Sentences with phrase «pass standardized tests for»

High stakes testing policies requiring students to pass standardized tests for promotion and graduation deepen educational inequity between whites and minorities and widen the educational gap between affluent and impoverished students, according to two studies of education reform in Texas.

Because too few of those disadvantaged students have passed standardized tests for three consecutive years (PDF), George Bush's controversial No Child Left Behind reform requires that the principal and half the teachers be replaced.

Not exact matches

I do remind folks that NCLB had its origins in legislation passed in Texas during the 1980s (under then - Gov Mark White) where, in exchange for teacher raises / bonuses, standardized tests were instituted to «measure» teacher «effectiveness».

NYS has a standardized testing problem, a NYSUT official writes: Many students do poorly on tests for grades 3 - 8, but pass high school Regents exams.

«Our findings reveal that, across all grades and subjects, students in online charter schools perform worse on standardized assessments and are significantly less likely to pass Ohio's test for high school graduation than their peers in traditional charter and traditional public schools,» said McEachin.

Wrong Answer will be based in part on a New Yorker article about the Atlanta teachers who were in an untenable situation — the No Child Left Behind Act that was passed in 2001 threatened to shut down the Parks Middle School based on standardized test scores with no consideration for testing bias.

For admission, they must score at an 8th - grade level on standardized reading and math tests (the Richmond Tech PLC raised that to 9th grade because it had so many applicants), pass an interview, and sign an achievement contract that also commits them to attend a daily meeting called Morning Motivation.

That legislation, which also passed the House 95 - 21 and which Gov. Jeb Bush, a Republican, was expected to sign, would impose a new set of accountability requirements, including mandating standardized tests for thousands of voucher students attending private schools with public money.

Receiving college credit for a dual enrollment course is dependent on passing the course, effectively eliminating the unnecessary obstacle of having to pass a standardized test.

While observers will judge Bloomberg and Klein's tenure using standardized test scores — and even they agree those scores are important measures — Klein has made no secret of the fact that he wishes his team's work to be marked in the end by significant upticks in both the graduation rate and the numbers of students who pass basic tests in order to qualify for a Regents diploma.

But when New York State began requiring students to pass the standardized Regents tests in order to graduate from high school, Beacon was forced to reduce the number of projects and cut the time for assessing them.

It is that time of year when standardized testing is looming or may have already passed for some.

Welcome back to this week's edition of Naiku's Coach's Corner It is that time of year when standardized testing is looming or may have already passed for some.

On the city's standardized tests, the passing rate for charter middle schools was 13 percent higher on average.

Some states made the standardized tests so easy or set passing scores so low that virtually all students were rated proficient even as they scored much lower on federal exams and showed up for college requiring remedial help.

In states that use standardized testing as a portion of the teacher assessment process, covering material is also used by teachers as an attempt to ensure their students remember the content for the short - term in order to merely pass the test.

In Oklahoma, for example, high school students must pass four standardized tests in order to graduate, regardless of their GPA.

The firestorm over standardized testing in the K - 12 accountability system that has been building in Texas for over two years is coming to a major showdown, and the primary context of the debate is now House Bill 5, which passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 145 - 2 and, after several amendments, was passed by the Senate unanimously.

For every new student who passed the math and reading test, the district removed one student from standardized testing.

Often schools are reluctant to participate in experimental research studies for fear that the study will detract students from learning necessary content needed to pass standardized tests.

The deliberations have addressed various topics such as whether (a) parents should have to be state - certified teachers in order to home educate their children, (b) parents should have to have achieved a particular level of formal education in order to homeschool their children, (c) parents should have to pass teacher qualification examinations that states use for public school teachers, (d) homeschool students should be subjected to mandatory standardized achievement tests, (e) state officials should oversee the social activities of home - educated students (or homeschool socialization), and (f) parents should have to get approval from the state government in order to engage in home - based education with their children (see, e.g., Farris 2013; Yuracko, 2008).

The firestorm over standardized testing in the K - 12 accountability system that has been building in Texas for over two years is coming to a major showdown, and the primary context of the debate is with House Bill 5, which passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 145 - 2 and was passed out of the -LSB-...]

The goal of education is NOT that kids pass corporate standardized tests, but that they become successful and responsible citizens who are willing to give back to society to make the world a better place for all.

The law was passed in December 2015 to replace the flawed NCLB, which went into effect in 2002 and dictated the use of English language arts and math standardized test scores to hold schools accountable for student achievement.

Will Teacher evaluations of Charter School professionals show that they are meeting the criteria for their schools passing standardized tests.

Thank you for helping my son improve his math skills which enabled him to pass the IStep standardized test.

«People are happy about that because it means students won't have to take more standardized tests, and it opens doors for students who thought they'd never be college bound because they wouldn't be able to pass the SAT.

By the state's calculations, 46.3 percent of Washington Community High School students passed either state standardized tests or required end - of - course assessments for high school math and English last year.

A bill already passed by the Assembly would delay use of the tests for up to two years while a state task force reviewed implementation of the standardized exams.

Tallahassee, FL — The state Board of Education has approved a new set of passing scores for Florida's standardized tests.

A year after a switch to new standardized tests for public school students caused passing rates to plummet, leaders of both political parties in the New York Legislature on Tuesday called on the state to back away from plans to use those exams to grade teachers.

The student, who passed the state's standardized PAWS (Proficiency Assessments for Wyoming Students) test in fractions, could find the lowest common denominator in order to add fractions, «invert and multiply» to divide them, and reduce a fraction to choose the right multiple - choice answer.

When Texas legislators passed a law in 2013 that sharply reduced standardized testing for public high school students, they included a provision aimed at easing the pressure of high - stakes exams for students in lower grades as well.

I think owning a dog or any pet for that matter, should be something you must pass some kind of standardized testing and obtain a license to do.

The number of high school students passing New York State's standardized tests, the Regents exams, is raised by as much as 10 percentage points if the teachers participated in Columbia University's Summer Research Program for Science Teachers, the study found.

The hiring process is lengthy, and you must pass standardized tests to even be considered for a position.