Sentences with phrase «only state test results»

In addition, the new report includes a broader range of student outcomes, examining not only state test results in reading and math, but also test scores in science and social studies; results on a nationally normed assessment that includes measures of higher - order thinking; and behaviors reported by students and parents.

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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.

UEFA's very strange rule, which states that only three players are tested after a game, and TWO of them need to be positive for the result to be changed, baffles Le Prof. «Yes, of course.

There were proposals to, among other things, hold schools accountable only for the progress of the lowest - performing students in the bottom quintile; not disaggregate data by race and ethnicity; require states to deal only with the lowest - performing schools; or ignore test results altogether as an accountability tool.

From January 1st 1997, the UK harmonized its driver licensing entitlements with those of other member states in the EU, with the result that UK drivers passing their driving test from this date gain just a B entitlement (car) and can only drive a minibus if they are able to meet certain requirements, as follows.

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.

By and large, the state - level testing not only failed to report results disaggregated by race and class but often wasn't even administered to low performing students.

In results released Wednesday, Maryland was the only state to have falling scores in both subjects in both grades tested.

The only answer that makes sense to us is for a state to make sure that its math and reading standards are clear, coherent, and rigorous; that its tests line up with those standards; that its schools and educators are held to account for getting better results in terms of real student learning; and that research is done to examine the effectiveness of various curricular products.

Additionally, Smarter Balanced is developing a distributed, multi-actor system of test delivery, with the Consortium maintaining responsibility only for those aspects that are essential for ensuring continued comparability of results, quality improvements, and state - led governance.

The Ark is the only charter school in the state facing closure or high - stakes consequences for its results from the baseline Common Core tests.

This star rating system will lead to a new headline that boasts only «X» 4 stars schools in the state based on test results in 2012.

Well informed families should continue to opt out of state schooling wherever and whenever possible, until the undead portions of No Child Left Behind that persist in ESSA — including most especially the required publication of results from annual tests in two subjects only, which information middle - brow families consume and act upon, leaving the less tuned in behind to wonder about why their neighbourhoods steadily decline — ... Read More

Our student achievement is measured in many ways, and we continuously strive to improve by studying results of not only the STAAR tests (State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness), but also of district - level ongoing assessments, PSAT, SAT, and ACT.

Scores resulting from the National testing of the ACT are the only accepted scores for state aid program eligibility.

And at best, the study recommended that the Common Core test results could only be appropriately used at the «aggregate level,» which they defined as «the district or state level.»

Meanwhile, state Superintendent Tom Torlakson has continued to caution against comparing any Smarter Balanced Assessment scores, including 11th - grade results, with those from previous standardized tests, instead saying this year's scores should only serve as a baseline going forward.

As a result, Bonilla's 484 becomes the only legislative vehicle for moving the state from the STAR tests to the new computer - based assessments.

The findings of this analysis underscore why state test results play a critical check and balance function — it's only by reviewing both school coursework and state test results that parents have the full picture of how their children are performing.

As a not - entirely - surprising result, current state law requires an opt - out to be granted only for state - mandated tests but not for testing that is federally - required under ESSA.

It does not apply to high schools, because only one year of test results is available, but the state plans to measure high school growth as all schools take the ACT and related ninth and 10th grade tests in future years.

The U.S. Department of Education (USDE) requires states that offer only one math test at the high school level (in this case, Algebra I), which can also be taken by middle school students, to ensure there is a math test result that can be attributed to a high school.

These «quick scores» were only developed so the test results could be included in a students» final grade, which is required by state law.

The organization is urging the State Board of Education to adopt a policy that would require schools to select the option that only releases test results to students and their guidance counselors, not military recruiters.

Millburn Superintendent James Crisfield said he was initially concerned about the high school showing in the 68th percentile for «academic achievement,» until he saw that the mark was based only on the state's High School Proficiency Assessment and biology test results.

The federal National Assessment of Educational Progress — called «the nation's report card» because it is the only standardized test given in districts across the country — sometimes produces results that vary widely from state test scores.

Under Malloy's policy, not only will the state rate schools and students based on standardized test results, but Connecticut's public school teachers will also be evaluated on how well their students do on these unfair, inappropriate and discriminatory tests.

Only four states will take the PARCC exam this spring, and this will be the last year for Illinois, which has bowed to pressure from superintendents statewide who said the tests were too long, the scores too low, and the results too slow to arrive.

According to KIPP, last school year, more than 70 percent of Morfin's class scored proficient or advanced in English on the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress state tests, while only 37 percent of California's Latino fifth - graders and 65 percent of their white counterparts achieved the same results.

However, to leave readers with the impression that a movement which has been growing for four years and which has resulted, this Spring, in over 175,000 test refusals in New York State alone, is working at the behest of the national teachers» unions is not only disrespectful of parental leadership, but also it is disrespectful of facts.

While some states, districts, and schools implemented problematic test preparation practices as a result of high - stakes accountability environments, those «drill and kill» multiple choice worksheets do not need to be the only strategy for enhancing student achievement.

In the initial results of the Smarter Balanced standardized tests in the Common Core standards, only 11 percent of English learners were designated as meeting requirements in math and English language arts — far below the state average.

You write, «In the initial results of the Smarter Balanced standardized tests in the Common Core standards, only 11 percent of English learners were designated as meeting requirements in math and English language arts — far below the state average.»

This law requires clinical laboratories to disclose test results or reports only to authorized persons, as defined by state law.

The comment expressed concern as to whether the regulation would preempt state laws that only permit physicians to receive test results.

Comment: One comment stated that the proposed regulation's right of access for inspection and copying provisions were contrary to CLIA in that CLIA permits laboratories to disclose lab test results only to «authorized persons.»