Sentences with phrase «rise in test scores»

In fact, I don't think I've EVER seen an article about ANY teacher of the year or teacher of the year candidate that says teacher was nominated because of rise in test scores.

He also helped run Mr. Bloomberg's re-election campaign in 2009, using the city's historic rise in test scores to make the case for a third term.

Citing a rise in test scores over the past decade, education policy analyst Rick Hess stated in Education Week in June that the city's «radical experiment in urban education... produced extraordinarily impressive results.»

The incredible rise in test scores could only be attributed to hard work on the part of teachers and students.

I recall that they did this in a few of our middle schools a few years ago and also saw a rise in test scores, not to mention the discipline issues were greatly diminished.

If teachers were to spend 10 percent more time lecturing, this would be associated with a rise in test scores comparable to about 1 or two months of additional learning in a year.

Not exact matches

James Flynn, an authority on IQ tests says that «In the last 100 years the IQ scores of both men and women have risen but women's have risen faster.»

The scores of last year's MCAS tests given to Springfield school students rose across the board at a higher rate than the gain recorded by school districts statewide, and the dropout rate has fallen more than any other school system in the state.

The two basic movements in the sitting - rising test — lowering to the floor and standing back up — are each scored on a 1 - to - 5 scale, with one point subtracted each time a hand or knee is used for support and 0.5 points subtracted for loss of balance; this yields a single 10 - point scale.

In addition to a significant jump in math test scores, students receiving tutoring and mentoring failed two fewer courses per year on average than students who did not participate, and their likelihood of being «on track» for graduation rose by nearly one - halIn addition to a significant jump in math test scores, students receiving tutoring and mentoring failed two fewer courses per year on average than students who did not participate, and their likelihood of being «on track» for graduation rose by nearly one - halin math test scores, students receiving tutoring and mentoring failed two fewer courses per year on average than students who did not participate, and their likelihood of being «on track» for graduation rose by nearly one - half.

«The higher rate of twins and preterm birth in ART singletons might have given rise to lower academic test scores.

Test scores rose when public schools were placed in more competitive contexts in Milwaukee, Michigan, Arizona, and Florida.

Scores on high - stakes tests rose rapidly in states that were early adopters of school accountability, and Texas was no exception.

Test scores usually decrease as participation improves, yet in math the proportion of test - takers meeting the standard rose from 61 percent in the spring of 1998 to 67 percent for the class of 2Test scores usually decrease as participation improves, yet in math the proportion of test - takers meeting the standard rose from 61 percent in the spring of 1998 to 67 percent for the class of 2test - takers meeting the standard rose from 61 percent in the spring of 1998 to 67 percent for the class of 2002.

State Test Scores Flat, City's Rise After Another Year of Tougher Exams WNYC, August 8, 2011» «Teachers have been telling us that they've been taking shortcuts in surveys for more than 20 years,» said Dan Koretz, a Harvard education professor who's been studying state exams.»

In a November 1999 column, Rothstein, fretting that schools are being carried away by standards and testing, wrote, «Test scores are rising.

In addition, test scores have risen every year.

There is always the fear that results will be demanded too soon, and then the program will be discontinued if test scores do not rise in a year or so.

City on a Hill (COAH), for example, saw a marked rise in its already - strong test scores.

Will results be demanded too quickly, and will the program be discontinued if test scores do not rise in a year or so?

One year into the health program, the school's test scores rose to first in math and second in English.

Longtime Chicago mayor Richard M. Daley had won control over the school system in 1995 and generally received accolades for rising scores on state tests; hard - charging superintendents, including Paul Vallas and Arne Duncan; tough accountability measures such as reduced social promotion; and a slew of new schools and shiny buildings.

Improvements by minority students were «significantly» responsible for the slight rise in average Scholastic Aptitude Test (sat) scores in 1982 — the first increase in 19 years — the test's sponsor said last wTest (sat) scores in 1982 — the first increase in 19 years — the test's sponsor said last wtest's sponsor said last week.

When he called for equal educational opportunity in the South, the test scores of African American students in southern states rose dramatically.

The council's Beating the Odds VI report, a city - by - city analysis of student performance, recently revealed that urban students» scores on state assessments in reading and math as well as on the more rigorous federal test — the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)-- are rising, with urban students making the most gains in mathematics.

For both math and science, the study finds that a shift of 10 percentage points of time from problem solving to lecture - style presentations (for example, increasing the share of time spent lecturing from 60 to 70 percent) is associated with a rise in student test scores of 4 percent of a standard deviation for the students who had the exact same peers in both their math and science classes — or between one and two months» worth of learning in a typical school year.

For each six - hour day teachers in the 130,000 - student Duval County district, which includes Jacksonville, took part in the program offered by the Schultz Center for Teaching and Leadership, student scores on state tests rose by half a point.

But, lo and behold, test scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress for students in Washington, D.C. have risen more than those of students from any other participating big city.

The report, conducted by the Center on Education Policy, a Washington - based research organization that tracks implementation of the federal law, found that schools and districts are better aligning instruction and state standards, that test scores are rising, and that the number of schools labeled «in need of improvement» is holding steady.

As the «adequate yearly progress» aspect of the law results in increasingly heightened performance expectations, this number will probably rise, too, even though many schools will «graduate» off the list due to improving (or at least fluctuating) test scores.

For one, it works: test scores for America's lowest - performing students, including many low - income and minority children, rose significantly, at least in the early grades, after the advent of the standards, testing, and accountability movement.

They will note that the prior RCT of DC vouchers showed significant test score gains after three years (although the p value rose to.06 in year four even as the positive estimate remained).

The Singapore texts and methods were so effective in College Gardens that the scores of students there on the math computation portion of the standardized Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills (CTBS) rose from the 50th and 60th percentiles to the low 90s in the first 4 years they were used.

The percentage of students scoring at or above grade level on the state's proficiency tests has risen from 56 percent to nearly 75 percent in just six years.

A Sacramento Bee story, Smaller Classes Post Gains on Test (11/25/97), reports that test scores have risen and discipline problems have decreased in the San Juan Unified DistrTest (11/25/97), reports that test scores have risen and discipline problems have decreased in the San Juan Unified Distrtest scores have risen and discipline problems have decreased in the San Juan Unified District.

The Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund, reflecting rising concerns that stricter college - admission requirements will limit minority students» access to higher education, this month filed a petition on behalf of 14 Hispanic groups denouncing the use of minimum cutoff scores and the «overemphasis» placed on test scores in the admissions process.

The scores of U.S. students on PISA tests in math and science rose significantly in 2009, but fell in 2012.

Of course, one could also conclude that Finland's rising test - score performance is due to the growing income gap in that country.

But a sharp rise in pupils scoring 32 — the pass mark — prompted the government to reveal the mark only after the test has been taken.

When we see test scores rise significantly, as we did in the late 1990s and early 2000s, we are watching opportunities open up for young people nationwide.

While this approach contrasts starkly with status quo «principal walk - through» styles of class observation, its use is on the rise in new and proposed evaluation systems in which rigorous classroom observation is often combined with other measures, such as teacher value - added based on student test scores.

«I've seen test scores of students rise because of the engagement in project - based learning,» says Gwendolyn Faulkner, former technology coordinator at Harriet Tubman Elementary School, in Washington, DC.

And in light of the students» excellent rates for attendance and graduation and their rising test scores, school leaders believe that service learning engages students and enhances academic success at every grade level.

The researchers surveyed 91 schools in four English cities and found that, after they had banned mobile phones, test scores for students aged 16 rose by 6.4 per cent.

This theme was echoed by the former chancellor, who said in a recent blog post that «rising test scores are a critical measure of school progress, but they aren't the only metrics we can use...»

In «The End of Average» Todd Rose argues the metrics we use to assess success — test scores, performance reviews, and grades — are antiquated and doing more harm than good.»

Statewide scores for all student groups rose in both subjects tested (see Table 5 and Table 6).

In defense of this claim, the Fordham Institute cites a study of Milwaukee's voucher program in which test scores rose following the introduction of such mandateIn defense of this claim, the Fordham Institute cites a study of Milwaukee's voucher program in which test scores rose following the introduction of such mandatein which test scores rose following the introduction of such mandates.

Only after the MCAS test was introduced did scores begin to rise in Massachusetts relative to the nation as a whole.

The 50 - state analysis found that test scores for both «advanced» and «basic» students rose in nearly three - quarters of assessments studied across states and grade levels, a level of progress only slightly lower than that of students reaching proficiency.