Sentences with phrase «statewide testing program»

In 2006, most states were in their first years of statewide testing programs.

Setting aside the many problems and uncertainties of the mandates, a new study out this month focuses attention on how an evaluation system can be applied to grades not included in statewide testing programs.

The process for setting up an ACT Statewide Testing program typically follows the schedule below.

An Indiana Senate committee last week killed a controversial statewide testing program as well as its proposed replacement.

Determining participation rates for students with disabilities in a norm referenced statewide testing program.

We certainly can find that out without the time and expense of a full scale statewide testing program...

This document contains a comprehensive series of voluntary, non-prescriptive practices for use by both states and their contractors involved in managing and operating statewide testing programs.

In my view, the earliest date for valid, reliable, comparable, fair scores from a computerized Common Core statewide testing program will be spring 2017, or possibly even spring 2018.

Learn about the typical schedule for the process of setting up an ACT Statewide Testing program.

«The team that researched the new issue paper, on the other hand, focused on Texas and its statewide testing program,» Thomson said in a written statement.

Florida would streamline its statewide testing program and assess a broader range of student abilities under legislation proposed by Commissioner of Education Betty Castor.

In addition, the bill would: require parents to hold a minimum of 4 hours of instruction a day for 180 days; force students to participate in the statewide testing program to enable local officials to monitor their progress; and mandate that students in the 7th grade and above have access to a library.

The aim was to understand their perceptions or estimations of their readiness for NCLB, to hear about the challenges they have confronted, their chief concerns, the degree to which popular support exists for enhanced accountability, opposition (if any) to statewide testing programs, and other salient features of each state's situation.

This will not sit well with some political allies, such as Howard Fuller, who argues that Milwaukee's voucher - financed alternative schools should not be forced to participate in the statewide testing program.

Districts are now reporting greater numbers of parents desiring to remove their child (ren) from participation in the statewide testing program.

Some 38 states are currently using or considering using some form of performance assessment in their statewide testing programs.