Sentences with phrase «than standardized test scores»

Some teachers, for example, might prefer using a portfolio of student work to demonstrate academic progress rather than a standardized test score.
The research suggests another way that we can and should enrich data on effective teaching: examining the value that teachers add to outcomes other than standardized test scores.
Numerous studies have shown that high school grades are a better predictor of college success than standardized test scores.
(Of course, «college readiness» entails much more than standardized test scores, but they are key components.)
The finding that happiness is positively correlated with GPA is significant, Hinton notes, because GPA provides a broader picture of academic achievement than standardized test scores, encompassing multiple types of abilities and the influence of social dynamics.
Policymakers often cite the subjective nature of teacher grades as a reason for giving them less weight than standardized tests scores.
Student work products or individual teachers» formative assessments are more relevant to instructional practices than standardized test scores are.
But those in the Active Learning Classroom scored nearly 30 points higher than their standardized test scores forecast.
Some universities are already soliciting student work as part of their admissions process, recognizing that they reveal more about capacities to succeed than standardized test scores.
More important than standardized test scores, the quality of the education that students who are educated with a Common Core curriculum have is vastly inferior to the education that other students in affluent suburbs and independent, private schools have.
The Baltimore school board on Tuesday approved broad changes to the way city schools are funded, allowing money to be allotted based largely on student poverty levels rather than standardized test scores.
Such provisions may have the most impact on single - site, community - focused charters, which might be concentrating on priorities other than standardized test scores and whose test results might therefore lag, at least in the first few years of operation.
The new formula aims to focus on more than standardized test scores, with 60 percent of student progress measured by academics and 40 percent measured by «social - emotional and culture - climate» factors, such as suspension and expulsion rates and student and parent surveys.
In addition, Hespe said the state will add an appeal process for the current year around the use of so - called «student growth objectives,» a separate measure that uses assessments other than standardized test scores.
The Baltimore school board voted this week to revamp the district's funding formula, choosing to provide extra dollars to schools on the basis of student poverty rather than standardized test scores.
We are taking back our public schools because education is more than a standardized test score and our public school teachers should be evaluated on the quality of their work and not on test scores driven by factors beyond their control.
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