Sentences with phrase «movement against the test»

The movement against the test spread to several district schools.

Not exact matches

The battle against «demon rum» became increasingly intense as the century progressed and many a Protestant minister came to believe that the chief test of a man's character was to be found in whether or not he drank spirituous liquors and that the cause of Christianity rose or fell with the fortunes of the temperance movement.

from where i'm sitting, conor's strengths: - long and athletic - great power in his hands and feet - throws with speed & accuracy - uses all 8 points of contact (and uses them all in multiple ways)- uses good footwork to circle away from power shots and to control pace / location of fight - has shown good to great TD defense (until tired)- has good chin (tested several times and the proof appears to be in the pudding, as they say)- displays good head movement which allows him to absorb fewer strikes while within range - excellent counter puncher (able to get in and out fast using his karate style stance)- has shown better conditioning at lw than fw or ww - has incredible fight iq (lone exception in the ufc was against nate in first fight when he was clearly fatigued)

The Gunners were devastating against Villa from the off, teasing and testing their opponents with beautiful passing, delightful movement and some wicked strikes on goal.

Parents in New York also had complaints against standardized testing and organized an Opt - Out movement.

Pellegrino, a West Islip resident and leader in Long Island's «opt - out» movement against standardized student testing, is facing Conservative Tom Gargiulo of Babylon, a retired teacher and coach who also has the backing of Republicans and the Independence Party.

The core samples were then tested against tide - gauge measurements and then corrected against the vertical movement of the land.

While isolating the weak muscle as during muscle testing, the patient is taught to contract and resist as the practitioner gives verbal cues and the appropriate isometric resistance against the weak muscle's direction of movement.

The statistic not only showed the growing strength of the «opt out» movement against standardized testing, but also put immediate pressure on state and federal officials, who must now decide whether to penalize schools and districts with low participation rates.

Space is too short to highlight every noteworthy feature, but here are a few that have stood time's test: E. D. Hirsch's placement of progressive education within the Romantic tradition (first issue), Joel Best's skeptical view of school violence (2002), Michael Podgursky's discovery of the well - paid teacher (2003), Bruno Manno's and Bryan Hassel's takes on the charter movement (2003), Brian Jacob and Steve Levitt's technique for catching teachers who cheat (2004), Barry Garelick's jeremiad against progressive math (2005), Frederick Hess and Martin West's exposé of school «strike phobia» (2006), Roland Fryer's identification of «acting white» (2006), Clay Christiansen and Michael Horn's vision for virtual learning (2008), and Milton Gaither's authoritative look at home schooling (2009).

In response to the added pressure this year, a movement against standardized testing is gathering steam as some parents decide to let their children opt out of the tests.

She became a vocal critic of the standardized testing movement and raised alarms on the outsize role that testing is playing in public education: taking over the time students spend in the classroom, being used as a weapon against their teachers, and distracting from the real problem of unequal opportunities for students.

Today's announcement that the U.S. Department of Education will consider proposals from states to delay test - based teacher evaluation reflects belated recognition of the growing movement against standardized exam overuse and misuse.

Malloy implemented an extremely prejudicial evaluation system for teachers, brought in Common Core and its associated testing (SBAC), crushed the OPT OUT movement, reduced funding for public schools while increasing funding for Achievement First Charter Schools, increased funding for CONNCan (a private Charter School advocacy group), appointed Stefan Pryor (CEO of Achievement First) as Commissioner of Education, vastly increased standardized testing throughout the state, and tried to abolish of tenure for teachers, all endorsed and supported by Melodie Peters against the wishes of the membership in CT..

Duncan said he is committed to working with the GOP on a rewrite of the 14 - year - old law, itself a reauthorization of the 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act, and gave a nod to the growing national movement against standardized testing, urging Congress to set limits on how much time students should spend on state and district standardized testing — and to report to parents if they blow past those limits.

During the 2012 - 2013 public school year, actions against high - stakes tests included a successful teachers strike in Chicago, an effective boycott in Seattle, student walkouts in Denver and Portland, demonstrations in Providence and opt - out movements in dozens of communities.

Over the past several years, many parents and students have begun to launch movements against overtesting and the high stakes testing movement.

With congressional efforts underway to reauthorize No Child Left Behind, a burgeoning movement of educators, school administrators, parents and students has blossomed in the fight against high - stakes standardized testing.

As the opt out movement explodes nationwide, the tour for the new book, More Than a Score: The New Uprising Against High Stakes Testing has been generating inspiration, excitement, strategy, and tactics in the struggle against unfair testing across the Against High Stakes Testing has been generating inspiration, excitement, strategy, and tactics in the struggle against unfair testing across the Testing has been generating inspiration, excitement, strategy, and tactics in the struggle against unfair testing across the against unfair testing across the testing across the county.

While our new Commissioner is preparing to go on a speaking and listening tour of the state, she would do well to try to understand exactly why New York is the current leader in the nationwide Opt Out movement against today's standardized testing policies, having seen test refusals jump from nearly 60,000 in 2014 to 200,000 in 2015.

Because the stakes attached to these tests are different for different communities, this new movement against standardized testing would do well to embrace a multifaceted approach.

If the power of solidarity is going to reclaim our schools, more affluent, predominantly white activists will need to develop an anti-racist understanding of the movement against standardized testing and the barriers that communities of color face to joining — including the very real fear from parents of color that their children's schools will be shut down if they don't encourage them to score well on the tests.

Please share these reviews with your educational community, invite the contributing authors to speak to your community on our book tour, and consider preordering More Than a Score to help inspire and plan the movement against high - stakes testing at your school.

What is happening in New York is indicative of a groundswell of popular dissent — what Peter Rothberg, a journalist for the Nation and a New York City parent, called a «nationwide movement» — against the overuse and abuse of standardized testing in public schools.

«If you're a parent of a 3rd to 8th grader, we encourage you to learn more about opting out... If you're not a parent of a 3rd to 8th grader... show your solidarity with the parent - led movement against high - stakes testing — then spread the word.

Ravitch has been the titular leader of the movement against corporate school reform since the publication of her 2010 book, «The Death and Life of the Great American School System,» which explains why she had abandoned her support for No Child Left Behind and test - based school reform.

And today DFER stepped forward to speak out against the growing opt - out movement and explained the purpose of the Common Core testing program.

As Diane Ravitch, the nation's leading public education advocate, noted on one of her blog posts today, «one of the crucial elements in the grassroots movement to roll back the tide of high - stakes testing started in Texas, when school board after school board voted to oppose high - stakes testing, and eventually more than 80 % of the state's school boards voted against high - stakes testing.»

Author, speaker & outspoken advocate against the current Standards movement, particularly as driven by high - stakes, fill - in - the - blank tests.

The movement to push back against the domination of testing in public education includes participants with diverse educational views — from people who believe the Federal government has no role in public education to parents of special education students outraged that their children are subjected to inappropriate measure.

They have already taken a strong and public stand against toxic testing and the privatization movement.

Parents from Change the Stakes will be joining us to discuss why a growing parent movement against the high stakes nature of these tests is mounting not just in NYC but statewide and nationally.

MORE is building a movement against privatization, school closings, and high stakes testing.

The ballet tests basic tenants of the genre — roles that are traditionally gender specific become abstracted, ruthless movements manipulate and redirect classical pointe work — while deconstructing pivotal, but cliché moments from historical ballets against a backdrop of Western swagger.

The partnership resulted in the My Status is Not a Secret campaign, a movement to encourage everyone to get tested, get educated, and get active in the fight against HIV / AIDS.

Although ethereum's march past $ 1,000 occurred against a backdrop of a wider altcoin surge, at least a portion of its movement is likely tied to the announcement that the Casper consensus algorithm had entered alpha testing, complete with a public testnet, paving the way for the network to transition from proof - of - work (PoW) to proof - of - stake (PoS).