Sentences with phrase «standardized testing situation»

For example, the Associated Press recently wrote about the standardized testing situation in New Jersey where Governor Christi, like Governor Malloy, is a big fan of having more standardized testing.

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Stephens said that the ability to apply knowledge to real - world situations is missing in many students — an apparent consequence of relaxed standards in the American educational system and a focus in the classroom on passing standardized tests, he said.

Wrong Answer will be based in part on a New Yorker article about the Atlanta teachers who were in an untenable situation — the No Child Left Behind Act that was passed in 2001 threatened to shut down the Parks Middle School based on standardized test scores with no consideration for testing bias.

The corporate world provides useful data about simulations designed to change behavior and obtain results (which is exactly what we hope will be learned in many situations but is something that few, if any, of our standardized achievement tests measure).

The state mandate that students use computers for standardized tests has made the situation worse because computers are scarce and easily crash.

Student Learning Objectives (SLOs) might also fit this situation if they are intended to capture higher - order learning and if the standardized tests (on which value - added measures are based) capture more basic skills.

Following parent complaints, Madison School District officials say they are working to rectify a situation in which certain students face negative consequences for having opted out of the state's standardized test.

This situation introduces a set of challenging questions for teachers: «If I focus on the subjects the standardized tests evaluate, how can I teach other subjects — such as social studies and the arts — without trivializing them?

She believes that the answer to this outrageous situation is to make it easier for parents to opt out of standardized testing.

Find out why it's not an «either - or» situation — you can still teach the way you know you should and your kids will excel on their standardized tests!

If you are discussing specific situations such as standardized tests, make sure that you explain all terms to the parents.

In the K - 12 context, we can discuss how learning these technologies connect with literacy standards and benchmarks and — whether or not we agree with the politics and practices of standardized assessment — how they connect to improving students» performance in testing situations.

When you tie standardized test results to receiving bonuses, there are some adults who just can't face the reality that it is children taking the standardized tests and so they decide to take the situation into their own hands.

The current situation is one that Governor Murphy has inherited, and it goes far beyond disruptive standardized tests and the disposition of the occupant of Drumthwacket.

Easy - to - understand definitions are provided for over 400 mathematical terms and expressions typically found on standardized tests, used in textbooks, and encountered in everyday mathematical situations.

The real problem with the entire situation lies with the Common Core itself and the way in which the Common Core standardized tests have been designed to undermine the stability of public education in America.

And finally, there's New Hampshire, which has aggressively pursued a statewide assessment model that put teachers in the position of creating tasks where students apply their learning in real world situations, rather than flawed standardized tests.

Newkirk also has concerns about the connection between standardized testing and the Common Core, a situation that ultimately limits what is taught: «These tests will give operational reality to the standards — in effect they will become the standards; there will be little incentive to teach to skills that are not tested.»

However, to the dismay of teachers, Governor Cuomo balked at a proposal by legislators to impose a two - year moratorium on the use of Common Core standardized test scores in teacher evaluations, saying, «There is a difference between remedying the system for students and parents and using this situation as yet another excuse to stop the teacher - evaluation process.»

«Standardized tests do not, and can not, produce perfect measures, and no one claims that they can... The measures are used, despite their imperfections, because in most situations in science as well as in life some information for making decisions is better than none.

As for making student test scores a big part of that process, he says «it's a tough situation because performance on a standardized test can really just reflect that year's mix of kids, or the luck of the draw.