Sentences with phrase «percent on state tests»

Its graduation rate rose from 64.3 percent in 2007 to 78.8 percent in 2012, according to data provided by the district, and it narrowed the achievement gaps between the district's Hispanic students and Texas» white students by more than 50 percent on state tests in high school math and science.

The striking opt - out rate of over 20 percent on state tests this spring — which puts New York at risk of federal penalties — was a direct product of his administration, he said.

Schools are expected to make annual improvements of 3 percent on state tests over the next 15 years, using the gap between current figures and 100 percent.

The ratings will be based 20 percent on state tests and 60 percent on teacher evaluations, with details on the remaining 20 percent still being hammered out, a DOE spokesman said.

They also agreed then the new evaluations would be based 20 percent on state tests and 60 percent on teacher evaluations — but had left the remaining details up in the air, to be decided by Dec. 31.

The Houston study, which substantially reduced imprecision by pooling multiple years of data, still found that only about 46 percent of reading teachers classified in the top 20 percent on the state test were also among the top performers on the district test.

Not exact matches

New York City girls in grades 3 to 8 outscored boys on state math tests for the second straight year, with 35.2 percent passing this year, compared to 33.4 percent of the boys passing.

A Newsday survey conducted Friday on the last day of state math testing in grades three through eight found that 52.8 percent of eligible students in Nassau and Suffolk counties refused to take the assessment.

He proposed revising teacher evaluations with half their scores based on their students» scores on state tests, up from 20 percent, and half based on classroom observations.

Wednesday's decision states that although 40 percent of a teacher's evaluation can still be based on test scores, half of those tests must be chosen by local school districts through collective bargaining with their union.

At least 20 percent of the evaluations have to be based on student performance on the state tests.

Under the current teacher and principal evaluation system, students» growth scores — a state - produced calculation that quantifies students» year - to - year improvement on standardized tests while controlling for factors like poverty — make up 20 percent of evaluations for teachers whose courses culminate in the state tests.

The state Education Department released 75 percent of the questions on Common Core tests given in April to students statewide in grades three through eight — up from 50 percent of questions made public last year — and pledged that more information will be given in years to come.

Success also outlined its academic goals for all its students in its application, as mandated by SUNY application requirements: the network is aiming for 75 percent proficiency rates for second - year students in both math and English on state tests.

Cuomo has proposed revising teacher evaluations with half their scores based on their students» scores on state tests, up from 20 percent, and half based on classroom observations.

Fariña, meanwhile, also panned Cuomo's proposals to make student scores on state tests account for 50 percent of a teacher's rating and to bring in outside experts to observe the teachers.

The state Education Department on Wednesday released 75 percent of the questions on Common Core tests given in April to students statewide in grades three through eight — up from 50 percent of questions made public last year — and pledged that more information will be given in years to come.

The governor has proposed a teacher rating system that would base 50 percent of an instructor's evaluation on student performance on state tests — an increase from the current 20 percent.

The large number of test refusals had an impact on teacher evaluations last school year, with student growth on state exams making up 20 percent of a teacher's rating.

Troopers conducted a field sobriety test on the man and then took him to the trooper station at the Empire State Plaza in downtown Albany, where a breath test revealed he had a blood - alcohol content of 0.28 percent.

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.

Student performance on state tests will account for 20 percent of a teacher's rating.

Google did nt ease my anxiety — there I learned that less than 5 percent of the more than 80,000 chemicals introduced in the United States since World War II have been tested for their effects on human health and development — but a close friend did.

In 2012, third - grade students in warning on the state's standardized test in reading dropped to 15 percent, compared with 24 percent last year and 39 percent in 2008.

Using student - level data from two states, Harvard Professor Martin West and I found that 40 to 60 percent of schools serving mostly low - income or underrepresented minority students would fall into the bottom 15 percent of schools statewide based on their average test scores, but only 15 to 25 percent of these same schools would be classified as low performing based on their test - score growth.

A teacher in New York State is considered to be ineffective based on her students» test score growth if her value - added score is more than 1.5 standard deviations below average (i.e., in the bottom seven percent of teachers).

Some key reforms live on, including the federal requirement that states test their students in reading and math from grades 3 through 8 and once in high school, disaggregate the results, and report the information to the public; and the requirement that states intervene in the bottom five percent of their schools.

But in a nod to just how hard it is to master algebra, the state put a curve on the test results so that students in 2012 had to answer just 30 percent of the answers correct to earn their 65, according to the state Education Department spokesman Jonathan Berman.

Based on the results of a pilot test, the state education department had predicted that 8 percent to 10 percent would fail the Indiana Statewide Test for Educational Progress, which is given in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 6th, 8th, 9th, and 11th gratest, the state education department had predicted that 8 percent to 10 percent would fail the Indiana Statewide Test for Educational Progress, which is given in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 6th, 8th, 9th, and 11th graTest for Educational Progress, which is given in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 6th, 8th, 9th, and 11th grades.

Because most students enter charter schools before the 3rd grade when state - mandated testing begins, only 36 percent of applicants in our study have prior test scores on record and this group is not representative of all applicants.

Unfortunately, the United States educates only a little more than 6 percent of its students to an advanced level in math according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), a small percentage when compared to the proportion in many other countries that score at a comparable level on the international PISA test.

The percentage of 10th - graders in four SIG schools scoring proficient or above on state tests in 2011 was 12.5 percent, compared to 0 percent in 2010.

The state wants 80 percent of all students and student subgroups to score at a level demonstrating that they are on track for postsecondary readiness by 2024 - 25, based on state tests; also wants all students and student subgroups to graduate at a 90 percent clip by the same year.

Based on preliminary results from the spring 2000 state test, 88 percent of the school's first 8th grade class scored proficient or above in language arts (compared with 47 percent citywide), and 66 percent scored proficient or above in math (versus 21 percent citywide).

The state plans to set goals on the state reading and math tests for all students and several student subgroups by the 2023 - 24 school year; overall, the state's goal is to reduce «the number of nonproficient students for all students and for each subgroup of students by 33 percent» within six years.

That is, if a state reports that 85 percent of its students are proficient readers based on the results of its own tests, but NAEP only reports that 25 percent of that states students are proficient, states would be embarrassed by such a discrepancy.

Annual average improvement target of 2.5 percentage point gains in achievement on state reading and math tests between 2018 and 2025 for all students and student subgroups; plan includes goal of reaching a graduation rate of 90 percent by 2025 for all students and student subgroups

Achievement: Student groups currently scoring below benchmark (scale scores below 750 on current state tests) will be expected to close the gap to 750 by 25 percent within 5 years.

The percentage of students meeting goal on the state tests in reading / language arts in third grade grew from 72.73 percent in spring 2004 to 88.17 percent in spring 2008.

At KIPP, a middle school founded by two former Teach for America members, one recent class entered with passing rates of 35 and 33 percent on state math and reading tests.

The data showed a 14 percent increase in math scores and an 11 percent increase in language arts scores on the state's tests.

In other words, if all one were trying to do is to predict gains on state tests, one would use an evaluation system that places a great deal of weight — perhaps as much as 80 percent, we learn from Figure 3 — on value added.

Based on its own tests and standards, the state claimed in 2009 that over 90 percent of its 4th - grade students were proficient in math, whereas NAEP tests revealed that only 28 percent were performing at a proficient level.

In fact, ignoring any complications from test exclusions, Amrein and Berliner would report this as something like, «Just 23 percent of states posted gains on NAEP higher than the national average after high stakes were introduced.»

Central High did not make the Adequate Yearly Progress standard under the federal No Child Left Behind Act, and less than 20 percent of its students score «proficient» on state standardized math tests.

Merit Pay: When asked for an opinion straight out, a slight plurality of Americans sampled — 43 percent — supported the idea of «basing a teacher's salary, in part, on his or her students» academic progress on state tests.»

LAUSD has been negotiating with UTLA to try to put in place a pilot program with three percent of district teachers, who would be evaluated in part on student performance on the state's standards - based tests.

In announcing the 2000 test results last week, Virginia education officials said that 22 percent, or 406 of the state's 1,874 public schools, had posted acceptable passing rates on the state's rigorous Standards of Learning exams administered to students last spring.

Barely more than one third said it was false that the federal government requires all states to use the Common Core standards (it does not), just 15 percent said it was false that the federal government will receive detailed data on the test performance of individual students in participating states (it will not), and fewer than half said it was true that states and local school districts can decide which textbooks to use under Common Core (they can).

Over its history, the organization has achieved remarkable outcomes: 100 percent of YES Prep graduates have been accepted to four - year colleges, and YES Prep schools consistently rank among the best on the Texas state standardized tests.