Sentences with phrase «proficiency test before»

Many colleges may even require a background check and the completion of an English proficiency test before you are accepted.

The employer mandated a proficiency test before hiring.

Not exact matches

«I also would like to institute technology proficiency testing for prospective teachers to ensure that new teachers know the basics of technology and are comfortable with using it before they're hired,» Smith said.

In many states, the new Common Core - aligned tests of reading and math that have recently reported student and school results from 2014 - 15 have set a higher bar than ever before, and — if accurately and honestly reported to parents — should go a long way to deflating the «proficiency illusion» under which many schools have sheltered.

With just under 30 days to go before the tests start, principal Elizabeth Michaelis wants teachers to zero - in on students who have been falling just short of proficiency, based on practice tests and classroom performance.

The tests are more demanding than the old Ohio Graduation Tests that students had to pass before - so much more that proficiency rates have fallen dramatically and students are not earning enough «points» to be on track to gradtests are more demanding than the old Ohio Graduation Tests that students had to pass before - so much more that proficiency rates have fallen dramatically and students are not earning enough «points» to be on track to gradTests that students had to pass before - so much more that proficiency rates have fallen dramatically and students are not earning enough «points» to be on track to graduate.

[We've written before about proficiency and the tendency, under high - stakes testing, for schools to focus resources on kids who are «on the bubble.»]

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.

California Standardized Test results in language arts indicate that students are quickly approaching proficiency, with the percentage of students at the basic level jumping from 13 percent before the intervention to 33 percent after the intervention.

In the 2014 - 15 school year, 3rd and 4th graders» proficiency rates on the state math test broke into double digits — a step up from 0 percent before the change in management.

They will have to successfully demonstrate proficiency in the subject they wish to teach by passing the Praxis I and II tests before they can enter a certification program.

Before NCLB, states were not required to break out test scores by socio - economic status, ethnicity, English language proficiency or whether students received special education services.

Before you are admitted to a Med Assistant training program in Kansas, you will likely need to pass a background check, and you may have to pass exams that test your keyboard skills and proficiency in the English language.

You must ensure that the UBC Sauder School of Business Real Estate Division received your course registration and documents proving that you satisfied the previous language proficiency requirement (including LPI test results, if any) on or before August 31, 2017.