Sentences with phrase «opposed using test»

Many teachers have long opposed using test scores in their evaluations, saying test scores are unreliable measures of teacher ability.

In an unexpected move, Democrats have revised the K - 12 education section of their party's 2016 platform in important ways, backing the right of parents to opt their children out of high - stakes standardized tests, qualifying support for charter schools, and opposing using test scores for high - stakes purposes to evaluate teachers and students.

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Thus, using the vagueness of the past self as a test case, we can also see that there is a difference of «distinctness» in the way the datum self is given as opposed to other selves.43 Yet, literal participation of the one in the other is maintained, for Hartshorne, since the present self must at least literally participate in its own past self — otherwise, personal identity is problematic, and this threatens personalism with precisely the sort of solipsism Hartshorne indicated from the beginning.

I haven't tested the recipe with an egg but if you're not opposed to adding more fat (which adding an egg will do) then try using ground dark meat turkey instead of breast.

And, when research uses standardized tests to measure homework's impact, she continued, it is difficult to gauge how much of the overall improvement or decline in test scores is due to student learning in the classroom context as opposed to student learning from homework.

Additionally, if you used a regular pregnancy test as opposed to an early pregnancy test, the test itself may not be sensitive enough to detect the HcG levels early on.

The bill reflects an unusual alliance of Republican lawmakers who see the Common Core Learning Standards as a federal intrusion on local decision - making and Democratic lawmakers who oppose the use of standardized tests to sanction teachers and schools.

Of course, animal rights advocates have long opposed the Draize Test, which they consider cruel to the lab animals used as subjects.

Scientists will use that series of tests to see how seismic waves are affected when they travel through fragmented rock as opposed to more coherent granite.

Automated technology used by many labs makes it easier to simply track a rat as it runs through a maze — a test of location - based memory — as opposed to studying more - sophisticated forms of memory.

«More efforts, such as clinical decision support, are needed to reduce unnecessary cardiac stress testing,» Dr. Ladapo concludes, suggesting greater use of stress testing without radiological imaging, such as regular exercise treadmill tests or stress testing with ultrasound imaging as opposed to CT imaging.

But since there hasn't been much research about how happy and unhappy people value societal events (as opposed to personal events), they wanted to test their hypothesis — using the Olympics as a theoretical scenario.

If you're in a monogamous relationship and have both been tested and cleared of any STDs, then I suggest using the Billings method for contraception, as opposed to condoms,» Mercieca says.

If the same approach is applied to the STAR sample to adjust for the fact that some students did not enroll in the class they were assigned to - and a comparable sample of low - income black students is used - the gains in test scores after two years of attending a small class (average of 16 students) as opposed to a regular - size class (average of 23 students) is 9.1 national percentile ranks in reading and 9.8 ranks in math.

However, by an even wider margin (85 %), teachers are opposed to the use of this test as a high - school graduation requirement.

It's now opposed to high - stakes testing and the use of test scores in teacher evaluations.

There is strong support for using the same standardized test in all states, with 73 % of the public in favor of uniform testing; 70 % are opposed to letting parents opt their children out of state tests, consistent with 2015 results.

But testing opposition appears to be more closely linked to concerns about teacher evaluation policies: the top two reasons chosen among a national survey of parents who opted out were, «I oppose using students» performance on standardized tests to evaluate teachers» and «standardized tests force teachers to teach to the test.»

The NEA is not opposed to tests; we're opposed to the way in which they're being used.

A Minnesota citizens» group that opposes a federal presence in local schools recently posted on its Web site test questions from a booklet used in the National Assessment of Educational Progress.

Similarly, most parents (63 %) support using student test scores in deciding whether to award tenure — again, a policy opposed by the majority of teachers (62 %).

Only 9 % of Americans favor «giving teachers tenure» and oppose using student performance on state tests to determine tenure.

Using the scenario to frame the assessment in this manner places students square in the center of a more real - world application of the learning objective, as opposed to simply completing a paper - pencil test, such as writing an essay.

We oppose high - stakes standardized tests that falsely and unfairly label students of color, students with disabilities and English Language Learners as failing, the use of standardized test scores as basis for refusing to fund schools or to close schools, and the use of student test scores in teacher and principal evaluations, a practice which has been repeatedly rejected by researchers.

UTLA President Warren Fletcher, who has opposed value - added measures, noted that the study showed that using test scores for most of an evaluation made the results less reliable.

Deutermann is founder of Long Island Opt - Out, a group of parents and teachers opposed to the Common Core tests and the way test scores are being used to evaluate teachers.

The Ednext poll is worded more stringently, forcing those surveyed to embrace the use of tests as a basis for paying teachers: «Do you favor or oppose basing a teacher's salary, in part, on his or her students» progress academic progress on state tests?»

Though most educators oppose the use of such tests with young...

But blunting the policy's potential impact, the union also made clear that it continued to oppose the use of existing standardized test scores to judge teachers, a core part of the federally backed teacher evaluation overhauls already under way in at least 15 states.

The petition tracks language adopted unanimously by the Knox County School Board, which passed a resolution last week opposing the use of student test scores in teacher evaluation for this academic year.

Ravitch opposes the use of standardized test data to fire teachers or close schools.

Let us be clear at the outset: as a staff, we are not opposed to all standardized tests and believe that, used sparingly, such tests can provide useful feedback to schools, teachers and possibly students.

It sure is, say local opt - out activists, who oppose so - called school reform measures — including high - stakes tests used to evaluate teachers — that they say are designed to foster private alternatives and ultimately dismantle public education.

New York was one of the first states to use Common Core - aligned tests, and as students» scores plummeted under the new tests, a small army of mostly white, middle - class parents in the city's suburbs began to loudly oppose the exams.

United Teachers Los Angeles unalterably opposes using the California Standards Tests in an evaluation.

They are also deeply opposed to the way the results of the tests are used to compile primary school league tables.

The district has launched a voluntary review program using student test scores as one measure of instructor effectiveness, but the teachers union has opposed it and filed an unfair labor practice complaint over the program's introduction without collective bargaining.

The Brookline Educators Association (BEA) supports high standards and accountability but opposes the use of a single high - stakes test to make life altering decisions about students, teachers, schools or school systems.

Alex Kenny, a union executive member, said the NUT was not opposed in principle to assessing children, but it opposed these baseline tests and how they will be used.

The MTA opposes any use of standardized tests when scores are: used as criteria for the reduction or withholding of any educational funding;

UTLA leadership has opposed any use of test data in evaluations, while the district and many parent and community groups strongly support its use as a major component in evaluation.

Another element they oppose, is the use of student testing data in judging teacher efficacy.

New York State, for example, is having trouble implementing its new teacher evaluation regime because New York City, Buffalo, and other districts can't reach agreement with AFT affiliates opposed to using student test score growth data in performance management.

TCTA has consistently opposed attempts to tie teacher evaluations to student test scores based on the weight of research showing that using student test performance to evaluate teacher performance is invalid, unreliable and unfair.

Unions oppose the use of test scores to measure teachers» effectiveness.

UTLA president Warren Fletcher has repeatedly said that he opposes any use of student test scores in teacher evaluations.

Since teacher unions have vociferously opposed the use of test scores in evaluations, saying they are too unreliable for decisions on hiring and firing, the bill would probably weaken the movement to do so.

The teachers association, which endorsed Newsom, also asks candidates if they will oppose using student test scores as an element in determining teacher salaries; support collective bargaining for school employees; and oppose replacing the pension system for public employees with a 401k - style retirement plan.

Given the lack of proven links between testing and achievement, as well as extensive evidence about the limitations and problems of high - stakes testing, Parents Across America opposes current efforts to expand the use of standardized tests.

Only 30 percent oppose using a statewide test to ascertain that those requirements have been met; 60 percent think a statewide standardized test is the way to go.