Sentences with phrase «overall value of testing»

Steve DeLapp is right that his school should focus on the curriculum and not the test, but he has spent too much time in a high - functioning school if he doesn't see the overall value of testing.

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Each aspect of the test is worth 2 points and the points are added up for an overall value.

As technology improves and develops more and more, students will value these practices at a younger age and will be able to produce a more efficient flow of study and overall improve their test results.

The typology includes logical problems, algorithmic problems, story problems (which have underlying algorithms with a story wrapper that amounts to an algorithmic problem), rule - using problems, decision - making problems (e.g., cost - benefit analysis), troubleshooting (systematically diagnosing a fault and eliminating a problem space), diagnosis - solution problems (characteristic of medical school and involving small groups understanding the problem, researching different possible causes, generating hypotheses, performing diagnostic tests, and monitoring a treatment to restore a goal state), strategic performance, case analysis (characteristic of law or business school and involving adapting tactics to support an overall strategy and reflecting on authentic situations), design problems, and dilemmas (such as global warming, which are complex and involve competing values and which may have no obvious solutions).

This component makes up 50 and 75 percent of the overall evaluation scores in the districts we studied, and much less is known about observation - based measures of teacher performance than about value - added measures based on test scores.

The typology includes: logical problems, algorithmic problems, story problems (which are algorithmic problems with a story wrapper), «rule - using» problems, decision - making problems (e.g., cost - benefit analysis), troubleshooting (systematically diagnosing a fault, eliminating a problem space), «diagnosis - solution» problems (characteristic of medical school, which involve small groups understanding the problem, researching different possible causes, generating hypotheses, performing diagnostic tests, and monitoring a treatment to restore a goal state), strategic - performance, case analysis (characteristic of law or business school, which involve adapting tactics to support an overall strategy and reflecting on authentic situations), design problems, and dilemmas (such as global warming, which are complex and involve competing values, and which may have no solutions).

The most controversial of them include what is known as value - added models1 that use data from standardized tests of students as part of the overall measure of the effect that a teacher has on student achievement.

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«On firing the bottom 5 % of teachers... My opinion is that there are at least three reasons why firing the bottom 5 percent of teachers, as defined by the bottom 5 percent on an effectiveness continuum created by using the value - added test scores of their students on state tests, will not improve the overall effectiveness of teachers... One reason is that... value - added metrics are inaccurate for many teachers.

But an «ineffective» rating on either the value - added side or the classroom observations will automatically lead to an overall rating of ineffective as well, meaning that in some cases either test results or observations will determine the entire outcome.

The two men share vastly different backgrounds and overall educational beliefs, leading the LA Weekly to characterize the election as a reform vs. union battle for the heart of the Democratic Party and the Los Angeles Times to call it «a prime example of the strange rift in education, in which liberal Democrats are sharply divided on such issues as charter schools, job protections for teachers, the authority of the federal government in schools and the value of standardized test scores.»

Moreover, it was one of the better - value products on test too, helping it clinch overall victory.

Voting took place after stringent testing at the Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit, after which points were allocated for Exterior Design & Styling; Interior Use of Materials; Interior Layout; Technology; Engine Performance; Gearbox & Transmission; Engineering Integrity & Build Quality; Ride Quality & Refinement; Steering & Handling; Affordability; Value for Money; and Overall Excellence.

Pricing is a key consideration and over the past few months, we've launched a number of price tests tied to our membership program to see which authors resonate best with customers and increase the overall value of the program.

We'll have a better idea about how these results represent SLI's overall performance benefits and its value proposition once we've tested a few more systems, but for now, it's clear that the Velocity Micro Gamer's Edge DualX and its implementation of Nvidia's SLI dual graphics card setup will let you play the latest 3D games at the smoothest frame rates and at maximum detail settings.

For this test group, as usual, when a battery pack shipped with exceptionally high - quality or extra-long cables, port adapters, or a wall charger, we factored those items into the overall value of the pack.

In order to compare the mean scores obtained in this study to overall mean scores from the literature, one - sample t - tests were used (see Appendix A for a list of studies and values from the literature).