Sentences with phrase «number of standardized tests»

Parents and educators alike have increasingly lashed out against the high number of standardized tests students must take, the high stakes attached to those test results, and the narrowed curriculum that occurs when schools are held accountable for students» test results in only two or three subjects.

As illustrated in the attached chart created by the coalition More Than a Score, which PURE helps convene, the total number of standardized test «events» in CPS this year may run close to 300 for all students and all administrations (see Attachment 1 — More Than a Score chart, «The Reality Behind the «New, Reduced» CPS Assessment Policy»).

At the same time, the 2010 national Common Core standards were being implemented, and the number of standardized tests that students were required to take multiplied.

«More can be done by reducing the number of standardized tests to the minimum required by federal law,» Higgins said.

To summarize, for those caught up in the over-testing angst, the problem may not be the fact that standardized testing occurs each year, but rather the kinds and number of standardized tests that are administered to kids.

This might reduce the number of standardized tests students take, especially if they attend school in a district that has adopted numerous local tests on top of what the state requires.

This year in our school, as in schools across the country, we have seen the number of standardized tests we are required to administer grow sharply, from 25 to more than 50 (in grades 6 - 10).

State lawmakers will hear a bill today that would cap the number of standardized tests students take at four per school year.

Yet Stefan Pryor, Governor Malloy's Commissioner of Education, wants to INCREASE the number of standardized tests and require that school districts rely even more on the results.

Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal (R) signed legislation in early May that both reduced the number of standardized tests that students are subjected to and lowered the importance of «student growth» for the evaluation of teachers.

Today, U.S. Secretary Arnie Duncan and Governor Dan Malloy will be holding a press conference about «education reform» and the Connecticut legislation that increases the number of standardized tests, seeks to improve test scores and begins the process of tying test scores to teacher evaluations so that administrators can determine which teachers to keep and which to let go.

It aims to roll back the number of standardized tests kids take and eliminate the high stakes for students and teachers alike.

WASHINGTON — New Jersey and other states will be eligible for $ 9 million in federal funding to study how to improve or reduce the number of standardized tests students take each year, White House officials announced Friday.

Education leaders are considering drastically cutting the number of standardized tests for public school students.

In fact, the man who tried to quadruple the number of standardized tests in order to «train» student on how to increase their CMT test scores managed to come up with a system that actually appears to have lowered academic achievement as measured by the fraudulent CMT Testing system.

Such political pushback has prompted several states to begin cutting the number of standardized tests mandated for accountability.

The Council of Chief State School Officers and the country's largest school districts have spoken out in favor of reducing the number of standardized tests students take.

The left - leaning national organization looked at the number of standardized tests given in 14 districts — both urban and suburban — in seven states during the 2013 - 14 school year.

Annual testing for many grades would remain in place, but both chambers want schools to cut down on the number of standardized tests.

There are a number of standardized tests available for educators to use, including government regulated testing as well as tests designed by notable early childhood educators and researchers.