Sentences with phrase «prepare for a test does»

«Worse yet, telling students to prepare for a test does not lead them to select from this toolbox those strategies that would lead to their best performance,» she says.

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It's certainly a difficult situation for China because their preference would be for North Korea to cool down and stop testing missiles and enter into some kind of negotiation track with the US, but it just doesn't appear that the North Koreans are prepared to do that.

Turn the batter into the prepared pan and bake in the preheated oven for 1 hour, or until the cake tests done with a toothpick.

With that I think I'll sign off so I can do some vegan recipe testing to prepare for the competition.

They also use AP test scores as a measure of «college preparedness» but, at least the AP courses I took, I don't think those are great equivalents to being «prepared for college.»

It's his first time driving a modern F1 car, having previously done two tests in a 2012, Renault - liveried Lotus E20 — which followed numerous single - seater tests, to prepare for them.

So I hope that behind closed doors, Wenger will be preparing his team for a tough test and making sure that we know what to expect and are ready to stand our ground, as long as we do not step over the line.

I never thought oversupply would test me, but I'm glad it did because it has helped prepare me for all the other things that inevitably were going to trip me up as a parent.

So make sure your teen has plenty of time to do homework, study for tests, and be prepared for school before you allow him to continue with other extra-curricular activities.

Even if your child doesn't have daily homework, reviewing notes and preparing for tests and quizzes is really the only way students can truly understand and learn a subject.

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Mostly, he was just ready to be done with high school, and also, because it was like a major bonus when he realized he could bypass the ACT and SAT, and build his video portfolio instead of preparing for a test.

If you are going to be relying on commercially prepared jars or pouches for your baby's solid foods, make sure that you test them at home and make sure that your baby not only likes them but doesn't experience any digestive discomfort.

We need to bring common sense to Common Core because New York is wasting too much time and money stressing children out to prepare for these tests which are of questionable educational value instead of focusing on supporting teachers so they can do their job and teach children what's really important,» said Assemblyman Jim Tedisco, a former public school special education teacher and guidance counselor.

«I'm doing homework with them, and I see the frustration,» said Astorino, who noted that his child spent six weeks of class time preparing for the Common Core tests.

That would mean tens of thousands of students will continue to be tested against standards that don't tell them or their families whether they are prepared for college.

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Don't wait till you are invited for Aptitude test before you can start preparing.

In order to best prepare for the madness, I thought about how I studied for tests in the past (what worked and what didn't) and talked to the older graduate students.

In this way they can determine where to operate while avoiding invasive procedures, and especially prepare for the operation by testing different surgical possibilities, seeing which would be most effective and what the consequences would be, something that is obviously impossible to do on the patient.

Asian countries did not participate in the latest test, however, citing the intense pressure on their students in the senior year to prepare for college entrance exams.

Sure, we stay after hours at school, usually when we have those unexpected deadlines that we talked about, but didn't you do the same when you had to prepare for a test?

If you've tested your soil and prepared it with compost, this step won't be necessary for a little while at least, but I do like to use this homemade compost tea to give the garden a boost.

There's not much you need to do to prepare for the test itself (it's quick and painless), but you can do footwork early in your pregnancy.

If you are looking for another way to prepare for the sit - up test without doing hundreds of sit - ups, use this quick core workout once a week to shake up your ab work.

Something the test instructions didn't prepare me for is that each time, at some point along the way, I get overwhelmed by a bizarre smell that seems to permeate the world wherever I go.

The study by researchers at the Educational Testing Service in Princeton, N.J., also warns that an impending shortage of college - educated workers could undermine the United States» place in the world unless the nation does a better job preparing young people for higher education and expanding access to it.

How do you strike the right balance between preparing students for tests and deadlines, and ensuring that they have the time — and the skills — to solve challenging math problems?

«Tests do provide us with important information about how schools are doing and how well - prepared students will be for what comes next, but they certainly don't tell us everything that we need to know,» says Associate Professor Martin West, who has written extensively on the issue, including a recent paper with Brookings on measuring students» related skills.

In a time when standardized tests are being criticized by some for being educational cookie cutters, there's growing interest in this individualized and broadened approach to preparing children for challenges that their textbooks don't address.

Then after three years obviously we'll test those four scenarios again and look to see whether they're still relevant, whether we can see indications of those stories coming true, in which case then we continue on in the same direction and look at step two - building on the foundations to shift and move the school, and what we do in the classroom and what teachers actually do to prepare ourselves for that future.

Montessorians get a little exercised around the amount of time that is spent preparing for tests, and the fact that the tests don't capture all the other outcomes we strive for in Montessori.

Only one in nine high - school students uses outside coaching courses to prepare for the Scholastic Aptitude Test, but those who do so rate them as helpful in raising scores, according to a new survey by the College Board.

And this increased scrutiny did not go unnoticed, especially by those in the business of finding students any possible advantage in preparing for this high - stakes test.

In many parts of the country, educators spend more time analyzing tests and figuring out how to prepare students for them, often by directly teaching sample items from tests, than they do studying and understanding the standards.

«These schools do not need to prepare children for the test.

Also here PISA suggests that there is much teachers can do about this: Even after accounting for students» performance, gender and socioeconomic status, students who said their teacher adapts the lesson to the class's needs and knowledge were less likely to report feeling anxious when they are well prepared for a test, or to report that they get very tense when they study.

Also, because Civilization III teaches the underlying principles behind history, rather than names and dates, it didn't do much to help teachers prepare students for testing.

The sheet often provides tips on how parents can assist their children with schoolwork, such as things to do to help students prepare for a test or ways to start or plan for a long - term assignment.

What we learned in North Carolina is that parents are tired of their children spending 30 days preparing for tests and being tested when they already know that they are doing well in school.

I've also seen the making of these adults in schools across our country: students who are consistently being «prepared» for the next test, assessment, or grade level... only to find out after graduation that they don't really know what they are passionate about.

As they prepare for college, many 11th graders take the SAT or ACT and perhaps Advanced Placement exams as well, and they probably don't relish the idea of also having to take state standardized tests.

Schools across the U.S. — especially those with high - needs, low - income populations — are finding they just do nt have the time in a typical day to do much more than prepare students for high - stakes tests in reading and math.

The Ofsted chief maintained he was «confident that most schools do everything they can to minimise the stress that children experience in preparing for and sitting these tests».

January 23: Preparing for the Future: What Educational Assessment Must Do with Randy Bennett of the Educational Testing Service and Professor Daniel Koretz.

I might ask about how the school prepares students for state assessment tests, what particular challenges the job presents, the skills the district is looking for in the principal they hire, but certainly I asked nothing to do with salary or vacation days, since those questions would send wrong signals in an initial interview.

I don't teach expository prose to prepare students for the essays on standardized tests.

Testing experts suggest that this intense emphasis on test preparation is wasted, because students tend to learn test - taking techniques rather than the subject tested, and they are not likely to do well on a different test of the same subject for which they were not prepared.

Description: In Minnesota, schools are proactive in preparing families for a perceived testing dip, saying that although scores may be lower, it has more to do with different criteria being observed than a lack of quality education.

Those high - performing schools did things like «set measurable goals on standards based tests and benchmark tests across all proficiency levels, grades, and subjects»; create school missions that were «future oriented,» with curricula and instruction designed to prepare students to succeed in a rigorous high - school curriculum; include improvement of student outcomes «as part of the evaluation of the superintendent, the principal, and the teachers»; and communicate to parents and students «their responsibility as well for student learning, including parent contracts, turning in homework, attending class, and asking for help when needed.»