Sentences with phrase «teach to the test instead»

Sadly, fearful educators understandably feel driven to teach to the test instead of working to ensure that students meet genuine academic standards (and letting the test results follow naturally).

Miller is a strong proponent of testing, but says states went to the extreme after No Child Left Behind became law by putting all their efforts on teaching to the test instead of focusing on changing teaching methods to improve student learning.

Not exact matches

When a school ignores brain - development basics to squeeze in more worksheets and tests, they're teaching to children's ears instead of their brains.

Perhaps our public schools need to avoid solely focusing on their standardized tests, and instead outreach to families to teach healthy eating.

My daughter already had a love of learning, and I am grateful that the Waldorf School preserves and promotes that by eschewing «teaching to the tests» and instead fostering the creativity and imagination of the students while celebrating the sense of discovery in learning.

We need to bring common sense to Common Core because New York is wasting too much time and money stressing children out to prepare for these tests which are of questionable educational value instead of focusing on supporting teachers so they can do their job and teach children what's really important,» said Assemblyman Jim Tedisco, a former public school special education teacher and guidance counselor.

Instead of an off - putting testing environment, it will recommend teaching techniques to keep students engaged.

Teaching social - emotional skills was also seen as a way to move schools away from a narrow focus on test scores and to consider instead the whole child, writes Kate Zernike in the New York Times.

But teaching social - emotional skills is often seen as a way to move away from a narrow focus on test scores, and to consider instead the whole child.

Arizona's law allows schools to choose the tests that best align with the institution's teaching practices instead of aligning their instructional content exclusively with a single state or national test.

Weiner believes in the power of public education, and she decries «teaching to the test,» instead calling for more play and openness in classrooms.

Efforts to Improve Teacher Quality: Instead of requiring its teachers to complete minimum degrees or coursework in the subjects they plan to teach, Oregon requires its high school teachers to demonstrate subject - matter knowledge by passing tests in their areas of endorsement prior to certification.

Instead of this minor concession, the nation really needs an indefinite moratorium on high - stakes tests and consequences to allow the development of new assessment practices that actually support learning and teaching.

Get it right the first time by determining the vision for using technology to teach (not test), and figure out the proper funding and other mechanisms instead of dipping into facilities bonds meant for other purposes.

This could allow schools to spend less time on standardized testing and teaching to the test, and instead devote more time and resources to formative assessment designed to help develop more appropriate services and interventions for students.

Of the hundreds of classes that I've observed in recent years, fewer than 1 in 20 were engaged in instruction designed to teach students to think instead of merely drilling for the test.

Teachers across the nation are already feeling the pressure to abandon creativity and originality and instead to teach to the tests.

«Instead of waiting four weeks, hoping you taught it right, hoping the kids got it, then taking the big high - stakes test and then realizing nobody got what you wanted them to get; every week we just check real quick, «Are they getting the skills?

«As passionate as I am about [Obama and U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan's] test fixation, and the need to focus more on teaching and learning instead of teaching to the test, the stakes are, will children have a public education?»

It sounds like teaching to the test will become even more the rule instead of teaching to learn and trying to verify what is learned through teacher developed tests.I think Malloy is taking I have to do something atittude to bolster his resume for future office probably national.

Permitting individuals who have not yet passed state licensing tests to teach neglects the needs of students, instead extending personal consideration to adults who may not be able to meet minimal state standards.

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.

And so I can't help but emit some combination of a chuckle and a groan at the reaction to the SUNY Board of Trustees Charter Schools Committee's decision yesterday to permit charter schools to hire teachers without the standard year of coursework and promise to complete a Master's degree but, instead, have 160 hours of instruction in behavior management, lesson planning and other skills; have 40 hours of supervised experience in the field; and pass one exam designed to test strategies for teaching students with special needs and English learners.

If DCPS administrators had designed the unit tests to directly cover the content in the units of study, they could have encouraged teachers to teach that content instead of focusing on skills.

Under his new proposal, teachers will no longer be required to have a degree in education to teach, but instead would be given licenses if they can simply pass a test by the Pearson Company.

As Superintendent, I will replace the current testing system with common sense assessments in reading, writing, and math that will focus education on in - depth learning instead of teaching to a test.

The example suggested that if students do not know the meaning of a particular word in a test item, they would be taught to replace it with an «X» and focus instead on grasping the logic of the question phrasing that will give them a better chance of selecting the correct answer.

Maybe because we are teaching our young people how to take test instead of how to be viable citizens, social skills, and all the other things that are involved making an individual a well rounded person.

Instead, teachers are quitting due to frustration with standardized testing, declining pay and benefits and lack of voice in what they teach.

Obama's — and the Education Department's — claim that NCLB will diminish teaching to the test because it will allow states to develop their own school accountability systems that measure students» growth, instead of the raw proficiency scores.

Instead of teaching to a standardized test like we do here in the United States, teachers in Finland are able to choose their own books and design their own curriculum.

Then sign this petition to support the teachers who are teaching instead of testing this week.

To Teach Your Children Well, you need to get your kid off the «Merit Train» (test scores, sports trophies, etc.) and take a walk with them insteaTo Teach Your Children Well, you need to get your kid off the «Merit Train» (test scores, sports trophies, etc.) and take a walk with them insteato get your kid off the «Merit Train» (test scores, sports trophies, etc.) and take a walk with them instead.

For the most part the kids at Bushy Park would perform well but instead of taking advantage of the well prepared population to introduce innovate and inspiring teaching opportunities they chose to teach to the standardized tests using endless reams of dittos.