Sentences with phrase «strategy of test scores»

The effect of the multiple exposure vocabulary method and the target reading / writing strategy of test scores.

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GFI aims for diversity in their hires primarily through hiring practices that are intended to help them minimize the effects of bias, such as encouraging staff to score applications anonymously, using generalized ability tests, and meeting applicants only late in the process.88 While they've hired many women, including in seven of nine director roles, they find that their team is lacking in diversity in other ways, and they've met with Encompass to discuss further steps they can take to develop their diversity strategy.89 One staff member we spoke to mentioned that they hoped GFI would be able to begin paying interns, which might help diversify their team by broadening the pool of potential interns who could afford to take a position with GFI.90, 91

In the Times story, Malatras tellingly dismisses the strategy of asking the Legislature to change the language of the law when it comes to setting the percentage and makeup of test scores counting for teacher evaluations.

It's fine to talk about more technology in our classrooms, smaller class sizes, new teaching and learning strategies, teacher training, and higher test scores, but few of these discussions get us to the heart of the matter — the roots of our current system.

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This strategy should raise their standardized test scores, since researchers estimate that «85 percent of achievement test scores are based on the vocabulary of the standards.»

«Helping students to have freedom to feel mistakes are part of the learning process will allow for students to focus more on developing effective strategies connected to the academic task at hand, rather than worrying about getting a perfect score on a test.»

The increases in test scores over time is not just an artifact of test - taking strategies.

The failure of the United States to close the international test - score gap, despite assiduous public assertions that every effort would be undertaken to produce that objective, raises questions about the nation's overall reform strategy.

As the authors of the meta - analysis point out, there are many known, malleable predictors of achievement test scores that have much higher associations with achievement than measures of grit, e.g., study skills, test anxiety, and learning strategies.

For example, a low - SES school that is performing well can be encouraged to continue to refine and improve an already - effective instructional strategy (in terms of raising test scores compared to similar schools) but still be reminded that the students are not scoring sufficiently high relative to an absolute benchmark.

We also lack evidence of how public schools and private schools differ in their instructional and teaching strategies that would explain negative effects on test scores.

Academic Boot Camps Get Students in Test Shape Concentrated reading and test - taking instruction in small groups — known as boot camps — is one of the strategies a California school district uses to help elementary and middle - school students on the cusp of proficiency improve their reading and test scoTest Shape Concentrated reading and test - taking instruction in small groups — known as boot camps — is one of the strategies a California school district uses to help elementary and middle - school students on the cusp of proficiency improve their reading and test scotest - taking instruction in small groups — known as boot camps — is one of the strategies a California school district uses to help elementary and middle - school students on the cusp of proficiency improve their reading and test scotest scores.

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Katie became part of a group of teachers who concluded they had to abandon their strategy of «fixing» things here and there (in response to test scores) and embrace a unified curriculum.

The current strategy that schools alone can do the job of reducing social inequalities, including the test score gap between minorities and whites, is simply flawed.

Reducing the number of students in a classroom is a popular strategy for raising test scores, and it's one that has some evidence of success.

As we point out in the report, it is entirely possible that the surge in the test scores of the voucher students was a «one - off» due to a greater focus of the voucher schools on test preparation and test - taking strategies that year.

Westwood's plan calls for dividing the school into multi-age, multi-grade «families» to create a sense of belonging in a large school, implementing a community building component called Township 2000 that mimics a small city, and experimenting with new teaching and assessment strategies that promise to raise standardized test scores, within a year, by 3 % for average students and double that for low achievers.

Race to the Top (RTTT) grants had been awarded after considering whether states would adopt high academic standards, implement prescribed strategies in low ‐ performing schools, and use student test scores to determine the effectiveness of teachers.

The following test prep books can not only help with learning the fine details of the new exam, they can give you the strategies you need to master each section and get the highest New SAT score you possibly can.

California, though, lost in two rounds because of what Duncan called an incomplete application: California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) didn't sign onto RTTT pledges that mandated specific school turnaround strategies and tying students» test scores to teacher ratings.

Carol Burris of the Network for Public Education pointed out today on national Public Radio, that the proponents of test - based accountability took a very different posture in 2013 when a very small uptick in NAEP scores were cited by Arne Duncan as proof that the strategies in place were working.

No more imposition of unproven ideologies: much greater trust in teachers and parents and a significant period of time without new tests, strategies, political mark - making and point scoring.

The effect of the Multiple Exposure Vocabulary Method and the Target Reading / Writing Strategy on test scores.

As a parent, it concerns me that you have required states to expand charter schools, increase standardized testing overall, tie teacher jobs to test scores, and turn around schools by firing half or more of the staff, when the overwhelming body of evidence — including that of the research arms of the federal government — is clear that these strategies do not improve academics overall and can have serious negative effects on children and their education.

At a news conference later today, Educators 4 Excellence - Los Angeles (E4E) is unveiling a set of recommendations aimed at tying teacher's raises and bonuses to student test scores, as well as other new strategies to keep effective teachers in the classroom.

Though some of the E4E recommendations and strategies are similar to those proposed by United Teachers of Los Angeles, the union does not support paying teachers based on their students test scores.

The Common Core, teacher evaluation using student tests scores, Common Core tests, the expansion of charter schools and other disruptive change strategies were pushed by the $ 4.35 billion competitive grant known as Race to the Top.

Strategies that work movement into the school day boost blood flow to the brain and can create a domino effect that affects learning, quality of life and, potentially, test scores, Naylor said.

On Oct. 19th, 2015, EdSource and Partners for Each and Every Child hosted a webinar featuring leading educators and experts who examined strategies for closing the achievement gap in the wake of California's Smarter Balanced test scores, which were released in September.

Using «Multiple Measures» Does Not Reduce Testing: Combining standardized test scores with other kinds of information in teacher evaluation systems — known as the «multiple measures» strategy — does nothing to reduce the disruption testing brings to school routines and student leTesting: Combining standardized test scores with other kinds of information in teacher evaluation systems — known as the «multiple measures» strategy — does nothing to reduce the disruption testing brings to school routines and student letesting brings to school routines and student learning.

Your chief strategies are evaluating teachers based on standardized test scores and implementation of the Common Core standardized tests in every grade, with a multitude of interim computerized tests as well as summative computerized tests.

Test scores are being used with increasing frequency to rate teachers, deny students promotion from one grade to another, and justify closing «low - performing» schools,» despite a lack of evidence that such strategies have any educational value.

Depending on which reform strategy wins, new changes may also be introduced that mandate the grading of teachers based on students» test scores instead of experience.

Current education policy focuses on a failed strategy of school and district «turnarounds;» characterized by staff shake - ups and pedagogical practices that focus narrowly on raising test scores.

Such a strategy, however, could be particularly devastating for students who are trying to get into an institution of higher education that requires applicants to submit all of their SAT test results, rather than just their best scores.

Studies published in the best economics and education journals have shown unequivocal evidence of excessive teaching to the test and drilling that produces inflated measures of students» growth in learning; cheating on tests that includes erasing incorrect answers or filling in missing responses; shifting of students out of classrooms or other efforts to exclude anticipated poor performers from testing, or alternatively, concentrating classroom teaching efforts on those students most likely to increase their test scores above a particular target, and other even more subtle strategies for increasing testing averages.

The purpose of the meeting was to roll out a plan, commonly used by my school district, to significantly increase test scores in math via a strategy of leveled grouping.

For now, the state will continue the problematic strategy of giving teachers «value added measurement» (VAM) scores based on their students» test results — despite widespread evidence that VAM scores are both unreliable and unfair.

But when the researchers compared California schools districts, based on their English learners» standardized test scores and mastery of English proficiency, and then followed up with site visits and interviews with administrators, they discovered that many of the most successful districts viewed the Common Core as a means to higher achievement for these students, and used strategies in line with its goals to achieve their good results.

Teachers using Dr. Marzano's research - based strategies are encouraged to monitor small bits of student achievement throughout the course of each lesson, rather than wait for test scores.

We will also share some fact sheets including «Why Tying Teacher Salaries to Test Scores Doesn't Work,» a comparison chart of the relative success of reducing class size versus using Race to the Top strategies (no surprise — class size reduction works better!)

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As a note, when I back tested this portfolio formation strategy covering 5,509 unique companies for the period May 1, 1969 to April 30, 2011, I found that value firms with the lowest SCORE had a mean annual return of 54.38 %, while the highest SCORE value firms had a mean annual return of 13.32 %.

The administration's expansionist strategy is what landed Cooper Union in a cultural and financial crisis to begin with, and their worldview in which standardized - test scores and socioeconomic status quotas are more important than the advancement of knowledge, community, and equality are what make them incapable of understanding the value of free education.

Student - level data can be test scores and survey data about any number of topics (e.g., learning strategies, student mindsets, etc.).

• Taught individual and small groups test taking tips and strategies that led to an average of 20 percent increase in test scores.

Results highlighted a) through exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses, a meaningful six - factor model (emotion expression, task utility self - persuasion, help - seeking, negative self - talk, brief attentional relaxation, and dysfunctional avoidance); b) satisfactory internal reliabilities; c) test - retest reliability scores indicative of a satisfactory stability of the measures over time; d) preliminary evidence of convergent and discriminant validity with CERS - M being very weakly linked to verbal skill and moderately to emotion regulation strategies measured through the Flemish version of the COPE - questionnaire; e) preliminary evidence of criterion validity, with CERS - M scores predicting math anxiety, and to a lesser extent, students» performance; f) preliminary evidence of incremental validity, with the CERS - M predicting math anxiety and performance over and above emotion regulation measured by the COPE - questionnaire.

As the authors of the meta - analysis point out, there are many known, malleable predictors of achievement test scores that have much higher associations with achievement than measures of grit, e.g., study skills, test anxiety, and learning strategies.