Sentences with phrase «single summative grade»

So I resonate with the efforts that a number of state leaders are making to convince Education Secretary John King not to require a single summative grade.

Because John King's team is striving during Obama's final weeks to promulgate regulations that violate the spirit of ESSA, such as mandating that states issue single summative grades for all schools, revising or withdrawing these will be a matter of some urgency.

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When she announced her intention to overhaul the school report cards last year, Fariña promised «the first balanced picture of a school's quality,» one that «reflects our promise to stop judging students and schools based on a single, summative grade.»

To designate which schools need extra funding and attention, most states have created a summative ranking, combining schools» performance on various indicators — high school graduation rates, chronic absenteeism, performance on standardized math and reading tests — into a single number or letter grade.

Join us on May 18 at 3:00 PM ET to learn about the grades and subjects states are required to test, state alternatives to a single summative test, district options for a high school test, and more.

There is a big debate going on right now about whether states should provide a single summative «grade» for the state's schools and school districts.