Sentences with phrase «student test scores as»

Testing as a tool of assessing student progress has been around since Day 1, but using student test scores as a measure of teacher effectiveness has caused a backlash in some quarters.

Teachers and administrators don't have to worry as much about student test scores as their public school counterparts do, because DoDEA is exempt from No Child Left Behind.

The NEA proposal uses student test scores as one of three evaluation components.

The pilots were also the first test case of the state's use of student test scores as part of the ratings for teachers whose students take the state's language arts and math tests, roughly about a sixth of the total.

WRT getting rid of ineffective teachers, the problem as I see it is that every evaluation method seems to include student test scores as one of (if not the only) criteria for... judging efficacy.

Two separate education groups, which include teachers, parents and activists, last week endorsed the use of student test scores as one measure of instructors» effectiveness.

Using elementary and secondary student test scores as one of three measures by which to hold teacher education programs accountable

The teachers association, which endorsed Newsom, also asks candidates if they will oppose using student test scores as an element in determining teacher salaries; support collective bargaining for school employees; and oppose replacing the pension system for public employees with a 401k - style retirement plan.

He's transformed the way educators are evaluated, putting much more emphasis on student test scores as a measure of effective teaching.

«It's undeniable that the push for more testing shined light on things we didn't know before,» said Sandi Jacobs, vice president of the National Center on Teacher Quality, an advocacy group that presses to use student test scores as one key metric for evaluating teacher performance.

He is a strong proponent of evaluating teachers» effectiveness and using student test scores as a measure of teachers» competency.

As well, districts that are headed in this direction (Washington DC) are using student test scores as part of a «mixed measures» approach, added to principal and peer evaluations.

As an advocate for the Indiana State Teachers Association prior to her election, Ritz said she spent more than 150 hours working behind the scenes with legislators and Bennett's office in 2011 crafting language for the law that mandated all teachers have annual performance reviews that include student test scores as a factor and lead to one of four ratings — highly effective, effective, improvement necessary and ineffective.

Policymakers, including officials in Florida, have turned to student test scores as a means of evidence.

He said he is open to revising the law that grants teachers tenure after two years and including student test scores as «a tool in the toolbox of teacher evaluation.»

Two other education groups came forward June 1 with proposals for new teacher performance reviews that also endorsed the use of student test scores as one measure to determine teacher effectiveness.

Critics, including many from outside of unions, have opposed linking teacher evaluations to student test scores as well as other controversial initiatives they said would prove costly after the grant runs out.

The district has launched a voluntary review program using student test scores as one measure of instructor effectiveness, but the teachers union has opposed it and filed an unfair labor practice complaint over the program's introduction without collective bargaining.

Back on June 3, 2011, she wrote a letter to President Obama, detailing her concerns about the emphasis on student test scores as a prominent part of educator evaluation.

These policies, the union says, include using student test scores as one measure of a teacher's effectiveness.

The L.A. Unified School District has responded fairly with a voluntary teacher performance review system that includes student test scores as one element.

To help teachers successfully fulfill their role in this endeavor, effective teacher supervision and evaluation systems that inform teacher professional development and improve instruction are essential; however, disagreement over what those systems should measure remains, and some researchers caution against relying on student test scores as a valid metric (Baker et al, 2010)

Last year, Washington became the first state to lose its waiver from some of the strictest requirements of that law, known as the No Child Left Behind Act, because lawmakers here refused to require school districts to use student test scores as part of evaluating teacher effectiveness.

In addition, Greuel reiterated her support for the parent trigger law and endorsed LAUSD's new teacher evaluation system, which makes student test scores as much as 30 percent of a teacher's evaluation.

Battle lines over teacher evaluations in California were drawn in Sacramento Wednesday, as lawmakers narrowly moved along legislation that would use student test scores as a key component.

Some have zeroed in on using student test scores as a way of measuring which teachers are most effective.

Teachers were also opponents because they thought it was unfair to use student test scores as determinants of their salaries and employment.

Pressure to improve teacher evaluations deepened Thursday, when two separate Los Angeles education groups endorsed the use of student test scores as one measure to review instructors — a controversial element that many unions have fought.

The entire school reform movement based on the use of student test scores as a lever to bring about improvement should be re-thought.

In particular, the Obama administration, through its Race to the Top competitive grants and its waivers of No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) requirements, is putting pressure on states to incorporate student test scores as a significant component of any new teacher evaluation system.

The agreement includes the use of individual student test scores as a part of the review process — a measurement that has been championed...

Using a large data set provided by the New York City Department of Education (NYC DOE), we analyzed student test scores as well as information about the students, their teachers, classrooms, and schools.

In a profession that already feels under siege, the decision in most states — encouraged by the U.S. Department of Education — to press ahead with using student test scores as a significant component of a teacher's evaluation «just fuels the perception that we care more about weeding out weak teachers than giving the vast majority of teachers the time and support they need to make a successful transition to Common Core,» says Schwartz.

The National Board's researchers rejected the use of student test scores as a measure of teacher performance, claiming, «It is not too much of an exaggeration to state that such measures have been cited as a cause of all of the nation's considerable problems in educating our youth....

Ms. Malliotakis supports the state Education Department's use of student test scores as one of the criteria used to evaluate a teacher.

The changes placed greater emphasis on student test scores as a component of evaluations and established financial penalties for any school districts that did not comply.

Education policymakers — including big city mayors such as Chicago's Rahm Emanuel (D)-- see rating teachers by student test scores as reasonable and know voters and big foundations feel the same way.

Not exact matches

Comparing national test scores, Catholic schools in general (as with most private schools) perform better in both reading and math than public schools although the advantage is stronger in reading than in Math though the difference in Math was still statistically significant; however, this could be due to the self selecting nature of the students in Catholic schools where the parents have made the decision to value education to the extent of paying for it.

Jackson had access to each student's scores on the statewide standardized test, and he used that as a rough measure of their cognitive ability.

Again, though, as their approach to their students changed, the classroom climate improved, and their students» test scores went up.

Finally, in Houston in 2010 — 11, he gave cash incentives to fifth - grade students in 25 low - performing public schools, as well as to the parents and teachers of those students, with the intent of increasing the time they spent on math homework and improving their scores on standardized math tests.

In contrast, parents who value a performance orientation, focus on their student's achievement as mainly measured by grades and test scores — the need to score better than others in order to succeed.

And she found that it's incredibly predictive, that people are pretty honest about their grit levels and that those who say, «Yes, I really stick with tasks,» are much more likely to succeed, even in tasks that involve a lot of what we think of as IQ: She gave the test to students who were in the National Spelling Bee and the kids with the highest grit scores were more likely to persist to the later rounds; she gave it to freshmen at the University of Pennsylvania and grit helped them persist in college; she even gave it to cadets at West Point and it predicted who was going to survive this initiation called «Beast Barracks.»

Florida high school students who can't pass the two state tests needed for graduation could find it harder to earn a diploma starting next year, as the state moves to change what other exams — and scores — can be used in their place.

And, when research uses standardized tests to measure homework's impact, she continued, it is difficult to gauge how much of the overall improvement or decline in test scores is due to student learning in the classroom context as opposed to student learning from homework.

Cuomo administration officials noted that the governor last spring supported a new law stipulating that test scores were not to be placed in students» permanent records for five years, or used as the primary factor in class promotions and placements.

But in recent weeks, Cuomo has indicated he will begin to emphasize a new direction in education after a legislative session that saw yet more changes to the state's teacher evaluation system that linked performance reviews to tenure as well as student test scores and in - classroom observation.

The letter, written by a top Cuomo aide, says the student test scores are «unacceptable,» and asks Board of Regents Chancellor Merryl Tisch and outgoing Education Commissioner John King what to do about an evaluation system that rates just 1 percent of all of the teachers in the state as poorly performing.

New York spends more money per student than any other state in the country, and yet its schools yield mediocre education outcomes, such as test scores and graduation rates.

While he has protected and promoted the growth of charter schools, other aspects of his education policy have not gone as planned - these include the rollout of the common core learning standards and tougher teacher evaluations by tying them more closely to the results of student standardized test scores.