Sentences with phrase «stakes examination system»
On the firing line is the nation's largest high - stakes examination system for high school students — a reading, writing, and mathematics test that annually determines how many...
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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.
These are the effects of a voluntary Regents examination system with moderate stakes, not the compulsory high - stakes exam system that New York is now phasing in.
To facilitate such examination, this brief reviews credible research exploring: the feasibility of combining formative assessment (a basis for professional growth) and summative assessment (a basis for high - stakes decisions like dismissal); the various tools that might be used to gather evidence of teacher effectiveness; and the various stakeholders who might play a role in a teacher assessment system.
He said: «All children and young people are entitled to receive a broad and balanced curriculum, but we currently have an out - of - control, high - stakes accountability system that narrows the curriculum by ranking schools in league tables according to test and examination results.