Sentences with phrase «standardized test performance»

The findings from these and other studies raise some serious questions about using results from state standardized tests to rank schools or compare them to other schools in terms of standardized test performance.

However, there were no differences in grade - level standardized test performance in math or reading.

Another 65 percent of voters also did not feel that teacher tenure should be based on student standardized test performance versus 30 percent who did.

Major standardized test performance is typically analyzed and reported in both research journals and on the websites of the testing organizations.

The results, largely based on standardized test performance with graduation rates and advanced course enrollment factored in, are praiseworthy given the district's challenges, high poverty (70 percent of its 345,000 students qualify for free or reduced - priced lunch), and large population of English language learners.The Education Village «includes all of the elements that make sense,» Miami - Dade Schools Superintendent Alberto Carvalho said in the Miami Herald.

His dissertation, «The Unintended Consequences of Standardized Test Performance Labeling on Students» Educational Investment Decisions» grew out of his work with Professors Richard Murnane and John Willett, and explored the consequences of standardized testing in Massachusetts.

These same schools report poor achievement by other major student groups as well, and have a set of characteristics associated generally with poor standardized test performance — such as high student - teacher ratios, high student enrollments and high levels of students living in or near poverty.

Private schools that decide to accept Opportunity Scholarship students face regulations as well, including a requirement to report nationally standardized test performance to the government if they enroll 25 or more scholarship students.

GraduateNYC found that only 47 % of students in New York public schools were «college ready» in 2014, measured by standardized test performance (e.g., 20 or above on the ACT English test, 21 or above on the ACT Math test).

Differentiate instruction based on standardized test performance in whole group and small group settings

A recent analysis of standardized test performance and student academic growth by the D.C. Public Charter School Board shows that the city's charter students performed better overall in more diverse schools, but there were some exceptions: African American students» growth in reading actually declined as the percentage of white students increased.

In Hartford, this translates into an evaluation system in which the district not only wastes over a million dollars each year to participate, but, 22.5 % of the evaluation is based on student standardized test performance and another 22.5 % is based upon parental involvement.

The Common Core State Standards has led to an increased value on standardized test performance.

Most Americans, indeed, believe that students» standardized test performances are the only legitimate indicator of a school's instructional effectiveness.

Good C, Aronson J, Inzlicht M (2003) Improving adolescents» standardized test performance: An intervention to reduce the effects of stereotype threat.

Rowland Hall will not disclose student results in terms of standardized test performance, but they say they have seen no signifiant changes (Wendell Thomas, director of curriculum and instruction, said they see flaws in those tests anyways).

Following implementation of TD reforms many schools see immediate improvements in student satisfaction with school and coursework that ultimately translate into higher course and standardized test performance.

Ninety - four percent of Alliance's students come from poverty, yet the charter management organization has a proven track record of outperforming the district and state schools when it comes to key factors like graduation rates and standardized test performance.

For years, Mississippi has ranked below all other states in standardized test performance.

The political world essentially holds school districts hostage by tying both federal and state money to standardized tests performance.

In addition, 58 percent of respondents oppose evaluating teachers based on students» standardized test performance, which is a more than 10 percent increase in opposition compared to the previous year.

Educators must address this problem because time spent reading is related to academic success, vocabulary development, standardized test performances, attitudes towards reading for pleasure, and the development of knowledge abut the world.

The CORE formula that gives a school a score of 1 to 100 includes consideration for the standardized test performance of a school's lowest performing racial subgroup, English learners, students with disabilities and those qualifying for a free and reduced price lunch.

In general, as concluded by the nonpartisan Spencer Foundation and Public Agenda, «There is very little evidence that charter and traditional public schools differ meaningfully in their average impact on students» standardized test performance.»

In the context of an ever - increasing emphasis on school accountability and standardized test performance, students often feel a great deal of pressure at school (Watson, Johanson, & Dankiw, 2014).