Sentences with phrase «performance beyond test scores»

does not account for differences in school performance beyond test scores and graduation rates.»

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Officials say changes Illinois has made in how it categorizes student performance — called cut scores - on standardized tests mean parents and community members must look beyond the report to evaluate how well the...

The Every Student Succeeds Act pushes states to move beyond test scores in gauging school performance and gives them all sorts of new flexibility when it comes to funding, turning around low - performing schools, and more.

The best incentive plans are those that go beyond rewarding select teachers whose students score higher on standardized tests, says Darling - Hammond; they use multiple measures to evaluate teacher performance and create career ladders capable of supporting and rewarding all teachers.

It's also important because some Americans like to point to our supposedly high poverty rate as an excuse for our lackluster international performance on a variety of social indicators, from health - care outcomes to test scores and beyond.

They must also create comprehensive systems of teacher and principal development, evaluation and support that include factors beyond test scores, such as principal observation, peer review, student work, or parent and student feedback... they must set new performance targets for improving student achievement and closing achievement gaps.

State accountability systems focus attention and resources on low performance and remediation, but in many school districts across the country district leaders are as much concerned, if not more, about sustaining good performance and about establishing agendas for student learning beyond proficiency scores on standardized tests.

That means we need to go beyond test scores to assess performance.

To generate detailed scoring and «Beyond Scores» insights on student performance, Socrato's rules - based, test scoring, performance, and diagnostic assessment engine learns over time about tests and gets smarter.

more clearly acknowledges that evidence of student learning must extend beyond standardized test scores to include other measures, such as demonstration of growth over time, parental feedback, performance on formative assessments, and demonstrations of engagement and self - efficacy; and

ESSA replaces many provisions contained in the previous reauthorization — the No Child Left Behind Act — to give states more authority in the design of their school accountability systems and to encourage them to use measures beyond test scores to measure school performance.

Making the assessments multidimensional (not relying exclusively on test scores), focusing on potential and not just performance, and looking at subjects beyond just reading and math could all prove beneficial.

I scored the performance high but I'm sure I haven't tested the limits of the car (I'm a senior citizen, and I think it's a good idea for me to not push the car beyond my limits with the possible consequences of breakage, collision and higher insurance premiums; the car does everything I want it to.