«Our office does not keep the annual fire and sanitation inspections or any immunization records or
standardized achievement test results on the individual Non Public Schools,» said Mills.
Not exact matches
In general, the
results suggest that after adjustment for confounding, there were small but consistent tendencies for increasing duration of breastfeeding to be associated with increased IQ, increased performance on
standardized tests, higher teacher ratings of classroom performance, and better high school
achievement.
In a quasi-experimental study in nine Title I schools, principals and teacher leaders used explicit protocols for leading grade - level learning teams,
resulting in students outperforming their peers in six matched schools on
standardized achievement tests (Gallimore, Ermeling, Saunders, and Goldenberg, 2009).
The authors wrote that, overall, the
results of 46 articles published between 1985 and October 2008 found that «there is substantial evidence that physical activity can help improve academic
achievement, including grades and
standardized test scores.
Results from annual
standardized tests can be useful for accountability purposes, but student progress must be measured on a far more frequent basis if the data are being used to inform instruction and improve
achievement.
Most of these schools also regularly collect portfolios of student work in an attempt to go beyond
standardized test results and provide richer measures of
achievement.
In tackling this task, Feinberg says, they «backed into» the five essential tenets of the KIPP model: High Expectations (for academic
achievement and conduct); Choice and Commitment (KIPP students, parents, and teachers all sign a learning pledge, promising to devote the time and effort needed to succeed); More Time (extended school day, week, and year); Power to Lead (school leaders have significant autonomy, including control over their budget, personnel, and culture); and Focus on
Results (scores on
standardized tests and other objective measures are coupled with a focus on character development).
The corporate world provides useful data about simulations designed to change behavior and obtain
results (which is exactly what we hope will be learned in many situations but is something that few, if any, of our
standardized achievement tests measure).
As a
result, in today's nationally
standardized achievement tests, there are many SES - linked items.
But for Principal Peggy Bryan and her staff,
results from
standardized tests are but a small piece in their ongoing efforts to assess student
achievement and guide further progress.
The
results are consistent with other studies that show a substantial return (up to 50 percent of a standard deviation on
standardized achievement tests) to
achievement from observed classroom quality, with greater effects often accruing to children with higher levels of risk and disadvantage.
Attending a Boston charter school makes special education students 1.4 times more likely to score proficient or higher on their
standardized tests,
resulting in a 30 percent reduction of the special education
achievement gap.
New Jersey measures growth for an individual student by comparing the change in his or her
achievement on the state
standardized assessment from one year to the student's «academic peers» (all other students in the state who had similar historical
test results).
We estimate racial / ethnic
achievement gaps in several hundred metropolitan areas and several thousand school districts in the United States using the
results of roughly 200 million
standardized math and reading
tests administered to public school students from 2009 - 2013.
Here is the description of Opt Out Orlando taken from their site: «Opt Out Orlando advocates for multiple measures of authentic assessments, such as a portfolio, non-high stakes
standardized tests (Iowa
Test of Basic Standards (ITBS) or the Stanford
Achievement Test (SAT10)-RRB-, which are used to inform teachers» instruction of their students and which do not
result in punitive consequences for students, teachers and schools.
... Although there are modest positive improvements within student
achievement indicators,»
standardized test results in Grade 10 math are down, as was Grade 9 credit accumulation.
Over the border in Georgia, Gwinnett County has developed a «
Results - Based Evaluation System,» in which fully 70 percent of the score for schools and their principals is tied to student
achievement, as assessed by indicators including
standardized test scores and measures of where schools are in closing the
achievement gap.
Standardized test results have been the defining measure of student
achievement and school quality under the No Child Left Behind Act.
Administers
standardized achievement tests, interprets
results to determine learners» strengths and areas of need for initial, annual and triennial assessments.
The Wallace Foundation has produced study
results indicating that when, (a) principals focus their efforts on improving instruction, (b) teachers trust the principal, and (c) the principal works to develop shared leadership within the building, higher scores on
standardized tests of
achievement result.
While
Achievement First likes to brag that their students do better on
standardized tests than students in their neighboring district schools, they fail to reveal that the get those
results by refusing to provide educational services to broad social - demographic groups within the community.
Demonstrate potential for delivering excellent academic
results for K - 12 students, as measured by
standardized achievement tests
ASCD believes that accurately assessing student
achievement requires more than
results on
standardized tests in two or three subjects.
The
results of the 1992 Gallup Poll indicated that 71 % of public school parents favored requiring public schools to use
standardized tests to measure the academic
achievement of students.
The letter grade is based 80 percent on the school's
achievement score (which uses various data including student performance on end - of - grade and end - of - course
standardized test scores) and 20 percent on students» academic growth (a measure of students» performance in relation to their expected performance based on the prior year's
test results),
resulting in a grade of A, B, C, D, or F. «Low - performing districts» are those with over 50 percent of their schools identified as low - performing.
While the task force
results may be eye - opening to the general public, they come as no surprise to local educators, who say they have known for years that the topics covered by New Jersey's High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA), the
standardized test used in grades 11 and 12 to measure
achievement and required for graduation, is not a measure of college readiness.
Many states now require the use of value - added models in evaluations as a measure of the a teacher's or school leader's impact on student
achievement, as determined by
results on state
standardized tests.
But when the researchers compared California schools districts, based on their English learners»
standardized test scores and mastery of English proficiency, and then followed up with site visits and interviews with administrators, they discovered that many of the most successful districts viewed the Common Core as a means to higher
achievement for these students, and used strategies in line with its goals to achieve their good
results.
Although the Gates Foundation money is a tiny portion of the Hartford School System's total budget, by accepting the grant, the Hartford Board is committed to instituting more
standardized testing (the NWEA MAP
test), supporting the expansion of more charter slots (a gift for Jumoke and
Achievement First) and attaching teacher evaluation
results (From the Danielson / Teachscape programs) to the NWEA MAP and other
standardized test data.
Mathematics Aptitude
Tests Standardized mathematics aptitude test results should be used in basically the same way that the results of mathematics achievement tests are
Tests Standardized mathematics aptitude
test results should be used in basically the same way that the
results of mathematics
achievement tests are
tests are used.
By examining the average
achievement test results (45 % of the rating), the percentage of
test scores that are below the acceptable provincial standards (45 % of the rating), and the difference between
test scores based on gender (10 % of the rating), the Fraser Institute Report Cards develops a
standardized «overall rating out of 10».
Administered
standardized ability and
achievement tests and interpreted
results to determine student strengths and areas of need.