Sentences with phrase «standardized test scores extend»

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«Children who have been in extended daycare and preschool programs have: poorer work habits, inferior peer relationships, substandard emotional health, lower grades and standardized test scores, and are more difficult to discipline.

There's plenty of evidence that students attending «no excuses» charter schools can do extremely well on standardized tests, but do the benefits of this approach to education extend beyond test scores?

The results of this new research demonstrate that the potential benefits of increased teacher diversity extend well beyond standardized test scores, raising important questions about lost opportunities caused by the underrepresentation of minority teachers in America today.

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).

Indeed, Robert Brennan of the University of Iowa (who directs the Iowa testing programs), the psychometrician who said «no» and voted with the minority, wrote, «Crucial evidence from prediction studies does not support a conclusion that scores on College Board standardized tests administered with extended time to disabled students are comparable to scores on the same tests administered to nondisabled students without extended time.»

The Whole Child Snapshots feature data aligned with the five tenets of ASCD's Whole Child Initiative — healthy, safe, engaged, supported, and challenged — to provide a fuller picture of well - being that extends beyond standardized test scores.

more clearly acknowledges that evidence of student learning must extend beyond standardized test scores to include other measures, such as demonstration of growth over time, parental feedback, performance on formative assessments, and demonstrations of engagement and self - efficacy; and