Sentences with phrase «other standardized tests»

It will be a set of specific learning goals set by each teacher and their supervisors, using other standardized tests or tests developed by the schools themselves.

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

It's that other standardized test which research shows is a poor indicator of college performance.

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

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.

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.

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.

The CLT resembles other standardized tests, except that it breaks the area of verbal reasoning (which other tests treat as one) down into four sub-areas: Philosophy / Religion, Natural Science, Literature, and Historical / Founding Documents.

As with other standardized tests, MCAS critics said it both pressured teachers to teach to the test and caused students undue stress — particularly the high schoolers who must pass the 10th - grade exam to graduate.

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

In 2003, every at - risk student needed to have an individualized education plan to assist in passing the TAKS and other standardized tests developed to provide specialized help.

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.

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

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.

Registering early for your SATs, ACTs and other standardized tests means avoiding any unnecessary late fees or charges.

Setting performance thresholds and other standardized tests for additionality requires robust and transparent data on the current state of the sector.

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...

Vineland Superintendent Mary Gruccio said she is concerned that students who do not plan to attend college would not take one of other standardized tests, for which there is a fee, leaving them only with the portfolio option if they do not pass the PARCC tests.

The results from the SAT will no better describe the quality of a high school on the New Jersey School Performance Reports than did the HSPA exit exam or any other standardized test.

They say they're not opposed to other standardized tests — only this one.

Calculators are not allowed for SAT, AP or other standardized tests.

The tests will aim to measure whether kids can make coherent arguments — a shift from the rote memorization that other standardized tests have been criticized for.

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.

The test itself measures skills in a much different manner than the WASL or other standardized tests.

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.

Instead of raising these «concerns» at a State Department of Education Working Group, the CEA, AFT and the other Connecticut organization purportedly committed to Connecticut's students, teachers and public schools — such as CABE and CAPSS — should be demanding that the Common Core be halted, the Common Core Tests eliminated that Connecticut's teacher evaluation system should be fully de-coupled from the SBAC test or any other standardized tests.

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

We are collecting stories from parents, teachers, students, and other education professionals to document the damage done by overuse and misuse of MCAS and other standardized tests to:

But the sad reality is that as a result of Governor Malloy's corporate education reform industry initiative, Connecticut's existing teacher evaluation process includes a mandate that 22.5 % of a teacher's evaluation be based on the results of what the teacher's students get on the Common Core SBAC test (and at least one other standardized tests).

Look for confirmatory evidence from other indicators of achievement including student work samples, performance assessments, other standardized tests, and the like.

Parents and teachers have long grumbled about the amount of time and energy that students and schools spend on state or other standardized tests.

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.