Sentences with phrase «performance on standardized test»

As for making student test scores a big part of that process, he says «it's a tough situation because performance on a standardized test can really just reflect that year's mix of kids, or the luck of the draw.

Without being held accountable to the incessant pressure of increasing student performance on a standardized test (see Hew & Brush, 2007; Walker & Shepard, 2011; Zhao, 2007), Mike found technology use to be «definitely less prescriptive, especially for us.»

According to the terms of the state deal, 40 percent of a teacher's annual review will be based on student performance on standardized test scores.

The San Diego - area Barona Indian Charter School, for example, posted big gains in student performance on standardized test scores in the 2003 - 2004 school year, besting the state average.

SGPs calculate how a student's performance on a standardized test compares to the performance of all students who received the same score in the previous year (or who have the same score history in cases with multiple years of data).

For instance, University of Michigan psychologist Harold Stevenson found a correlation of 0.52 between the ability to name the letters of the alphabet on entering kindergarten and performance on a standardized test of reading comprehension in grade 10.

Virginia is thought to be the first state to propose linking driving privileges to performance on a standardized test.

The evaluation system pushed by Cuomo as part of this 2010 re-election campaign devotes half of a teacher's evaluation on their students» performance on standardized test scores that teacher unions argue is a poor measure of a teacher's ability.

«The Common Core Task Force Report has 21 common sense recommendations we've been seeking for several years including reducing the amount of testing and testing anxiety, making sure curriculum and exams are age appropriate and not placing such a heavy emphasis on teacher evaluations and student performance on the standardized test scores.»

My own children have been subjected to relentless test prep, bribery, teacher - induced guilt trips and even overt falsehoods designed to boost their performance on the standardized test that's linked to school rating / teacher performance.

Eating breakfast improves academic performance, health, and behavior; that means better performance on standardized tests, improved concentration and memory, better math scores, better attendance and fewer tardies, as well as fewer behavioral referrals to the front office.

The design of this study made it possible to examine 1) the extent to which benefits of breastfeeding on cognitive ability and achievement were evident throughout middle childhood, adolescence, and into young adulthood; and 2) the extent to which breastfeeding was related to a range of indices of academic achievement that included performance on standardized tests, teacher ratings of academic achievement, and levels of success in examinations on leaving school.

In general, the results suggest that after adjustment for confounding, there were small but consistent tendencies for increasing duration of breastfeeding to be associated with increased IQ, increased performance on standardized tests, higher teacher ratings of classroom performance, and better high school achievement.

In face of this criticism, Moskowitz has time and again cited the network's high performance on standardized tests compared to traditional district schools.

The centerpiece of the agenda was a statewide teacher evaluation system that would tie half of a teacher's rating to their students» performance on standardized tests.

It did, however, note that by its calculations, New York spends more per student than any other state in the country, even as performance on standardized testing continues to lag.

They argued that the fiscally conservative governor, in his effort to tie education funding to performance on standardized testing, has failed to fulfill the 2006 order of the state's highest court and allowed overcrowding and cuts to local schools» budgets.

Student performance on standardized tests could soon account for up to half of a teacher's evaluation in New York State.

Furthermore, these differences also correlated with one measure of academic achievement — performance on standardized tests.

Generally speaking, AYP is determined by student performance on standardized tests.

They concluded that performance on standardized tests from 1999 to 2002 was «significantly positively correlated» with «a school's ability to ensure a clean and safe physical environment,» «evidence that its parents and teachers modeled and promoted good character education» and opportunities «for students to contribute in meaningful ways to the school and its community.»

Under these policies, performance on standardized tests was not only made public but was also tied to rewards and sanctions.

There are also reasons to believe that subjective retention policies affect students differently than policies that use promotion criteria like performance on standardized tests.

Should teachers be evaluated based on their students» performance on standardized tests?

Moreover, graduation rates in the district are strikingly low, as is student performance on standardized tests.

Studies show a familiar pattern: middle - income black and Latino students faring worse than their white counterparts with respect to grades, enrollment in advanced courses, and performance on standardized tests.

But testing opposition appears to be more closely linked to concerns about teacher evaluation policies: the top two reasons chosen among a national survey of parents who opted out were, «I oppose using students» performance on standardized tests to evaluate teachers» and «standardized tests force teachers to teach to the test.»

The students» struggles with grammar affected their performances on standardized tests and ultimately led to them being penalized by American policies like No Child Left Behind, she said.

Just as Americans support tying teacher pay to student performance on standardized tests, so too do they want students» eligibility to be promoted from one grade to the next and to graduate from high school to depend on demonstrated success on tests.

Measuring student growth has been made somewhat easier by recent advances in the tracking of student performance on standardized tests over time.

They are under pressure to teach according to some script meant to increase performance on standardized tests.

In contrast to progressive charters in suburban areas, central - city charters typically embrace the «no - excuses» model of teaching and learning, emphasizing strict dress codes, rigorous discipline, extended school days and school years, and high expectations for performance on standardized tests.

Their findings are documented in the report, «The Union City Story: Education Reform and Technology — Students» Performance on Standardized Tests.»

Our primary outcome variable is student achievement as measured by performance on standardized tests.

The results of this analysis show that, after only one year's time, attending a private - school improved student performance on standardized tests in math and reading by between 5.4 and 7.7 percentile points.

In contrast to charters in suburban areas, which tend toward a progressive pedagogy, central - city charters typically embrace the «no - excuses» model of teaching and learning, emphasizing strict dress codes, rigorous discipline, extended school days and school years, and high expectations for performance on standardized tests.

The task of instruction would fall instead on profit - seeking «entrepreneurs... under contract with the school system... and paid on the basis of increased performance on standardized tests.»

Without assessing these programs per se, Johnson explains, the book examines how these systems are set up, including whether they use student performance on standardized tests, professional evaluations, a hybrid model, and whether they used individual or group assessments.

This research does not show that private or charter schools are always more effective than district schools in raising student performance on standardized tests — the indicator that is often put forth as a measure of a school's success.

These approaches are only beginning to be validated against student performance on standardized tests.

Specifically, the website provides up - to - date information on school enrollment, grade levels served, the racial and ethnic makeup of the student body, and performance on standardized tests.

«The Power Words are 12 words that — if students know how to use them — can raise performance on standardized tests,» explained Miller.

Report cards would rate programs by their outcomes, such as graduates» impacts on student performance on standardized tests, rather than program characteristics like curriculum and faculty credentials.

Less than half of adults (42 %) say performance on standardized tests is a highly important indicator of school quality — that includes just 13 % who call test scores extremely important.

It is important to remember that performance on standardized tests is not a complete indication of the full range of a child's academic abilities.

Schools that report low achievement for English - language learners also report low test scores for white and African - American students, and share characteristics associated with poor performance on standardized tests, according to a study released by the Pew Hispanic Center.

However, barely more than half of the survey respondents said that standardized test scores are «important» and barely 10 % listed «performance on standardized tests» as one of their top five reasons for choosing a school.

Since the grades assigned vary much less across classrooms than does students» performance on standardized tests, high - achieving students should be more likely to earn high grades in classrooms where the other students, on average, do not perform well on external assessments.

CAVA students» performance on standardized tests was also significantly lower than at their traditional public school counter parts.

The article presents a profile of the efforts by Guy Sconzo, the superintendent of Texas» Humble Independent School District (HISD), to increase student performance on standardized tests by dividing the large student population into small learning communities (SLCs) to better provide personalized learning opportunities.