Sentences with phrase «teachers scored students»

Their findings also suggested that classroom teachers scored students significantly higher than outside raters in the area of reading, where the lack of portfolio evidence was most likely supplemented by teachers» knowledge.

Presumably, district - level and building - level supervision ensures that final exams reflect the curriculum and that the curriculum is aligned and that teachers score their students» work accurately and reliably.

Not exact matches

They must either score high on the end - of - school exam (which only half of students typically pass) so that they can get admitted to a university and get a reputable job like a teacher or a doctor — or they must marry right away.

But the belief, the expectation, colored the teachers» perception and influenced their behavior to be more attentive and caring to the students, thus improving their homework and test scores.

Schools receive points based on the following weighted ranking: 33.5 % reputation (higher is better), 20.5 % classroom experience (student - teacher ratio and cohort diversity), 13 % average GMAT scores (higher is better), 13 % tuition (lower is better), 13 % required work experience (more is better) and 7 % program length (shorter is better).

In your article around Baltimore's technology gap («Computer - based tests a challenge for low - income students, some Baltimore teachers say,» April 22), we read that students who took the PARCC scored lower when they took the test on a computer than when they used paper and pencil.

He spearheaded the creation of new teacher evaluations allowing half of a teacher's rating to be based on students» standardized test scores.

The essence of the activity is the interaction of score, student, and teacher.

Mom passed with flying colors because the authority she exerts as a fourth grade teacher is over males who can't yet spell «authority,» but my college professor friends scored «Cs» because their males students (mostly) count as men.

Furthermore, the schools (in general) do not provide teachers with the adequate resources to perform their jobs effectively, such as teacher - requested books for their students; presentation items such as chalk, whiteboard markers, or projectors; basic classroom organizational needs such as storage bins, filing cabinets with adequate files, and functional modern computers with adequate software to make results tabulating more efficient; or motivational equipment designed to reward students for good behavior, scores, or attitudes (grades simply are not enough of a motivational tool).

Each year across the country, scores of teachers, coaches, principals, players and fans are forced to deal with the death of a student.

What he found was that some teachers were reliably able to raise their students» standardized - test scores year after year.

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.

And yet those teachers, according to Jackson's calculations, were doing more to get those students to college and raise their future wages than were the much celebrated teachers who boosted students» test scores.

KIPP students now sit for parent - teacher conferences that detail not just how they're doing in history and algebra, but how well they score on zest, curiosity, social intelligence and optimism.

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.

The type of learning you're describing, with open classroom discussion, a lot of choice for students, inquiry - based learning, projects, it seems at odds with the kind of call - and - response, very teacher - directed style that you see at a lot of so - called «no excuses» charter schools that produce high test scores with disadvantaged populations.

And especially in this moment when we really care a lot about accountability in schools, there has been an increasing emphasis on finding measures — like a student's standardized test scores — to tell us if a teacher is a good teacher.

And yet those teachers, according to Jackson's calculations, were doing more to get their students to college and raise their future wages than were the much - celebrated teachers who boosted students» test scores.

For all applicants, the first task is to fill out the application online and for students in grades 1 - 12 to arrange to have school reports, teacher recommendations, and test scores forwarded to our online admissions portal.

Burger says a poor score on an assignment becomes a gift from teacher to student — an opportunity to engage in some «high - quality failure.»

The temporary records, which will otherwise be destroyed in July, includes students» family background information, teacher comments, disciplinary information and test scores.

When small variations in student test scores result in failing ratings for teachers, and that can lead to automatic termination, it forces teachers to teach to the test, rather than teaching for learning.

«The Assembly Majority has heard the concerns of New York's educators and parents and we know that teachers» performance and that of New York's students may not be truly reflected in test scores.

He has been a booster of charter schools and of using student test scores to rate teachers.

Decoupled the state assessments from teacher evaluations and placed a four - year moratorium on the use of student test scores for evaluation purposes;

Cuomo and lawmakers approve stricter rules raising the portion of teachers» evaluations based on student test scores to approximately 50 percent.

Over the past five years, Duncan has used a combination of financial incentives and regulatory waivers to push the use of teacher performance ratings based partly on student test scores.

Governor Cuomo initially supported a policy that would have required student test scores to count for 50 percent of a teacher's performance evaluation.

In addition, teachers whose students» test scores are consistently low; those who have failed to secure their teaching certificates on time; those who haven't had a permanent position for six months or more; those who've faced department probes leading to substantiated allegations of misconduct; and those granted an extension regarding tenure could also be dismissed.

«It eliminates the secretary's power to grant waivers, which is where the requirement to assess teachers according to their students» test scores is based.»

State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie said the Assembly will take up a bill Wednesday to decouple the results of standardized student test scores from teacher evaluations.

State Legislature bans school districts from using student test scores to decide teachers» eligibility for job tenure.

The vote came a few months after the state's teachers unions, closely aligned with the Assembly, claimed a victory in December when the Regents, prompted by the governor and Legislative leaders, placed a moratorium on the use of student test scores in teacher evaluations.

Teachers wouldn't be evaluated based on their students» standardized test scores any longer under a measure approved by the New York State Assembly.

Adding to their frustration, parents said, is the state's controversial teacher evaluation system, which links educators» performance to student test scores.

This would have delayed linking teacher evaluations to students» test scores.

New York is going back to the drawing board to rethink the way it evaluates school teachers and principals after controversy over the use of student test scores in job evaluations helped fuel a massive boycott of state exams in recent years.

«The Common Core Task Force Report has 21 common sense recommendations we've been seeking for several years including reducing the amount of testing and testing anxiety, making sure curriculum and exams are age appropriate and not placing such a heavy emphasis on teacher evaluations and student performance on the standardized test scores.»

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.

Governor Cuomo initially supported a policy that would have required student test scores to count for 50 % of a teacher's performance evaluation.

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.

It seems even a total delinking is under discussion, a 180 degree shift from his imposed law passed this spring hardwiring a teacher's survival to student scores on state mandated Common Core driven tests.

After a long campaign by the union, Cuomo signaled he'd be willing to amend the ratings to shield teachers from low student scores on Common Core - aligned exams, which the governor has said were «premature.»

The members seeking a change in leadership argued that Iannuzzi wasn't aggressive enough in fighting the policies of Governor Andrew Cuomo and education commissioner John King, such as a teacher - evaluation system that includes student scores on state exams.

At least going by his rhetoric, he seems to have almost declared war on the teacher unions and he has proposed a new system of evaluation, which is more heavily based on students» tests scores than the one currently in use.

Most academic studies find that teachers account for between 1 percent and 14 percent of variability in student test scores, while Cuomo wants to base 50 percent of teacher evaluations on test scores.

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.

She echoed the union's concerted push for more school aid and a moratorium on using students scores on Common Core - aligned exams for «high stakes» decisions, such as teacher evaluations.

We're being told Gov. Andrew Cuomo is prepared to contradict himself and reverse course on tying public school teacher evaluations to student test scores.