Sentences with phrase «schools on student test scores»

Value - added goes deeper than grading schools on student test scores by looking at how individual teachers and schools as a whole contribute to improvements in the test scores.

«There are several concurrent catastrophes in New York State: forced imposition of Common Core is one; rating teachers and schools on student test scores is another; excessive and intrusive testing in all grades and all subjects is a third.»

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Since Joel has started donating money to some of the schools, their progress on student testing scores have heavily increased showing that his money is doing something to help.

A high school student's GPA, researchers have found, is a better predictor of her likelihood to graduate from college than her scores on standardized tests like the SAT and ACT.

Finally, in Houston in 2010 — 11, he gave cash incentives to fifth - grade students in 25 low - performing public schools, as well as to the parents and teachers of those students, with the intent of increasing the time they spent on math homework and improving their scores on standardized math tests.

And a 2014 study of student performance at schools in California and New York, conducted by the American Institutes for Research, found that attending deeper - learning schools had a significant positive impact, on average, on students» content knowledge and standardized - test scores.

Carolyn also does general consulting with schools on topics from curriculum development to teaching study skills to interpretation of student test scores.

Homeschooled students have been shown to have higher average scores on the ACT test (26.5) than their public school peers (25).

``... Students who eat breakfast score significantly higher on tests, miss fewer days of school and face fewer health problems related to hunger.»

Research shows that students who eat breakfast score significantly higher on tests, miss fewer days of school and face fewer health problems related to hunger.

Duckworth was a co-author on a paper published last year that compared self - reporting on grit, self - control and conscientiousness with actual test scores and behavior data of students at 32 Boston schools.

Using longitudinally linked, student - level data collected from two urban school districts, New York City and Washington, DC, Mathematica estimated the impacts of five EL middle schools on students» reading and math test scores.

And especially in this moment when we really care a lot about accountability in schools, there has been an increasing emphasis on finding measures — like a student's standardized test scores — to tell us if a teacher is a good teacher.

Last school year, more than 4,600 CPS students scored below the 24th percentile on a portion of the Illinois Standards Achievement Test and were required to attend summer school before moving to the next grade level.

For example, research has found homeschoolers generally score 15 to 30 percentile points above public school students on standardized tests and they're achieving above average scores on the ACT and SAT tests.

National studies show that students who eat school breakfast are more likely to: reach higher levels of math achievement; score higher on tests; have better concentration, memory and alertness, improved attendance, behavior, and academic performance; and maintain a healthy weight

Studies have shown that students who eat breakfast at school score better on standardized tests and skip school or are tardy less often.

Share Our Strength's No Kid Hungry campaign reported in 2013 that on average, students who eat school breakfast attend 1.5 more days of school per year and score 17.5 percent higher on standardized math tests; when combined, these factors translate into a student being twenty percent more likely to graduate high school.

While Syracuse School Superintendent Jaime Alicea is encouraged by the modest improvement in student English and math test scores, he said ``... there are still far too many students who are not scoring proficient on these exams.»

We're being told Gov. Andrew Cuomo is prepared to contradict himself and reverse course on tying public school teacher evaluations to student test scores.

His proposals to determine the fate of teachers» pay and jobs and schools» funding and survival based on students» standardized test scores look like more pay - to - play politics in Albany.

No consequences for teachers or principals related to student scores on state tests in English language arts and math given in grades 3 - 8 until the start of the 2019 - 20 school year.

They say the test results show that charter school students scored higher on the exams than did public school students.

Tisch said she opposed the move to «decouple» students» test scores from teachers» job ratings on grounds that it might detract from state efforts to improve instruction in low - performing school districts.

The Legislature today, led by the Assembly, reached an agreement on a package of education proposals that will immediately increase state aid to schools, provide that teachers are evaluated on more than a single student test score and ensure local oversight of struggling schools,» United Federation of Teachers President Michael Mulgrew said.

She gives the example of a school with five fifth grade classes, where students in one classroom score much better on the math tests than the other four.

Ms. Moskowitz proudly touted the success of Success, noting with real joy how three students at the school in Bed - Stuy had achieved a perfect score on an international math test «out of 30 or 40 worldwide» and taking particular pride in how many of the schools» high achievers are «black and brown» and from neighborhoods that face enormous disadvantages.

Some real - life changes, however, are being made in a number of schools around the country that focus on the critical - thinking skills of one student at a time instead of the collective test scores of a class, or a whole school, or a state.

The ACT has scheduled a makeup exam on Jan. 14 for 53 students whose answer sheets went missing after taking the test at Roslyn High School in October, which has left them lacking scores to submit on their college applications.

Though the student bodies in her schools have an overall poverty rate of 77 percent, they regularly register among the highest - scoring schools on standardized math and reading tests.

Since taking office in 2002, the mayor has closed 91 schools that regularly posted low test scores or graduation rates and has replaced them with smaller schools, on the premise that the more intimate environments served struggling students better.

The Board of Regents, with Cuomo's support, recently placed a moratorium on the use of student test scores for teacher evaluations through the 2018 - 19 school year.

Alhough students» scores on the Common Core - aligned state tests won't be used for teacher and principal evaluations, the growth scores will still be calculated and used for school accountability to comply with federal law, a state Education Department official said.

While unions have said they worry that teachers could be unfairly judged based on their students» test results, the scoring for students and teachers is quite different — students get an objective standardized test score, while teachers are evaluated under multipart programs that are developed by local teachers unions and school leaders.

The changes placed greater emphasis on student test scores as a component of evaluations and established financial penalties for any school districts that did not comply.

As predicted by state education officials, scores on the first English and math tests given statewide to elementary school students under tougher new learning standards are not very good.

The school has shown low scores on mandated state tests, but many argue that new school leadership and increasing student performance should give the school a reprieve.

Fariña recently told Capital she believes some charter schools can have a positive effect on the public system, while knocking others (without naming specific schools) for touting high test scores, but not accepting special education or English Language Learner students.

Syracuse city school students also score low on state tests.

The foundation long backed controversial education reforms, including retooling teacher evaluation and compensation systems based in part on student test scores and creating smaller schools.

The state was prepared to use part of its federal Race to the Top money to pay Wireless Generation to develop software to track student test scores, achievement and so on, creating a system similar to the Achievement Reporting and Innovation System, or ARIS, that it developed for the city schools.

He called for raising the cap on charter schools, extending tenure from three to five years, putting struggling schools into «receivership» and basing half a teacher's evaluation on student test scores.

6,687 students 623 classroom teachers 10 schools (one high school, two junior highs, seven elementary) $ 188.8 million 2010 - 11 budget 1 % of students need free or reduced price lunches 97 % students are white or Asian (3 % black or Latino) 83 % of third - graders scored proficient or higher on this year's state's English test; 90 % on math exam.

A bipartisan draft bill to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, the original name of the federal education legislation, would bar the federal government from requiring states to use student test scores in teacher evaluations or forcing closure or other sanctions on struggling schools.

Schools have already begun teaching, and students testing, based on the tougher material, and the test scores are being used to evaluate teachers and principals.

The governor's Common Core Task Force unveiled the plan in its final report, which recommends a moratorium on linking teacher evaluations to student test scores until the 2019 - 20 school year in order to «avoid the errors caused by the prior flawed implementation,» according to an official press release.

Included among the proposed reforms is a teacher evaluation system based half on student test scores, an increase in the length of time before a teacher is eligible for tenure and allowing the state to take over failing schools and districts.

On April 9, the DOE announced that a new promotion policy that takes into account teachers» and principals» recommendations rather than students» test scores would take effect this school year.

Overall, students from richer schools score higher on the tests, around half are considered to have passed the exams.

It gave former Mayor Bloomberg outsize power over the system, and helped make sure that teachers, parents and advocates had to fight at meetings, on the streets and in the courts to block his efforts to close schools and establish standardized test scores as the only measure of students and teachers.