Sentences with phrase «test scores»

In that climate, a state task force later in 2015 recommended the state delay the use of student test scores in teacher evaluations.

We should not evaluate our educational success based on standardized test scores in a few subject areas.

It doesn't assess teachers on the standardized test scores of students they haven't even taught.

The recently released study of the program examines its effects on test scores for students that have used vouchers for one, two, three, or four years.

You can tell them you approve of being judged by test scores of students you may or may not even teach.

When comparing students, we also find that students with higher test scores in math and English language arts have stronger growth mindset.

For example, she heavily used standardized test scores for the evaluation of schools and educators, even though assessment experts said it was a bad idea.

The harm is evident in lower test scores as well as lower rates of college attendance and completion.

All of these are well - known «risk factors» that are associated with lower test scores as well as with a greater likelihood of dropping out of high school.

By creating this framework where we were using test score gains to validate practice - based measures, we were at least creating a common base for discussion.

The Low - income Rating looks at state test scores for students who qualify for free or reduced - price lunch compared to all students in the state.

We can take a minimalist approach — raising test scores on a specific test such as a state assessment or commercial achievement test.

The side - impact crash test scores varied from two to five stars between different models.

After four years at the charter school, eighth - graders showed average test score gains in math equal to an additional year and a half of school, compared with district students.

The research suggests that babies who weigh more at birth have higher test scores from third through eighth grade.

First off, he argued that accountability clearly increased test scores in reading and math, and that «no fair reading of the literature» can deny that.

This article examines the role of student demographic characteristics in standardized achievement test scores at both the individual level and aggregated at the state, district, school levels.

Teachers at schools with higher test scores don't need to do this.

The research studied the reading test scores of more than 200,000 15 - year - olds from over 8,000 mixed - sex schools around the world.

Achievement effects are estimated using school - average test scores on state standardized math assessments.

After a year children's maths test scores improved slightly.

Every grant recipient to date has said they would use test score data as one factor in evaluating educators.

By how many points did achievement test scores rise in children who had benefited from a $ 3,000 increase in annual family income?

The new law encourages them also to look beyond test scores at «other indicators of student success or school quality» — a smart idea if done right.

Imagine if school test scores increased as BMI scores decreased.

Second, the pattern of results in that paper supports my argument about the disconnect between test score gain and changes in later - life outcomes.

And depending upon which scale one uses, vouchers appear to reduce the black - white test score gap by either one - quarter or one - third.

And though we currently include test score growth, we are moving away from multiple - choice tests and toward curriculum - embedded performance assessments designed and rated by educators rather than by machines.

In fact, my research team has found that high standardized test score growth can be correlated with low levels of student engagement.

For example, one plaintiff was a first - grade teacher evaluated based on the third - grade test scores of students she herself never taught.

When test scores go down, it's the teacher's fault.

Teachers say test scores show that the kids are making great progress.

The problem is that school quality is much broader than just test score results.

But when it comes to showing off their achievements, it's usually still just about test scores and text.

When we see test scores rise significantly, as we did in the late 1990s and early 2000s, we are watching opportunities open up for young people nationwide.

This school had lower test scores when we started, but as we continued to develop the relationship between home and school, a strange thing happened.

Why it's effective: Research shows that SEL curriculum can boost test scores by as much as 11 percent and decrease classroom behavior problems by nine percent.

Federal officials blamed the gap on several factors, including the fact that some states switched to new tests during the study period, making it impossible to compare student test scores over time.

As a result, the ability for parents to compare their children's academic performance by comparing test scores from state to state has been significantly compromised.

These findings support the idea that teacher evaluation systems need not be based on test scores alone in order to provide useful information about which teachers are most effective in raising student achievement.

Even now, few educators lose their jobs if test scores don't rise.

This law cost private schools with poor test scores considerable funding.

The approach is controversial because test scores alone are an imperfect measure of a teacher.

But because some didn't have a senior class last year, the state reported test scores for only 52.

While test scores can be one measure, it's critical that they not be the sole measure.

$ 10 million in new funding will be used to provide extra help to schools where test scores dropped last year.

For instance, there is uncertainty about the best way to translate test scores into overall school ratings.