Sentences with phrase «numbers of students tested mean»

Small numbers of students tested mean MCAS score gains in award - winning schools may represent little more than good luck.

Not exact matches

By good I mean that they score comparatively well on state tests, have a goodly number of students who receive passing scores on Advanced Placement tests, send a majority of graduates off to college, and enjoy the support of their respective communities.

(Almost all the African - American students came from schools with average test scores below the district mean; the few that did not had almost identical average impacts, but the number of available observations was too small to recover precise estimates.)

Finally, standardized test scores are strongly correlated with students» demographic characteristics, which means they tend to tell us more about the number of economically advantaged students in any particular school than what they are learning.

The segment covers many facets of the issue, including tying the results to teacher evaluations, the growing number of students boycotting the tests, the history of No Child Left Behind and the sometimes ridiculous and surreal scenes the testing culture creates, like pep rallies with a dancing monkey meant to pump kids up for the test.

That means the number of eighth - grade students who passed AzMERIT is actually higher than what's reported in the test results.

This is a critical attribute of effective assessment that is often overlooked, and is really the number one reason traditional quizzes and tests are not always the most effective means of monitoring student learning.

Below is a table of the students who failed one or more state tests with the number that passed by an alternate means and the number still not meeting state standards.

The emphasis on numbers (grades and LSAT scores) at the exclusion of testing for «resilience, grit, or mental toughness» means that we are admitting students that may not be suited to the profession.