Sentences with phrase «stakes reading exam»
Democratic superintendent candidate Glenda Ritz doesn't like high stakes tests, especially Indiana's new high stakes reading exam, the IREAD - 3.
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Today if you don't recognize Indiana's Superintendent of Public Instruction by name, you're probably familiar with his policies — high stakes reading exams for third graders, merit pay for teachers, A-F grading for schools.
Not exact matches
Pass rates on the state's 10th - grade exam, which was also a high - stakes exit exam for students, rose from 57 percent to 78 percent between 1994 and 2000, with smaller yet still sizable gains in reading (see Figure 1).
Just because a student receives extended time on a school exam, is provided with a scribe, or has the test read to him or her is no guarantee that he or she will receive these same accommodations on these high stakes tests.
Indiana's new reading exam for third graders underscores how high the stakes on statewide exams can get.