The new law mandates that all students take tests that measure
their progress against state standards every year in grades 3 through 8.
Not exact matches
For example, Massachusetts senator Ted Kennedy recently introduced legislation that would require national rankings of
state standards and assessments
against the National Assessment of Educational
Progress (NAEP).
In this report, we use 2007 test - score information to evaluate the rigor of each
state's proficiency
standards against the National Assessment of Educational
Progress (NAEP), an achievement measure that is recognized nationally and has international credibility as well.
Regardless of whether they're Common Core
standards, or not, pretending that it isn't important to regularly assess and report on students»
progress, in a consistent and comparable way,
against whatever
standards states have undermines their legitimacy and belittles the notion that it's important for students to master essential knowledge and competencies.
Not surprisingly, district administrators are highly sensitized to how well their schools are performing
against state proficiency
standards and Annual Yearly
Progress (AYP) targets.
At secondary level, our pupils are not given «notional» floor
standards against which their
progress as learners is measured year on year to age 16, as their
state counterparts are given.
This purpose can be accomplished by ensuring that high - quality academic assessments, accountability systems, teacher preparation and training, curriculum, and instructional materials are aligned with
state academic
standards so that students, teachers, parents, and administrators can measure
progress against common expectations for student academic achievement.
Our benchmarks assess student
progress toward meeting your
state standards and provide valuable information to inform your instruction, offering a valid measure of student proficiency of knowledge and skills
against your
state and college - and career - readiness
standards.