New elementary math and reading / language arts tests are based on the new Common Core State Standards, and
the proposed qualifying score of 157 is slightly lower than the 164 required on the old test.
Not exact matches
Applicants can
qualify with an even higher ratio, however, with compensating factors such as a high credit
score and a rent payment that matches the
proposed house payment.
This week, Maryland provided the latest surprise: Gov. Martin O'Malley, who is seeking union support for reelection,
proposed tighter rules for teachers to
qualify for tenure and opened the door to broader use of test
scores to evaluate them.
In order to circumvent their difficulty in recruiting and retaining
qualified teachers, the charter school sector
proposed that their schools, which disproportionately operate in urban environments with largely minority student populations, be allowed to provide the barest minimal training, justifying it because they get high test
scores, and call it «teacher certification.»
For a district
qualifying under this paragraph whose charter school tuition payments exceed 9 per cent of the school district's net school spending, the board shall only approve an application for the establishment of a commonwealth charter school if an applicant, or a provider with which an applicant
proposes to contract, has a record of operating at least 1 school or similar program that demonstrates academic success and organizational viability and serves student populations similar to those the
proposed school seeks to serve, from the following categories of students, those: (i) eligible for free lunch; (ii) eligible for reduced price lunch; (iii) that require special education; (iv) limited English - proficient of similar language proficiency level as measured by the Massachusetts English Proficiency Assessment examination; (v) sub-proficient, which shall mean students who have
scored in the «needs improvement», «warning» or «failing» categories on the mathematics or English language arts exams of the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System for 2 of the past 3 years or as defined by the department using a similar measurement; (vi) who are designated as at risk of dropping out of school based on predictors determined by the department; (vii) who have dropped out of school; or (viii) other at - risk students who should be targeted to eliminate achievement gaps among different groups of students.
The agency has
proposed that, starting this summer, the program allow only borrowers with
scores above 580 to
qualify for a loan with 3.5 percent down payment.
We met a lot of folks who could afford the home payment on a
proposed loan but could not
qualify because of a poor FICO
score.