Sentences with phrase «other standardized test»

Although the Gates Foundation money is a tiny portion of the Hartford School System's total budget, by accepting the grant, the Hartford Board is committed to instituting more standardized testing (the NWEA MAP test), supporting the expansion of more charter slots (a gift for Jumoke and Achievement First) and attaching teacher evaluation results (From the Danielson / Teachscape programs) to the NWEA MAP and other standardized test data.

First, we analyzed other standardized test scores of students with disabilities who had not passed the CAHSEE.

The second report, released in October of 2000 by Stephen Klein and his colleagues, cast doubt on the validity of TAAS scores by suggesting that the results do not correlate with the test results of other standardized tests.

Because the other standardized tests are «low - stakes tests,» without any reward or punishment attached to student or school performance, the authors reason that there are few incentives to manipulate the results or cheat, making the low - stakes test results a reliable measure of student performance (although it is also possible that schools and students won't prepare enough for a low - stakes test to demonstrate their true abilities).

The College Board, which puts out the SAT and other standardized tests, says it's launching a national grassroots effort, beginning with this installation, to tell the candidates vying for the White House, «Don't Forget Ed.»

This is a significant concern for many charter school evaluations, since performance on the MCAS and other standardized tests are what determine whether schools keep their charters.

It's time to stop justifying the arts because they can help our children do better on their SATs or other standardized tests, urges Jessica Hoffman Davis in this impassioned...

IQ and other standardized tests produce results that can be skewed by background cultural knowledge, language learner status and racial and social privilege.

College Board — A non-profit organization that develops and administers the SAT and other standardized tests and curricula used by K — 12 and post-secondary institutions to promote college - readiness and as part of the college admissions process.

Results of the previous California Standards Tests and other standardized tests were sent to districts in the summer.

Students attending eAchieve Academy's online school take the Wisconsin Knowledge and Concepts Examination and other standardized tests, just like pupils in traditional schools.

By 1999, the time of the books writing, Clinton's Goals 2000 was in force and many states were already adopting high school exit exams and other standardized testing practices.

Other standardized tests administered nationally, like the SAT, ACT and Advanced Placement, consistently show students in Orange County outscoring their peers in the state and nationally.

The State Board of Education has approved three categories of assessments that students can use to meet the Essential Skills graduation requirements: the state test, other standardized tests, and work samples.

But other standardized tests that are given throughout the year already serve that purpose.

Many if not all the pathways will involve other standardized tests, but the details have not been set.

The state is also requiring students to pass other standardized tests as part of Ohio's new graduation requirements that the legislature passed this summer.

A bill proposed here in Ohio, House Bill 629, would limit the amount of time that PARCC and other standardized tests can take, to four hours total each year.

Also here in Ohio, the proposed House Bill 629, would limit the amount of time that PARCC and other standardized tests can take, to four hours total each year.

While 22.5 % of a teacher's evaluation will be based on state standardized tests (CMT and CAPT)-- or other standardized tests for non-tested subjects and grades — the «other» 22.5 % was (and still is) in dispute.

Common Core - aligned tests are just like other standardized tests.

Does anyone know what other standardized testing services do about this problem?

Not exact matches

It's the first thing, other than standardized GMAT test scores, an admissions officer will look at.

Your standardized test results are considered in proportion to the other components of your application, and are one aspect of your total application package.

A wonderlic result doesn't take into account a players» level of test anxiety or other factors such as educational training for standardized tests in the past.

Students turn to us because they've become frustrated in large, impersonal institutions, while others seek a richer, more engaging education without the emphasis on standardized testing.

Beyond Standardized Tests — Teaching Empathy More than ever children need skills in how to work with changing teams of collaborators and how to seek solutions rooted in the needs of others.

TOUGH: Well, I think part of it has to do with education policy, that we've been so focused on standardized tests as the measure of whether a school is doing well that we're not giving schools the time and the incentive to work on these other skills.

Each year public school children are subjected to standardized tests to measure their achievements in comparison to all other public - schooled kids.

It is still too early to say, however, whether the King - Devick test can replace other, more conventional concussion evaluations for young athletes, including the standardized assessment, despite its shortcomings in this study, Dr. Galetta cautioned.

In most cases, all you need to do is write the school a letter requesting access to your child's report cards, standardized test scores, and other records.

Infants would be examined by medical providers at regular intervals for the presence of atopic dermatitis (using standardized scoring methods) as well as food allergic symptoms and other allergic disease (confirmed by IgE testing), and not just the presence of allergic sensitization.

It's not a surprise that education entities spent the most money on lobbying than any other group in 2014, just as controversy over the new Common core standards and the related standardized tests reached a peak.

ALBANY — Outgoing state education commissioner John King hopes to help school leaders in other states navigate the difficult transition to the Common Core standards and related standardized testing in his new position as the second - highest ranking official in the U.S. Department of Education.

While he has protected and promoted the growth of charter schools, other aspects of his education policy have not gone as planned - these include the rollout of the common core learning standards and tougher teacher evaluations by tying them more closely to the results of student standardized test scores.

The campaign, taking place on Facebook and other social media, aims to send children to class on the first day of the school year with a letter signed by their parents saying they will not be taking the standardized tests this year.

The agreement also would prohibit other school districts from choosing to use the standardized tests for grade promotion, the officials said.

It did, however, note that by its calculations, New York spends more per student than any other state in the country, even as performance on standardized testing continues to lag.

Not long ago, many prominent Democrats — including President Barack Obama — supported charter schools and other centrist education policies, such as linking teacher evaluations to standardized test scores.

Teachers have been holding rallies all around the state protesting Governor Cuomo's education proposals, and hundreds are expected to converge on the Capitol late Monday to protest over reliance on standardized tests, and other issues.

Cuomo's ambitious education reform proposals include raising the charter cap by 100 slots, weighing standardized tests more heavily in teacher evaluations and linking evaluations with tenure awards, among other reforms.

Objections focused on numerous parts of the plan, including the reliance on standardized test scores and other measures that teachers believe are unfair and unworkable.

Questions during the Q&A portion of the press conference included his plans during his scheduled visit to Albany on March 4th, why he expects to convince legislators who he has not convinced, whether he's concerned that the middle school program will be pushed aside if there is a pre-K funding mechanism other than his proposed tax, where the money to fund the middle school program will come from, how he counters the argument that his tax proposal is unfair to cities that do not have a high earner tax base, how he will measure the success of the program absent additional standardized testing, whether he expects to meet with Governor Cuomo or Senate Republican Leader Dean Skelos during his March 4th trip, what he would say to a parent whose child planned on attending one of the charter schools that his administration refused to allow, whether he doubts Governor Cuomo's commitment or ability to deliver on the funding the governor has promised, what are the major hurdles in trying to convince the state senate to approve his tax proposal, whether there's an absolute deadline for getting his tax proposal approved, whether he can promise parents pre-K spots should Governor Cuomo's proposal gointo effect, and why he has not met with Congressman Michael Grimm since taking office.

He said he doesn't know of any other problems such as this with other state standardized tests in the district.

Whatever the parties negotiate or King decides, the evaluation system will be based 20 percent on standardized test scores when applicable, 20 percent on other evidence of student learning and 60 percent on classroom observation and other measures of teacher effectiveness, in keeping with the 2010 state law on teacher evaluation.

She and others cited Espaillat's work to fund universal prekindergarten, to ban standardized testing in kindergarten through 2nd grade and to ensure public audits of charter schools.

It has caused good schools to be labeled as failing and puts undue pressure on students and teachers to focus on passing standardized tests instead of engaging in other subjects such as the sciences, history, art, or music.

They carefully matched these FRI students with peers who did not participate but were otherwise comparable in terms of socioeconomic background, gender, race, ethnicity, scores on standardized tests and other factors.

How well someone scores on a standardized test is based on a combination of intelligence, preparation, motivation, concentration, test - day jitters, and lots of other variables.

Although the participation of Blacks, Hispanics, and Native Americans in advanced high school mathematics classes increased between 1982 and 1994, their scores in standardized mathematics tests were still lower than those of other students, and the discrepancy did not diminish between 1990 and 1996 (NCES, 1996).