Sentences with phrase «on new tests»

In New York, the number of 3rd through 8th graders achieving at the proficient level on the new tests fell by nearly 50 percent.

Most public school parents (71 %) expected students to score at least as well on the new tests as on the old ones, according to a recent PPIC Statewide Survey.

If the most disadvantaged students are doing more poorly on the new tests, then aren't they telling us that the older tests were obscuring inequity?

Consequently, student scores on these new tests will likely differ from what scores would have been on the current state tests, and teachers» value - added is likely to be different, as well.

[31] All of the analysts noted the importance of making sure that scores on the old tests are predictive of students» performance on the new tests before calculating value - added using data from both tests.

If students» scores on the old tests are weak predictors of their performance on the new tests, it could lead to error in value - added.

On the new tests — devised by a consortium called PARCC, and taken... [Read more...]

But scores on the new tests aren't equally lower for all students.

That was true on the old tests as well, but — as with the previously released high school PARCC scores — the gaps on the new tests are even larger.

In fact, if other states that have adopted new tests geared to the Common Core are any indication, Connecticut will likely see a steep drop in scores on the new tests, which does not necessarily mean that students aren't learning as well, only that they are being tested differently.

It seems likely that the standards will have only a tentative foothold in California schools in 2014 — 15, and that student scores on the new tests will be relatively low.

Andrew Latham — director of Assessment & Standards Development Services at WestEd, a nonprofit that worked with Smarter Balanced and PARCC on the new tests — said the 30 - minute activities may not completely eliminate the benefits of prior knowledge and experience, since the better the discussion goes, the better students will perform.

And he held out the possibility that setting different cutoff scores on the new tests might soften the blow.

On the new tests, just 31 percent of charter students scored proficient, the same as in public schools overall.

«In the old tests a student would just get a vocabulary word by itself and would be asked to find a synonym,» said Andrew Latham, director of Assessment & Standards Development Services at WestEd, a nonprofit that worked with Smarter Balanced and PARCC on the new tests.

Yet charters, which are publicly funded but privately managed, fared particularly poorly on the new tests.

At the same time, I believe that it is appropriate for states to debate this question, and we should expect some states to pull out, especially once the testing starts, and we — as we expect — if the test scores come out and kids do much worse on these new tests than the old tests, then there's going to be huge political pressure for some other states to pull out and it won't be the end of the world.

Cynthia Lim, Executive Director of the Office of Data and Accountabilty for LA Unified, sent a letter to the school board and Superintendent Ramon Cortines last week, warning that the «percentage of students who will have «met or exceeded standards» on the new tests will be lower than the proficiency rates we have seen with the old California Standards Tests.»

Alongside the state legislature, they finally settled on new tests that were introduced in 2015 to measure performance against the new standards.

Now, in the latest measure of faith in the exams, the council of 19 community college presidents announced that they plan to use scores on the new tests for student placement next year.

More recently, black and Latino students in NYC gained the most of any subgroup on new tests aligned with higher standards.

A drop in proficiency rates on the new tests could mean that students are still getting used to the new test format, or that schools are still adjusting to teaching new material, or it could mean that states set higher cut points on the new tests than on their old ones.

That neglect is likelyto become disturbingly apparent on the new tests; it «slikely to be enough to inspire a groundswell of changeat the local level, and ultimately a seismic shift in nationalpriorities.

Why'd they spend $ 330 million on new tests?

Parents will soon receive for the first time their children's scores on new tests aligned to the standards.

For non-disabled kids, New York State is considering the recent recommendations of the statewide Coalition for Multiple Pathways to a Diploma which has recommended alternative routes to a standard diploma for kids who for whatever reason don't do well on the new tests.

Student retention, promotion and placement can not be based primarily on the new tests and their scores on these exams will not appear on students» permanent records until 2018, under the budget provisions.

«We congratulate our students, teachers and administrators for their continued exceptional performance on these new tests, which shows they're mastering knowledge crucial to career and college readiness, and we have set our sights on greater success for every child in the coming year,» Superintendent of Schools Dr. Brian V. Hightower said.

The controversy is based on a new testing methodology these researchers developed that uses mass spectrometry to measure both intact and partially degraded hordein.

Investigators report on a new testing method developed to fill the gap of accurately detecting PMS2 mutations.

It's the real - life story of Olympic - level skier Molly Bloom (played by Jessica Chastain), who quit the sport after physical injury and then embarked on a new test of nerves, running a high - stakes poker game that eventually brought her up on mob and racketeering charges by the FBI in 2013.

For example, teachers who score low on the new test - based teacher evaluation system will not face any consequences for at least two years.

ITP faculty and staff continue to conduct research on new testing initiatives and develop new approaches to assessment and reporting on student achievement.

And the governor and state lawmakers also agreed to a deal that would prevent teachers who score poorly on the new test - based teacher evaluation from being fired until at least 2016.

The State Education Department on Tuesday would not release statistics showing passing rates by ethnicity, but officials have acknowledged that minority teaching candidates have not done as well as white candidates on the new test.

Tied to the future of Common Core is student testing — the Board of Ed will also have to decide on a new test for Hoosier students.

(once per grade span)-- because we have new science standards, a new science assessment will be operational for the 2020 assessment; we will continue with our current assessment on the new testing platform for the next two years

In a fact sheet on the new Testing Action Plan the U.S. Department of Education states, «In too many schools, there is unnecessary testing and not enough clarity of purpose applied to the task of assessing students, consuming too much instructional time and creating undue stress for educators and students.

The state has selected the SAT as our new college assessment and the race is on to prepare students for success on the new test.

This shows that even in top performing school districts, a much lower share of students met the standard on the new test.

The state might not release value - added for some teachers for a few years, instead waiting for multiple prior years of data on the new test to better adjust for differences among classes.

The share scoring proficient or higher on the new test is lower than on the old test, the California Standards Test (CST).

Senator Bill Ketron has indicated he's proposing legislation that will place a moratorium on any new testing until the current TNReady tests are successfully administered.

(v) If you are unable to successfully follow the procedures of paragraphs (b)(4) through (b)(6) of this section on the new test, you must end the collection and put an explanation on the «Remarks» line of the ATF.

To indicate which cars were truly the best, the IIHS had to come up with a way to indicate the cars that performed well on this new test.

Although a criminal element will always seek this treasured material, a lot of demand could dry up based on this new test.

Not exact matches

Here we've compiled a list of seven fascinating individuals whose careers will be worth watching in 2014 — some are new at their job, while others have major tasks on the horizon that will test them in significant ways.

CNBC's Carl Quintanilla reports Starbucks is testing a new order - ahead feature that allows customers to order on their mobile device.

But because it was the first smartphone Samsung launched after discontinuing its Galaxy Note 7 — some of which were found to have a battery defect that could cause it to explode or catch on fire — the company delayed the launch to implement a new safety - testing protocol to ensure the phones» batteries were safe, it said.

Still, since labs are the biggest source of objective data that most doctors have to base decisions on, they need to trust new tests before deciding they're going to start using them.