Sentences with phrase «say about standardized testing»

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The newly elected Chancellor to the Board of Regents, Betty Rosa, expressed grave doubts about the state's use of standardized tests in the schools, saying if she were not on the Board of Regents, she would join the opt out movement and not permit her children to take the tests.

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The lawmaker's help, said Carlisto, was critical to enact the Every Students Succeeds Act (ESSA), which reauthorized federal K - 12 programs and created the opportunity for states to bring about «the end of standardized test obsession.»

The newly elected chancellor of the Board of Regents, Betty Rosa, expressed grave doubts about the state's use of standardized tests in the schools, saying if she were not on the Board of Regents, she would join the opt - out movement and not permit her children to take the tests.

Jane Baton, who identified herself as a local algebra teacher, said she was concerned about standardized testing when it came to students» math aptitude, and said rigidity in the system is not good for students.

Flanagan said his colleagues «have a deep and abiding concern» about Cuomo's original proposal for amending the evaluation system, which would have increased the ratings» reliance on standardized testing to 50 percent.

Champions and Dissidents express very different opinions about standardized testing.Dissidents are much more likely to say the amount of time spent on testing is «too high» (61 percent) compared with Champions (19 percent).

Overall, she and Weinstein both say that more research is needed to draw specific conclusions about the impact of digital media — and standardized testing — on creativity and the willingness by students to take risks and break away from the standard mold.

As for what this means about such standardized testing policies, Papay says it's hard to draw conclusions.

«There were various anecdotal reasons why students refused the test, ranging from test anxiety to concerns about this specific standardized assessment,» she said.

NYSUT Vice President Maria Neira said the union has been sounding warning bells since 2011 about the over-emphasis on standardized testing and the state's rushed and unrealistic timeline for introducing curriculum and assessments tied to the Common Core state standards.

«Our entire technology has only been in place since last spring, so it's early to look for changes on standardized tests,» Grignano said when asked about student scores.

U.S. Schools Are Too Focused on Standardized Tests, Poll Says Washington Post, 8/23/15» «Clearly, there is anxiety about what's happening in teaching and learning,» said Andres Alonso, a professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and a former chief executive of Baltimore City Public Schools.»

With word that some parents are already organizing on social media about efforts to have their children «opt - out» of the standardized tests in the coming school year, Cuomo released a statement Thursday saying that while he agrees with the goal of Common Core standards, he believes the implementation by the NYS Education Department has been «deeply flawed.»

That said, the NACAC study revealed that about a third of selective colleges stated that a small increase in standardized test scores could make a difference in their admission decision.

These are some of the things I've heard teachers say over the years about standardized test scores and the pressures surrounding student performance:

While the teachers, districts, and the folks in Sacramento all have the luxury of five years (as Michael Kirst likes to say) to figure things out with Common Core and the new wave of standardized tests, what about the 6 + million students in school right now?

That means less time is spent preparing for, or worrying about, standardized tests, the system's educators say.

About 82 percent of people surveyed say that it is important for high schools students to develop interpersonal skills, be cooperative and respectful of others and 42 percent said standardized tests were a «highly important» indicator of school quality, according to a national poll.

But in hindsight, considering the backlash from Congress and from parents upset about standardized testing, and looking at what the American Educational Research Association and the American Statistical Association and the National Research Council have said about the problems of using value - added models to make personnel decisions... do you feel like those were the right big bets?

What we're going to say about the latest release of standardized testing results for Harford County Public Schools students we've said many times in the past on similar occasions.

Tapped in 2012 to lead a turnaround of the failing 652 - student school, Brengard and an almost completely new staff launched a new project - based learning environment and set about changing from the top down the culture of the school, which he said was «in a rut» because teaching had become so hyper - focused on standardized testing outcomes.

In 2009, a test scorer in Jacksonville, Florida wrote a two - act play about his career, a drama he said highlights the «silliness» of standardized testing.

Student performance as measured on standardized tests has improved about 5 percent a year since the school opened, D'Avignon said.

Keith Harrison, a 9th grade English teacher from Baldwin High School in suburban Pittsburgh, said he told Duncan that teachers are concerned about schemes that use standardized test scores to evaluate teachers.

«Using standardized test scores to make high stakes decisions about teachers, and therefore schools, is very problematic,» Caputo - Pearl said.

Standardized testing used to be about understanding and addressing students» needs, he said.

Similarly, what Louis C.K. said about current education policies like standardized testing and the Common Core occurred against a backdrop of popular dissent.

In reading stories from the Chicago press, about how they keep sending out directives saying isolate the kids, tell the kids they have to sit and make an affirmative statement — it's a hysterical response, about «oh my God, some child, somewhere, might not take a standardized test.»

More specific to VAMs, I wrote about how ESSA will allow states to decide how to weight their standardized test scores and decide whether and how to evaluate teachers with or without said scores.

Indeed, struggling in an endeavor can lend a great deal of insight for a potential teacher, and in two decades in higher education, I have seen many students who clearly had requisite knowledge and who brought valuable experience to teaching struggle on a standardized test that said very little about them.

About 75 percent of her students achieved scores on last year's state standardized test that put them in the proficient or advanced categories, she said.

Rep. Tim Kelly, R - Saginaw Township, chairs the School Aid Subcommittee, and said while eliminating the SAT got the most attention, his real goal is to start a discussion about replacing the M - STEP standardized testing — which the bill also removes.

But they have expressed reservations about value - added analysis, saying it is unreliable because it depends on flawed standardized test results.