Sentences with phrase «new test scores indicate»

Four Oregon high schools outperformed the rest, equipping two - thirds or more of their students with the writing, reasoning, research and math skills they'll need in college and in life, new test scores indicate.

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«Our data indicate that head trauma events can be effectively identified by K - D test time scores, and that analyses of this new measure in future studies can establish its role as a rapid sideline screening test for concussion,» she writes.

But in recent weeks, Cuomo has indicated he will begin to emphasize a new direction in education after a legislative session that saw yet more changes to the state's teacher evaluation system that linked performance reviews to tenure as well as student test scores and in - classroom observation.

A handful of school districts and states — including Dallas, Houston, Denver, New York, and Washington, D.C. — have begun using student achievement gains as indicated by annual test scores (adjusted for prior achievement and other student characteristics) as a direct measure of individual teacher performance.

Recent assessments of school - based pre-K programs in Michigan, New Jersey, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and West Virginia indicate that they substantially raise children's vocabulary, math, and reading comprehension test scores at the end of one year.

However, a recent article published in the Albuquerque Journal indicates that, now according to the NMPED, «only three types of test scores are [being] used in the calculation: Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers [PARCC], end - of - course exams, and the [state's new] Istation literacy test.»

At best, the improving state test score evidence, which is specious at best, tells us that the new tests have prompted extended instruction targeted to the test and that higher scores indicate substantial test preparation and not much else.

Reports indicate that part of this increase is related to potential teachers being unable to pass a new state test, known as the Foundations of Reading Test.74 As a result of staffing issues, the Wisconsin DPI has issued an emergency rule easing licensing requirements and is pursuing a rule that would further ease the licensing process and eliminate state GPA and Praxis test score requirements for teacher prep programs.75 This increase in teachers with alternative forms of certification may lead to future problems with teacher retenttest, known as the Foundations of Reading Test.74 As a result of staffing issues, the Wisconsin DPI has issued an emergency rule easing licensing requirements and is pursuing a rule that would further ease the licensing process and eliminate state GPA and Praxis test score requirements for teacher prep programs.75 This increase in teachers with alternative forms of certification may lead to future problems with teacher retentTest.74 As a result of staffing issues, the Wisconsin DPI has issued an emergency rule easing licensing requirements and is pursuing a rule that would further ease the licensing process and eliminate state GPA and Praxis test score requirements for teacher prep programs.75 This increase in teachers with alternative forms of certification may lead to future problems with teacher retenttest score requirements for teacher prep programs.75 This increase in teachers with alternative forms of certification may lead to future problems with teacher retention.

The data further indicates that like charter schools in Hartford and Bridgeport, New Haven's charter schools use what should be illegal tactics to push out certain students who might bring down their standardized test scores.

Hence, what is in store for Connecticut parents, according to Pelto, is what has already occurred in New York State where Pelto indicates «that only 31 percent of all public school students in New York State got a «passing score» on the math and English language arts Common Core tests.»

New research from Library Resource Services indicates that test scores are higher in schools with an endorsed librarian (as opposed to a library staffed solely by parent volunteers and / or a library aide.)