Sentences with phrase «stakes testing as»

Au (2009) argues that, despite the «high - minded rhetoric» around high - stakes testing as means to ensure equity, achievement data suggests that systems of high - stakes, standardized testing are exacerbating rather than alleviating the inequalities they purportedly measure (p. 5).

The use of high - stakes testing as the sole measure of student achievement is justly under increased scrutiny.

Parents might see high - stakes testing as evidence the teacher succeeded or failed.

Opt Out Orlando rejects high stakes testing as meaningless and detrimental to the development of a creative, nurturing and supportive learning environment.»

The empirical evidence simply does not support the use of one - size - fits - all curriculum standards and high stakes testing as effective tools to improve the education and life outcomes of over 56 million public school students in the third most populous country on the planet.

The empirical evidence simply does not support the use of one - size - fits - all curriculum standards and high stakes testing as effective...

Using this information, I looked for a sharp increase in achievement (a break in trend) following the introduction of high - stakes testing as evidence of a policy effect.

«Democrats amended the platform to: support community schools with wraparound services in struggling neighborhoods; implement restorative justice and alternative discipline practices; invest in engaging STEM curricula; explicitly oppose high - stakes testing as a means to close schools or evaluate educators; support a parents» right to opt their children out of tests; and support and respect all educators and school employees.

The challenge for educators and policymakers will be to develop a system that captures the obvious benefits of high - stakes testing as a means of providing incentives while minimizing the possible distortions that these measures induce.

In a bracing new book that might be seen as a capstone to that work, Koretz excoriates our current reliance on high - stakes testing as a fraud — an expensive and harmful intervention that does little to improve the practices it purports to measure, instead feeding a vicious cycle of pointless test prep.

But we serve neither ourselves nor our children when we think of either anxiety or high stakes testing as an arms race to be won, rather than an affliction to be avoided.

As states across the U.S. move to adopt standardized tests as a means to determine grade promotion and school graduation, new research presented in the Harvard Educational Review shows that sole reliance on high - stakes tests as a graduation requirement may increase inequities among students by both race and gender.

«All of us think our children should be challenged by difficult tasks in school and that the performance of teachers in the classroom should be judged by the highest standards, but there is no scientific validity whatsoever to the use of high stakes tests as the primary instrument for evaluating children and teachers.

Effectively, this would make NAEP a moderately high - stakes test as states align their tests to it, and that would eliminate the NAEP as an effective independent, neutral monitor (this refers to the test and the scaled scores, not to the very flawed and misleading «levels»).

«We could realize significant progress in public education if proponents of standards - based reform joined hands with critics of high - stakes testing and effectively outlawed the use of high - stakes tests as sole indicators of student success,» says Panasonic Foundation executive Scott Thompson in a Phi Delta Kappan article.

In the past two decades, however, schools have undergone a period of constant reform and restructuring, and the talk surrounding public education has become mean - spirited and antagonistic, giving greater attention to vouchers, «choice,» charter schools, and winner - take - all high - stakes tests as the only viable solutions to the crisis in public education.

Senate Bill 6122 would completely eliminate all high stakes tests as a graduation requirement meaning that any student who passed all of their required courses would be allowed to graduate.

In fact, it is impossible to achieve the goals of better teaching and deeper learning in mathematics classrooms by using poorly crafted high - stakes tests as the benchmark for success.

Not exact matches

Even before the acquisition, Altman operated and still operates as an active investor, including his early stake in large testing company Optimizely, and has personally taken part in investments in huge companies such as Asana, Patreon and Change.org.

For clients in such high - overhead, high - stakes fields as mining and power generation, the testing is a valuable service.

Maybe the 2012 Alabama game has come close since, but given the stakes and the magical season that LSU would propel itself through to the BCS national title, it stands the test of time as the single greatest game of the Les Miles Era at LSU.

Volume XIV, Number 2 The Social Mission of Waldorf School Communities — Christopher Schaefer Identity and Governance — Jon McAlice Changing Old Habits: Exploring New Models for Professional Development — Thomas Patteson and Laura Birdsall Developing Coherence: Meditative Practice in Waldorf School College of Teacher — Kevin Avison Teachers» Self - Development as a Mirror of Children's Incarnation: Part II — Renate Long - Breipohl Social - Emotional Education and Waldorf Education — David S. Mitchell Television in, and the World's of, Today's Children — Richard House Russia's History, Culture, and the Thrust Toward High - Stakes Testing: Reflections on a Recent Visit — David S. Mitchell Da Valdorvuskii!

Volume XIII, Number 2 Rhythm and Learning — Dirk Cysarz Thinking and the Consciousness of the Young Child — Renate Long - Breipohl Assesssment without High - Stakes Testing — David Mitchell, Douglas Gerwin, Ernst Schuberth, Michael Mancini, and Hansjörg Hofrichter The Art of Education as Emergency Aid — Barbara Schiller What Have We Learned?

Just as likely, they understand that «failure to perform» on the NCLB - mandated high - stakes test means their job is likely to go * poof *.

Members of Trump's staff said the trip was mainly a humanitarian mission, but they conceded that the stakes were high for the president on his first visit to a disaster area that was inevitably seen as a test of his competence and empathy.

«As everyone knows, our union is opposed to high - stakes testing and value - added model, but even when MaryEllen applied it as required under Florida law, she made collaboration her mantra,» said AFT President Randi WeingarteAs everyone knows, our union is opposed to high - stakes testing and value - added model, but even when MaryEllen applied it as required under Florida law, she made collaboration her mantra,» said AFT President Randi Weingarteas required under Florida law, she made collaboration her mantra,» said AFT President Randi Weingarten.

At a time when the corporate education reformers like Governor Cuomo scapegoat teachers, underfund public schools, and push high - stakes testing linked to Common Core as way to justify the expansion of privately - managed charter schools, she has persistently brought forth real facts about how poverty, segregation, and inequitable school funding affect testing and achievement in public schools.

Teachers are stoking parental fears about raising the stakes of student tests even as teachers have fears of their own about being yoked to student exam performance.

As many school districts around the region struggling with the fight over high - stakes testing, Buffalo School Board members discussed the issue at Wednesday night's lengthy meeting.

As parents and educators statewide continue to protest so - called high - stakes testing tied to Common Core, politicians this election season are tapping into voters» frustration with how the curriculum was rolled out.

But as the trials of Silver and Skelos provide a high - stakes test of the prosecutor's Albany crusade, the new investigation is a reminder of just how far Preet Bharara is willing to roam to show Andrew Cuomo what he thinks the rules of state government should be.

The petition comes as the union continues to call for a three - year moratorium on using tests aligned to the rigorous Common Core standards for «high stakes» decisions affecting teachers and students.

New York State United Teachers president Richard Iannuzzi is calling for a three - year moratorium on using the test results for «high - stakes» decisions, such as whether to promote a student or discipline a teacher.

As parents, students and educators continue to raise concerns around Common Core and high stakes testing, a Community Forum will be held Saturday afternoon.

He described it as a «package that includes high stakes testing and curriculum modules that come from the state Education Department.

«And that whole high - stakes testing regime, which is part of Common Core, is a big drain on time in the schools as well as money to administer the program.

It is a campaign Cuomo waged from the start of his tenure as governor in 2011, but eased off of in recent years due to significant backlash from teachers unions, suburban parents upset by high - stakes testing, and others, like AQE.

The Green Party candidate is strongly against Common Core standards and high stakes testing, as well as distribution of school aid policies that rank New York among those states with the poorest records.

While the state has taken some of the stakes away from the «high stakes» tests, such as not using them for teacher evaluations, districts still see them as crucial.

Betty Rosa, the new Regents chancellor, justifies it all as opposing what she and the teachers unions call «high - stakes tests,» which supposedly just ruin the whole educational process.

Cuomo's high - stakes testing regime is failing the underfunded schools and teachers of low - income children in order to privatize the schools as charters and downgrade the teaching profession.

Instead of high - stakes tests to define high - poverty schools as failing and to justify their conversion to privately - managed charter schools, we need to desegregate schools by race and class and provide equitable and adequate funding of all public schools.

Hawkins» opposition to Common Core and Race to the Top, as well as his platform to fully fund schools in an equitable manner has caught the attention of teachers and parents around the state who are distressed about the state of their schools due to high stakes testing, unworkable and narrow standards and a lack of funding.

«Cuomo's test - punish - privatize - and - segregate policy is using high - stakes testing to label students, teachers, and schools in high - poverty districts as failing.

Bill de Blasio's selection of Carmen Fariña as the new schools chancellor has raised hopes among classroom educators for an end to the obsession with high - stakes testing and a renewed focus on teaching and learning.

She listed the benefits: «High quality teaching, not high - stakes testing, wraparound support, after school program, counselors, social service, health care, positive discipline, practices such as restorative practices, shared information, parent and community engagement,» Newkirk said.

In addition, the Budget puts forward the state's largest investment in education to date, including an increase of more than 5 % in school aid; statewide, universal full - day Pre-k; a bond act to modernize classrooms; as well as signature reforms to fix Common Core implementation and protect students from unfair high stakes test results; and strengthen and support Charter Schools.

At the event, Jones, who serves as Franklin County Chairman, introduced his education platform, which includes increasing state aid to public schools and the elimination of the Common Core, which he said places teachers and students in high - pressure environments with «high stakes» testing.

But she still thinks there may be cultural or psychological reasons for why girls still tend to lag behind boys on high - stakes tests such as the SAT.

As her coronation draws closer, loyalties are tested, schemes are rumored, and when people start to literally burst into flames, the stakes can be no higher for all