Sentences with phrase «primary measure of student achievement»

In this book (released with a documentary film), Vicki Abeles continues the campaign against standardized test scores as the primary measure of student achievement that she began with her 2009 documentary Race to Nowhere.

More recently, the state's release of the 2011 Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) scores — Florida's primary measure of student achievement of the Sunshine State Standards — showed that Brevard's sixth grade students ranked first in Florida in both reading and mathematics, and in June the district was honored for the third consecutive year by the Association of School Business Officials for financial excellence.

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The primary goal of a summative assessment is to help us measure a student's achievement at the end of a dedicated instructional period.

Self - described education «reformers» advocate top - down overhauling of systems, using standardized testing in math and English as the primary measure of student and teacher performance and success, and using competition to leverage change, although neither approach has been shown to improve student achievement.