He moved the school to a data - measurement model that didn't wait until the annual release
of state exam scores to track student achievement.
Charter - school backers ripped Mayor de Blasio as a «disgrace» Wednesday after he said their
sparkling state exam scores stemmed from a misguided fixation on testing.
Charter - school backers ripped NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio as a «disgrace» after he said their sparkling
state exam scores stemmed from a misguided fixation on testing.
In addition to measuring academic achievement, ESSA will also require schools to address at least one non-academic «other indicator» beyond traditional measures such
as state exam scores or graduation rates.
Administrators say the uptick in math minutes has been motivated in part
by state exam scores that are lower in math than English and also an emphasis on the STEM fields — science, technology, engineering and math.
Rothstein's reanalysis of the MET report's results found that over 40 percent of those
whose state exam scores place them in the bottom quarter of effectiveness are in the top half on the alternative assessment.
Palzet recalls the days of NCLB, which focused so much on
a state exam score rather than how students were growing academically.