Sentences with phrase «not against all standardized tests»

I am not against standardized tests.

Parents frustrated by the system say they're not against all standardized tests but resent the many hours their kids spend filling in multiple - choice bubbles and the wide - ranging consequence that poor scores carry.

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But in the book I do argue against the intense national focus on standardized tests, which measure a fairly narrow range of cognitive skills and turn out to be not very effective predictors of the educational goals that I think we should care about, especially college - graduation rates.

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.

We also know that standardized tests are systematically biased against low SES and disadvantaged students, and therefore, they are not a valid or appropriate sole or primary criterion as currently configured.

Concludes that many tests are inaccurate or biased against minority and low - income students, and that relying on standardized tests to make decisions results in worse, not better, education.

It's not that parents and voters have turned against the principle of using of standardized tests to monitor school and student performance: National surveys continue to show 2 - to - 1 support for the practice.

What we already knew was that shifting from a paper - based standardized testing program to a computer based program would discriminate against those who haven't been sufficiently trained to use computers or don't have equal access to computers.

And my answer, though not scientific (and I'm certainly open to other suggestions), is that the only material change was the watering down of expectations embodied in the standards and assessment system beginning in 2010 with the relentless campaign against standardized testing and continuing through the recent legislative session.

Mulgrew stated that both State Education Commissioner John King and Chancellor Dennis Walcott told him they were against standardized testing for pre K to grade 2 but Mulgrew went on to say that 36 schools were giving bubble tests to kids of this age and that he talked to a teacher who reported that some of these students could not even hold a pencil.

Muir says that although the school did administer a standardized achievement test, that program did not: 1) provide a sufficient measure of proficiency against state requirements; 2) enable progress monitoring; or 3) include math - skills benchmarking.

During our follow - up conversations with districts, we found cases where teacher recommendations are biased against high - achieving minority students; we also found cases where teacher recommendations are advancing minority students who do not test well on standardized tests.

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.

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As the backlash against standardized testing intensifies and Congress begins rewriting NCLB, Anya Kamenetz's book couldn't arrive at a better time.

One can only assume that Polis doesn't like the fact that Ravitch (and many other pro-education advocates) have revealed the fact that charter schools traditionally «increase» their standardized test scores by «creaming» off the best students, discriminating against non-English speaking students and refusing to take their fair share of students who need special education services.

Like all standardized tests, the Common Core SBAC discriminates against students who come from poor households, students who are not fluent in the English language and students who have special education needs.

To make sure that students are given the minimum amount of standardized tests to see what kids are learning well, or not well, and to measure students against each other.

The results are another mark against standardized tests, which have become a point of contention among parents, students, teachers, principals, and essentially anyone else who doesn't profit off their continued existence.