Sentences with phrase «stakes testing linked»

He said the high - stakes testing linked to Common Core is designed to fail public schools in disadvantaged communities and convert then into privately - managed charter schools.

Hawkins had harsh criticisms for Cuomo's education agenda for shortchanging funding for public education, pushing high - stakes testing linked to the Common Core Standards to evaluate schools and teachers, undermining teachers» professional autonomy, and favoring private charter schools over public schools.

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.

Not exact matches

He says: «The Common Core rollout and its link to high - stakes testing got everybody up in arms in the inner city, the suburbs, and rural areas.

Are standardized tests, especially high - stakes tests that link grade promotion and graduation, a Band - Aid to fix what is ailing schools?

But student achievement would still not have reached its full potential without a fourth tool: strong external standards linked to high - stakes curriculum tests.

On the left, some of the opposition to Common Core and its assessments is related to broader resistance to high - stakes testing, the linking of student scores to teacher evaluations, and other reform measures such as school choice, which some see as «corporate school reform.»

For all of the talk about «raising standards» and implementing «high stakes testing,» the United States is an outlier among developed nations when it comes to holding students themselves to account, and linking real - world consequences to academic achievement or the lack thereof.

PBS» Frontline offers an easily navigable explanation of high - stakes testing that includes basic information about what tests measure, how they're developed and scored, specific tips for parents, and links to additional resources.

The list of potential headaches for new teachers is long, starting with the ongoing, ideological fisticuffs over the Common Core State Standards, high - stakes testing and efforts to link test results to teacher evaluations.

One way of enforcing standards of excellence is through standardized testing, linked to high stakes - such as holding students back until they pass the tests or delaying their graduation.

This correspondence with President Obama and Secretary Duncan captures the divide that has emerged between the Obama administration and various self - designated reformers on the one hand, and educators and researchers wary of the unintended results of policies linking high - stakes consequences to students» scores on standardized tests.

In Allanbrook's March 7 letter, she links to a speech delivered by principal Bowman and writes, «Jamaal suggests that all parents exercise their right to opt out of high stakes testing, advising parents to demand more holistic assessment of their children.

In his pitch for a high - stakes testing moratorium, Brian Kavanaugh, a former school committee member from Orleans, suggested that Chester's salary, tenure and department budget be linked to student performance on his recommended assessment if it is adopted.

Given the lack of proven links between testing and achievement, as well as extensive evidence about the limitations and problems of high - stakes testing, Parents Across America opposes current efforts to expand the use of standardized tests.

The conclusion of this report is that «high stakes testing programs are linked to decreased rates of high school completion.»

But here's why I'm worried about leaving out the link between those subjects and reading comprehension: Even if we got rid of high - stakes reading tests tomorrow (which is unlikely to happen), people would still place a huge emphasis on teaching kids to read, especially in the early grades.

More high - stakes standardized testing: Walton supports teacher bonuses linked to raising test scores.

However, it will come as no surprise that despite growing nationwide resistance, the federal government has reaffirmed its commitment to annual high - stakes standardized testing and accountability measures, and to linking those scores to school funding.

That's because the minute you click on any link from Michelle Rhee, sugar - coated as each one is in the gingerbread of her lies about how much she supports «great» teachers, she will add you to her pretend army in her crusade to destroy public schools through privatization, high - stakes testing for students, teachers and schools, charters, vouchers, «virtual school.»

It dials back the stakes linked to tests and ensures some baseline accountability and transparency so no child, particularly disadvantaged children, are left behind or invisible.