Sentences with phrase «require teacher tests»

While some states require teacher tests to demonstrate content knowledge, others do not.

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Among them: determining what constitutes acceptable state tests; establishing criteria by which to approve a state's school accountability plan; defining «qualified» teachers; and deciding how broadly to interpret a clause that lets schools avoid sanctions if their students make lesser gains than those required under the bill's «adequate yearly progress» provision.

Evaluations require time to administer tests to your child, gather information from teachers, observe your child in the classroom, and having meetings with parents over the findings.

«Brain Gym requires little additional training for the classroom teacher, no testing, no technology, and it enhances (rather than replaces) current curriculum.

Governor Cuomo initially supported a policy that would have required student test scores to count for 50 percent of a teacher's performance evaluation.

Tedisco, a former public school special education teacher, is the sponsor of the bi-partisan Common Core Parental Refusal Act (A. 6025 / S.4161), to require that school districts notify parents of their rights to refuse without penalty to have their children in grades 3 - 8 participate in the Common Core standardized tests.

The statewide teachers union filed a federal lawsuit late Wednesday over the state Department of Education's policy of requiring teachers to sign confidentiality agreements before scoring tests based on the Common Core standards.

Governor Cuomo initially supported a policy that would have required student test scores to count for 50 % of a teacher's performance evaluation.

The state Board of Regents today approved tighter standards for state examinations that include universal test dates and requiring teacher training certifications.

Districts would be required to negotiate the choice of tests with unions representing teachers and principals.

Prospective teachers in New York will no longer have to score as high on a qualifying test in order to obtain teaching certificates, now that the Board of Regents has agreed to lower the passing score on a test required for a teaching certificate.

The Common Core's rollout has been criticized for requiring too much testing and not preparing teachers.

New York also promised to tie student performance on state exams to teacher evaluations in its application for a waiver from No Child Left Behind, legislation under President George W. Bush that requires states to hit certain performance benchmarks on standardized tests.

The new law requires that the State Education Department develop new teacher performance reviews, that will be more heavily reliant on controversial standardized tests associated with the new Common Core learning standards.

A bipartisan draft bill to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, the original name of the federal education legislation, would bar the federal government from requiring states to use student test scores in teacher evaluations or forcing closure or other sanctions on struggling schools.

The federal authorities will be barred from requiring the use of tests in teacher evaluations.

The tests — required as part of this year's new teacher evaluations — inspired a boycott at one school and a union - led drive to ban standardized tests for pre-kindergarten through second grade.

In contrast, the alternative pathway that requires prospective teachers to take courses that are not transferable to other fields yields teachers who are less effective at boosting student test scores than either traditional - route teachers or teachers who entered the profession through other alternative pathways.

They do not certify teachers, nor do they test or require anyone to meet any of the standards they set.

In order to participate in this 300 Hour Yoga Teacher Training course, if you haven't graduated from a WYA 200 Hour Training, you will need to pass the orientation test to prove you have the basic skills required to continue the program.

Enacted in 2001, No Child Left Behind (NCLB), for instance, emphasized academic competence by requiring that prospective teachers either graduate with a major in the subject they are teaching, have credits equivalent to a major, or pass a qualifying test showing competence in the subject.

Currently, seven states use the National Evaluation System's tests, 27 use the National Teachers Exam, 43 ask new teachers to pass basic skills tests, and 32 require teachers to demonstrate proficiency in the subjects theTeachers Exam, 43 ask new teachers to pass basic skills tests, and 32 require teachers to demonstrate proficiency in the subjects theteachers to pass basic skills tests, and 32 require teachers to demonstrate proficiency in the subjects theteachers to demonstrate proficiency in the subjects they teach.

The syllabus required that I address the history of our current school system, debates over reform, standards and testing, teacher preparation, and more.

And there is a responsibility on me as a teacher to know those tests and to know the concepts that will be on them and then to design the types of products and performances, the types of projects that will require students to use those particular skills.

The Cincinnati Federation of Teachers is mobilizing its ranks to tutor high school seniors who have not passed the state proficiency test required for graduation.

Some certifications for teachers, electricians, and medical laboratory technicians even require timed tests, our readers noted.

Some educational issues tend to spark large partisan rifts (for example, Common Core and teacher tenure), while a bipartisan consensus emerges on others (for instance, required testing of students).

Teachers in many schools, particularly those in low - income communities, are required to used scripted curricula and to comply with lock - step pacing guides, monitored closely so that all tested topics are covered.

Two obvious examples are driver's permit exams and jobs that require placement or certification tests (such as police officers and teachers).

Efforts to Improve Teacher Quality: Although Delaware requires only a basic - skills test for teachers to earn their initial licenses, it also has a performance assessment, consisting of classroom observations, to evaluate novice teachers once they are in the classroom.

Efforts to Improve Teacher Quality: Arkansas has established a comprehensive system of teacher testing that continues after teachers enter the classroom.The state requires its prospective teachers to pass basic - skills, subject - knowledge, and subject - specific - pedagogy tests to earn their beginning liTeacher Quality: Arkansas has established a comprehensive system of teacher testing that continues after teachers enter the classroom.The state requires its prospective teachers to pass basic - skills, subject - knowledge, and subject - specific - pedagogy tests to earn their beginning liteacher testing that continues after teachers enter the classroom.The state requires its prospective teachers to pass basic - skills, subject - knowledge, and subject - specific - pedagogy tests to earn their beginning licenses.

The recent news that Washington state legislators voted down a bill that would require statewide tests to be used — in some locally determined amount — as part of teacher and principal evaluations has three major implications:

For the first time in more than two decades, aspiring teachers in Alabama will be required to pass subject - matter tests, possibly as soon as 2006, under a consent decree reached in a long - running case over teacher testing.

Requiring the coursework and a passing grade on a licensure test serves only to incur costs in time and money to future teachers, potentially closing the profession to some candidates.

Classroom Instruction — It's About the Journey, Not Racing to the Finish The No Child Left Behind Act and achievement tests that test the entire wide curriculum require teachers like Max Fischer to get control of the curriculum; to examine how best to create learning experiences that make important concepts memorable.

South Carolina requires future teachers to pass basic - skills, subject - knowledge, and subject - specific - pedagogy tests to earn their licenses.

Assessments that require higher - order thinking skills will likely to be better at differentiating teachers, but even the current low - level tests that states are using are valuable in identifying effective teachers.

The state requires its high school and middle school teachers to pass subject - matter tests before they enter the classroom.

To be sure, there is nothing in our current forms of direct evaluation that requires schools and teachers to abandon a broad, knowledge - laden curriculum to boost test scores; but it should be abundantly clear that if the field hasn't gotten this message nearly fifteen years after No Child Left Behind, it's not going to.

Teachers are encouraged or required to suspend or interrupt science, social studies, and other core subjects not tested by TAAS for TAAS preparation in other disciplines.

When test designers ensure that potentially emotive material can not be included in their assessments — such as a discussion about gun control — they reduce the likelihood that teachers will help students develop the deliberative skills required for democratic participation.

The monitoring of literacy and numeracy achievement against a set of absolute proficiency levels would require a shift in thinking on the part of students, teachers and parents who are used to interpreting test performances only in terms of year level expectations.

So I call on the states to require new math and science teachers to pass high - level competency tests in their subjects before getting licensed.

Annual reading tests have practically required schools and teachers to forsake the patient, long - term investment in knowledge and vocabulary that builds strong readers, critical thinkers, and problem solvers.

The letter says that the district has never evaluated the teachers using student test scores, and, as a consequence, has never told teachers where they stood and counseled them on how to improve in terms of increasing their students» learning — all of which are required by the law.

Some teachers are not required to assign homework as long as their classes meet minimal requirements and pass the state proficiency test.

To help address this challenge, the President called on states to require all new teachers of math and science to pass challenging tests of math or science knowledge and teaching proficiency.

PDK: «Some states require that teacher evaluations include how well a teacher's students perform on standardized tests.

The Hawaii State Teachers Association has ratified a new contract that will require its members to undergo random drug and alcohol testing — a requirement unusual for public school teachers — as the price for receiving a 4 percent salary increase each year over the next twTeachers Association has ratified a new contract that will require its members to undergo random drug and alcohol testing — a requirement unusual for public school teachers — as the price for receiving a 4 percent salary increase each year over the next twteachers — as the price for receiving a 4 percent salary increase each year over the next two years.

A statewide survey that covered many issues, conducted by a consulting firm for the state education department, asked the question: «Teachers in Florida are now required to take a competency test before being certified to teach.