Sentences with phrase «round of standardized testing»

Niccoli, a town supervisor in Palatine, said last year she and her husband decided with their daughter she would not take a round of standardized testing in math and English language arts based on the Common Core standards.

The next legislative session, however, will not begin until March 2019, when students face another round of standardized testing.

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 bills» introduction coincided with thousands of students opting out of the current round of standardized tests this month.

Westchester County Rob Astorino on Tuesday said he and his wife will have their children not take the new round of standardized tests starting today in the state's public schools.

Elia is supportive of the controversial Common Core standards, even as thousands of students opted out of April's round of standardized tests in New York.

Astorino quickly pivoted to his message of the day — that his children would opt out of the latest round of standardized tests — to rev up the audience.

But then, despite facing a budget shortfall and laying off dozens of teachers, School Superintendent Paul «education reformer extraordinaire» Vallas, announced that he was instituting yet another full round of standardized tests in June because he believes that more testing is the only way to prevent teachers from allowing a «lull» in learning to take place in their classrooms.

Three weeks ago came the news that Bridgeport Superintendent Paul Vallas and the corporate reformers who are busy «turning around» the Bridgeport School System decided to add another round of standardized tests to finish up the school year (even though the state - wide Connecticut Mastery Tests just took place only a few weeks ago.)

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Widely affirmed proposals call for the restructure of low - performing schools, more emphasis on the basics, safer classrooms, more rigorous graduation standards, periodic measurement of progress through some kind of standardized tests, longer days and year - round schooling, decentralization into smaller learning communities and greater freedom for those smaller units, smaller classes, better - qualified teachers and improved salaries, more parental input and more equitable funding.

They continue to take standardized tests administered by their state and they usually add several rounds of SAT's and / or ACT's.

Assemblyman Jim Tedisco (R,C,I - Glenville), Assemblyman Al Graf (R,C,I - Holbrook) and Assemblyman Ed Ra (R - Franklin Square) today called on the Assembly Majority to get serious about the impending Common Core standardized testing crisis in our schools and convene a special session before the first round of tests begin on April 14th to ensure parents know about their rights to have their children refuse the tests.

Suffolk County school superintendents stepped up efforts to halt the state's next round of Common Core standardized tests, now less than a month away, with a direct appeal to Cuomo.

The measure also comes as school districts across the state on Tuesday reported high numbers of students choosing to opt out of the current round of English Language Arts standardized tests that will run for the next two weeks.

The latest round of state standardized academic test scores showed gains both across New York State and locally.But rather than celebrate the largest bump since New York adopted new tests tied to the Common Core Learning Standards, education officials reported the increases with caution.

The initial round of results were reported last week with information from the student survey and standardized tests.

Furthermore, high school GPA provides a more well - rounded account of a student than a score on a corporately produced standardized test.

«I do think parents see that a well - rounded education is more than just the academic subjects,» says Mike Hightower, principal of Red Oak Elementary in Stockbridge, Ga. «We need to teach them more than just the things that will be on a standardized test.»

Opinion Miami Herald November 14, 2015 Schools Superintendent Alberto Carvalho is gearing up for the next round of a months - long battle with the state over flawed standardized student tests that will also determine school grades and measure teacher performance.

For example, because the state is adopting a new standardized testing system, it didn't report English and math scores for 2013 - 14, and may not have figures from its first round of testing until after the 2015 - 16 LCAPs are due.

Teaching with the objective of assuring higher standardized test scores has failed to produce well - rounded, knowledgeable students able to do well in College and beyond.

Vallas, and his ever - growing cadre of out - of - state consultants, announced that there is a «lull» in teaching after standardized tests are completed so in order to ensure that Bridgeport's teachers are doing their jobs, there would be a new round of tests for all Bridgeport students.

California just released its third round of scores on new, tougher standardized tests, and now the state is on the hook.

Despite a massive school budget deficit, in which Vallas was forced to lay - off teachers and other school personnel, it was announced that Bridgeport was able to come up with the money needed to pay for another round of expensive standardized testing.