Sentences with phrase «on test prep»

But at higher - income schools, where kids tended to do better on those tests, there wasn't as much focus on test prep.

The questions on this exam are very challenging, so you should spend a lot of time on your test prep.

The task force also recommends fewer tests and less time spent on test prep.

Unfortunately, there's very little research on test prep and its effect on teaching quality.

We can raise test scores, as you say, only if we focus on those things — and not on test prep.

Increase class size, focus on test prep via devices.

The task force also recommends fewer tests and less time spent on test prep.

At higher income schools, where most kids scored proficient on the state tests, there wasn't as much focus on test prep.

I doubt they spend much time on test prep and standardized testing, if at all.

When you think about research on test prep, what examples come to mind?

We know that many schools are spending precious dollars on test prep materials, and that instructional time formerly dedicated to field trips, special projects, the arts and enrichment, has been reallocated to test prep, testing, and AIS services.

Critics of growth measures have said they can fluctuate depending on the variables and number of years of testing data added to the mathematical formula, making their validity suspect, and worry that grading teachers based on tests will cause them to focus more on test prep in their classrooms.

Frightened administrators spend scarce dollars on test prep materials.

Americans spend billions of tax dollars and thousands of hours on test prep, administration, scoring and reporting.

Asked yesterday about the Success Academy network's extremely high test scores this year, de Blasio replied: «Clearly there is a current within the charter movement that focuses heavily on test prep, and I don't think that's the right way to go.»

«The more weight put on standardized tests for children or teachers, the more school systems will focus on test prep rather than real learning.

About 89 percent of teachers who believed they spent an appropriate amount of time on test prep felt it was a «very good» or «good» use of time, while 68 percent of those who thought test prep took too much time said the activities were a «very good» or «good» use of time.

And ultimately to the complaints of their children as they were forced to spend more and more time in school on test prep and less on real learning

It's curriculum narrowing, over-reliance on test prep, practice exams, and myriad other decisions large and small that cumulatively alter our children's experience of school — and not always for the better.

Maybe Not as Much as We Think (Education Week) Ph.D. candidate Cynthia Pollard cited as expert on test prep and teaching.

Many middle school students spend tremendous amounts of time on test prep for the Specialized High School Admissions Test (SHSAT), with «drill and kill,» pencil and paper exercises, lectures and practice tests.

Those who believed test prep time was about right spent half of it on activities they chose, while those who thought they spent too much time on test prep got to choose their own test prep activities about 31 percent of the time.

Tutoring prices range from free to around $ 25 / hour to over $ 300 / hour, depending on the test prep company offering the service.

Leticia Cotto, a Hartford parent, found the overemphasis on test prep that urban students were subjected to concerning.

But more and more college instructors are noticing that kids nurtured on test prep are simply unprepared for the kind of reading, thinking, writing and inquiry demanded at the college level.

«I used to spend time on test prep because I felt pressured to do it,» said Yi, who attended Hobart in Koreatown herself and returned a decade ago to teach.

Teaching to standardized tests is discouraged and does not happen in our Montomgery County Maryland Public School The kids spent ZERO days on test prep..

But that minor point aside, according to the state of Connecticut's annual, multi-million dollar investment in standardized testing and the hundreds and hundreds of hours spent on test prep, I can now say with great pride that my child appears not to be an idiot.

«Clearly there is a current within the charter movement that focuses heavily on test prep and I don't think that's the right way to go.»

«While the UFT has supported some role for standardized test results in teacher evaluations, we also know that the more weight put on standardized tests for children or teachers, the more school systems will focus on test prep rather than real learning,» he said.

Even teachers who thought they spent too much time on test prep felt that curriculum - related activities were valuable because they reinforced Common Core standards.

Limiting testing time does not limit the amount of time that schools waste on test prep.

(Koretz also argues that the focus on test prep in such schools has led to more score inflation there, making the achievement gap appear narrower than it really is.)

Of their high scoring, de Blasio said, «That's because of a heavy focus on test prep, which is just not the philosophy of this administration and of DOE, nor do I think it's what the vast majority of parents want to see for their kids,» de Blasio said.

And City Council Speaker Christine Quinn said in her first year of office she would stop «vilifying» teachers, reduce the amount of time spent on test prep and figure out another way to address failing schools.

New York State teachers say too much time is spent on test prep and some parents want their children to opt out.

«We've worked well with Mr. Polakow - Suransky in the past, and we look forward to working with him and Ms. Black in the future on the critical issues the school system faces — including reducing the focus on test prep and on better academic intervention for students who are falling behind,» Mulgrew said in an e-mailed statement.

Though Shmoop is relatively focused on test prep, they offer study guides, lesson plans, and sample quizzes, written by PhD students.

According to the interpretation in the NYT and LA Times, it would be correct to say «teachers who care about student problems tend to have lower value - added learning gains than those who spend a lot of time on test prep.»

We don't need to be focusing on test prep — we need to be focusing on our students and effective instruction!

The law unintentionally incentivized a focus on test prep and the narrowing of the curriculum in some schools, as well as the over-testing of students in some places.

The survey of 400 teachers found that 57 percent thought they spent «too much time» on test prep, while 43 percent said test prep time was «about right» or «too little.»

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio completely discredited the performance of charter students on the state's ELA and math exams, saying charters just focus on test prep.

Diverse and authentic assessments used to inform instruction and less time spent on test prep and bureaucratic paperwork so teachers can focus on planning meaningful instruction.