Sentences with phrase «standardized achievement tests end»

Not exact matches

Students who use the voucher to enroll in private schools end up with much lower math achievement than they would have otherwise, losing as much as 13 percentile points on the state standardized test after two years.

Parents and many others have joined the AFT's efforts to end the overuse and misuse of standardized tests, and to fix — not close — struggling schools, something Weingarten has advocated since her involvement in the creation of New York City's Chancellor's District, which dramatically improved achievement in what had been some of the city's lowest - performing schools.

Standardized tests, benchmark assessments (often designed to see how students are progressing towards achievement on a standardized test), and end - of - course assessments are more about evaluating teaching and Standardized tests, benchmark assessments (often designed to see how students are progressing towards achievement on a standardized test), and end - of - course assessments are more about evaluating teaching and standardized test), and end - of - course assessments are more about evaluating teaching and instruction.

Forget for a moment that «mastery» is an achievement category (often the highest) on a standardized end - of - course exam or other summative tests.

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.

Not only are high VAMs on state standardized tests correlated to higher achievement on more open - ended short - answer and essay - based tests of critical thinking, but students of high - VAM teachers are more likely to enjoy class (Table 14).