Figlio's study used student - level data from 2002 — 03 to 2012 — 13 and rigorous quasi-experimental methods to investigate the program's impact
on state test results.
While NAEP, the Nation's Report Card, scores are the gold standard for measuring student achievement and serve as a yardstick for state comparisons, NAEP results are generally not known by students and their families, who rely
on their state test results to know how they are performing.
Not exact matches
About the ratings: GreatSchools ratings are based
on a comparison of
test results for all schools in the
state.
In her latest book, The Death and Life of the Great American School System, she charges that the
state reading and math
tests mandated by the No Child Left Behind Act lower the bar, produce inconsistent
results, lack content, promote cheating, and encourage teachers to waste time
on test - taking strategies.
I just want to anticipate the
result by telling this woman that such a condition — which is anything but pleasant — is always only a
state of
testing / preparation / changing before God is going to reveal Himself
on a higher level than before.
Deleon says
test results fo these products varied widely from their
stated protein levels, with some products even
testing at little more than one - tenth the levels of protein promised
on their labeling.
An underground CPM in my
state, where they aren't licensed, was brought before a grand jury
on several counts of negligence including ignoring GBS
test results and / or misleading people about them.
Government inspectors were
testing baby formula around China and plan to release their
results on Tuesday, said Li Changjiang, head of the
State Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, according to the Xinhua news agency.
Government inspectors are
testing baby formula around China and plan to release their
results on Tuesday, said Li Changjiang, head of the
State Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, according to the Xinhua news agency.
The release of the latest round of standardized
test results on Wednesday re-opened an ongoing political battle between Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the
state's teachers unions.
The New York
state Department of Health held two pubic information sessions Thursday in Newburgh
on the second set of PFOS blood
test results.
A moratorium
on using
test results in teacher evaluations remains in place for this year, but the teachers union has continued to press the
State Education Department to reset the
testing benchmarks.
Under the new «emergency regulation,» educators still would get annual «growth» scores from Albany based
on results of
state tests given during the moratorium, but the scores would be advisory.
Parent groups want Cuomo and
state lawmakers to repeal the tough teacher - evaluation law passed last spring, which bases up to about half of teachers ratings
on student
test results.
As a
result of the testimony given, the report recommends the
state Department of Education immediately address several concerns, such as expediting waivers from the U.S. Department of Education «to relax onerous and rigid
testing restrictions placed
on certain students,» especially with English as a Second Language students and students with disabilities; producing all missing or incomplete curriculum modules; aligning assessments proportionally to curriculum actually implemented; and increasing funding for the professional development of teachers.
On the day the
results of the
state tests were announced,
state Department of Environmental Conservation acting commissioner Basil Seggos and top Cuomo aide Jim Malatras visited the Rensselaer County village to meet with concerned residents.
Despite missing pages and mislabeling
on some English language arts
tests taken yesterday by students across the
state, SED will not throw out the
results.
New York
State United Teachers president Richard Iannuzzi is calling for a three - year moratorium
on using the
test results for «high - stakes» decisions, such as whether to promote a student or discipline a teacher.
They include ensuring that the new Common Core
test results for third through eight graders will not count
on students» permanent records and an end to the
State Education Department's contract with a private company, called InBloom, to input students» personal records and data.
General Secretary of the NASUWT has written to the Secretary of
State calling
on her to immediately end the uncertainty being faced by primary schools as a
result of the Key Stage 2 SATs
test being compromised
For the first time, New York City students caught up to their peers around the
state in English, officials said
on Friday in announcing the
results for the standardized
tests given to third through eighth graders this year.
Please read the letter from the New York
State Department of Health regarding our water
testing results, as well as the
results themselves by clicking
on the links below.
The
state health department mailed the
test results on a Friday, so many arrived over the weekend.
Mayor Bill de Blasio
on Thursday declined to back down from earlier remarks that charter school gains
on state exams were partially a
result of excessive
test preparation, during an appearance
on «The Brian Lehrer Show.»
In
test results released Friday, 38 % of city students scored proficient in English - a jump of nearly eight percentage points from last year that put the city's scores
on par with the
state overall for the first time.
The Akwa Ibom
State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Dominic Ukpong, on Monday, disclosed that three suspected cases of Lassa fever had been recorded in the state, with one confirmed case of a patient who died before her test result came
State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Dominic Ukpong,
on Monday, disclosed that three suspected cases of Lassa fever had been recorded in the
state, with one confirmed case of a patient who died before her test result came
state, with one confirmed case of a patient who died before her
test result came out.
To be sure that the bees» flying behavior
resulted from their underlying emotional
state and was not simply a sugar high, the researchers
tested the insects
on other, unfamiliar flowers in new colors.
Host Matt Lauer
stated that the Today show would have Mr. Karason back
on when the
results from his blood silver level
tests were available.
Now,
results from the
tests students took last spring won't be available until at least February after the
state school board discovered a problem that led to incorrect scores
on the science portion of the 11th grade
test, graded by San Antonio - based Harcourt Assessment.
Some key reforms live
on, including the federal requirement that
states test their students in reading and math from grades 3 through 8 and once in high school, disaggregate the
results, and report the information to the public; and the requirement that
states intervene in the bottom five percent of their schools.
But in a nod to just how hard it is to master algebra, the
state put a curve
on the
test results so that students in 2012 had to answer just 30 percent of the answers correct to earn their 65, according to the
state Education Department spokesman Jonathan Berman.
Based
on the
results of a pilot
test, the state education department had predicted that 8 percent to 10 percent would fail the Indiana Statewide Test for Educational Progress, which is given in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 6th, 8th, 9th, and 11th gra
test, the
state education department had predicted that 8 percent to 10 percent would fail the Indiana Statewide
Test for Educational Progress, which is given in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 6th, 8th, 9th, and 11th gra
Test for Educational Progress, which is given in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 6th, 8th, 9th, and 11th grades.
Students wait for School Director Mark DiBella to announce their
results on the
state test.
Unfortunately, none of the studies released by the Economic Policy Institute confirm the validity of the
state testing results by comparing them to the
results on national exams.
Based
on preliminary
results from the spring 2000
state test, 88 percent of the school's first 8th grade class scored proficient or above in language arts (compared with 47 percent citywide), and 66 percent scored proficient or above in math (versus 21 percent citywide).
That is, if a
state reports that 85 percent of its students are proficient readers based
on the
results of its own
tests, but NAEP only reports that 25 percent of that
states students are proficient,
states would be embarrassed by such a discrepancy.
Rick Hess and Paul Peterson, for example, have compared
state cut scores for proficiency
on their
state tests to
results on the U.S. Department of Education's National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) to show that the level of achievement required to be declared proficient in many
states has been dropping over the last decade.
The
state publishes report cards with
test data and assigns school ratings based, in part,
on test results.
That system is based
on a variety of measures:
results from teacher - certification
tests; graduates» ratings of their satisfaction with their programs; and the ratings of graduates» mentor teachers
on the quality of the programs in preparing novices according to
state standards for teachers.
In the 2001 reauthorization of ESEA as the No Child Left Behind Act,
states were required to
test students in grades 3 — 8 and disaggregate
results based
on student characteristics to make achievement gaps visible.
The scores used to determine whether students demonstrated proficiency
on the
test were set too low,
resulting in unexpectedly high passing rates for the
state's elementary and middle school students.
Many
state accountability plans judge schools
on the basis of these
tests alone, and some
states and school districts are considering tying teachers» compensation to student
test results.
In announcing the 2000
test results last week, Virginia education officials said that 22 percent, or 406 of the
state's 1,874 public schools, had posted acceptable passing rates
on the
state's rigorous Standards of Learning exams administered to students last spring.
Results of four experiments showed that women tended to perform as well as men
on a math
test when the
test was administered by a woman with high competence in math, but they performed more poorly (and showed a lower
state of self - esteem) when the
test was administered by a man.
That's because, in response to the national push for academic standards and accountability, movements fueled by philanthropy,
states now are required to
test students and report
on the
results.
The assessment itself was first given in 1969, but the underlying political compromises meant that (a) students were
tested by age, not grade level; (b)
results were reported either as percentages of
test takers getting individual questions right or (starting in 1984)
on a psychometric scale that included no benchmarks, standards, or «cut points»; and (c) the «units of analysis» were the entire country and four big regions but not individual
states, let alone districts or schools.
To create such programs,
states and districts must identify the most important elements of student performance (usually academic achievement), measure them (usually with
state tests), calculate change in performance
on a school - by - school basis, and provide rewards to schools that meet or beat performance improvement targets — all of which must be backed by system supports that enable all schools to boost
results.
«Positive
test results,
on both
state assessments and the NAEP, show that urban schools are making progress and improving reading and math scores.»
For instance, schools taking kids with scholarships funded through Florida's tax credit program must be approved by the
state, meet teacher - qualification requirements, and administer either
state exams or nationally norm - referenced
tests and share the
results with a researcher contracted by the
state to report
on scholarship students» progress.
The law also required annual statewide
tests in grades 3 through 8, and again in high school, and
states had to publish the performances of students
on these
tests for every school, breaking out the
results by ethnicity, eligibility for a subsidized lunch, and a variety of other categories.