Dr. King helped broker a fragile peace with the state's main teachers» union to begin those changes last year, but continuing disputes, particularly over the state's
proposed use of standardized tests to rate teachers, periodically disrupt it.
Not exact matches
The Los Angeles pact
proposes to do that
using a unique mix
of individual and schoolwide
testing data — including state
standardized test scores, high school exit exams and district assessments, along with rates
of attendance, graduation and suspensions.
The state has
proposed using English language arts and math
standardized test scores in grades 3 to 8, science
test scores when available, an English learner indicator, high school graduation rates, suspension rates, chronic absenteeism, college and career readiness, school climate, parent engagement and school conditions as part
of its evaluation.
The
proposed plan instead doubles down on the
use of state
standardized test results by
proposing use of student performance on STAAR Math and Reading as the measure
of school quality or student success for elementary and middle schools.