Sentences with phrase «state proficiency tests»

Only four of these schools, however, had more than half of their students pass state proficiency tests in math last spring.

Yet when charter school students out - performed traditional school students on state proficiency tests, de Blasio attributed the disparity to «test prep.»

«Cheryl Wozniak's forte is writing, and with so much emphasis on the Ohio State Proficiency Tests she is right on target with her lessons,» says Tucker.

Meanwhile, just one in four Newark high school students passed state proficiency tests in reading and math.

The school board voted last week to pay elementary principals an extra $ 515 for administering a new state proficiency test for 4th graders.

A new study released Thursday finds that state proficiency test results are likely misleading parents about a child's academic preparedness in math and reading.

As a result, it has been reported in many states that students learning under the CCSS but continuing to be tested under the existing state proficiency tests have experienced sharp declines in test results.

They have another similarity, too: they started with «rebar,» i.e., mostly with the kids that the traditional providers (education's «big steel») weren't much profiting from — poor and minority kids, hard - to - educate kids, fussy kids, dropouts and would - be dropouts, kids with low scores on state proficiency tests, sometimes youngsters with special needs.

They took English as a second language classes with us, progressed into academic classes, and have now completed all their credits and are poised to pass state proficiency tests to graduate.

Ranked in the top 1 % in math and the top 1.5 % in English on 2016 state proficiency tests, Success Academy schools received more than 20,000 applications for about 3,200 open seats this year.

The Cincinnati Federation of Teachers is mobilizing its ranks to tutor high school seniors who have not passed the state proficiency test required for graduation.

Some teachers are not required to assign homework as long as their classes meet minimal requirements and pass the state proficiency test.

Ranked in the top 0.3 % in math and the top 1.5 % in English among all New York State schools on 2016 state proficiency tests, Success Academy schools received more than 17,000 applications for fewer than 3,000 open seats this year.

In contrast, a middle school in a small, high - poverty district in one of our southern states also failed to meet AYP targets (the district had a history of adequate, albeit not high performance, across its schools on state proficiency tests).

Accomplishments Statement: Dramatically increased pass rate of eighth - grade students from 67 percent to a record high of 93 percent on state proficiency testing.