Sentences with phrase «test administrators for»

Test administrators for the Alternate ACCESS for ELLs may need access to test materials prior to administration to adapt materials to meet the needs of specific students.

You will also meet with your caring, NYS licensed psychologist test administrator for an in - depth explanation of the results, plus any recommendations proffered.

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If a small - business owner isn't happy with his or her existing retirement plan or doesn't have a plan, the first step is, «to consider what their objective is for the retirement plan,» says Sam Schroeder, president of ARS, an Illinois - based third party administrator (TPA) that helps small - and mid-size businesses establish, test and manage compliance related to retirement plans (including that of my own firm).

Certainly the university's efforts to turn Erickson into a scapegoat for the failure of your drug - testing policy is itself a plea of guilty to the most - dreaded charge a university administrator can face from the NCAA: «lack of institutional control.»

This was during the first few years of the Harlem Children Zone's middle school, which were a struggle, and those KIPP schools, which had very good test results, were for the Promise Academy administrators both a standard to be aspired to and a frustrating reminder that their own students weren't performing at the same high level as KIPP's students.

Schools certainly feel the immediate costs of failing to prioritize wellness — poor test scores for students, lower standardized test scores school - wide, reduced funding resulting from absenteeism, which is why it is so important to share this report with school administrators and boards of education.

A memo to trustees from Cary Village Administrator Larry Asaro stating that Don Chally allowed Meyer Material to test his property for gravel raised new fears that a gravel pit may be coming close to Cary subdivisions.

For several years, she was a Test Site Administrator and continues to review proposals for the NATA convention program, is an NATA Athletic Training Education Journal Advisory Board committee member, and reviews manuscripts for the Internal Journal of Athletic Therapy and TrainiFor several years, she was a Test Site Administrator and continues to review proposals for the NATA convention program, is an NATA Athletic Training Education Journal Advisory Board committee member, and reviews manuscripts for the Internal Journal of Athletic Therapy and Trainifor the NATA convention program, is an NATA Athletic Training Education Journal Advisory Board committee member, and reviews manuscripts for the Internal Journal of Athletic Therapy and Trainifor the Internal Journal of Athletic Therapy and Training.

«We congratulate our students, teachers and administrators for their continued exceptional performance on these new tests, which shows they're mastering knowledge crucial to career and college readiness, and we have set our sights on greater success for every child in the coming year,» Superintendent of Schools Dr. Brian V. Hightower said.

County Administrator Suzanne Sinclair highlighted many of the projects the county is working on including the office of Real Property working on assessment services with the Town of Niles, water quality monitoring and lead testing, improvements to the Cato - Brutus Trail, more efficient tax collection methods and plans for manure management.

Parents and local school administrators have panned the Common Core testing, arguing that it takes the learning out of the classroom by setting unrealistic educational guidelines for success due to the high rate of failure on standardized tests.

For its part, Questar said in a statement: «Our focus continues to be to ensure a successful testing experience for students, teachers, and administrators.&raqFor its part, Questar said in a statement: «Our focus continues to be to ensure a successful testing experience for students, teachers, and administrators.&raqfor students, teachers, and administrators.»

Under the current system, observations conducted by administrators or peers count for 60 percent of the ratings, while state exams count for 20 percent and local tests count for 20 percent.

Denis Noncarrow, the town's government liaison officer, and Lloyd Reisenberg, its network and systems administrator, outlined the changes for the Town Board using a test site on Tuesday morning.

Following a school year marked by statewide protests to recent changes in the testing procedures and teacher evaluation methods — with 20 percent of New York's students opting out of standardized tests — administrators at Minerva Central are preparing for a year of growth and collaboration, Farrell said in an interview.

On 28 November, William Gerstenmaier, associate administrator for NASA's human - exploration division, presented plans to test the agency's next generation of heavy - lift rockets with trips to the vicinity of the Moon in 2017 and 2021.

«With these system concept studies, we are taking the next steps to develop capabilities needed to send humans deeper into space than ever before, and ultimately to Mars, while testing new techniques to protect Earth from asteroids,» William Gerstenmaier, associate administrator for NASA's Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate.

In the 1990s schools received extra funding for each pupil diagnosed, and many administrators coerced parents into having their children tested and treated.

We are testing new payment and service delivery models focused on prevention and population health, such as our Million Hearts initiative, through the CMS Innovation Center,» says Dr Patrick Conway, another study author and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Chief Medical Officer and Deputy Administrator for Innovation and Quality, in Baltimore, USA.

Critics of NCLB's testing and accountability requirements have a litany of complaints: The tests are inaccurate, schools and teachers should not be responsible for the test performance of unprepared or unmotivated students, the measure of school inadequacy used under NCLB is misleading, the tests narrow the curriculum to what is being tested, and burdens imposed upon teachers and administrators are excessively onerous.

Because test scores will be used to penalize low - scoring schools, they will act as high - stakes tests for teachers and administrators especially in schools serving high proportions of poor and minority students.

Announced by the Minister for Education and Training, Simon Birmingham, the news arrives in conjunction with the appointment of an administrator for the test, the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER).

With the Best Foot Forward project, the Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard is testing what it hopes is a better way to conduct classroom observations, making the process more valuable for teachers and administrators.

The Fordham Institute hosted a forum on the growing numbers of parents, educators and school administrators calling for a local «opt - out» from state testing systems.

While many North Carolina school administrators and teachers are winning praise and cash for meeting or exceeding performance expectations on state tests, others are starting the school year scrambling to respond to their students» low achievement.

Teachers can talk with administrators to determine how student test scores fit into the overall picture of evidence for student learning.

That is why the IDEA ’97 approach to testing students with disabilities is a recipe for inconsistency, since it allows local administrators to alter testing conditions for students over time.

Resistance to evaluating teachers on results is well - founded at one level: Unsophisticated administrators might use unsuitable measures like norm - referenced tests or unfairly evaluate teachers for failing to reach grade - level standards with students who were poorly taught the year before or who had significant learning deficits.

Throughout the country, and with the passage of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, commonly known as the No Child Left Behind Act (which requires research - based assessment), student performance on these tests has become the basis for such critical decisions as student promotion from one grade to the next, and compensation for teachers and administrators.

It is for this reason that researchers should continue testing the tools and methods that might help students develop the traits espoused by Operation Houndstooth, and school administrators and teachers should be willing to experiment with various programs.

19 - 21 — Minority education: «Expanding Minority Opportunities,» first annual conference, co-sponsored by the Coalition to Increase Minority Degrees, the American Council on Education, Arizona State University, The College Board, the Charles A. Dana Foundation, The Educational Testing Service Southwestern Office, The Hewlett Foundation, and The Rockefeller Foundation, for students, educators, administrators, foundation officers, and corporate representatives, to be held at Arizona State University, Tempe Ariz..

Cizek cites December 1999 charges by Edward Stancik, the city's special commissioner of investigation for the public schools, that 52 teachers and administrators had assisted students in cheating on standardized tests.

Parents use test scores to gauge their children's academic strengths and weaknesses, communities rely on these scores to judge the quality of their teachers and administrators, and state and federal lawmakers use these scores to hold public schools accountable for providing the high - quality education every child deserves.

In The Four - Day School Week, another School Administrator report, Jack McCoy, deputy director of learning services at the New Mexico Department of Education, said in his district's case attendance for teachers and students improved while scores on standardized achievement tests remained stable.

Training programs can provide safe opportunities for administrators to take real - life problems and apply tested principles of resilience to increase competence and confidence that can get the administrator successfully through adversity when it comes.

Included: Suggestions for ways administrators can handle dips in test scores.

In 2007 they approved funding for the first public Waldorf methods high school, in the Sacramento Unified School District; and (3) Three key findings on urban public schools with Waldorf methods: (a) In their final year, the students in the study's four California case study public Waldorf - methods elementary schools match the top ten of peer sites on the 2006 California test scores and well outperform the average of their peers statewide; (b) According to teacher, administrator and mentor reports, they achieve these high test scores by focusing on those new three R's — rather than on rote learning and test prep — in a distinct fashion laid out by the Waldorf model and (c) A key focus is on artistic learning, not just for students but, more importantly perhaps, for the adults.

The test - prep and academic support for struggling students at Carlin Springs could serve as a model for other struggling schools, though teachers and administrators have been cautious because the approach was implemented only two years ago.

This program is perfect for school administrators, testing coordinators, school board members, school attorneys and all those who care about the future of state testing.

She has administered the OECD Test for Schools as both a high school administrator and as a district test coordinator and has worked extensively with the data with administrators, staff, and communTest for Schools as both a high school administrator and as a district test coordinator and has worked extensively with the data with administrators, staff, and communtest coordinator and has worked extensively with the data with administrators, staff, and community.

Denver physical education teacher David Weiss at Slavens K - 8 School said the new evaluation process is a boon for electives teachers who don't have test scores to point to, or administrators who know his field.

First easy - to - read guide to testing for parents, teachers, administrators and activists.

There's also talk by states» rights advocates of no longer requiring annual testing by states, which would deny parents and educators valuable information about whether students are on track, reduce the ability to measure and improve teacher quality, and make it harder for administrators to know how schools are doing and when they need to intervene.

Reviewers applauded administrators for embracing diversity, improving graduation rates, providing choice, charting Advanced Placement test results slightly above other North Carolina systems, and maintaining strong mental health partnerships, leadership development practices, and community support.

Teachers must fight, politically and legally, against evaluations where the administrators who set policies unilaterally determine whether it was the fault of those policies or the individual teacher for not meeting test score growth targets.

A graduate student in a test preparation session for an administrator certification test asked whether he could use educational acronyms and abbreviations in his test responses.

Knowing how to create a Moodle quiz is going to be essential for Moodle administrators and teachers as it is a great way to test knowledge comprehension before, during, and after modules and courses.

For example, it is easy for any administrator to place every problem student in one teacher's classroom, then cite an inability for that teacher to manage his / her classes or show «student growth» on standardized test scorFor example, it is easy for any administrator to place every problem student in one teacher's classroom, then cite an inability for that teacher to manage his / her classes or show «student growth» on standardized test scorfor any administrator to place every problem student in one teacher's classroom, then cite an inability for that teacher to manage his / her classes or show «student growth» on standardized test scorfor that teacher to manage his / her classes or show «student growth» on standardized test scores.

Peter Smyth, a retired educator and administrator, and also a co-founder of Community Voice, says, «After a career in education and research into educational reform, I have come to these conclusions: while South Carolina Superintendent Zais has applied for a waiver to No Child Left Behind, his proposals reflect those of Secretary Duncan and the current and previous administrations, policies which have not achieved their goals and have made raising test scores and graduation rates, rather than meaningful learning, the default goals of American education.

Test administrators do not provide explanations for student performance, but scholars and policymakers have been arguing over the root causes of stagnation for years.