Sentences with phrase «school exam proficiency»

De Blasio said the gap between public - and charter - school exam proficiency was due more to an ideological divide than educational effectiveness.

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He graduated from high school two years early by taking the CA High School Proficiency Exam, and started at Foothill when he was onschool two years early by taking the CA High School Proficiency Exam, and started at Foothill when he was onSchool Proficiency Exam, and started at Foothill when he was only 16.

At 32 city elementary and middle schools, the average English - math proficiency rate on state exams has not exceeded 10 percent of students...

Students must now pass proficiency exams in order to enter and graduate from high school, replacing the system of social promotion.

Of the elementary and middle schools the survey respondents rated, 14 percent received a grade of «A,» 41 percent received a «B» grade, while 36 percent received a «C.» Seven percent were given a «D» and 2 percent an «F.» These subjective ratings were compared with data on actual school quality as measured by the percentage of students in each school who achieved «proficiency» in math and reading on states» accountability exams during the 2007 - 08 school year.

Those precious resources were spent developing the EngageNY curriculum materials that schools and teachers in other states have eagerly downloaded in enormous numbers; rigorous exams that reflect real - world standards of proficiency in math and reading; and teacher certification standards that are now among the highest in the nation.

The P.S. 175 Data Wall commands a central place in Principal Cheryl McClendon's office at the Henry Highland Garnet School for Success in Harlem, N.Y.. It's color - coded, with green and blue signifying proficiency in state math and English language arts exams.

Illustrations by Otto Steininger The P.S. 175 Data Wall commands a central place in Principal Cheryl McClendon's office at the Henry Highland Garnet School for Success in Harlem, N.Y.. It's color - coded, with green and blue signifying proficiency in state math and English language arts exams.

Several OPSB and BESE public schools have selective admissions based on entrance exams, language proficiency exams, prior grades, essays, and other criteria.

The target, set by law for the 2014 - 15 school year, is 100 percent proficiency on math and English exams for all students.

Of the 32 schools in its Upper West Side district, SMS's fourth - and seventh - graders posted the highest proficiency rates on recent state math exams and were second in English.

For example, while every student should leave school being able to read, only 10 percent of students with disabilities in NYC demonstrated proficiency in English Language Arts on last year's third through eighth grade state exams.

We measured actual school quality as the percentage of students in a school who achieved «proficiency» in math and reading on the state's accountability exams (taking the average proficiency rate across the two subjects).

Known generally as exit exams, students must pass minimum - competency exams like New Jersey's High School Proficiency Test (HSPT) to graduate from high sSchool Proficiency Test (HSPT) to graduate from high schoolschool.

In cooperation with the council, the school's corporate sponsor, Nestlà ©, provided $ 50 savings bonds to students for passing all elements of the proficiency exams.

- The school attended - School year - Minority status - Eligibility for free or reduced - cost lunch (a proxy for low socioeconomic status)- Date of birth - Assigned teacher - English language proficiency - Testing exemption status - Test scores on the annual TAAS exam in each year in which the student was enrolled in a Texas school attended - School year - Minority status - Eligibility for free or reduced - cost lunch (a proxy for low socioeconomic status)- Date of birth - Assigned teacher - English language proficiency - Testing exemption status - Test scores on the annual TAAS exam in each year in which the student was enrolled in a Texas School year - Minority status - Eligibility for free or reduced - cost lunch (a proxy for low socioeconomic status)- Date of birth - Assigned teacher - English language proficiency - Testing exemption status - Test scores on the annual TAAS exam in each year in which the student was enrolled in a Texas schoolschool

The essentials remain the same: high - school students take college - level courses, taught by teachers in their schools, and then take exams designed by the College Board to show that they have mastered the subject at college - level proficiency.

Most of the time, the author uses growth in proficiency rates on the New York State exams to demonstrate charter school excellence.

Henry said his evaluation of North Carolina's school turnaround efforts (known as TALAS, or Turning Around North Carolina's Lowest - Achieving Schools) finds that most of the 118 low - performing schools that have been targeted saw quick improvements in student proficiency on state exams — 2,156 students were proficient who wouldn't have been otherwise, saidSchools) finds that most of the 118 low - performing schools that have been targeted saw quick improvements in student proficiency on state exams — 2,156 students were proficient who wouldn't have been otherwise, saidschools that have been targeted saw quick improvements in student proficiency on state exams — 2,156 students were proficient who wouldn't have been otherwise, said Henry.

The plan also establishes 10 - year goals for student performance using end - of - grade and end - of - course exams and goals for closing achievement gaps, and continues the School Performance Grades model, in which schools earn a A-F grades based on proficiency measures and student - growth targets.

In this paper, we show that the design and decentralized, school - based scoring of New York's high school exit exams — the Regents Examinations — led to the systematic manipulation of test sores just below important proficiency cutoffs.

The study compared the progress of English - learners as they moved from kindergarten through elementary grades and into middle school by looking at their scores on California's annual English - language proficiency tests, the rates at which they were reclassified as English - fluent, and their scores on state exams.

In 2016, according to the editorial, «children who attended public charter schools in these eight districts were 146 % more likely to pass state exams than students at traditional district schools, and three times more likely to score at the highest proficiency level.»

I was watching the demoralized teachers in my children's school, wearied by endless preparation for the exams and frustrated by demands from on high to concentrate on students who were at the cusp of being able to pass the state's proficiency benchmark at the expense of everyone else.

The framework, essentially the state's report card for schools, relies heavily on progress and growth on annual state exams as well as factors such as growth in English language proficiency and graduation rates.

Students at the schools score among the highest on their respective state proficiency exams and the campuses that have expanded to include a senior class report 100 percent of graduates are accepted into college.

The report cited proficiency rates in reading and math for students in grades 3, 5 and 8, as measured by the Measures of Academic Progress exam, which tests students throughout the school year.

The study — commissioned by the San Francisco district and conducted by Sean Reardon at Stanford — compared the progress of English - learners as they moved from kindergarten through elementary grades and into middle school by looking at their scores on California's annual English - language proficiency tests, the rates at which they were reclassified as English - fluent, and their scores on state exams.

The plan is to measure growth on English proficiency exams, but the state did not outline how much weight scores would be given in determining a school's grade or how they would spur state intervention if progress is insufficient.

The positive news about graduation rates was coupled with continued upward trends in scores on the state's High School Proficiency Assessments (HSPA), the required exit exam in language arts and math given to all juniors.

This study aims at discovering the relevance of general competence of Turkish and Arab learners who have an A1 level of English proficiency in preparatory school of University of Turkish Aeronautical Association (UTAA) to their speaking skill in terms of syntax by analyzing the recordings of speaking exams in the first semester.

According to the report, just six of 25 Detroit charter schools had higher math or science proficiency rates on the Michigan Merit Exam than those in Detroit's traditional public schools.

According to the report, just six of 25 Detroit charter schools had higher math or science proficiency rates on the Michigan Merit Exam than traditional Detroit Public Sschools had higher math or science proficiency rates on the Michigan Merit Exam than traditional Detroit Public SchoolsSchools.

With each state now determining its own metrics for gauging student success, the question arises: how can states ensure that a student graduating from a high school in Ohio, who achieved a proficiency rating on required exit exams, is equally prepared for college level study as a student with a similar academic profile graduating in Oregon?

Currently, students take the High School Proficiency Assessment or an alternative exam in order to graduate.

According to the report, high - stakes high school exit exams — HSPA included — establish passing scores that measure proficiency at the eighth to 10th grade levels.

Cerf also said the state could eliminate the high school proficiency test and just require students to take tests based on individual subjects, such as New York's regents exams.

For a district qualifying under this paragraph whose charter school tuition payments exceed 9 per cent of the school district's net school spending, the board shall only approve an application for the establishment of a commonwealth charter school if an applicant, or a provider with which an applicant proposes to contract, has a record of operating at least 1 school or similar program that demonstrates academic success and organizational viability and serves student populations similar to those the proposed school seeks to serve, from the following categories of students, those: (i) eligible for free lunch; (ii) eligible for reduced price lunch; (iii) that require special education; (iv) limited English - proficient of similar language proficiency level as measured by the Massachusetts English Proficiency Assessment examination; (v) sub-proficient, which shall mean students who have scored in the «needs improvement», «warning» or «failing» categories on the mathematics or English language arts exams of the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System for 2 of the past 3 years or as defined by the department using a similar measurement; (vi) who are designated as at risk of dropping out of school based on predictors determined by the department; (vii) who have dropped out of school; or (viii) other at - risk students who should be targeted to eliminate achievement gaps among different groups oproficiency level as measured by the Massachusetts English Proficiency Assessment examination; (v) sub-proficient, which shall mean students who have scored in the «needs improvement», «warning» or «failing» categories on the mathematics or English language arts exams of the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System for 2 of the past 3 years or as defined by the department using a similar measurement; (vi) who are designated as at risk of dropping out of school based on predictors determined by the department; (vii) who have dropped out of school; or (viii) other at - risk students who should be targeted to eliminate achievement gaps among different groups oProficiency Assessment examination; (v) sub-proficient, which shall mean students who have scored in the «needs improvement», «warning» or «failing» categories on the mathematics or English language arts exams of the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System for 2 of the past 3 years or as defined by the department using a similar measurement; (vi) who are designated as at risk of dropping out of school based on predictors determined by the department; (vii) who have dropped out of school; or (viii) other at - risk students who should be targeted to eliminate achievement gaps among different groups of students.

The report found that just six of 25 Detroit charter schools had higher math or science proficiency rates on the Michigan Merit Exam than those in Detroit's traditional public schools.

In addition, French proficiency exams begin after kindergarten, one year earlier than similar public schools, and include a limited writing component.

Their study found that in nearly half these schools, more than half the students in at least one grade level failed to meet proficiency on the MEAP and the Michigan Merit Exam.

WILL's March 1 report, Apples to Apples: The definitive look at school test scores in Milwaukee and Wisconsin, authored by WILL research director Will Flanders who has a PhD in political science, compared, for a single school year (2015 - 16), the average levels of student proficiency in math and English in K - 8 schools and the averaged ACT college entrance exam scores for schools» high school juniors.

New York schools, parents, and policy experts from across the state anxiously await the release of the spring 2013 ELA and mathematics exams, a new set of assessments designed to reflect proficiency with the Common Core Learning Standards.

WASHINGTON STATE — Washington uses the grades 3 - 8 Measurements of Student Progress (MSP) and the High School Proficiency Exam (HSPE) to test its students.

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS • 4 years experience working as a Testing Coordinator at XYZ Institute • Good knowledge of regulations governing test administration and data reporting policies • Highly skilled in training and scheduling test proctors • Profound experience in administering college placement tests, proficiency tests and make up exams • Experiences in maintaining relationships with surrounding schools

The school states it's physician - developed program combines instruction by classroom lectures, laboratory practicals, front - office computer based training, and simulated medical back office proficiency exams.

Acceptance is also contingent upon passing English proficiency exams at certain schools.

Some schools will also require you to pass an English language proficiency test and a keyboard exam to be considered for acceptance into the program.

Some schools may require a passing grade on a computer keyboard exam and / or an English proficiency test.

Some schools will also want you to demonstrate your proficiency in the English language by passing an exam.