Sentences with phrase «proficiency on standardized tests»

More than half of all students at a 2011 NSOC performed at or above proficiency on standardized tests, with the exception of one school, and 49 percent of the public schools reached AYP, consistent with the national average.

Whether the measure is proficiency on standardized tests, graduation rates or college completion, the outlook in terms of school performance is significantly worse for low - income students than for their middle - income and wealthy peers.

State Education Department officials say that some students with disabilities are unable to demonstrate proficiency on standardized tests even with certain accommodations.

With the exception of one school, over half of all students at a 2011 NSOC performed at or above proficiency on their standardized tests.

And there is substantial research to support it — I suggest you review 90-90-90 schools... these are schools that have 90 % minority populations, 90 % free and reduced lunch student populations, and 90 % of students reaching proficiency on standardized tests!

Today, the district uses Star 360 for progress monitoring, predicting student proficiency on standardized tests, and as a data element in value - added modeling processes for teacher evaluation.

TVAAS is an analysis of student assessment data, such as the TN Ready and end - of - course tests, that provides districts and their schools a lens to gauge growth and progress of students outside of proficiency on standardized tests.

At Thorp, proficiency on standardized tests is just a starting point for our students.

In contrast the equity orientation acknowledges the different needs of individuals and how they all require specific support to be able to reach a goal, such as achieving proficiency on standardized tests, or in the case of the cartoon watching a baseball game.

Scope: Comparative data about class size, proficiency on standardized tests, percentage of students who receive free or reduced - price school lunch, and proportion of first - year teachers at a school; there's also a forum for parents to write reviews about individual schools.

Although Rise schools made improvement on a number of metrics, the schools are still posting low proficiency on standardized tests.

California's Central Valley Networked Improvement Communities seek to improve fifth - grade mathematics and triple students» math proficiency on standardized test scores in just four years.

Not exact matches

The quality of standardized tests and the English language proficiency of students also need to be considered, Rumore said, as well as how to evaluate teachers on the academic performance of special education students.

The law allowed for exceptions to the retention policy if a student had limited English proficiency or a severe disability, scored above the 51st percentile on the Stanford - 9 standardized test, had demonstrated proficiency through a performance portfolio, or had already been held back for two years.

The matrix converts scores on standardized tests — the Stanford Achievement Test for English - speaking students and the Aprenda exam for Spanish - speaking students with limited English proficiency — scores on the Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test (NNAT), average course grades, teacher recommendations, and indicators for socioeconomic status into an overall index score.

If our district is as successful as we believe it to be, why is there a growing percentage of students that do not demonstrate proficiency on state - level standardized tests?

And on the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS)- the state's standardized test, first administered in the spring of 1998 - Worcester public school students in different grade levels were 8 to 20 percentage points less likely to score at or above proficiency than were students statewide.

In order to assess basic knowledge and skills, we look at whether the child's performance on standardized math and reading tests meet or exceed the state - defined proficiency level.

But those rating sites are based primarily on student proficiency rates on annual standardized tests in reading and math.

In one year, he helped generate a 40 % drop in the number of students scoring below proficiency on a standardized math test by doubling the time all kids spent in math class and creating new, more accessible curricula that included using photography to teach calculation skills.

More than half of the Washoe County public schools had been labeled «in need of improvement» for failing to get enough students to proficiency on the state standardized tests required by the No Child Left Behind Law.

By forcing teachers to focus on students who fell just below the proficiency cutoff, the law may have encouraged teachers to group struggling students together to prepare them for standardized tests.

Proficiency rates on standardized tests, as NCLB showed, often revealed more about the makeup of a school's student body than what the school was doing to improve their education.

When reform - friendly commenters and cheerleading journalists write about the NOLA transformation, it's become de rigueur to offer a standard qualifier — words to the effect of, «We still have a long way to go, but...» In this formulation, poor overall reading and math proficiency based on standardized test scores is a mere speed bump before long and laudatory discussions of the remarkable growth demonstrated by the city's charter schools and students since Katrina.

State accountability systems focus attention and resources on low performance and remediation, but in many school districts across the country district leaders are as much concerned, if not more, about sustaining good performance and about establishing agendas for student learning beyond proficiency scores on standardized tests.

At Union County Teams Charter School, one of the city's five charter operators, fifty percent of students attained proficiency on standardized language arts tests last spring.

For example, policies specifically geared towards equity, such as the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), have created a narrowed curriculum, because reaching equity is reaching proficiency on state standardized tests.

And the attitude from district administration on down is that standardized test proficiency levels drive rankings, «so there is no need to expend precious dollars and personnel boosting the achievement of kids who need no boost.»

The true measure of student proficiency, educator effectiveness, and school quality must be based on more than just students» test scores on a few state standardized tests.

During Roses» first year, however, few students hit the proficiency mark on state standardized tests.

There are numerous standardized tests used to predict student proficiency levels on the state test.

IMPACT was designed to control for variables like the class's income level and English - language proficiency, and scores teachers on two major factors: classroom skill, as determined by multiple evaluations, and results, based on students» improvement on standardized tests.

N.J.'s big education news is our kids» sharp rise in proficiency levels on this past Spring's state standardized test called PARCC — districts will release scores tomorrow — but you'd never know it by looking at the papers.

While all individual students are ostensibly still expected to reach proficiency in core subjects, some states have adjusted their «annual measurable objectives» for schools so that the percentage of students that must show progress on standardized tests varies by race and ethnic group.

The Board will hear a presentation on the 2016 - 17 SBAC results, a yearly standardized test that measures student proficiency in English Language Arts (ELA) and Math.

The joy of teaching is too often undermined by the immense focus on standardized testing, proficiency expectations, and school report cards.

Taking the growth percentiles as a valid measure of teaching would have you believe that the distribution of ineffective teachers in New Jersey just happens to directly concentrate into schools with high percentages of students in poverty and low overall proficiency levels on standardized tests.

Lack of proficiency in reading and writing in social studies is exacerbated by the fact that schools are spending far less time on social studies instruction in the face of increasing pressure to improve standardized test scores in reading and mathematics (Manzo, 2005).

He also says change is necessary because Louisiana's voucher program received a proficiency rating of only 41 % based on the results of standardized testing.

The improvements Anderson cited were based on her own school rating criteria,» (but) based on state standardized test scores, Newark children had declined in proficiency since her arrival, in math in all tested grades, and in language arts in all but two.»

The new law requires states to design rating systems that rely heavily on student achievement, including proficiency rates on standardized math and reading tests, year - to - year growth on those tests and graduation rates.

When New York State made its standardized English and math tests tougher to pass this year, causing proficiency rates to plummet, it said it was relying on a new analysis showing that the tests had become too easy and that score inflation was rampant.

And second, since poverty and English Language proficiency are two main reasons students don't do as well on the standardized tests, charter schools will inherently do better if when they are serving less poor and fewer non-English speaking students.

To create the listing, Newsweek and its research partner, Westat to First, considered public high schools» proficiency rates on standardized math and language arts tests to create an achievement index for each school.

Diane Ravitch wrote a post drawing from an op ed piece written by Michigan teacher Nancy Flanagan decrying the Michigan's third grade «mandatory retention legislation» that requires schools to fail any third grader who scores below a certain level on the standardized tests used to determine «proficiency».

«First - year results clearly established Star 360 as a highly - reliable predictor of student proficiency on the FSA standardized test — level - by - level and across every grade and school.

Analysis shows that, in Maryland, schools serving breakfast in their classrooms experienced as much as a 7.2 percent lower rate of chronic absenteeism, and students in schools serving breakfast in their classrooms were 12.5 percent more likely to achieve proficiency on standardized math tests (Deloitte & No Kid Hungry, 2013).

Perhaps the most intriguing of ORA's graphics is the one that plots waitlist numbers against reading proficiency scores on DC's standardized tests.

What's at stake is the way states measure and assess the proficiency of their students on standardized tests.

Fortunately, in addition to tracking the performance of all students on mathematics and English Language Arts standardized tests, the new accountability system and the LCAP also look at English learners» progress toward English language proficiency — tracking progress from one level to the next on California's English language proficiency test.