Sentences with phrase «statewide tests in»

State officials look at all of the students who scored the same on statewide tests in a given year.

Remarkably, 71 percent of students were proficient in reading on statewide tests in 2013 compared with 46 percent of all students in the district.

It similarly extends the mandate for statewide tests in science at least once in grade spans 3 — 5, 6 — 9, and 10 — 12.

Zurkowski attributes this year's impatience in Colorado to the state's transition to its third set of statewide tests in four years.

Former state superintendent Tony Bennett crafted this model with the intention of including metrics beyond a simple pass - fail rate on statewide tests in a school's letter grade.

The Journal News reports that many speakers complained about statewide tests in math and English that students took this spring.

Given these higher stakes, are you worried about cheating on statewide tests in Indiana?

The study found that after multimedia technology was used to support project - based learning, eighth graders in Union City, New Jersey, scored 27 percentage points higher than students from other urban and special needs school districts on statewide tests in reading, math, and writing achievement.

The law also required annual statewide tests in grades 3 through 8, and again in high school, and states had to publish the performances of students on these tests for every school, breaking out the results by ethnicity, eligibility for a subsidized lunch, and a variety of other categories.

In an effort to end so - called social promotions, Mr. Bush would require students in certain grades to pass statewide tests in order to move up a grade.

New York may become the first state to require every elementary - school student to study a foreign language and pass a statewide test in it before leaving sixth grade.

Not to have a strong communication from education leadership in CA on this issue is failure to recognize what the trenches deserve to know before statewide testing begins, and as of this week the statewide testing in CA has begun.

Wisconsin created a statewide test in 1993, but deferred to local districts on what it meant for schools.

Today was Day Three of statewide testing in Tennessee — TNReady.

Savings From STAR Suspension Would Net About $ 15 Million A plan to suspend some statewide testing in advance of transition to new assessments based on the common core standards would save the state about $ 15 million, according to an estimate released Monday by the California Department of Education.

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.

Basically, a new committee of teacher volunteers from across the state would review all exam questions after the items had been tried out on a pilot basis in «field tests» conducted among sample groups of students statewide.

At least 50,000 students statewide in grades three to eight, including about 20,000 on Long Island, opt out of spring 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.

Because the Libertarians and Greens do have candidates in some of the statewide offices with no Democrat running, it is quite likely that each of those parties will meet the vote test in 2012.

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.

In state Senate races, antipathy toward Common Core education standards and annual state tests cuts across party lines: both Democrats and Republicans find reasons to pile on to statewide criticism.

In spring 2015, an estimated 200,000 students statewide — more than 70,000 of them on Long Island — refused to take state tests in English and math, the largest such boycott in the natioIn spring 2015, an estimated 200,000 students statewide — more than 70,000 of them on Long Island — refused to take state tests in English and math, the largest such boycott in the natioin English and math, the largest such boycott in the natioin the nation.

In April, parents statewide pulled more than 200,000 students in grades three through eight out of testing in English Language Arts and mathematicIn April, parents statewide pulled more than 200,000 students in grades three through eight out of testing in English Language Arts and mathematicin grades three through eight out of testing in English Language Arts and mathematicin English Language Arts and mathematics.

Next week, students in grades three through eight statewide are slated to take the state math test during portions of three days, Wednesday through Friday.

ALBANY — Teachers» unions are leveraging an unprecedented statewide protest of standardized testing in public schools as their latest weapon in a war with Governor Andrew Cuomo over education reform — whether the parent activists who began the so - called «opt out» movement like it or not.

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.

Gibson's position on testing puts him closer to the union (which is fighting to keep testing - based evaluations of its members) than many Democrats — including Cuomo — and NYSUT president Karen Magee told the New York Times that Gibson would have a «good chance» at winning it in a statewide run.

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.

Statewide, around 200,000 eligible students sat out the tests in the spring.

The state Education Department released 75 percent of the questions on Common Core tests given in April to students statewide in grades three through eight — up from 50 percent of questions made public last year — and pledged that more information will be given in years to come.

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.

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.

Students in third through eighth grades in the Syracuse City School District have improved their standardized test scores in both math and English, but the scores still lag behind statewide scores.

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.

The state Education Department on Wednesday released 75 percent of the questions on Common Core tests given in April to students statewide in grades three through eight — up from 50 percent of questions made public last year — and pledged that more information will be given in years to come.

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 examIn 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 examin 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.

The most recent state testing data showed that the percent of Erie County black students considered proficient in English was 31 percentage points lower than their white peers, compared to a 20 - point gap statewide.

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.

The large majority of third - through eighth - graders statewide failed to meet the higher standards on tests given in April.

I believe both components — in - class observation and growth in student performance — are necessary and that use of the state test is needed to provide a statewide basis of comparison.

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.

In math tests administered to third to eighth graders, just 35.8 percent statewide were considered to meet or exceed the new Common Core standards.

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.

On the English tests, students statewide only improved by a tenth of a percentage point, from 31.3 percent passing in 2013 to 31.4 percent in 2014.

The scores of last year's MCAS tests given to Springfield school students rose across the board at a higher rate than the gain recorded by school districts statewide, and the dropout rate has fallen more than any other school system in the state.