Sentences with phrase «statewide testing purposes»

AB 1951 by Assemblyman Patrick O'Donnell, D - Long Beach, requires the state Superintendent of Public Instruction to approve one or more nationally recognized high school assessments that districts can use for statewide testing purposes of 11th graders instead of the existing system.

Not exact matches

My view is we should be clear this is the purpose for statewide testing rather than confuse it with tests designed for instructional use, and then strictly limit statewide tests to a small number of hours [less than 1 percent of instructional time is a common rule, less than 9 hrs of testing) so as not to interfere with instructional time.

Because many states also rely on ACT tests for statewide, not just college entrance exam purposes, clearly this is of concern to ACT, Inc..

The test can't be used for statewide accountability purposes.

Earlier this month, the Utah State Board of Education voted to seek a waiver from an ESSA provision that would require the state to count students who opt out of statewide testing as zero scores for school accountability purposes.

The purpose of this guide is to provide states with strategies for developing universally designed assessments, including conceptualization and item construction; field testing; item reviews; statewide operation; and evaluation.

Last spring, the state won a hard - fought waiver to set aside the test scores for federal accountability purposes largely because of the widely held belief that with all the new content, a huge number of students statewide will fail to pass the CAASPP.

The state gave practice tests last year, but the results were not publicly released, making today's numbers the first temperature - taking of students on a statewide basis that can be used for comparative purposes in the years ahead.