Sentences with phrase «test deeper understanding of concepts»

This spring, about 600 schools across the state will pilot parts of a new end - of - year exam developed by the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC), a group of states working together to develop new computer - based assessments aligned to the new standards that they hope will test deeper understanding of concepts.

The worksheets works through some quite basic fluency to more reasoning and problem solving questions that test a deeper understanding of the concept.

Not exact matches

But in order to assess a student's deep understanding of the subject and their ability to apply a concept, you can not test those kinds of abilities through a traditional paper - and - pencil, crank - out - the - formulas kind of an assessment.

On some tests - particularly those that get at the deeper understanding of concepts - it can be up to an eight year spread.

A 2009 study found that eighth - grade students who were involved in hands - on science projects demonstrated a deeper understanding of concepts than students who were taught with traditional methods such as textbook readings, lectures, and tests (Riskowski et al., 2009).

Can I continue to teach in ways that get at independent thinking, deeper understanding of concepts, and working together on intellectual tasks when I am being held responsible for raising my students» test scores?

Data from student test scores should be used by schools to move students to mastery and a deep conceptual understanding of key concepts as well as to inform instruction, target remediation, and to focus review efforts.