Sentences with phrase «statewide tests for»

On statewide tests for third through eighth graders this year, New York City's most troubled schools kept pace with the rest of city schools, showing similar gains in reading and math.

In Indiana, schools must administer the Indiana Statewide Testing for Educational Progress assessment and report their graduation rates to the states.

Based on the results of a pilot test, the state education department had predicted that 8 percent to 10 percent would fail the Indiana Statewide Test for Educational Progress, which is given in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 6th, 8th, 9th, and 11th grades.

The lawsuit argues that new questions in the revised Indiana Statewide Testing for Educational Progress exam will require students to disclose personal information about themselves and their families, said the legislators» lawyer, John Price.

Report examines statewide testing for general education students in grades 9 - 12 during the 2006 - 07 school year, including end - of - course tests, exit exams, and college - admissions tests.

#page #That's the first time Heather had heard that Indiana had replaced its well - regarded state tests, ISTEP (Indiana Statewide Testing for Educational Progress — Plus) in favor of a brand - new federally funded set of assessments keyed to Common Core.

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson today shot back at U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, who expressed opposition to a bill in the California legislature that would eliminate statewide testing for a year while districts shift to new protocols aligned with Common Core.

DeKalb Central School District administrators identified that a percentage of their students required math intervention when results on the Indiana Statewide Testing for Educational Progress Plus (ISTEP +) showed less than ideal performance in mathematics.

California has been without statewide testing for two years.

Not exact matches

This statewide program guides California «s wineries and winegrape growers to adopt an integrated system for their operations based on tested «best practices» in alternative energy, packaging, transportation, production and farming practices to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) footprints in the state with the most stringent environmental laws in the country.

Even though newborn testing for Krabbe disease was required statewide in 2007, the testing was never implemented.

The tests include open - ended questions to better assess students» content mastery; and, with some exceptions for special education students with specific testing accommodations, the tests will be administered entirely online to students statewide within five years.

Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia says that will give teachers and students time to adjust before the standards become the basis for statewide testing.

The move clashes with Schools Chancellor Carmen Farina's policy on the statewide test given to students in grades 3 through 8 on April 5 - 7 for the English standardized test and April 13 - 15 for the math exam.

But the push for having students opt out has been statewide, with the New York State United Teachers union and the other education groups allied with NYSUT robocalling parents urging them to not have their students take the tests.

At a recent conference held by the teacher's group Educators for Excellence, State Education Commissioner Mary Ellen Elia says she plans to try to convince parents not have their children repeat this year's boycott of standardized tests associated with the Common Core learning standards, which resulted in 20 % of students statewide opting out of the tests.

The former president will inject himself into a race The Washington Post called «the country's marquee statewide election this year,» a critical swing - state test for his party and the Trump resistance.

«I think that's long overdue,» said Rudley, a founder of a statewide test - protest group, New York State Allies for Public Education.

«the country's marquee statewide election this year,» a critical swing - state test for his party and the Trump resistance.

«Our members are very knowledgable about education issues, and while there is great concern about the implementation of the Common Core and the over-reliance on testing, there are many other issues that are front - burner for NYSUT members,» he said, listing concerns over the property tax cap, equitable school funding, the teacher evaluation system and the statewide expansion of pre-kindergarten.

New York City schools and a handful of districts statewide have used the standardized tests under Common Core for grades 3 through 8 as a factor in promoting students to the next grade.

Silver raised the possibility of using one statewide office, that of the state comptroller, as a test case for publicly financed campaigns as a compromise that Republicans in the Senate might support.

At a recent conference held by the teacher's group Educators for Excellence, State Education Commissioner Mary Ellen Elia says she plans to try to convince parents not have their children repeat this year's boycott of standardized tests associated with the Common Core learning standards, which resulted in 20 percent of students statewide opting out of the tests.

At a recent conference held by the teacher's group Educators for Excellence, New York State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia says she plans to try to convince parents not have their children repeat this year's boycott of standardized tests associated with the Common Core learning standards, which resulted in 20 percent of students statewide opting out of the tests.

The regulations will include required time frames and steps for the maintenance and testing of cooling towers, fines for not cpmplying with the regulations and a statewide registry.

During a private meeting organized by Brooklyn Councilman Brad Lander, NYC Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña reportedly said there are some instances where it might be appropriate for students to opt out of statewide tests.

Education was a sticking point for the Legislature, which spent hours debating funding for statewide full - day pre-kindergarten, charter schools and the flawed rollout of the Common Core, a new testing standard.

Dr. Vanden Wyngaard and district staff will provide an overview of state exams and how the Common Core Learning Standards are changing instruction for students at all grade levels, as well as information about how the tests are used in the new statewide evaluation systems for teachers and principals.

Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia said that will give teachers and students time to adjust before the standards become the basis for statewide testing.

«That includes this year's landmark achievements to fully fund the Environmental Protection Fund and the new law just signed to require schools statewide to test their drinking water systems for lead contamination.

This summer, state education officials released statewide test results that showed a drop in the math and English scores for third through eighth graders as the new Common Core standards take hold.

The deadline for statewide electronic registration, testing, and inspection is September 16, 2015.

Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña said there are some instances where it might be appropriate for students to opt out of statewide tests, sources said.

The primary vote test for statewide office is 300 votes, which means the statewide candidates need an average of about 6 voters within each legislative district to choose the minor party's primary ballot.

Todd is also the statewide leader on access to diplomas for special needs students, as well as fixing New York's broken standardized testing system for public school students.

But if that same party wants to have a legislative candidate on the ballot in November, the number of voters within that legislative district to choose that party's primary ballot can be as high as 130 voters, i.e., over twenty times as high as the test for statewide candidates.

One of the peculiar aspects of the North Dakota primary vote test requirement is that it is so much harsher for legislative candidates, than candidates for Congress or statewide state office.

In spring 2015, the boycott grew so large — with parents pulling more than 200,000 students out of testing in English language arts and mathematics, about 20 percent of those eligible statewide — that Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo called for a sweeping review of the state's academic standards and exams.

Koch has raised his statewide profile this year with his NY Uprising PAC and its trio of reform pledges, which he used as a litmus test for dubbing candidates «heroes» or «enemies» of reform — a message he took on the road.

Carl Korn, a spokesman for New York State United Teachers, a statewide union umbrella group, also welcomed the release of more test data.

The join legislation will mandate timeframes for maintaining and testing cooling towers, set fines for failure to comply, and create a statewide registry of cooling towers.

Magee has become central to the statewide effort to battle reforms such as standardized testing, teacher evaluations based on test scores and penalties for schools that do not meet certain standards.

Around one fifth of students statewide did not take the math and English tests required for third through eighth graders.

It is fairly easy for a party to meet the test in presidential years, when there are six statewide partisan races on the ballot in most years.

Following a school year marked by statewide protests to recent changes in the testing procedures and teacher evaluation methods — with 20 percent of New York's students opting out of standardized tests — administrators at Minerva Central are preparing for a year of growth and collaboration, Farrell said in an interview.

Like the city regulations, the statewide rules will require building owners to register their cooling towers — up until now, the city has had no definitive information on how many cooling towers exist or where they are — and will require all cooling towers to be tested for legionella in the next 30 days.

Amid a statewide furor over the flawed implementation of the Common Core Learning Standards, the State Assembly on Feb. 28 introduced a bill that would impose a two - year moratorium on attaching high - stakes consequences to the New York state tests for teachers and students.

The blood test study data were obtained from the California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development's Hospital Annual Utilization Data files, the Area Health Resources Files, and the Impact Files from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

She gives statewide presentations on a variety of child - development - related topics, provides expert court testimony on child - development issues, conducts testing and assessment, and is a top referral partner for many of Denver's physicians.

Another school profiled is the Denver School of Science and Technology, which enrolls a mostly - minority, 47 percent low - income student population and has achieved «national renown» for its results, including the second - highest longitudinal growth rate in student test scores statewide.