Sentences with phrase «on standardized tests»

The initiative also led to higher scores on standardized tests for students receiving Title 1 funds.

According to the terms of the state deal, 40 percent of a teacher's annual review will be based on student performance on standardized test scores.

The following chart (some of which I've published before) indicates that schools cream off a select group of students — students who end up doing statistically better on standardized test scores.

We should not evaluate our educational success based on standardized test scores in a few subject areas.

Two - thirds of the American public believes there is too much emphasis on standardized testing in the public schools of their community.

The problem, he says, is that the intense emphasis on standardized testing in recent years has pushed a lot of American schools to focus almost exclusively on academic skills, cognitive skills.

With the national focus on standardized testing as a measure of a school's performance, every bit of time a student spends in the classroom contributes to performance and achievement.

Studies say that kids with higher levels of fitness scored higher on standardized tests — especially in math and reading.

Approximately 71 percent of voters said teacher pay should not be based on how well students perform on standardized tests with only 25 percent agreeing.

Piece by piece, our entire public education system is being redesigned in the service of increasing scores on standardized tests of basic skills.

I saw how bad a bad education can be, with teachers cheating on standardized tests for their kids and where 5th graders could not read.

They also raise important questions about the government's reliance on standardized test results as a guide for regulating the options available to families.

Instead of relying on standardized testing alone, comprehensive teacher evaluations should be conducted and analyzed regularly throughout the year.

It had the lowest Academic Performance Index score, a rating based on standardized test results, in the district.

I discovered the link between poverty and achievement on standardized tests many years ago when working at a state education agency.

The approach estimates a teacher's effectiveness by comparing a student's year - to - year progress on standardized tests.

Develop concepts and skills measured on standardized tests, and enable parents to understand and support the program.

A new study shows that students who achieve the highest gains on standardized tests do not show improvements in their cognitive skills.

But four continued to struggle, with some schools actually having a higher percentage of students performing worse on standardized tests.

Although Rise schools made improvement on a number of metrics, the schools are still posting low proficiency on standardized tests.

And the school districts in the state have stable student achievement levels on their standardized tests.

With that she outlines the two major scandals involving cheating on standardized tests that have been in the news.

Now certainly, could you cut corners and simply target short - term gains on standardized tests by just covering massive amounts of basic knowledge?

Those principals are driving student growth on standardized tests more than are their peers at similar schools.

Our students perform above the state and national averages on standardized tests at all grade levels.

Another rationale for using technology in high school is that it can, in fact, improve the skills needed for success on standardized tests.

The new law focuses less on standardized testing requirements and transfers federal control of school accountability to the states.

Each of those districts performs well above the state average on standardized tests and graduates 96 to 100 percent of its students from high school.

This game - based approach to math has been linked to significant improvement on standardized tests in schools, but unfortunately it is not available to families in the home.

High schools were rated on standardized tests, as well as dropout, attendance and graduation rates.

While there is still a mandate requiring standardized testing, the act provides for a cut in the time spent on standardized testing.

Do «no excuses» charter high schools merely help students succeed on standardized tests?

We support the ban on standardized testing for children in grades 2 and younger.

The bill would permit 12 new or expanded charter schools each year but only in districts performing in the bottom 25 percent on standardized tests.

At every age, kids who'd been subjected to an infant feeding schedule performed more poorly on standardized tests.

He hit the ceiling on every standardized test such as the ACT and IQ tests.

Measuring student growth has been made somewhat easier by recent advances in the tracking of student performance on standardized tests over time.

Students can receive college credit for such courses if they score high enough on standardized tests.

The proposal recommended that colleges that continue to rely on the standardized tests make clear how much influence they have over admission decisions.

I recently had a long, serious talk with my son about how he needs to do well on a standardized test so he can get into an advanced math class.

Easy - to - understand definitions are provided for over 400 mathematical terms and expressions typically found on standardized tests, used in textbooks, and encountered in everyday mathematical situations.

The innovation and new ideas these young teachers hoped to bring to their own classroom are met with an increasing emphasis placed on standardized tests.

Although these items may not appear on any standardized test, they are critically important to the healthy development of the gifted child.

Not one of these competencies is assessed on the standardized tests aligned with the Common Core.

The framework bases between 25 and 40 percent of evaluations on standardized testing results.