Sentences with phrase «objective achievement test scores»

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Recent government education policies seem to assume that academic achievement as measured by test scores is the primary objective of public education.

In tackling this task, Feinberg says, they «backed into» the five essential tenets of the KIPP model: High Expectations (for academic achievement and conduct); Choice and Commitment (KIPP students, parents, and teachers all sign a learning pledge, promising to devote the time and effort needed to succeed); More Time (extended school day, week, and year); Power to Lead (school leaders have significant autonomy, including control over their budget, personnel, and culture); and Focus on Results (scores on standardized tests and other objective measures are coupled with a focus on character development).

Since ESSA requires the use of proficiency rates, one design objective is a combination of measures on academic achievement to reduce both the short - term gaming around «bubble kids» (both real and perceived) and also the long - term incentive to lowball cut - scores for various achievement bands on statewide tests.

You write, «I respectfully disagree with your suggestion that the closest thing states have to an objective measure of student achievement [value - added growth scores based on standardized tests] should not be part of the equation.»

But our private school had been given objective documentation that Simbuilder's math skills were considerably out of grade level: he had scored near the top of 5th grade on the Woodcock - Johnson individual achievement tests the summer before 1st grade.

This technically excellent, turnkey assessment solution provides the instrument needed for objective measurement of achievement coupled with the automation of online testing, scoring, and reporting.

The student demonstrated intellectual giftedness as evidenced by any of the following: standardized achievement test scores (90th + percentile), scores on tests of general aptitude (125 + IQ), or other objective and subjective indicators of potential for well - above - average academic performance.

SGO in one paragraph: The «student growth objective» is a second measure that will look at student achievement beyond state test scores.

Along with observations, scores on student learning objectives, and survey responses, [10] they might also include the value that teachers bring to student outcomes other than achievement test scores.

Scores analyzed included those from the Academic Performance Index (API), Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP), Annual Measurable Achievement Objectives (AMAO) and the California English Language Development Test (CELDT).