Sentences with phrase «proficiency benchmarks»

In mathematics, internal assessment revealed that 36 percent of students hit proficiency benchmarks in the beginning of the year, and by the spring, 84 percent were proficient.

Implementation problems and teacher capacity: The new assessments set forth more challenging proficiency benchmarks for students and required substantial investments in technology, as well as increased testing time.

The new assessments set forth more - challenging proficiency benchmarks for students and required substantial investments in technology as well as increased testing time.

Moreover, it is important to note that none of the growth models under consideration are designed to set student - level academic targets, a goal that is better served using proficiency benchmarks.

To achieve AYP, schools must meet proficiency benchmarks in 39 separate...

That's a good choice because researchers have found that, for example, New York City schools with the lowest chronic absenteeism rates had twice as many students achieve proficiency benchmarks on English and math tests, as well as more positive climates.

I was watching the demoralized teachers in my children's school, wearied by endless preparation for the exams and frustrated by demands from on high to concentrate on students who were at the cusp of being able to pass the state's proficiency benchmark at the expense of everyone else.

that, for example, New York City schools with the lowest chronic absenteeism rates had twice as many students achieve proficiency benchmarks on English and math tests, as well as more positive climates.

The «good enough» idea came to me as I researched dozens of proficiency benchmarks — and all reflect the minimum entry point into near / on - grade - level performance at this point in time.

Yet two out of three Success Academy scholars hit proficiency benchmarks anyway.

The pressure appears to have been successful; as shown in Figure 1, the benchmarks defining college and career readiness in these assessments at Grades 4 and 8 either match the NAEP proficiency benchmark or are very close to it.

Although proficiency benchmarks are rigid, the body of knowledge they reflect adapts and grows — from the novice understandings acquired in the earliest grades through the complex applications applied in the highest grades.

Many educators, including former U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings, confuse NAEP's proficiency benchmark with being on grade level.

Glaring examples of low proficiency benchmarks were set in fourth grade reading and eighth grade math.

These include content objectives, aligned with state and local content - area standards, and language objectives, aligned with state language proficiency benchmarks or language arts standards, or the national TESOL standards.

Arne Duncan, the secretary of education, said the shift was driven by the fact that far too few students with disabilities were reaching academic proficiency benchmarks.

To achieve AYP, schools must meet proficiency benchmarks in 39 separate criteria.

The condition for being exempt from NCLB's requirements was meeting different requirements laid out by the Department of Education, including a measurement plan of school performance, how to evaluate teachers and most importantly, exemption from the 100 percent proficiency benchmark.

Parents revolted as the consortia set testing times and proficiency benchmarks that they viewed as developmentally inappropriate and, in some cases, a waste of resources.

The highest level of college and career readiness was seen among students using the program who averaged mastery of four or more subskills per week; 58 % of these students met proficiency benchmarks — almost double the rate of the typical students.

Proficiency shows the percent of students within the school who have reached the proficiency benchmark — in this case, who scored a 4 or 5 on the PARCC assessment.

Under the Common Core Standards, students who meet the proficiency benchmark will be truly college and career ready.

These data reflect the percentage of Anderson students meeting the state of Nevada's proficiency benchmarks.