Sentences with phrase «short on the state tests»

In some cases, students who are performing well or above the proficient level in class fall short on the state tests, for whatever reason.

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After digesting short literary excerpts, people performed better on the Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test — a common measure of the ability to judge others» mental states — compared with readers of popular fiction.

Inevitably, cramming that much coverage into a short test leads states to rely mostly on multiple - choice questions — the fastest and cheapest means of large - scale assessment.

Although most states continue to use multiple - choice and short - answer items on their standardized tests, a handful of states have incorporated additional measures into their annual assessments.

But the Senate has nixed the so - called Murphy Amendment, which would require states to identify and intervene in their lowest - performing schools; high schools with fewer than 67 % on - time graduates; and any school where disadvantaged or disabled students fall short of standardized test goals for two consecutive years.

That process requires that students take 36 short tests on state - developed reading passages, some of which teachers say are more difficult than the third grade reading level.

On more than 1,100 interrupted math tests and more than 280 English tests, students scored short enough of Hill's prediction that the New Hampshire - based testing expert asked state education officials to invalidate the scores.

In short, the proposed recommendations include both political and technical activities on the part of test developers, state and district policymakers and leaders, federal policymakers, and CCSS assessment consortia members.

Some short - answer and «essay» questions will appear, just as on many current state tests.

In part, the cause of this terrifying trend is the Common Core State Standards emphasis on short articles and excerpts of nonfiction, particularly historical and scientific documents, which are easily assessed on a standardized test.

«If Governor Dannel «Dan» Malloy says anything short of «Commissioner Pryor will be moving on to greener pastures, I am withdrawing Connecticut from the Common Core and we will suspend the Common Core standardized testing program,» Malloy will be doing nothing more than reaffirming his commitment to the corporate education reform industry and not to the students, parents, teachers, public schools and taxpayers of our state.

Educators at Carver cheated on the tests in many ways, stopping just short of giving students the answers, the state investigation found.

While the decision is an important milestone on the school funding issue, Judge Thomas Moukawsher's Memorandum of Decision is nothing short of absurd, ill - conceived and simply wrong when it comes to Connecticut's special education programs, the state's illogical teacher evaluation system and the state's over-reliance on the unfair, inappropriate and discriminatory Common Core SBAC and SAT testing schemes.

ESSA requires states to set a long - term goal and shorter - term, interim goals — which must in some way address proficiency rates on standardized tests, English - language proficiency, graduation rates, and achievement gaps — but states will operationalize the specific standards and metrics of the goals themselves.72

Also, while the Smarter Balanced field test plan allows for a 12 - week test administration window, I suspect it is not widely known that CA - specific plans for the 2014 field test require shorter test administration windows for each school — 3 - week windows as assigned by the CA - specific «Field Test Participation Plan» that was first made public as part of state board agenda materials on Notest plan allows for a 12 - week test administration window, I suspect it is not widely known that CA - specific plans for the 2014 field test require shorter test administration windows for each school — 3 - week windows as assigned by the CA - specific «Field Test Participation Plan» that was first made public as part of state board agenda materials on Notest administration window, I suspect it is not widely known that CA - specific plans for the 2014 field test require shorter test administration windows for each school — 3 - week windows as assigned by the CA - specific «Field Test Participation Plan» that was first made public as part of state board agenda materials on Notest require shorter test administration windows for each school — 3 - week windows as assigned by the CA - specific «Field Test Participation Plan» that was first made public as part of state board agenda materials on Notest administration windows for each school — 3 - week windows as assigned by the CA - specific «Field Test Participation Plan» that was first made public as part of state board agenda materials on NoTest Participation Plan» that was first made public as part of state board agenda materials on Nov 6.

Not only are high VAMs on state standardized tests correlated to higher achievement on more open - ended short - answer and essay - based tests of critical thinking, but students of high - VAM teachers are more likely to enjoy class (Table 14).

The new tests from the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (or PARCC, for short) are the first to be associated with the new higher standards of the Common Core and, unlike the past state exams, are being given on computer and with a time limit.

Rocky Mount's Williford Elementary is one of six schools included on a short - list for the Innovative School District (ISD), which could allow for - profit, charter management organizations to ink five - year contracts with the state in hopes of turning around test scores at selected low - performing schools.

To obtain this University license, veterinarians that are not licensed in the state of California will be required to take a 3 - day course on regionally - important diseases and a short open - book jurisprudence test, in addition to being background checked.

On the other side of the argument, Food and Drug Administration Produce Safety staff director Samir Assar said that the testing of certain high - risk crops such as sprouts, tomatoes, and cantaloupe (which were tested regularly by the MDP) would now have to be undertaken by state and local agencies, many of which are already cash - strapped and short on stafOn the other side of the argument, Food and Drug Administration Produce Safety staff director Samir Assar said that the testing of certain high - risk crops such as sprouts, tomatoes, and cantaloupe (which were tested regularly by the MDP) would now have to be undertaken by state and local agencies, many of which are already cash - strapped and short on stafon staff.