Sentences with phrase «on student test scores remains»

Across the country, evaluating teachers partly based on student test scores remains very controversial.

Not exact matches

The New York Times woke many with a start over the weekend when it reported in its Sunday edition on a school in Arizona investing lots of money in technology but seemingly getting few results from the investment, as student test scores remained stagnant.

The students lucky enough to win the lottery and be admitted to a charter school subsequently scored higher on math and reading tests than did those who lost the lottery and remained in district schools.

Although more than half the students who spend an extra year in the same grade and attend summer school improve their scores on standardized tests, the remaining students held back continue to struggle.

In The Four - Day School Week, another School Administrator report, Jack McCoy, deputy director of learning services at the New Mexico Department of Education, said in his district's case attendance for teachers and students improved while scores on standardized achievement tests remained stable.

[4] Recent research has concluded that public school students who receive vouchers to attend private schools score much lower on both reading and math tests than similar students who remain in the public schools.

This reliance on decades - old reporting conventions has in some ways been exacerbated by new technologies because a percentage or diagnostic score can be even more quickly calculated using digitized multiple - choice items that, though they may be «technologically enhanced,» still remain rooted in designs for a summative test rather than being designed formatively for students as thinkers.

And yet, measures of school quality — largely based on student standardized test scores — have long remained disappointingly narrow, unable to capture the full complexity of school quality.

The federal government has increased spending on education by 300 % since ESEA was passed with nothing to show for it; student test scores have remained flat.

To help teachers successfully fulfill their role in this endeavor, effective teacher supervision and evaluation systems that inform teacher professional development and improve instruction are essential; however, disagreement over what those systems should measure remains, and some researchers caution against relying on student test scores as a valid metric (Baker et al, 2010)

Cuomo wants to change the current formula, which relies on classroom observations for 60 percent of the teacher's rating, student scores on state tests for 20 percent and local measures for the remaining 20 percent.

Twenty percent of the total 40 percent must be based on how a student improves on state test scores, and the remaining 20 percent can be based on scores on tests developed by an individual school district, or a third party, pending state approval.

We examined charter school effects on test score growth overall, by charter type, and across four different cohorts of students, only for those students who remain in a charter or traditional public school during the time series.

Yet even though the country's scores on international exams are above average, they have remained largely unchanged since the tests were first administered in 2000, and the percentage of students who were at least moderately proficient has decreased slightly in recent years.

TCTA also noted that while we appreciated that the bill eliminated the 1 percent cap on the use of special education student test scores on alternative assessments for AYP, we were concerned that the bill didn't address the remaining 2 percent cap on the use of special education test scores on modified assessments for AYP, which we also wanted eliminated.

Therefore, making definitive claims about the outcomes of such programs remains a challenging task.83 Some studies find no link between financial incentives for student achievement and higher test scores, while others see higher achievement for students in systems with performance bonuses.84 A large - scale 2014 study on TIF presented findings on early implementation from 153 districts.

Flip through our complete summary of the high - quality empirical research conducted on school choice programs to date, including evidence based on students» test scores (of those using programs and those who remain in public schools), long - term educational attainment, integration / segregation, fiscal effects and students» civic values.

On the contrary, the Duke report noted, comparable students who remain in public schools are scoring better than voucher students on national testOn the contrary, the Duke report noted, comparable students who remain in public schools are scoring better than voucher students on national teston national tests.

The number of students scoring proficient on elementary school math tests remained flat at 86 percent.

Student test scores: Hunterdon remained first for their performance on state tests in 8th and 11th grade, with pass rates of 91 and 95 percent, respectively.