Sentences with phrase «n't boost test scores»

They say they've tried repeatedly to get the message across to teachers that spending time on reading comprehension «skills» won't boost test scores.

Heavier sanctions required for schools that do not boost test scores have previously been shown to be counter-productive; • The requirement that limited English proficient students score «proficient» on English exams is self - contradictory, as is the provision that most children with special needs demonstrate competency in the same manner as other students; • Education is being damaged as students are coached to pass tests rather than taught a rich curriculum that will help prepare them for life in the 21st Century; and • The federal government has failed to adequately fund the law.

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Not only did eating chocolate immediately boost participants» test scores, the study revealed that eating small amounts of chocolate daily boosted cognitive performance over a long period of time.

They can't handle those kids, have no answers and cherrypick the most motivated families to boost test scores.

In contrast, the alternative pathway that requires prospective teachers to take courses that are not transferable to other fields yields teachers who are less effective at boosting student test scores than either traditional - route teachers or teachers who entered the profession through other alternative pathways.

Performance incentives may cause schools and teachers to redirect their efforts toward the least costly ways of raising test scores, at the expense of actions that do not boost scores but may be important for students» long - term welfare.

To be sure, there is nothing in our current forms of direct evaluation that requires schools and teachers to abandon a broad, knowledge - laden curriculum to boost test scores; but it should be abundantly clear that if the field hasn't gotten this message nearly fifteen years after No Child Left Behind, it's not going to.

In an effort to boost their students» NCLB test scores, many teachers jettison curricular content that — albeit important — is not apt to be covered on an upcoming test.

Granted, the boost to starting salaries is not as great as some advocates would like — the New Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce has called for starting salaries of $ 45,000 — but remember that this new schedule is based on the arbitrary decision to reward credentials that improve test scores by 1 percent of a standard deviation with a 1 percent boost in salary.

In this small, mostly African - American, overwhelmingly poor town in rural South Carolina, Kingstree Junior High School's new principal, Margie Myers, was desperate to boost dismal test scores and rein in severe discipline problems — without spending money she didn't have.

It should not surprise us that private schooling boosts student attainment more than it does test scores.

These BBA blog posts offer a range of perspectives on the importance of attending to children's mental and physical well - being in order to boost learning: In Crunching Test Scores Isn't Enough, veteran DCPS high school...

Recently, Duckworth heard about the school that was instituting a Grit Week in order to boost its students standardized testing scores, a goal she 100 percent would not have picked, for one simple reason: Who ever heard of a teenager being passionate about standardized tests?

At Roberts, an alternative high school in Salem, Oregon, the focus is not only on boosting test scores but also on raising up the whole student — and the result is that academic success follows.

Still, Charter School Center CEO James Merriman says the demographics aren't what boosted the charters» state test scores above those of district schools by 11.2 % in English and 0.7 % in math this year.

«Another unanswered question is why we aren't investing education resources in community schools that will educate all children, instead of cherry - picking students to boost standardized test scores.

Schools across the country are increasingly turning to wraparound services after recognizing that earlier efforts like creating new schools and putting pressure on teachers to boost test scores were not sufficient to help children living in poverty.

The overall results illustrate two fundamental problems: It's easier to boost scores in math than it is in reading, and the test scores of older students have not increased.

Since parents helped found the school in 1999, contracting with Mosaica Education to provide management services and curriculum, the school has not only increased its students» test scores, but also boosted their attendance, self - confidence, and social skills though bringing the arts and hands - on learning activities into all aspects of the school.

Grothman says putting more money into the budget for certain positions, such as librarians, is not the answer to boosting low test scores in reading and math.

And, although the first batch of accountability data on Restart schools won't come in until February, school district leaders say they believe charter freedoms will allow some traditional public schools to boost test scores.

Preschool's Hidden Value May Be in Combating Poverty Head Start may not boost school test scores, but researchers find long - term, multi-generational benefits in the program.