Sentences with phrase «raising standardized test scores»

A title such as «Jane Smith Resume» will not encourage employers to keep reading the way that «Elementary Teacher Specializing in Raising Standardized Test Scores» will.

Educators and policymakers who become preoccupied with raising standardized test scores can lose sight of what real standards - based learning is and the steps they must take to achieve it.

In a sense, the expansion of independent teacher education programs like Relay furthers the creation of a second - class system of education for children living in poverty while middle class children continue to be taught by professionally prepared teachers and have more access to a genuine education that aims for much more than just raising standardized test scores.

Jones added that «Their obsession with raising standardized test scores does not necessarily mean they are providing a great education.»

At a meeting with concerned parents, the school superintendent sympathized with our concerns, but explained how much pressure the administrators were under, because of No Child Left Behind, to raise standardized test scores.

This strategy should raise their standardized test scores, since researchers estimate that «85 percent of achievement test scores are based on the vocabulary of the standards.»

Of course, the effects of moving to a system of compensation based on assessment by principals depend on the relative importance they place on a teacher's ability to raise standardized test scores when making overall assessments of teachers» effectiveness.

The results indicate that the effect of receiving a fail rating is to raise standardized test scores in a school by 0.12 standard deviations in math and by 0.07 to 0.09 standard deviations in English.

It is much easier to convey in short strident sentences what some, but not all charter schools do well — raise standardized test scores — than it is to convey the problems and complexities that arise from a hierarchal education system in which admission is determined by luck.

Westwood's plan calls for dividing the school into multi-age, multi-grade «families» to create a sense of belonging in a large school, implementing a community building component called Township 2000 that mimics a small city, and experimenting with new teaching and assessment strategies that promise to raise standardized test scores, within a year, by 3 % for average students and double that for low achievers.

He was a co-author of a study that showed that teachers who helped students raise standardized test scores had a lasting effect on those students» future incomes, as well as other lifelong outcomes.

Devoting time to these activities might seem risky for a district under pressure to raise standardized test scores.

Clawing back, arts advocates have overreached in asserting that arts will raise standardized test scores in math and science.

Ratliff, a fifth - grade teacher at an inner - city L.A. Unified school that has steadily raised its standardized test scores, has the background, smarts and independence of mind to become a true leader in the district.

The paper, by Raj Chetty and John N. Friedman of Harvard and Jonah E. Rockoff of Columbia, tracked 2.5 million students over 20 years, and using a value added approach, found that teachers who help students raise their standardized test scores have a lasting positive effect on those students» lives beyond academics, including lower teenage - pregnancy rates, greater college matriculation and higher adult earnings.

Not exact matches

What he found was that some teachers were reliably able to raise their students» standardized - test scores year after year.

More and more it seemed like the district's only goals were to raise the kids» standardized test scores and to teach them to fear authority — both of which, I'll admit, they did quite well.

For admission, they must score at an 8th - grade level on standardized reading and math tests (the Richmond Tech PLC raised that to 9th grade because it had so many applicants), pass an interview, and sign an achievement contract that also commits them to attend a daily meeting called Morning Motivation.

The results of this new research demonstrate that the potential benefits of increased teacher diversity extend well beyond standardized test scores, raising important questions about lost opportunities caused by the underrepresentation of minority teachers in America today.

All value - added methods aim to estimate a teacher's effectiveness in raising students» standardized test scores.

The only way to save them is to expand charters, remove due process for teachers so they can be fired, and further raise the stakes on standardized test scores.

Rhode Island has joined several other states in requiring preparation programs to raise GPA and standardized test score requirements to align with CAEP's recommendations.

But in the past decade, more and more big - name Democrats have split with the unions to support charter schools, tenure reform and accountability measures that hold teachers responsible for raising students» scores on standardized tests.

The state Board of Education voted in favor of raising the «cut scores» or cut off scores for what's considered «proficient» on the state's standardized MEAP test.

No amount of intensive tutoring raises the students» standardized test scores to levels acceptable to the state.

The case against standardized testing: Raising the scores, ruining the schools.

But his recent demonstration was aimed at training a different breed grappling with far bigger tasks: educators under mounting pressure to raise students» standardized test scores.

In recent years, however, the federal law known as No Child Left Behind has put pressure on schools to raise scores on the standardized reading and math tests given to students starting around age 8.

Administrators quoted in the report explain that while Uncommon Schools have historically outperformed other schools that serve similar student populations, the implementation of the CCSS has raised the bar and fewer Uncommon students are scoring at proficient and advanced levels on standardized tests.

More high - stakes standardized testing: Walton supports teacher bonuses linked to raising test scores.

In some of these programs like Relay, candidates are awarded degrees based on their ability to raise their students» standardized test scores, which perpetuates the idea that test scores are the most important measure of learning, and encourages a narrowing of the curriculum to focus on tested content.

Improving teaching, Hardy told her staff again and again, would improve learning and raise scores on standardized tests.

This paper considers the issues raised in using standardized achievement test scores for purposes of examining the academic productivity of schools.

Benjamin Banneker Charter Public School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, serving a low - income urban minority community, launched a concerted and successful campaign to raise its students» low math scores on standardized tests.

I've previously posted about studies that have found that the laser - like focus on raising student test scores often identifies teachers who are good at doing that, but those VAM - like measures tend to short - change educators who are good at developing Social Emotional or «non-cognitive skills» (see More Evidence Showing The Dangers Of Using High - Stakes Testing For Teacher Evaluation; Another Study Shows Limitations Of Standardized Tests For Teacher Evaluations; Study Finds Teachers Whose Students Achieve High Test Scores Often Don't Do As Well With SEL Skills and SEL Weekly Updatest scores often identifies teachers who are good at doing that, but those VAM - like measures tend to short - change educators who are good at developing Social Emotional or «non-cognitive skills» (see More Evidence Showing The Dangers Of Using High - Stakes Testing For Teacher Evaluation; Another Study Shows Limitations Of Standardized Tests For Teacher Evaluations; Study Finds Teachers Whose Students Achieve High Test Scores Often Don't Do As Well With SEL Skills and SEL Weekly Upscores often identifies teachers who are good at doing that, but those VAM - like measures tend to short - change educators who are good at developing Social Emotional or «non-cognitive skills» (see More Evidence Showing The Dangers Of Using High - Stakes Testing For Teacher Evaluation; Another Study Shows Limitations Of Standardized Tests For Teacher Evaluations; Study Finds Teachers Whose Students Achieve High Test Scores Often Don't Do As Well With SEL Skills and SEL Weekly UpdaTest Scores Often Don't Do As Well With SEL Skills and SEL Weekly UpScores Often Don't Do As Well With SEL Skills and SEL Weekly Update).

Research demonstrates that social and emotional learning programs raise students» standardized test scores by an average of 11 percentile points, while improving attitudes, behavior, and interpersonal communication, and decreasing problematic conduct, such as drug use, high - risk sexual interaction, and aggression.

Recent research indicates social and emotional learning programs can raise students» standardized test scores, build attachment to school, improve interpersonal attitudes, and decrease problem behaviors, such as drug use, high - risk sexual behavior and aggression.