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.
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.
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.