Sentences with phrase «relying on standardized testing»

Instead of relying on standardized testing alone, comprehensive teacher evaluations should be conducted and analyzed regularly throughout the year.

Despite decades of relying on standardized test scores to assess and guide education policy and practice, surprisingly little work has been done to connect these measures of learning with the measures developed over a century of research by cognitive psychologists studying individual differences in cognition.

Frequently these policies rely on standardized testing to measure student success and determine school and teacher effectiveness.

Concludes that many tests are inaccurate or biased against minority and low - income students, and that relying on standardized tests to make decisions results in worse, not better, education.

Spurred by the administration, school districts around the country have moved to adopt «value added» measures, a statistical approach that relies on standardized test scores to measure student learning.

That doesn't mean that private school teachers aren't as qualified as public school teachers, it just means that private schools don't rely on standardized tests to determine a candidate's ability to excel in the classroom.

Nevertheless, the final report notes that 42 states now rely on standardized tests in the teacher licensing process.

Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.comWeingarten: The top ranked countries don't rely on standardized testing to judge educational effectiveness.

Apparently relying on standardized test scores that are influenced by economic and social factors beyond a teacher's control are deemed the best way to evaluate an individual teacher....

College administrators typically rely on standardized tests to decide which students should proceed directly to college - level classes and which students should start in remedial courses.

• Including a pilot program that allows states to implement innovative systems of assessment that do not rely on standardized tests.

Until states develop better assessments — which we will support and fund through Race to the Top — we must rely on standardized tests to monitor progress — but this is an important area for reform and an important conversation to have.

«Multimetric accountability systems should use formative assessments, evidence of student learning, and progress toward personal growth objectives to measure student and teacher success rather than rely on standardized test scores as the primary reference point.»

And Rand Corp. researcher Laura Hamilton warned against relying on standardized test scores for 4 - year - olds.

Despite calls for creating an overall rating, the California State Board of Education on Thursday approved a new evaluation system for schools that will display outcomes on a number of measures moving away from a system that relies on standardized test scores.

The author argues that American educators rely on standardized tests at too early an age when administered in kindergarten, particularly given the original intent of kindergarten as envisioned by its founder, Friedrich Froebel.

Not exact matches

To gauge the school's success, it will rely on the data from a variety of indicators the district collects, which include several that go beyond standardized - test scores.

Ivy League admission departments are not placing as much consideration on standardized test results and are relying more on the personal interview and creative endeavors of applicants.

After achieving the passage of a new evaluation system that will rely on a mix on at least one standardized test and in - classroom observation, the governor is renewing his focus to areas NYSUT has opposed, including a lifting of the cap on charter schools and a $ 150 million education investment tax credit, which is strongly backed by private and parochial schools.

The budget also created a new teacher evaluation system that relies on a mix of in - classroom observation and at least one standardized test to assess performance.

The Republicans are tapping into an anger among many parents in New York state over the botched rollout of a more rigorous curriculum that relies more on standardized tests, and is tied to teacher evaluations.

Cuomo and lawmakers agreed to a new teacher evaluation system that relies more heavily on standardized tests.

When Cuomo convinced the legislature to approve a new teacher evaluation system the relies more on standardized tests, his administration said that the State Board of Regents would have very limited power to make any changes including compliance with a November deadline to come up with new performance reviews.

The board had until the end of the month to come up with a new system that relies more heavily on state standardized tests.

The State Education Department has until the end of the month to design new teacher evaluations that will rely more heavily on students» standardized test scores.

The new state budget includes big changes for teacher performance reviews, which will be redesigned by schools and the New York State Education Department to rely more heavily on standardized tests.

The new state budget includes big changes for teacher performance reviews, which will be redesigned by schools and the state education department to rely more heavily on standardized tests.

He wants teacher performance reviews to rely more on standardized test results, and he'd like 100 more charter schools in New York.

As part of a recent budget agreement between Governor Andrew Cuomo and state lawmakers, the New York State Education Department has until June 30 to come up with a plan for new teacher evaluations that will rely more heavily on standardized tests.

Educators across the state are protesting Cuomo's demands, saying they rely too heavily on standardized testing, ignore the challenges of poverty in some districts and put the brunt of poor student performance too squarely on individual teachers.

Lisa Goochee, former teacher in Brazil and now at Stanford Learning Design added, «The most outdated and destructive vestigial feature in the modern K - 12 space is the emphasis on standardized testing along with the college admissions and enrollment processes which rely on these testing conventions.

The NCLB law has also been criticized for growing the federal footprint in K - 12 education, and for relying too heavily on standardized tests.

Feaster - Edison relies heavily on both standardized test scores and Edison's own benchmark assessments to inform and adjust instruction throughout the year.

Lisa Goochee, Brazil: The most outdated and destructive vestigial feature in the modern K - 12 space is the emphasis on standardized testing along with the college admissions and enrollment processes which rely on these testing conventions.

The maldef petition, presented to the American College Testing Program, the College Board, and the Educational Testing Service, contends that standardized tests are poor predictors of college performance for minority students and that many institutions rely too heavily on such examinations.

Description: Some standardized exams under the Common Core State Standards will continue to rely on multiple - choice questions, leading to concerns that rote memorization and «teaching to the test» will remain in classrooms.

The Times analysis relied on a statistical approach known as «value - added,» which estimates the effectiveness of teachers by crediting them for the gains students make over their performance in previous years on standardized tests in math and English.

Unfortunately, the author of this blog fails to mention that the Gates study relies on score gains on standardized tests to compare to other measures in order to test for reliability.

She said it has narrowed schools» curricula and relies too heavily on standardized tests at the expense of student creativity.

The technocratic approach to accountability requires that all schools are judged according to uniform metrics, therefore the technocrats rely heavily (indeed, almost exclusively) on standardized test scores, particularly in math and language arts.

The report, released Wednesday, relies on standards used by the National Assessment of Education Progress, the only national - level standardized test, considered the gold standard for measuring actual student achievement.

They say student achievement is much more than a score on a standardized test and that it's a mistake to rely so heavily on charter schools.

She voted against a budget bill that requires new teacher performance reviews to rely more heavily on standardized tests.

► Multiple pathways to high school graduation, including paths that do not rely on high - stakes standardized testing, so that more students can graduate and access college or employment.

Others rely on state standardized tests.

When it comes to measuring the quality of a school, policy leaders tend to embrace standardized tests as the go - to indicator, whereas parents and community members tend to rely on reputation, word - of - mouth, and what they perceive with their own eyes.

Yet Stefan Pryor, Governor Malloy's Commissioner of Education, wants to INCREASE the number of standardized tests and require that school districts rely even more on the results.

(At its inception, IMPACT relied heavily on student standardized test scores, and in fact used them to evaluate every adult in the system, including custodians.

Such risk factors, however, complicate the interpretation of large - scale standardized test scores and their related value - added estimates, as VAMs rely solely on large - scale standardized test scores to yield their growth estimates.

But she frets that the district is relying too heavily on standardized tests and isn't doing enough to help teachers who are struggling.