Sentences with phrase «solely tested grades»

Not exact matches

The law includes an indefinite prohibition on test scores being used «solely or primarily» in decisions about student promotion and placement, and strikes the grades from students» permanent records.

But no longer could a school receive a failing grade solely because its poor and minority students didn't see their test scores rise.

The irony is that if we want our kids to be truly successful (happy, healthy, fulfilled, and prepared for life outside of school), we need to challenge the narrow conception of success as solely related to grades, test scores, and educational credentials, and we must focus on these other critical components.

Data solely about fifth grade math performance in a standardized test doesn't paint a whole picture.

As stated above, grouping solely by ability, grades, or test scores is not effective differentiated instruction.

In Denver, low - resource families who received home visiting showed modest benefits in children's language and cognitive development.102 In Elmira, only the intervention children whose mothers smoked cigarettes before the experiment experienced cognitive benefits.103 In Memphis, children of mothers with low psychological resources104 in the intervention group had higher grades and achievement test scores at age nine than their counterparts in the control group.105 Early Head Start also identified small, positive effects on children's cognitive abilities, though the change was for the program as a whole and not specific to home - visited families.106 Similarly, IHDP identified large cognitive effects at twenty - four and thirty - six months, but not at twelve months, so the effects can not be attributed solely to home - visiting services.107