Sentences with phrase «standardized national exams»

In 1994 73 % of the respondents indicated that standardized national exams were either very important or quite important.

In terms of learning what works in education, our experience suggests that providing schools and teachers with lots of autonomy but at the same time controlling the outcomes through standardized national exams is a good strategy.

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They have undergone standardized testing, intensive exam training, focused tutoring, transcript padding, and national and international competition.

The law, which bases as much as 50 percent of teachers» job ratings on student test scores, was strengthened during a time when more rigorous standardized exams, based on the national Common Core academic standards, were being introduced into classrooms.

The only external standardized test in Finland is the national Matriculation Examination, a high - stakes exam that determines college readiness and which all students are required to pass in order to graduate high school exit and enter university.

The Finnish answer to standardized tests has been to give exams to small but statistically significant samples of students and to trust teachers — so much so that the National Board of Education closed its inspectorate in 1991.

National opponents of high - stakes standardized testing say if as few as five or six percent of students were to skip statewide exams, state officials could no longer consider the rest of the test results valid.

to politically mandated standardized exam misuse and overuse, said Robert Schaeffer, Public Education Director of the National Center for Fair and Open Testing (FairTest)

While public schools must administer a raft of tests that include End of Course (EOC) and End of Grade (EOG) exams in addition to the national ACT for high school students, private schools receiving school vouchers will be required to administer a nationally - recognized standardized test of their choosing to students in grades three and higher each year.

That answer depends on the interpretation of the term assessment — are you counting pop quizzes and spelling bees, essays and multimedia projects, teacher - made and standardized tests, entrance and exit tests, pre-tests and post-tests, interim and benchmark assessments, statewide and national tests, and preparation for the AP exam, SAT, and ACT?

And last year, the Florida Education Association and the National Education Association filed suit arguing that the state's teacher evaluation system, which requires that at least 40 percent of a teacher's evaluation be based on students» test scores from the state standardized exams, is unconstitutional.

During the 2015 testing season, over 620,000 public school students around the U.S. refused to take standardized exams, according to a report by the National Center for Fair & Open Testing (FairTest).

It is possible to find alternative measures of student performance that can be compared across classrooms beyond statewide, multiple - choice standardized exams, such as the National Writing Project's rubrics and juried competitions to judge senior year capstone projects for graduation.

Chester has national influence, currently serving on the National Assessment Governing Board (NAGB), which oversees the development and content of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) exam, a standardized test taken by 4th and 8th graders and considered «the nation's report card» because it examines how well they're learning curriculum compared to their peers across the national influence, currently serving on the National Assessment Governing Board (NAGB), which oversees the development and content of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) exam, a standardized test taken by 4th and 8th graders and considered «the nation's report card» because it examines how well they're learning curriculum compared to their peers across the National Assessment Governing Board (NAGB), which oversees the development and content of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) exam, a standardized test taken by 4th and 8th graders and considered «the nation's report card» because it examines how well they're learning curriculum compared to their peers across the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) exam, a standardized test taken by 4th and 8th graders and considered «the nation's report card» because it examines how well they're learning curriculum compared to their peers across the country.

Finland, which leads the world in student achievement, has no merit pay or standardized tests except for a national exam that all students take at age 16.

That being said, DoDEA students have a strong record of academic performance, particularly on standardized tests such as college entrance exams and the National Assessment of Educational Progress.

You're eligible if you're a high school student with at least a «B» average, college student with at least a 3.0 out of a 4.0 grade - point average or higher, a student on a dean's list or honor roll, or if you rank in the top 20 % of your class or on national standardized exams

The Dental Assisting National Board, or DANB, offers a number of certification tests, include the standardized Radiation Health and Safety Exam, which is recognized or required by 37 states and the District of Columbia.

If it is approved, you become eligible to take the standardized exam through the National Board for Certified Counselors.