Sentences with phrase «qualifying standardized test score»

Plus, many athletic directors will want to see a glowing transcript and a qualifying standardized test score before they sign off on an early offer.

Not exact matches

(A partial qualifier is a prospective athlete who meets only one of two minimum academic requirements — grade point average or standardized test score.

Similarly, some students who do not initially qualify later become eligible through an appeals process that allows parents to submit an alternative standardized test score or through additional evaluations conducted in 6th grade.

Kids need to score above the 97th percentile on a standardized test in order to enter the admissions lottery and, every year, about two - thirds of those who qualify are shut out.

While observers will judge Bloomberg and Klein's tenure using standardized test scores — and even they agree those scores are important measures — Klein has made no secret of the fact that he wishes his team's work to be marked in the end by significant upticks in both the graduation rate and the numbers of students who pass basic tests in order to qualify for a Regents diploma.

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.

In their unpublished research, which is now being peer - reviewed, Waddington and Berends studied the standardized test scores of low - income, public school students (grades 3 - 8) who qualified for free or reduced - price lunch and who used a voucher to switch to a private school.

In an unexpected move, Democrats have revised the K - 12 education section of their party's 2016 platform in important ways, backing the right of parents to opt their children out of high - stakes standardized tests, qualifying support for charter schools, and opposing using test scores for high - stakes purposes to evaluate teachers and students.

His son, who usually did well in school, had scored too low on a standardized test to qualify for the district's program for gifted students.

«The harm to California's low - income students of a short gap without a state standardized test score is dwarfed by the life - long effects that millions of low - income and minority students nationwide will experience as a result of the Department's failure to monitor and enforce their right to equitable access to qualified, experienced, and effective teachers.»

To qualify for Mensa, you must have scored in the top 2 percent of the general population on any one of more than 200 accepted, standardized intelligence tests — including Mensa administered admission tests — at any point in your life.

Students who are homeschooled can present standardized test results, such as their SAT or ACT scores, that are within a desired percentile range in order to qualify.

Less qualified teachers, large learning gaps, and lower standardized test scores all translate into one thing — a lower school rating.