Sentences with phrase «standardized test scores alone»

I don't know any test developers who believe that standardized test scores alone are valid evidence for hiring or firing teachers (and, yes, I do know people who work in high - stakes testing).

In an evaluation of four principal preparation programs, Matthew Clifford of the American Institutes for Research and Eva Chiang of the George W. Bush Institute determined that using student standardized test scores alone does not give a conclusive picture of how well a principal training program prepares principals to be able to improve student learning in their schools.

Along with other national testing experts, FairTest advises policy makers and educational practitioners that using standardized test scores alone as the basis for describing school performance or improvement is both unreliable and unfair.

The truth is that you can't tell simply from standardized test scores, yet there is a large majority that wants to use standardized test scores alone to judge both student and teacher performances.