Sentences with phrase «scores on standardized tests changed»

Have student scores on standardized tests changed during the past several years?

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Officials say changes Illinois has made in how it categorizes student performance — called cut scores - on standardized tests mean parents and community members must look beyond the report to evaluate how well the...

Haney and others have concluded that this policy change artificially drove up 4th - grade test scores, because it removed from the cohort of students tested those who were retained in 3rd grade, the very students most likely to score the lowest on standardized tests.

We analyzed test - score data and election results from 499 races over three election cycles in South Carolina to study whether voters punish and reward incumbent school board members on the basis of changes in student learning, as measured by standardized tests, in district schools.

«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.

The critics of modern school reform that I know are people who see enormous trouble in the public education system, but don't think it will be fixed by spending billions of dollars on questionable teacher assessment systems linked to standardized test scores, or expanding charter schools that are hardly the panacea their early supporters claimed they would be, or handing out federal education dollars based on promises to change schools according to the likes and dislikes of Education Secretary Arne Duncan, whose record as superintendent of Chicago public schools was hardly distinguished.

A 16,000 - member national teachers group urged Gov. Cuomo on Sunday to change his plan to base half of state teacher - evaluation scores on students» standardized test results.

Student scores on Indiana's ISTEP standardized exams were little changed from last year after pass rates tumbled two years ago with an overhaul of the test.

Duncan's «growth and gain» only mean one thing — year - to - year changes in scores on one - shot standardized tests.

Since beginning the change, student scores on Kentucky's standardized achievement test have risen from the 41st percentile to the 78th percentile, and the U.S. Department of Education has named T. C. Cherry a National Blue Ribbon School.

North Carolina's principals, whose salaries ranked 50th in the nation in 2016, watched this year as lawmakers changed how they are compensated, moving away from a salary schedule based on years of service and earned credentials to a so - called performance - based plan that relies on students» growth measures (calculated off standardized test scores) and the size of the school to calculate pay.

2000 Results began to demonstrate that the changes in Finland's educational system were making a significant difference as demonstrated by scoring third on a global assessment, the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), a standardized test given to 15 - year - olds in approximately 40 countries.

It doesn't create much «buzz» to point out that even in spite of constantly moving targets, fluctuating «cut scores» on standardized tests, and daily changes to state teacher evaluation systems, our teachers are better prepared than they have ever been, are being expected to do more with less, and — amazingly — are doing it.

I've previously posted about studies that have found that the laser - like focus on raising student test scores often identifies teachers who are good at doing that, but those VAM - like measures tend to short - change educators who are good at developing Social Emotional or «non-cognitive skills» (see More Evidence Showing The Dangers Of Using High - Stakes Testing For Teacher Evaluation; Another Study Shows Limitations Of Standardized Tests For Teacher Evaluations; Study Finds Teachers Whose Students Achieve High Test Scores Often Don't Do As Well With SEL Skills and SEL Weekly Updatest scores often identifies teachers who are good at doing that, but those VAM - like measures tend to short - change educators who are good at developing Social Emotional or «non-cognitive skills» (see More Evidence Showing The Dangers Of Using High - Stakes Testing For Teacher Evaluation; Another Study Shows Limitations Of Standardized Tests For Teacher Evaluations; Study Finds Teachers Whose Students Achieve High Test Scores Often Don't Do As Well With SEL Skills and SEL Weekly Upscores often identifies teachers who are good at doing that, but those VAM - like measures tend to short - change educators who are good at developing Social Emotional or «non-cognitive skills» (see More Evidence Showing The Dangers Of Using High - Stakes Testing For Teacher Evaluation; Another Study Shows Limitations Of Standardized Tests For Teacher Evaluations; Study Finds Teachers Whose Students Achieve High Test Scores Often Don't Do As Well With SEL Skills and SEL Weekly UpdaTest Scores Often Don't Do As Well With SEL Skills and SEL Weekly UpScores Often Don't Do As Well With SEL Skills and SEL Weekly Update).