NYSUT's board also withdrew its support for the Common Core standards as implemented and interpreted in New York state until SED makes major course corrections to its failed implementation plan and supports a three - year moratorium on high -
stakes consequences from standardized testing.
Not exact matches
The Canadian economy benefitted
from a recovery in the US and the emergence of China as a major global economy There is a lot at
stake and Canada will not be immune to the
consequences if policy makers in the EURO area and the U.S. fail to take decisive action.
With stories
from exiled Tibetan monks circumventing China's surveillance apparatus, Syrian citizens tortured for Facebook posts, Brazilian activists using social media to distribute alternative news, and Pakistani online violence against women, we see firsthand the high -
stakes consequences that our unprecedented level of digital communication can produce.
He understands the necessity of
consequences and
stakes in drama, even if they come
from an intimate place.
High -
stakes tests generally have
consequences for schools as well as for the students themselves — for example, monetary support may be withdrawn
from schools that fail to raise scores.
A 2013 senate committee looked at a range of adverse
consequences emerging
from the NAPLAN, including narrowing the curriculum, and the development of a NAPLAN preparation industry — creating the perception NAPLAN is a «high
stakes» test.
Test - based accountability proponents can point to research by Raj Chetty and colleagues that shows a connection between improvements in test scores and improved outcomes in adulthood, but their work examines testing
from the 1980s, prior to the high -
stakes era, and therefore does not capture how the threat of
consequences might distort the relationship between test - score changes and later life outcomes.
Tilles raises legitimate concerns about the use of these tests — the quality of the tests, their snapshot nature, the unintended
consequences of their being high
stakes — but seems to forget that 20 % of the teacher score comes
from «locally - selected measures of student achievement» and that 60 % of evaluation is based on «other measures.»
With all of the high -
stakes testing in our schools, and the resulting judgments and
consequences for students and teachers, it is no wonder that schools are taking time away
from activities like recess, breaks, art, music... to spend more time on academics.
He examined the state's high -
stakes exit - examination system — which features tests that students must pass in order to graduate
from high school — and state tests that are used to hold schools and districts accountable but carry no official
consequences for students.
a moratorium, or delay, in the high -
stakes consequences for students and teachers
from standardized testing to give the State Education Department - and school districts - more time to correctly implement the Common Core.
Instead of making the major course corrections that are clearly needed, including backing a three - year moratorium on high -
stakes consequences for students and teachers
from state testing, he has labeled everyone and every meaningful recommendation as distractions.»
Before 1996 the IGAP was arguably the higher -
stakes exam, even though there were no direct
consequences for students or schools tied to the IGAP, since results
from it appeared annually in local newspapers.
The Ark is the only charter school in the state facing closure or high -
stakes consequences for its results
from the baseline Common Core tests.
Here is the description of Opt Out Orlando taken
from their site: «Opt Out Orlando advocates for multiple measures of authentic assessments, such as a portfolio, non-high
stakes standardized tests (Iowa Test of Basic Standards (ITBS) or the Stanford Achievement Test (SAT10)-RRB-, which are used to inform teachers» instruction of their students and which do not result in punitive
consequences for students, teachers and schools.
HR 5 continues the high -
stakes consequences resulting
from testing requirements for school children by requiring 95 percent of children to test in several subjects in grades 3 - 8 and one grade in high school.
What are some of the «unintended
consequences» we might anticipate
from an emphasis on high -
stakes testing?
Recall
from prior posts (here, here, and here) that seven teachers in the Houston Independent School District (HISD), with the support of the Houston Federation of Teachers (HFT), are taking HISD to federal court over how their value - added scores, derived via the Education Value - Added Assessment System (EVAAS), are being used, and allegedly abused, while this district that has tied more high -
stakes consequences to value - added output than any other district / state in the nation.
When combined with frameworks, rubrics, and high -
stake consequences, the nature of teacher evaluation has dramatically changed, and narratives
from educators across the United States document that it has changed for the worse.»
In fact, they not only suffer
from the
consequences of drought or desertification, but also
from the fact that in most cases women do not have rights to land,» she says, before sharing some experiences
from Africa where plots of degraded land were restored, but because women did not have rights to the land, they could not
stake their claim.
So, pupils are probably quite familiar with the main issues at
stake in the global warming debate such as where the excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere comes
from, what might be done to reduce emissions, and that the climatic
consequences for Earth could be devastating.
The cases that must go to trial are often self - evident, whether
from the severity of the
consequences of a plea, or the facts of the case.In civil litigation, on the other hand, one of the greatest reasons I have found clients, defendants and plaintiffs alike, seek early resolution, is because in many cases, the legal fees are a significant percentage of the
stakes of the case.