Sentences with word «standardized»

If schools are to be accountable to policymakers and the public, annual testing with standardized tests is required.

Piece by piece, our entire public education system is being redesigned in the service of increasing scores on standardized tests of basic skills.

The controversy over the use of standardized tests for evaluation purposes is the result of the assumption that those tests currently in widespread use are capable of differentiating between effective and ineffective teachers.

The public offers little support for standardized testing in contrast to the deep interest in testing by policy makers over the last two decades.

I use this example because a vast majority of education equity attention today is focused on this «gap» as measured in standardized test score comparisons.

There are also concerns about the reliability of using standardized tests as a gauge of teacher effectiveness.

Achievement effects are estimated using school - average test scores on state standardized math assessments.

Despite the importance of reading comprehension, far too many students continue to perform below grade - level expectations on standardized assessments of reading.

I realize that the joint effort of staff members to help these students has to do with standardized test scores — but what about our gifted learners?

So far, there are no concrete district data to show whether the more play - based kindergarten program is improving academic achievement as measured by standardized state tests.

Doctors are more likely to diagnose depression in women compared with men, even when they have similar scores on standardized measures of depression or present with identical symptoms.

The only point at which all Finnish students take standardized exams is as high school seniors if they wish to go to university.

How will the many teachers who do not have students that take standardized exams in their subjects be evaluated?

These teachers collect data from a variety of sources — including peers and supervisors, as well as standardized test scores.

Training and licensure are not standardized from state to state, and programs vary in length.

Most accountability systems will soon incorporate metrics from standardized assessments designed to evaluate student performance on college and career readiness learning objectives.

Until a more standardized system for financial literacy is put in place, it's largely on parents — and kids themselves — to boost their knowledge.

End requirements to judge educators by student standardized exam scores.

The study assessed performance on standardized achievement tests as well as measures of various character strengths.

All data follow standardized formats and use CF - compliant names whenever available.

Additionally, legal professionals and financial institutions must use standardized forms when opening and managing accounts and meeting compliance regulations.

This has resulted regulatory authority to develop new standardized procedures to help people to make successful claims.

The intelligent online tutoring system uses multimedia and animated adventures to prepare middle and high school students for standardized math tests and college - level mathematics.

Building a business requires the implementation of standardized processes.

They are easy to count, and we now have a more standardized way to measure them.

With standardized methods of evaluating pain, treatment outcomes are easier to assess and veterinarians on the practice floor are better able to modify treatments based on a cat's pain level.

Medical coding is a universally standardized system that allows for consistent accounting for patient health care, billing and insurance processing.

The waiver also sought permission to allow school districts to decide on their own whether to include standardized test results as part of teacher evaluations during the coming year.

In a culture of school reform that focuses on student achievement as measured through standardized curriculum and testing, marginalized groups are traditionally less successful.

Take 20 to 40 mg of standardized extract twice daily.

Schools that fail to make «adequate yearly progress» in improving student performance on standardized reading and math tests for two years in a row are subject to the act's sanctions.

Advance your students from relative measurements to learning about standardized units with this lesson that teaches them about inches and feet by using common classroom objects.

A real estate agent can provide standardized contract forms, and a title company can issue title insurance and conduct the closing.

I keep excellent records of my work and have developed standardized processes for managing customer needs that continue to be used by property managers today.

The larger study included information from teachers, parents, and individually administered standardized assessments of children's achievement.

No union — in any state — should be assisting with the development of teacher evaluation programs that include the use of Common Core standardized test results.

It is a set of standardized protocols that incorporates elements from many different treatment approaches.

They found 51 studies that looked at standardized packaging.

What forces, priorities, evidence, or interests have driven the collective belief that annual standardized achievement testing can improve schools?

By creating standardized reporting and definitions for shelter statistics including intake, adoptions, return - to - owner, transfers, euthanasia and shelter deaths, we will increase live outcomes.

Mortgage interest rates are not standardized across the industry.

Regardless of the diversity of opinion, there are some common arguments for and against standardized testing in the classroom.

Most community colleges have open enrollment and don't require standardized test scores.

The first option is to go to a lower - cost, higher - volume estate planner who uses form - based standardized planning.

The original state mandated standardized tests given in grades 4, 8, and 11 were designed to be monitoring devices, not diagnostic learning instruments.