Sentences with phrase «performing against state standards»

In the future, a students» performance across a variety of programs and platforms will likely give us a much richer picture of how that student is performing against state standards, as compared to a once annual high stakes test.

Not exact matches

Common standards and tests that evaluate performance against those standards are to be found in most of the countries that are performing better than the United States, whether they be in Europe or Asia.

They rail against state standards and accountability systems, but offer few practical alternatives for ensuring that all public schools perform at a high level.

We can tell how students are performing against a standard, and compare them to students in other schools, districts, and states.

Many state leaders are anxious about how their schools will perform against the new, higher Common Core standards.

Not surprisingly, district administrators are highly sensitized to how well their schools are performing against state proficiency standards and Annual Yearly Progress (AYP) targets.

«In response to the need to improve state standards and create a common set of expectations for children across the country, Wisconsin was among the first of 48 states and territories to adopt the Common Core State Standards, a set of rigorous new standards that are benchmarked against the standards of high performing countries.&rstate standards and create a common set of expectations for children across the country, Wisconsin was among the first of 48 states and territories to adopt the Common Core State Standards, a set of rigorous new standards that are benchmarked against the standards of high performing countries.&rState Standards, a set of rigorous new standards that are benchmarked against the standards of high performing countries.»

The Obama administration, with Race to the Top and the waiver process, decided instead to put their full weight behind the new Common Core State Standards, fund the development of new tests set to those standards, hold teachers individually accountable for the performance of their own students against the Common Core State Standards, implement the new tests and urge states to use teacher evaluations based on test results to fire teachers whose students did not perform satisfactorily.

Understand how students are performing against school, district, and state performance standards.