Sentences with phrase «taking standardized tests aligned»

While students are taking standardized tests aligned with the standards, the state Board of Regents decided in February to delay some aspects of the plan, including one that tied students» test scores with their ability to graduate.

Not exact matches

Backlash over the rollout of the Common Core learning standards, along with aligned state tests and new teacher evaluations, came to a head last April when more than 20 percent of the state's eligible students refused to take the state standardized math and English language arts exams.

Not satisfied with a state Board of Regents decision to put a hold on the use of test scores in teacher and principal evaluations, New York State Allies for Public Education is urging its members to opt out of local exams that will be taking the place of standardized, Common Core - aligned tests used to evaluate teachers.

Districts force students to take standardized tests throughout the school year that aren't aligned to what students are learning.

By getting rid of the Common Core, we will get rid of teaching students the answers for the standardized tests aligned with the Common Core and, instead, teach students to form their own questions and explore those questions wherever those explorations take them because questioning is the essential skill for the information - laden 21st century.

The new law was part of Malloy's larger «education reform» initiative that has been forcing Connecticut public school students and their teachers to devote more and more time preparing for and taking the «Common Core aligned» standardized tests.

The bill would allow the Malloy administration to repeal a form of local budget flexibility that was granted to certain cities and towns during last years» legislative session if that school district was unable to persuade 95 % of parents to make their children take the Common Core aligned standardized testing that take place in grades 3 - 8 and 11.

(Miss.) The Magnolia State took another big step toward full implementation of Common Core this month when its state Board of Education approved spending $ 8.4 million on standardized tests aligned to the new curriculum standards.