Sentences with phrase «testing policies just»

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Muted monetary policy is just one of the key themes in Morgan Stanley's 2016 US Economic Outlook, «Testing the Waters.»

But, then, the dirty little secret is exposed: non-religion (or secular humanism, as Torcaso v. Watkins admitted) is just as much a religion as any other, except that by pretending to not be a religion, it becomes the Constitutionally established faith and religious test, not just for public office but anything public (public policy, the public square), whose content is defined by the clerisy of a five justice «theocratic majoritarianism.»

«You know, it's just one more nail in the coffin,» said Johnson, a former president of the New York State Council of School Superintendents and a longtime critic of state testing policy.

Few policies more closely affect everyday people — just ask any parent frustrated by standardized test prep.

The policy group highlighted North Carolina's state community college system as having established a new mechanism to place students in courses based in part on high school performance, rather than just through testing.

I've just noticed that Andrew Adonis (a former education policy adviser who was made a Lord so he could be education minister, and is one of the people most responsible for the Government's obsession with league tables, testing and Academies) has been made Minister of State in the Transport Department, about which he presumably has little or no expertise.

He said policies would be the test of whether the Tories were «serious about a conversation or whether this is just window - dressing and presentation».

«It is increasingly important to look at long - run outcomes of educational policies, including impacts on educational attainment and labor market outcomes, rather than just focus on test scores.

Childress argued that science policy discussions could even be bolstered by the inclusion of evangelical voices, and that it is important that evangelicals» ideas be tested and scrutinized by the public rather than just ignored.

«The hazard ranking of plastic within policy about debris needs to be reassessed, and funding from industry, not just government, [needs to be] directed towards research that adequately tests the safety of plastics in relation to humans and wildlife,» Browne says.

«NAPLAN is a point - in - time test of a just a few, albeit important — subjects which can be compared to the same data collected at other times and around Australia, to help work out, among other things and alongside other data, the effects of different education programs and policies, and the places where additional resources could make the greatest impact.

Just occasionally are they less equivocal, as when they observe that aggressive integration policies helped black children during the 1970s, that mounting socioeconomic inequality after the late 1980s contributed to the subsequent widening in the test - score gap, and that inequality in the preschool environment plays an important role in determining later educational outcomes.

In this special video edition of the Harvard EdCast, Professor Daniel Koretz discusses his new book, «The Testing Charade,» and evaluates why testing policy over the last several decades is just not working — for kids or for sTesting Charade,» and evaluates why testing policy over the last several decades is just not working — for kids or for stesting policy over the last several decades is just not working — for kids or for schools.

Just last week, the annual conference of the Association for Education Finance and Policy featured new research on topics such as the importance of charter organization type, the characteristics of charter schools associated with effectiveness, charter student outcomes beyond standardized test scores.

But UC Berkeley professor of public policy David Kirp got it right in his recent New York Times op ed when he said «To succeed, students must become thinkers, not just test - takers.»

On one hand, they could convince state policy makers to test art, which 17 states already do, just like they test math or reading.

For example, the publisher of the SAT10, used in the current Policy, says that for student promotion decisions, test scores «should be just one of the many factors considered and probably should receive less weight than factors such as teacher observation, day - to - day classroom performance, maturity level, and attitude.

It will indeed be a cause to cheer if and when policy - makers start to turn their sights away from the zero - sum game of whose schools are outperforming on ELA and Math tests and towards the ends that chartered schools were supposed to lead us in the first place: teacher empowerment, innovation, entrepreneurism and new models of teaching and learning to name just a few.

And just as the Facebook debacle raises public concerns about the use of personal data, a new international test of ten and 15 - year - olds is to be introduced by the Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)-- a powerful influence on national education policies at a global scale.

«There's just a lot of testing going on, and it's not always terribly useful,» Cecilia Munoz, the director of the White House's Domestic Policy Council, said in an interview.

The sad truth is that many educators aren't allowed the classroom time to teach much - needed social - emotional skills or to test kids for these competencies; and with the exception of just a few states, we don't have policies that support schools in imparting these skills to children.

Set up just after World War II to help administer the U.S. Marshall Plan, the OECD now addresses a wide range of social policy matters, including education, where 65 nations and territories currently participate in its PISA tests.

Now, 15 states have policies that base teacher tenure partly on student test scores, up from eight just a year earlier, according to a report released Monday by the advocacy group, StudentsFirst.

Guess that exempts charters not just from teacher and principal certification requirements, reasonable discipline and suspension policies, honest and full financial reporting, and all sorts of other standard educational requirements, but also from truth in testing.

Apparently, this improvement owed much to his policy, as England's average results in these Progress in International Reading Literacy (PIRLS) tests climbed a huge seven points out of just over 550, which Gibb suggested was down to his government's «increased emphasis on phonics».

You are sooo right Jon — this just replaces NCLB and does have even more pieces of concern — by the way — the testing will now include 5 year olds as K - 3 will now be included — thank God we are not letting those kids play anymore — the only thing the waiver provides is that it gets rid of the idiotic unachievable goal of having every student read at proficient / goal by 2014 — its nice to set the bar high but a little bit of realism wouldnt hurt when making policy ---

So that's — and the third one is just getting the research into the hands of the policy makers, because I believe that teachers and educators, when they see these connections that it's true that you can keep kids in school, pursue an alternative method of discipline and improve test scores, improve climate, improve graduation rates.

-- Testing critic Bob Schaeffer of FairTest said the administration didn't go far enough: «Now, is the time for concrete steps to reverse counter-productive testing policies, not just more hollow rhetoric and creation of yet another study commission,» hTesting critic Bob Schaeffer of FairTest said the administration didn't go far enough: «Now, is the time for concrete steps to reverse counter-productive testing policies, not just more hollow rhetoric and creation of yet another study commission,» htesting policies, not just more hollow rhetoric and creation of yet another study commission,» he said.

Again, the percentage is much lower if we look only at those who are teachers with just 21 percent of teachers favoring policies that base salary rates on student test scores.

In 2015, Trinity College developed a test - optional policy that allows application readers to get to know the applicant well beyond just their grades and test scores.This change in policy stemmed from growing research in the area of non-cognitive skills, which leads us to believe that there are alternative factors, besides just standardized test scores, class rank, grades, and essays, that are essential to understanding potential student success in college and later in life.

This proposal sounds convoluted and ludicrous, but it is just another entry in a long list of examples of test abuse and misuse in education policy, and our kids are paying the price.

In 2015, Trinity College developed a test - optional policy that allows application readers to get to know the applicant well beyond just their grades and test scores.This change in policy stemmed from growing research in the area of non-cognitive skills, which leads us to believe that there are

Now, instead of just mandatory annual testing and punitive measures for struggling schools, cash - strapped states — who had little choice but to pursue the multi-billion-dollar grant money — were made to implement specific federally supported education reforms.19 In the end, despite the Obama administration's efforts to distance itself from NCLB, and the failure of NCLB's testing mandates (in particular the mandated but statistically impossible 100 percent proficiency rates), the act's design provided the policy blueprint that led to RTTT.

«The needs to promote a whole child education and to reduce the overreliance on standardized testing are just two of many priorities that span all education systems across the globe,» said David Griffith, ASCD director of public policy.

Since I'm so good at prognostication: I predict that state test scores, in New York and elsewhere, will continue to be used as a basis for important policy decisions, despite the fact that test scores tell us just a little bit about the things we care about.

There was no new thinking, just more money to push states to engage in harmful policies, like evaluating teachers by student test scores.

You can buy a guaranteed issue whole life policy or 10 year, depending on which you think you would need, and just need to pass some tests.

While easier to apply for than standard life insurance (just a questionnaire and usually no medical tests required), the actual rates offer less value and policies are limited, he says.

We all know having a slew of directives, standard policies, procedures and orders are great, but if they are not tested; they are just a piece of paper on a shelf and these days, they are just files in a share point or share drive.

A company can quickly underwrite a simplified issue life insurance policy without a medical exam, blood test, urine sample or other medical scrutiny; just be prepared for higher premiums.

but what if the company does nt ask u for a test as in case of iCare and gives me a 40L cover just on basis of my knowledge... can such plans sustain and can a customer like me believe that they wil settle my claim w / o knowing my medical condition at time of taking the policy... Im 48 and icare is my second option... SHOULD I TRUST IT GIVEN THEY ARE ABIDED BY THE CONTRACT or donot consider taking icare... i do nt understand the psyche behind such a «no medical plan» PLS help... and i appreciate your prompt reply gopal

Vikas, There are few points 1) Online policy would come just for life insurance + accidential insurance, whereas offline policy comes even with riders like permanent disability etc. 2) Online life insurance generally do not require medical tests, where as offline would need to be undergo 3) Online policy premiums are less than offline policy.

There is something to be said for a simplified - issue term life insurance policy, without the need for a medical exam; just a few health questions, no tests, no waiting periods.

The sad truth is that many educators aren't allowed the classroom time to teach much - needed social - emotional skills or to test kids for these competencies; and with the exception of just a few states, we don't have policies that support schools in imparting these skills to children.