Sentences with phrase «rejected use of test scores»

The Democratic party platform states that researchers have rejected use of test scores, but that's not accurate.

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The National Board's researchers rejected the use of student test scores as a measure of teacher performance, claiming, «It is not too much of an exaggeration to state that such measures have been cited as a cause of all of the nation's considerable problems in educating our youth....

We oppose high - stakes standardized tests that falsely and unfairly label students of color, students with disabilities and English Language Learners as failing, the use of standardized test scores as basis for refusing to fund schools or to close schools, and the use of student test scores in teacher and principal evaluations, a practice which has been repeatedly rejected by researchers.

The 74 contacted researchers who study teacher evaluation to see if they agree that the use of test scores has been rejected.

Gov. Jerry Brown rejected the requirements that states use standardized test scores in evaluating teachers and that state governments oversee plans to improve their lowest - performing 15 percent of schools.

The Democratic platform amendment also states, «We oppose... the use of student test scores in teacher and principal evaluations, a practice which has been repeatedly rejected by researchers.»