High stakes testing is an inaccurate measure of the knowledge of students because it rates them based on how they did on a single day and
on a single test rather than on how they did during a full year of work and on many different kinds of assessment methods.
Not exact matches
Rather than using a battery of surveys and a matchmaking algorithm to pair potential dates like many other popular dating sites, Cupid believes that «the best way to find a compatible romantic partner is to spend time getting to know local
singles — not by trusting some guys in lab coats to match you with your soul mate based
on superficial
test results.»
To that end,
rather than a final release of Age of Empires: Definitive Edition
on October 19, we will instead be inviting thousands more players from the community into our closed beta between now and launch to allow for more in - depth
testing across
single player campaign, multiplayer balance, fine - tuning the lobby, etc..
Rather than bet their legacy
on a
single idea such as universal pre-school or school choice, Kane argues that state policymakers should use the ESSA evidence requirements to create the infrastructure for piloting and
testing interventions.
Tests could therefore be administered
on an as - needed basis
rather than at a
single, set time each year.
Therefore, when policymakers seek to reward schools for improvements in
test scores, they should do so based
on multiple years
rather than a
single year of data.
Some of these assessments are based
on work done over a long period of time,
rather than a
single test taken in a few hours.
Albuquerque Teachers Federation President Ellen Bernstein told the Journal that the poll «indicates that voters are starting to understand the issues with these high - stakes teacher evaluations and how this skews what happens in the classroom to focus narrowly
on a
single test,
rather than
on the deep, well - rounded education that students deserve.»
In other words, the diploma potentially captures achievements over time,
rather than the ability to do well
on a short, mostly multiple - choice
test taken
on a
single day.
They can be administered at different times, enabling students to take them when they are ready to demonstrate that they have met the standards,
rather than
on a
single «one - size - fits - all»
testing date.
«Teachers should never be evaluated
on the basis of a
single consideration, such as
test scores, much less a
single score from a
single test, but
rather on the basis of multiple measures that include both learning outcomes and effective practices, with approximately 50 percent associated with each.»
We teach for success throughout life
rather than
on a
single test.
It relies
on a combination of clinical and diagnostic findings
rather than a
single screening
test result as is often the case in dogs.
[
Rather] than a final release of Age of Empires: Definitive Edition
on October 19, we will instead be inviting thousands more players from the community into our closed beta between now and launch to allow for more in - depth
testing across
single player campaign, multiplayer balance, fine - tuning the lobby, etc..
Nearly 80 percent of long term child poverty occurs in broken or never - married families.Each year government spends over $ 200 billion
on means -
tested aid to families with children; three quarters of this aid flows to
single parent families.Children raised without a father in the home are more likely to experience: emotional and behavioral problems, school failure; drug and alcohol abuse, crime, and incarceration.The beneficial effects of marriage
on individuals and society are beyond reasonable dispute, and there is a broad and growing consensus that government policy should promote
rather than discourage healthy marriage.