (both dating from» 86).

The character sheet has more bubbles than a standardized test, and finding which character you're looking to play as is a pain to scroll through.

It focused on laboratory tests in which coccolithophores were grown in water made more acidic by infusing it with bubbles of air with elevated concentrations of carbon dioxide.

It works more consistently on the U11 than it did when I tested the U Ultra, offering regular restaurant and battery - saving tips via a little bubble that pops up on the side of the screen and in the notification shade.