Sentences with phrase «testing in public schools became»

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Educators in public and private schools became persuaded that IQ tests revealed the child's «natural mental ability» and «inborn capacity» for learning.

In Michigan, in 2007, the ACT became part of the test required of juniors in the public schoolIn Michigan, in 2007, the ACT became part of the test required of juniors in the public schoolin 2007, the ACT became part of the test required of juniors in the public schoolin the public schools.

Specifically, we look to see whether test scores showed greater improvement in the wake of the new policy for students attending public schools with more (or more varied) nearby private options that suddenly became more affordable for low - income students than did scores for students attending schools with fewer (or less varied) potential competitors.

Bennet pointed to «the fact that when I became superintendent in the Denver public schools, on the 10th - grade math test there were 33 African - American students proficient on that test and 61 Latino students proficient on that test.»

And when you consider that D.C. Public Schools spend $ 27,263 per student — by far the highest in the country — and its test scores are by far the worst in the country, the savings become even more dramatic.

The large increase we observed in voucher test scores could have two explanations, each rooted in the basic fact that under the new law, private school scores were destined to become public for the first time.

To get a sense of how many students could become newly «invisible,» consider public elementary schools in Washington, D.C. Applying the same minimum group size currently used for entire schools to the fifth grade only, about half of the city's 119 elementary schools with fifth graders taking math tests would not be held accountable for the progress of low - income or African - American students, because there aren't enough of them in that grade to constitute a reliable sample size.

Looking back, it seems that slowly but surely, the reliance on data collection, and these tests became engrained in the culture of our public schools.

In the past two decades, however, schools have undergone a period of constant reform and restructuring, and the talk surrounding public education has become mean - spirited and antagonistic, giving greater attention to vouchers, «choice,» charter schools, and winner - take - all high - stakes tests as the only viable solutions to the crisis in public educatioIn the past two decades, however, schools have undergone a period of constant reform and restructuring, and the talk surrounding public education has become mean - spirited and antagonistic, giving greater attention to vouchers, «choice,» charter schools, and winner - take - all high - stakes tests as the only viable solutions to the crisis in public educatioin public education.

All public school children will become adept at taking bubble tests in Reading & Math.

In addition, they pontificate that students learn best when schools are mandated to use the ill - conceived Common Core standards so classrooms become little more than Common Core testing factories and the teaching profession is opened up to those who haven't been burdened by lengthy college based education programs designed to provide educators with the comprehensive skill sets necessary to work with and teach the broad range of children who attend the country's public schools.

Experts in assessment have been complaining about it for most of the eight years that the country's public schools have become obsessed with testing under NCLB.

Test - based accountability systems that attach weighty consequences to student test results for school district staff, teachers, students and public officials are becoming increasingly institutionalized in the education sysTest - based accountability systems that attach weighty consequences to student test results for school district staff, teachers, students and public officials are becoming increasingly institutionalized in the education systest results for school district staff, teachers, students and public officials are becoming increasingly institutionalized in the education system.

In the Indianapolis warehouse, far from both his office and the schools where the suspect tests were taken, he saw clear evidence of what has become the most widespread episode of cheating ever documented in U.S. public schools, one which has diminished one of the nation's few education success stories of the past decadIn the Indianapolis warehouse, far from both his office and the schools where the suspect tests were taken, he saw clear evidence of what has become the most widespread episode of cheating ever documented in U.S. public schools, one which has diminished one of the nation's few education success stories of the past decadin U.S. public schools, one which has diminished one of the nation's few education success stories of the past decade.

While recognizing that public education continues to face major challenges and problems that must be addressed, Representative Ziobron has become an advocate for parents who wish to opt their children out of the Common Core tests and for policies that support, not undermine, the role of parents, teachers, and local citizens in how their local schools should be run.

When future educational historians look back at the last few decades of U.S. public schooling, they will surely identify a system in which students» scores on annual accountability tests became, almost relentlessly, the prominent determiner of a school's success.