Sentences with phrase «standardized testing data for»

When ELL students are not isolated in these low - achieving schools, their gap in test score results is considerably narrower, according to a Pew Hispanic Center analysis of newly available standardized testing data for public schools in the five states with the largest numbers of ELL students.

Not exact matches

Once attached to a player's helmet (a hockey version is available now, versions for football, lacrosse, and ski and snowboard helmets will be introduced in 2012) The ShockboxTM sensor measures the G - Force of a hit to the helmet from any direction, and then sends the data wirelessly via Bluetooth to the athletic trainer, coach or parent's smart phone to alert them when the athlete suffers a traumatic head impact that may be concussive so they can be removed from the game or practice for evaluation on the sideline using standard concussion assessment tools, such as the Standardized Assessment of Concussion, Sports Concussion Assessment Tool (SCAT2) or King - Devick test.

Test results for third - through eighth - graders across New York state improved this year even amid concerns about the length of the standardized exams and reports of erroneous questions, according to data released by the state Education Department.

«At this point, people (administering) ImPACT may not have very much training in neuropsychological testing or standardized test administration or data interpretation,» said lead author Kathryn Higgins, a postdoctoral researcher with the Center for Brain, Biology and Behavior at Nebraska.

They measured educational outcomes using standardized tests and looked at demographic data, including attendance and suspension; race and ethnicity; free and reduced price lunch status; and participation in gifted education, special education, or programs for English learners.

Between your data teams, professional learning communities, state standardized tests, and in - house assessments, there is likely already something that is going to work for you.

Results from annual standardized tests can be useful for accountability purposes, but student progress must be measured on a far more frequent basis if the data are being used to inform instruction and improve achievement.

If the skeptics are right, Wood writes, Common Core «will damage the quality of K — 12 education for many students; strip parents and local communities of meaningful influence over school curricula; centralize a great deal of power in the hands of federal bureaucrats and private interests; push for the aggregation and use of large amounts of personal data on students without the consent of parents; usher in an era of even more abundant and more intrusive standardized testing; and absorb enormous sums of public funding that could be spent to better effect on other aspects of education.»

Scope: Comparative data about class size, proficiency on standardized tests, percentage of students who receive free or reduced - price school lunch, and proportion of first - year teachers at a school; there's also a forum for parents to write reviews about individual schools.

The bill required teacher preparation programs to report data on their candidates (and share this information with their university), use higher cut scores on standardized tests for entry, and add portfolio - based assessments as graduation requirements, among other reforms.

Data related to student learning (for example, classroom - based assessments, standardized test data, teacher observatiData related to student learning (for example, classroom - based assessments, standardized test data, teacher observatidata, teacher observations)

Statewide standardized tests, mandated by the federal government under No Child Left Behind, have provided mounds of data for educators to analyze.

We also collect data on public school - transfer options generated by NCLB, which required schools that received Title I funds and failed to meet minimum requirements on standardized tests for two consecutive years to offer students the option of transferring to a local school that did meet the benchmark.

That said, here are some suggestions for using standardized test data:

An analysis of national and metropolitan data on public school populations and state standardized test scores for 84,077 schools in 2010 and 2011 reveals that:

For several years, data suggested that the city had seen improvements among all ethnic groups, including in graduation rates, which have risen about 14 percentage points for black and Hispanic students since 2005, and a national standardized test given every other year to a sampling of fourth and eighth gradeFor several years, data suggested that the city had seen improvements among all ethnic groups, including in graduation rates, which have risen about 14 percentage points for black and Hispanic students since 2005, and a national standardized test given every other year to a sampling of fourth and eighth gradefor black and Hispanic students since 2005, and a national standardized test given every other year to a sampling of fourth and eighth graders.

The transition to new assessments, though Colorado had been administering a statewide standardized test since 1997 opened the door for more regressive data sharing policies.

At the same time, their silence gives tacit support to arguments by traditionalists that standardized testing should not be used in evaluating teachers or for systemic reform (even when, as seen this week from American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten and others critical of the state education policy report card issued by Rhee's StudentsFirst, find it convenient to use test score data for their own purposes).

Kevin Gallick, EdD Urban Education Leadership»13 and principal at CPS George Washington High School, describes strategies in this video for sharing standardized test score data directly with students to help them understand the connections between GPA, test scores and college access:

Oregon doesn't provide statewide statistics on charter school performance, and many of the schools are too new for their standardized tests scores to show up in the 02 - 03 data, the most recent available from the state Education Department.

The measure was lauded by East Hawaii educators, including Hilo High School teacher Matthew Yarberry, who said «there needs to be standardized tests, but they need to have consequences» and «we can't just collect data for data's sake.»

When we consider what progressing towards «sufficient gains» looks like for students at DC Bilingual, nothing demonstrates their success better than the recent data from Washington, D.C.'s standardized tests.

This new law will provide a measure of protection for our teachers, districts and students from consequences for student test scores on a standardized test whose validity and reliability as a tool for measuring their performance is not supported by data.

In August, the Los Angeles Times was the subject of intense criticism and praise for its series that included value - added scores for individual teachers based on years of standardized test data — a project that newspapers in New York City now want to replicate.

The academy is a K - 8 school where fewer than half the students scored proficient or above on standardized math and reading tests in 2014 - 2015, the most recent year for which state data are available.

This system necessitates the growth and expansion of standardized tests into more subject areas and grades to provide more data for evaluations, further narrowing the curriculum and alienating students.

Principals must use data, report and explain data to internal and external audiences, in support of data - driven decisions, which influence instruction and stimulate change.Assessment and Accountability Standardized testing is one element in the complete assessment of student progress, but no single test should serve as the sole criteria for a student's advancement in grade level, graduation or placement or serve as a punishment or reward for schools or those who staff them.

In discussing the need for a kids - first agenda, Austin cites data points that show that less than half of 2016 graduates were eligible for the state's public university system and that 71 percent of LA Unified students were not proficient in math on state standardized tests last year.

The school looks at student growth data from standardized tests and considers what teachers believe will work best for a specific group of students.

Despite the extremes to which data - driven obsession over academic «outcomes» have driven us, I don't think any of us in the charter school world would deny the usefulness of standardized tests as a diagnostic tool or argue for their elimination.

For individual teachers, the agreement proposes to use raw state standardized test score data.

Public school students in Texas, for example, are required to take standardized tests, allowing test data from Amarillo to be compared to scores in Dallas.

And they fund the same vehicles to achieve their goals: charter schools, high - stakes standardized testing for students, merit pay for teachers whose students improve their test scores, firing teachers and closing schools when scores don't rise adequately, and longitudinal data collection on the performance of every student and teacher.

For years, districts nationwide have monitored standardized test data and other measures, reporting it to the state and watching trends across schools.

Yet, if he is to be truly «transparent about data,» Duncan would have to admit that, after the turnaround, Sherman actually performed worse on standardized tests than several schools CPS proposed to close for poor performance in 2009.

«If they will use state test data in evaluations — and if so, how — or opt for another alternative to comprise the 22.5 percent of a teacher's evaluation that must include state standardized tests measuring student learning.»

Growth models for teacher evaluation based upon standardized testing data do not work.

These three men, with their impatience, their obsession with standardized testing data, and their general disdain for anything that doesn't match their priorities have inflicted great damage on American public education, wielding influence far beyond their wisdom.

Socrato generates scoring and performance assessment data for many popular admission exams and state standardized tests.

For example, college readiness measures like Advanced Placement classes and college entrance exams are available in most high schools but not elementary or middle schools, and student or academic progress data that looks at year - over-year progress may be less likely to be available in a high school where state standardized tests are only given in one grade.

For the 12 years that Michael Bloomberg served as mayor of New York City, the Big Apple was home to the United States» largest experiment in implementing the business model of education reform — a model based on sink - or - swim accountability overwhelmingly focused on standardized test data.

For the second year in a row, LA Unified's independent charter schools outperformed the district's traditional schools on California's standardized math and English language arts (ELA) tests, according to data released Monday by the California Charter Schools Association.

It does this by using data for individual students, such as scores on standardized tests, special education and English - learner status, eligibility for free and reduced - price meals (a proxy for poverty), and race and ethnicity.

She stoutly defends teachers unions, questions the value of standardized test data and calls the president's affinity for independently operated charter schools «puzzling.»

Today, the district uses Star 360 for progress monitoring, predicting student proficiency on standardized tests, and as a data element in value - added modeling processes for teacher evaluation.

These newer groups» brand of education reform is data driven and accountability focused: They're advocating for stricter teacher evaluations that take student student performance on standardized tests into consideration; merit pay for teachers; better professional development for teachers; and the elimination or fundamental reworking of teacher tenure.

If 10 % of the parents at the school say «No» to the standardized test, how do the statisticians adjust or correct for those missing data?

Mandated standardized tests, data - driven approaches to learning, and the need to ensure that students are making progress are just a few of the forces that are keeping assessment in the spotlight for educators today.

Continuing to expand high - stakes standardized testing will prove a boon for companies that provide testing materials, data analysis and physical equipment.

But for McVicker, she said her school has increased proficiency in every tested content area for the last three years, according to standardized testing data.