Sentences with phrase «of standardized tests as»

The state does not require the use of standardized tests as part of the identification process.

During the past 20 years, there has been a steady increase in the use of standardized tests as accountability measures (Linn, 2000; Madaus & Tan, 1993).

Moreover, the change in the stifling use of standardized tests as a weapon against public school teachers will deal a deadly blow to the corporate education reformers in the country who relied on these tests for denigrating teachers as well as for closing public schools and for the expansion of charter schools.

Despite the extremes to which data - driven obsession over academic «outcomes» have driven us, I don't think any of us in the charter school world would deny the usefulness of standardized tests as a diagnostic tool or argue for their elimination.

In rewriting ESEA, Congress maintained the commitment of federal funding to disadvantaged students and ended the use of standardized tests as the sole basis for accountability.

This approach is different from using value - added measures of standardized tests as a significant component in an evaluation and separates the San Jose system from one favored by reform groups like StudentsFirst.

Nationwide, there is a growing trend toward the adoption of standardized tests as a means to de - termine promotion and graduation.

We used performance on 12 of these standardized tests as rough measures of the average level of cognitive skill in a given country.

The rise in the number of non-traditional superintendents can be tied, in part, to the rise of standardized tests as a measure of what is happening in the classroom, according to the AASA's Jay Matthews.

But using the format of a standardized test as a teaching tool can enhance student learning — the question is how to do this in a way that captures students» interest.

«The whole idea of standardized testing as a graduation requirement is a bad idea.»

«The Massachusetts Teachers Association has been deeply disappointed by Commissioner Chester's infatuation with the use of standardized testing as a tool to evaluate student, educator and school performance, especially in light of the research that shows it to be primarily a reflection of [the] zip code [in which students live],» wrote MTA President Barbara Madeloni in an email to baystateparent.

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Wuthnow is most concerned about how the hegemony of government standards eventually erodes the freedom and particularity of congregations — just as standardized tests have eroded the freedom and particularity of schools.

His survey of the social science literature on the topic usefully, if sometimes turgidly, compiles the growing evidence that homeschooled children learn more than their counterparts, at least to the extent that standardized tests measure learning, and are emotionally healthier as well, at least to the extent that psychologists» «self - esteem and self - concept» scales truly capture emotional health.

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A wonderlic result doesn't take into account a players» level of test anxiety or other factors such as educational training for standardized tests in the past.

Only one black was among the 37 university presidents who framed the legislation, and representatives of predominantly black schools were incensed by the weight given to the standardized tests, which have been widely and persuasively attacked as culturally biased in favor of white, middle - class youngsters.

Jackson had access to each student's scores on the statewide standardized test, and he used that as a rough measure of their cognitive ability.

Finally, in Houston in 2010 — 11, he gave cash incentives to fifth - grade students in 25 low - performing public schools, as well as to the parents and teachers of those students, with the intent of increasing the time they spent on math homework and improving their scores on standardized math tests.

For example, just six Jolly Rancher candies handed out as a classroom reward have almost 6 teaspoons of added sugar, while one Capri Sun juice pouch and five hard peppermint candies given to «boost energy» on standardized testing days contain almost 8 teaspoons.

Ivy League admission departments are not placing as much consideration on standardized test results and are relying more on the personal interview and creative endeavors of applicants.

TOUGH: Well, I think part of it has to do with education policy, that we've been so focused on standardized tests as the measure of whether a school is doing well that we're not giving schools the time and the incentive to work on these other skills.

We don't need the best or fancy for our kids, but our school is rated, based on the standardized tests taken in grade 3 and 6, as a 2/10 (or, put another way, out of 3037 schools in our province, our local school is currently sitting at 2986/3037 with a continuing downward trend.

However, the N.Y.U. researchers knew that in recent years, trainers working with athletes in sports such as boxing and mixed martial arts, where concussions are common, had begun supplementing the Standardized Assessment with a simple vision exam, known as the King - Devick test, during which someone reads slightly jumbled lines of numbers printed on three cards as quickly as possible.

Once attached to a player's helmet (a hockey version is available now, versions for football, lacrosse, and ski and snowboard helmets will be introduced in 2012) The ShockboxTM sensor measures the G - Force of a hit to the helmet from any direction, and then sends the data wirelessly via Bluetooth to the athletic trainer, coach or parent's smart phone to alert them when the athlete suffers a traumatic head impact that may be concussive so they can be removed from the game or practice for evaluation on the sideline using standard concussion assessment tools, such as the Standardized Assessment of Concussion, Sports Concussion Assessment Tool (SCAT2) or King - Devick test.

And, when research uses standardized tests to measure homework's impact, she continued, it is difficult to gauge how much of the overall improvement or decline in test scores is due to student learning in the classroom context as opposed to student learning from homework.

As Dr. Leverenz told MomsTEAM after publication of the first Purdue study, the limitation of screening tools currently being used to assess neurocognitive function on the sports sideline, such as the Standardized Assessment of Concussion (SAC)[21] and the Sports Concussion Assessment Tool 3 (SCAT3)[22], is that they test verbal memory, not the visual memory which he and the Purdue researchers found impaired in the functionally, but not clinically impaired, players who experienced at least short - term neurologic trauma from RHAs Dr. Leverenz told MomsTEAM after publication of the first Purdue study, the limitation of screening tools currently being used to assess neurocognitive function on the sports sideline, such as the Standardized Assessment of Concussion (SAC)[21] and the Sports Concussion Assessment Tool 3 (SCAT3)[22], is that they test verbal memory, not the visual memory which he and the Purdue researchers found impaired in the functionally, but not clinically impaired, players who experienced at least short - term neurologic trauma from RHas the Standardized Assessment of Concussion (SAC)[21] and the Sports Concussion Assessment Tool 3 (SCAT3)[22], is that they test verbal memory, not the visual memory which he and the Purdue researchers found impaired in the functionally, but not clinically impaired, players who experienced at least short - term neurologic trauma from RHI.

As a significant part of the AP Program is a standardized test does the program teach the higher level skills that require nurturing in regular high school courses, or is it also prey to teaching to the test?

Breastfed children had higher mean scores on tests of cognitive ability; performed better on standardized tests of reading, mathematics, and scholastic ability; were rated as performing better in reading and mathematics by their class teachers; had higher levels of achievement in school - leaving examinations; and less often left school without educational qualifications.

Infants would be examined by medical providers at regular intervals for the presence of atopic dermatitis (using standardized scoring methods) as well as food allergic symptoms and other allergic disease (confirmed by IgE testing), and not just the presence of allergic sensitization.

«We're going to work to, no pun intended, educate my colleagues on the importance of not using a standardized test as the Holy Grail for evaluating kids,» Tedisco said.

Assemblyman Jim Tedisco (R,C,I - Glenville) today is calling on New York's congressional delegation to prevent the U.S. Department of Education from carrying out a threat to sanction New York schools as punishment for the hundreds of thousands of students who opted - out of grades 3 - 8 Common Core standardized tests this month.

The bill reflects an unusual alliance of Republican lawmakers who see the Common Core Learning Standards as a federal intrusion on local decision - making and Democratic lawmakers who oppose the use of standardized tests to sanction teachers and schools.

ALBANY — Outgoing state education commissioner John King hopes to help school leaders in other states navigate the difficult transition to the Common Core standards and related standardized testing in his new position as the second - highest ranking official in the U.S. Department of Education.

While he has protected and promoted the growth of charter schools, other aspects of his education policy have not gone as planned - these include the rollout of the common core learning standards and tougher teacher evaluations by tying them more closely to the results of student standardized test scores.

Just as Mr. Cuomo was unenthusiastic about permanent mayoral control, Mr. de Blasio was unenthusiastic about Mr. Cuomo's education reform agenda, particularly his push to increase the use of standardized testing to measure teachers and his plans to take state control of struggling schools.

They also pointed out how the education department has made recent adjustments to standardized testing, such as reducing the number of questions and testing time on state assessments for students in grades 3 through 8 this school year, and receiving a federal waiver to stop «double testing» in math for seventh and eighth graders through a combination of state and federal testing.

ALBANY — Teachers» unions are leveraging an unprecedented statewide protest of standardized testing in public schools as their latest weapon in a war with Governor Andrew Cuomo over education reform — whether the parent activists who began the so - called «opt out» movement like it or not.

New York City schools and a handful of districts statewide have used the standardized tests under Common Core for grades 3 through 8 as a factor in promoting students to the next grade.

It reminds New York that part of the agreement for receiving what are known as Title I funds was that the majority of students take the standardized tests.

Angry teachers held a mock grand jury Tuesday night and indicted Governor Cuomo for such things as depriving students of enough school aid to meet the State Constitution and forcing standardized tests on students.

At 7:50 a.m., as part of today's citywide «Protect Our Schools» demonstrations, Manhattan Councilman Ben Kallos, families and teachers participate in rallies to express opposition to state government proposals concerning standardized testing and teacher evaluations, P.S. 183 Robert L. Stevenson, 419 E. 66th St., Manhattan.

The measure also comes as school districts across the state on Tuesday reported high numbers of students choosing to opt out of the current round of English Language Arts standardized tests that will run for the next two weeks.

«He's putting so much focus on test scores that are going to be detrimental to our school because the overwhelming majority of our kids don't speak English at home and don't perform as well on standardized tests,» she said.

The mass granting of waivers to delay the new teacher rating system comes as political leaders, including President Obama and his Education Secretary Arne Duncan, are shifting away from an emphasis on standardized testing.

As State Senator, she'll work every day to ensure that Westchester schools get their fair share; stand strong against the misuse and overuse of standardized testing; and protect the rights of parents to have a say in their children's schools.

The evaluation system pushed by Cuomo as part of this 2010 re-election campaign devotes half of a teacher's evaluation on their students» performance on standardized test scores that teacher unions argue is a poor measure of a teacher's ability.

The law, which bases as much as 50 percent of teachers» job ratings on student test scores, was strengthened during a time when more rigorous standardized exams, based on the national Common Core academic standards, were being introduced into classrooms.