Sentences with phrase «than test scores»

More than 80 percent of the variance in college success is attributable to factors other than test scores.

Instead, he told the reporter that keeping enrollment high was more important than test scores.

Using a variety of assessment measures provides a fuller picture of student learning than test scores alone.

Yet the benefits of data - driven instruction go deeper than test scores.

Like the small schools we studied, we believe that the quality and depth of the work students produce tell more about their learning than test scores do.

Over one hundred students, parents / guardians, teachers and elected officials came together demanding equitable funding based on need rather than test scores.

Their study found attendance and studying more predictive of dropout than test scores or other student characteristics.

Some opponents of federal assessment requirements argue — totally reasonably, in my view — that schools are far more than test scores so the indicators used to assess schools should be more expansive.

There is so much more to a well rounded quality education than test scores.....

Furthermore, in considering indicators other than test scores, warning signs appear for American schools.

Now, it makes good sense to rely on much more than test scores to gauge the performance of students, teachers and schools.

Rather than test scores, a great deal more is at stake.

There is more to teaching and learning than test scores.

The study also found attendance and studying more predictive of dropout than test scores or other student characteristics.

More recently, the consortium found that freshman - year GPA predicts later educational attainment better than test scores.

Indiana education officials disagree with Opt Out organizers» assessment, saying they've changed the guidelines of the state's school letter grading system to consider figures other than test scores alone.

«It is students» grades that ultimately matter more for high school and college graduation than their test performance because grades capture more of the factors relevant for student achievement than test scores.»

California Dropout Research Project director says a student's GPA and course selections are better indicators of college readiness than test scores.

Today a coalition of colleges and universities led by the Harvard Graduate School of Education released a report, «Turning the Tide,» that says colleges and universities should focus more on ethical engagement than test scores when considering prospective students.

This was the first study to extend the scope of outcome measures to include long - term outcomes, such as high - school graduation and college attendance, in addition to test scores, and the results are more encouraging than test scores alone would indicate.

Mounting evidence shows that social and emotional learning skills may be more predictive than test scores of student success in English language arts and math.

For example, in addition to information on achievement (which must include more than test score data), the public needs to know if schools lack basics like well - equipped and staffed libraries, art supplies and science labs, and clean bathrooms.

The varied perspectives and in - depth stories we heard about what made schools work affirmed an essential truth shaping MCIEA's school quality measures work: school quality is more complex and human than any test score or algorithm can capture.

They may know more about cars than test scores, but it would be interesting to have them kick the tires...

For the most part, evaluators have been more forgiving than the test scores, raising concerns about the accuracy and reliability of both measures.

Test score gains due to pre-K at kindergarten entrance for children ineligible for a free or reduced price lunch were only 10 - 11 % less than test score gains for children whose family income was low enough to qualify for lunch subsidies.

«The health and strength of the school is bigger than test scores.»

Far more important than test scores on paper is how the phone performs in real life, and I can assure you that the OnePlus 2 has been as smooth as butter during my tests.

There's More to Life than Test Scores: Measuring Social and Emotional Skills to Support Student Success has some decent ideas, though I'd be very selective.

Test Scores are Limited Tools; Attainment is a Better Proxy for Quality than Test Scores; Vouchers Do Better on Attainment

Author Bio: Deming's work is broadly in the economics of education, with a focus on the impact of policies and interventions on outcomes other than test scores.

Goal setting has always been a more internal skill successful students and teachers establish for themselves and Education is infamous for measuring content - based skills such as test scores, but we all know success is deeper than test scores.

Raising More than Test Scores Does attending a «no excuses» charter high school help students succeed in college?

He tells the story of how he and Reilly learned, from research and some of the best educational leaders, that hope predicts academic success and graduation rates better than test scores.

Your academic record will be more important than any test scores, especially if you do well in challenging college preparatory courses.

For example, the test scores of Mr. Jones's students may rise more than the test scores of Ms. Smith's, but Ms. Smith, not Mr. Jones, may be recognized for excellence - because the state possesses better information about Ms. Smith.

No child will be left behind when the consummate mass of educators, business leaders, government policy makers, and other interested segments of society realize that quality education is much more than test scores; that laying foundations for future learning involves more than just teaching reading, writing, and mathematics.

In our classrooms, this true education counts more than any test score.

New York education policymakers will begin looking at ways to measure school success and failure based on factors other than test scores.

Many wore black T - shirts lettered in yellow: «Teachers and students are more than a test score.»

A growing body of evidence identifies a range of academic behaviors other than test scores, including disruptive behavior, self - efficacy, and happiness, as important contributors to children's long - term success in the labor market and beyond.

In this episode of the Education Next podcast, Marty West talks with Blake Heller of Harvard University, the co-author of a new article, «Raising More Than Test Scores, a study of the impact of attending Noble Street College Prep on students» college enrollment.

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