SBAC adopted a computer - adaptive test model, in which the difficulty of the assessment would vary according to students» responses, and it made high -
school assessments optional for the states.
Not exact matches
The repeal bill would make
school districts» use of state
assessments in evaluating teachers and principals
optional rather than mandatory, and would allow districts to use alternative exams of their own choosing, provided such tests were approved by the commissioner.
The proposed rules will establish definitions for the
Optional Flexible Year Program (OFYP), revise program criteria, including the addition to require proposed OFYP instructional time to be scheduled before the last approved student
assessment testing window of the
school year, and the rules update the approval process, including the requirement that a
school submit its instructional calendar that indicates the days and minutes scheduled as OFYP instructional days.
The
assessment program for Georgia includes customized criterion - referenced tests at the elementary, middle, and high
school levels; the National
Assessment of Educational Progress in grades 4, 8 and 12; and an
optional norm - referenced test.
Age 11: Key Stage 2 national tests in English (Welsh *), maths and science have been replaced by statutory teacher
assessments bolstered by local moderation (checking what the teachers are doing), with
optional test materials available,
schools» results available locally
The WY - TOPP modular
assessments are
optional online formative
assessments that are available for grades 1 - 11 * and can be administered on - demand throughout the
school year.
The only measures a State may include within its Academic Achievement indicator in addition to the required measure of student performance on the statewide reading / language arts and mathematics
assessments under ESEA [Education and Secondary Education Act, of which ESSA is the latest version] section 1111 (b)(2)(B)(v)(I) are the two
optional measures: (1) an achievement index or similar measure of student performance in reading / language arts and mathematics at multiple academic achievement levels above or below proficient (see question B - 10 and B - 11); and (2) measures of student growth in reading / language arts and mathematics for high
schools (see questions B - 14 and B - 15).
Many teachers have given the
optional interim tests to their students during the
school year to gauge how they are doing, hoping to adjust what or how they teach in advance of the final
assessments that are used to fulfill state and federal accountability requirements.
The documents below summarize which
assessments are
optional, which are required, and the cadence for testing throughout the
school year depending on grade level.
The new state test replaces the old college
assessment exam that was
optional for high
school students.
The data collected included, assessing the entering students» grammar and punctuation skills, monitoring the students» «attendance at
optional writing seminars and office hours,» assessing the students» attainment of proficiency on a final
assessment, and factoring in the students» law
school GPA and bar results, whenever possible.