Sentences with phrase «national standardized tests like»

Genethia Hudley Hayes and Jose Huizar, the school board members who proposed the motion, say they question whether a national standardized test like the Stanford 9, on which many low - income black and Latino children do poorly, is the best measure.

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• too much school time is given over to test prep — and the pressure to lift scores leads to cheating and other unsavory practices; • subjects and accomplishments that aren't tested — art, creativity, leadership, independent thinking, etc. — are getting squeezed if not discarded; • teachers are losing their freedom to practice their craft, to make classes interesting and stimulating, and to act like professionals; • the curricular homogenizing that generally follows from standardized tests and state (or national) standards represents an undesirable usurpation of school autonomy, teacher freedom, and local control by distant authorities; and • judging teachers and schools by pupil test scores is inaccurate and unfair, given the kids» different starting points and home circumstances, the variation in class sizes and school resources, and the many other services that schools and teachers are now expected to provide their students.

But in hindsight, considering the backlash from Congress and from parents upset about standardized testing, and looking at what the American Educational Research Association and the American Statistical Association and the National Research Council have said about the problems of using value - added models to make personnel decisions... do you feel like those were the right big bets?

Now President Obama, unilaterally, is telling states that they can forget all that as long as they adopt — or at least have «plans» to adopt — reforms to his liking, such as national curriculum standards and teacher evaluations based on student standardized testing progress.

Education reformers misread resilience as a trait they like to call «grit,» and consequently develop misguided policies such as the recent announcement by the federal government that the National Assessment of Educational Progress will create a standardized test to determine whether children have «grit.»

As a group, these mostly Hispanic students have long scored significantly lower than their white peers on standardized tests like the National Assessment of Educational Progress, known as the nation's report card.

As a group, these largely Hispanic students have persistently scored significantly lower than their white peers on standardized tests like the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), known as the nation's report card, despite increased attention to this «achievement gap.»

National veterinary labs like Antech and Idexx use standardized equipment that returns consistently reliable results, so if you're having your pet tested for giardia, I recommend asking your vet whether he or she tests in - house or sends samples out for analysis.