Sentences with phrase «teaching focused on test scores»

As a second and third grade teacher in DeForest, Moffit pushed her administration to take a more holistic, individualized approach to reading instruction, versus rigid teaching focused on test scores, she said.

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I used to teach high school biology, but now I'm a private science tutor because I hated how much the administration focused on test scores and test - taking skills over fostering love of science and learning.

«Schools and learning need a movement to change not just the way we teach, but also how we think about teaching and learning,» Yamashiro says, noting that education needs to be valued in American society and focused on not only test scores and economic success, but also on the whole child and finding joy in learning.

With the focus on test scores, the constant assessment and the administration that goes alongside teaching almost prevents teachers from nurturing the creativity and other 21st century skills that are essential to adult life.

«We need to stop focusing on test scores, blaming teachers and parents, and start teaching kids how to love and care for each other.»

Still, its detractors argue that the law has had unfortunate side effects: too much time spent teaching to narrow tests, schools focused on boosting the scores of students who are just below the proficiency threshold, and some states lowering their standards to reduce the number of schools missing their achievement targets.

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.

Teachers focused on drills aimed at improving test scores, and «teaching to the test» was born.

The extensive focus on test scores as the only measure of student progress is forcing educators to teach to the test.

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.

The study, which followed 147 preschoolers in 21 settings, showed that children taught using the Tools method scored significantly higher than did their counterparts on tests of «executive function skills,» such as the ability to keep their behavior in check, control their impulses, and focus — skills that certainly don't hurt when it comes to learning to read.

«The MET findings reinforce the importance of evaluating teachers based on a balance of multiple measures of teaching effectiveness, in contrast to the limitations of focusing on student test scores, value - added scores or any other single measure,» Weingarten said.

The misuse of and over-emphasis on test scores caused by pressures from media, corporate - style education reformers, and misguided federal laws has forced schools nationwide to teach to these tests, focusing one - sidedly on rote skills and ignoring higher - level thinking.

The study focuses on trends in mean scores for those who pass the Praxis II tests, as these are individuals who are eligible to enter teaching.

And won't we, by focusing so much on test scores — especially if we're going to publish them by teachers» names — motivate teachers to want to teach in the grades that aren't part of the number - crunching?

His work focuses on finding better ways to use test - score and other data to inform teaching and leadership practices.

When scoring the test, I focus on the skills that students have been taught.

«The MET findings reinforce the importance of evaluating teachers based on a balance of multiple measures of teaching effectiveness, in contrast to the limitations of focusing on student test scores, value - added scores, or any other single measure,» AFT President Randi Weingarten said in a statement.

What this means is that all of the hype and stress and teaching - to - the - test is really just focused on a few «borderline» kids in an effort boost the score of the school.

For example, many districts that focus first on raising test scores have concluded that they need strictly enforced pacing guides for each course to ensure that teachers are teaching all required state standards before the high - stakes state tests.

We realized that others were telling the story of the school where we teach — and focusing mainly on test scores and demographics (we're a high - poverty school).