Sentences with phrase «testing by next spring»

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Scott's office also pointed to a memo sent by Education Commissioner Pam Stewart to Runcie last month detailing how students who do not wish to take the test this spring can take them later in the fall or next spring, or they can take alternative assessments to satisfy graduation requirements.

Under a measure signed into law April 10 by Gov. Mike Johanns, Nebraska school districts will be required to give the same state - devised test of writing to all students in three grades, starting next spring.

The California legislature closed its 1997 session by approving a new basic - skills test for students in grades 2 through 11 to be given next spring, but it failed to change bilingual education laws or back a statewide school construction bond.

Duncan on Tuesday announced that schools that do the field test for the new Common Core assessment next spring can get a one - year waiver from also giving current state standardized tests required by federal law.

The state now knows how much federal funding it stands to lose by declining to give state standardized tests in math and English language arts next spring to all students: at least $ 15 million — and potentially tens of millions of dollars more.

A study by Marty West and Guido Schwerdt that appeared in the Spring 2012 issue of Ed Next found that moving to a middle school causes a substantial drop in student test scores (relative to that of students who remain in K — 8 schools).

A series of excellent papers by economists Thomas Kane, Douglas Staiger, and Dale Ballou (see «Randomly Accountable,» Education Next, Spring 2002, and «Sizing Up Value - Added Assessment,» this issue) scrutinize the error built into value - added test - score measures, many of which are used in state accountability systems.

Under the process administration officials described on Thursday, some states that apply for waivers this fall could be reviewed by the Education Department early next year, perhaps in time to make changes before they administer spring testing.

Students will take three different tests in as many years by next spring.

While the NEW SAT will make its appearance in all of Connecticut's high schools in March, the truly unsettling reality is that the Connecticut General Assembly passed and Governor Malloy signed into law a requirement that every high school junior take the NEW SAT next spring and that those students be judged by a test that is being redesigned and aligned to the Common Core, that no one has seen and that will almost certainly test students on content that they haven't even learned.

Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson announced Thursday that he would require school districts to offer the Common Core practice tests, created by the Smarter Balanced states» consortium, in both math and English language arts next spring.

In addition, the common - core - aligned tests being developed by the two state consortia, PARCC and Smarter Balanced, will debut next spring.

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This effort will draw upon work already undertaken by major national organizations to develop and test these standards by the spring of 2001, followed by initiation of a formal accreditation process before the end of next year.