Sentences with phrase «results on the state tests»

Students wait for School Director Mark DiBella to announce their results on the state test.

Because the assessments aren't linked to any local or regional set of learning standards, NAEP can be used as a barometer to compare results on state tests, especially when it comes to reading and mathematics.

Some critics worry that states will create systems where a student's results on a district test one year can not be compared with results on a state test the next year.

Johanson et al. (2001) used comparison groups of mathematics and science students to look at student attitudes towards these subject areas; Shanahan et al. (2006) compared results on state tests in mathematics of students of teacher leaders with average student scores at the district and state levels.

She was disturbed and puzzled by the fact that students «course - failure rates (which principals were required to report every six weeks) were unacceptably high (e.g., 29 % at the high school level) despite the history of formally satisfactory student results on state tests and school accountability ratings:

We are striving every day to close the achievement gap in our public schools and have shown strong results on state testing and other measures of success.

Property values already are affected by the perception of local schools and results on state tests, said Phil Salkin, government affairs director for the Wisconsin Realtors Association.

- Name, social security number, home address, demographics, course information, statewide assessment results, teacher demographics, program information, behavior and discipline information, progress reports, special education assessment plans, special education assessments / evaluations, Individualized Education Programs (IEPs), records pertaining to health, mental health and medical information, student statewide identifiers (SSID), attendance statistics, information on suspensions / expulsions, and results on state tests.

Showing strong results on state testing and other measures of success, our schools have shown the importance and impact of achievement and accountability.

Half of their assessment is based on their students» results on state test scores, a serious problem for those who teach subjects with no state test.

If «proficient» and «highly proficient» are achievement labels that should be reserved for students likely to go to a four year college or university, then education reform advocates have never effectively made that case to the public, preferring instead to point to the results on state testing that have been designed with this specific result in mind and declaring themselves correct about how poor a job our nation's schools are doing.

No Child Left Behind requires every state to administer the NAEP in reading and mathematics every two years, and the data appear to show some wide differences between NAEP results and the results on state tests.

For years, there has been a gulf between the sunny results on state tests that show the majority of students are doing just fine and the much lower performance on the tough national exam, the National Assessment for Educational Progress (NAEP).

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About the ratings: GreatSchools ratings are based on a comparison of test results for all schools in the state.

In her latest book, The Death and Life of the Great American School System, she charges that the state reading and math tests mandated by the No Child Left Behind Act lower the bar, produce inconsistent results, lack content, promote cheating, and encourage teachers to waste time on test - taking strategies.

I just want to anticipate the result by telling this woman that such a condition — which is anything but pleasant — is always only a state of testing / preparation / changing before God is going to reveal Himself on a higher level than before.

Deleon says test results fo these products varied widely from their stated protein levels, with some products even testing at little more than one - tenth the levels of protein promised on their labeling.

An underground CPM in my state, where they aren't licensed, was brought before a grand jury on several counts of negligence including ignoring GBS test results and / or misleading people about them.

Government inspectors were testing baby formula around China and plan to release their results on Tuesday, said Li Changjiang, head of the State Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, according to the Xinhua news agency.

Government inspectors are testing baby formula around China and plan to release their results on Tuesday, said Li Changjiang, head of the State Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, according to the Xinhua news agency.

The release of the latest round of standardized test results on Wednesday re-opened an ongoing political battle between Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the state's teachers unions.

The New York state Department of Health held two pubic information sessions Thursday in Newburgh on the second set of PFOS blood test results.

A moratorium on using test results in teacher evaluations remains in place for this year, but the teachers union has continued to press the State Education Department to reset the testing benchmarks.

Under the new «emergency regulation,» educators still would get annual «growth» scores from Albany based on results of state tests given during the moratorium, but the scores would be advisory.

Parent groups want Cuomo and state lawmakers to repeal the tough teacher - evaluation law passed last spring, which bases up to about half of teachers ratings on student test results.

As a result of the testimony given, the report recommends the state Department of Education immediately address several concerns, such as expediting waivers from the U.S. Department of Education «to relax onerous and rigid testing restrictions placed on certain students,» especially with English as a Second Language students and students with disabilities; producing all missing or incomplete curriculum modules; aligning assessments proportionally to curriculum actually implemented; and increasing funding for the professional development of teachers.

On the day the results of the state tests were announced, state Department of Environmental Conservation acting commissioner Basil Seggos and top Cuomo aide Jim Malatras visited the Rensselaer County village to meet with concerned residents.

Despite missing pages and mislabeling on some English language arts tests taken yesterday by students across the state, SED will not throw out the results.

New York State United Teachers president Richard Iannuzzi is calling for a three - year moratorium on using the test results for «high - stakes» decisions, such as whether to promote a student or discipline a teacher.

They include ensuring that the new Common Core test results for third through eight graders will not count on students» permanent records and an end to the State Education Department's contract with a private company, called InBloom, to input students» personal records and data.

General Secretary of the NASUWT has written to the Secretary of State calling on her to immediately end the uncertainty being faced by primary schools as a result of the Key Stage 2 SATs test being compromised

For the first time, New York City students caught up to their peers around the state in English, officials said on Friday in announcing the results for the standardized tests given to third through eighth graders this year.

Please read the letter from the New York State Department of Health regarding our water testing results, as well as the results themselves by clicking on the links below.

The state health department mailed the test results on a Friday, so many arrived over the weekend.

Mayor Bill de Blasio on Thursday declined to back down from earlier remarks that charter school gains on state exams were partially a result of excessive test preparation, during an appearance on «The Brian Lehrer Show.»

In test results released Friday, 38 % of city students scored proficient in English - a jump of nearly eight percentage points from last year that put the city's scores on par with the state overall for the first time.

The Akwa Ibom State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Dominic Ukpong, on Monday, disclosed that three suspected cases of Lassa fever had been recorded in the state, with one confirmed case of a patient who died before her test result cameState Commissioner for Health, Dr. Dominic Ukpong, on Monday, disclosed that three suspected cases of Lassa fever had been recorded in the state, with one confirmed case of a patient who died before her test result camestate, with one confirmed case of a patient who died before her test result came out.

To be sure that the bees» flying behavior resulted from their underlying emotional state and was not simply a sugar high, the researchers tested the insects on other, unfamiliar flowers in new colors.

Host Matt Lauer stated that the Today show would have Mr. Karason back on when the results from his blood silver level tests were available.

Now, results from the tests students took last spring won't be available until at least February after the state school board discovered a problem that led to incorrect scores on the science portion of the 11th grade test, graded by San Antonio - based Harcourt Assessment.

Some key reforms live on, including the federal requirement that states test their students in reading and math from grades 3 through 8 and once in high school, disaggregate the results, and report the information to the public; and the requirement that states intervene in the bottom five percent of their schools.

But in a nod to just how hard it is to master algebra, the state put a curve on the test results so that students in 2012 had to answer just 30 percent of the answers correct to earn their 65, according to the state Education Department spokesman Jonathan Berman.

Based on the results of a pilot test, the state education department had predicted that 8 percent to 10 percent would fail the Indiana Statewide Test for Educational Progress, which is given in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 6th, 8th, 9th, and 11th gratest, the state education department had predicted that 8 percent to 10 percent would fail the Indiana Statewide Test for Educational Progress, which is given in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 6th, 8th, 9th, and 11th graTest for Educational Progress, which is given in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 6th, 8th, 9th, and 11th grades.

Unfortunately, none of the studies released by the Economic Policy Institute confirm the validity of the state testing results by comparing them to the results on national exams.

Based on preliminary results from the spring 2000 state test, 88 percent of the school's first 8th grade class scored proficient or above in language arts (compared with 47 percent citywide), and 66 percent scored proficient or above in math (versus 21 percent citywide).

That is, if a state reports that 85 percent of its students are proficient readers based on the results of its own tests, but NAEP only reports that 25 percent of that states students are proficient, states would be embarrassed by such a discrepancy.

Rick Hess and Paul Peterson, for example, have compared state cut scores for proficiency on their state tests to results on the U.S. Department of Education's National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) to show that the level of achievement required to be declared proficient in many states has been dropping over the last decade.

The state publishes report cards with test data and assigns school ratings based, in part, on test results.

That system is based on a variety of measures: results from teacher - certification tests; graduates» ratings of their satisfaction with their programs; and the ratings of graduates» mentor teachers on the quality of the programs in preparing novices according to state standards for teachers.

In the 2001 reauthorization of ESEA as the No Child Left Behind Act, states were required to test students in grades 3 — 8 and disaggregate results based on student characteristics to make achievement gaps visible.