Sentences with phrase «training for standardized tests»

A wonderlic result doesn't take into account a players» level of test anxiety or other factors such as educational training for standardized tests in the past.

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«These findings signal a need for improved diagnostics, particularly in the areas of genetic testing, standardized diagnostic criteria, as well as improved clinical training,» he adds.

«At this point, people (administering) ImPACT may not have very much training in neuropsychological testing or standardized test administration or data interpretation,» said lead author Kathryn Higgins, a postdoctoral researcher with the Center for Brain, Biology and Behavior at Nebraska.

The Washington Post notes that the top - performing countries on standardized tests in math, science and reading all «selectively recruit for teacher training programs.

The government reacted by reintroducing standardized testing for grades 2 to 9, so we advised reviewing and refining this strategy by working to minimize unintended effects such as teaching to the test, and suggested that in time the tests may be reduced to a couple of grades, like the highest performing countries, using the money saved to provide higher quality training in classroom assessments.

Pay for it by eliminating all standardized testing before high school, all administrators from the building level up, all boring ineffective teacher training, all unnecessary paperwork and reports.

In an evaluation of four principal preparation programs, Matthew Clifford of the American Institutes for Research and Eva Chiang of the George W. Bush Institute determined that using student standardized test scores alone does not give a conclusive picture of how well a principal training program prepares principals to be able to improve student learning in their schools.

Following up «On Rating The Effectiveness of Colleges of Education Using VAMs» — which is about how the US Department of Education wants teacher training programs to track how college of educations» teacher graduates» students are performing on standardized tests (i.e., teacher - level value - added that reflects all the way back to a college of education's purported quality), the proposal for these new sanctions is now open for public comment.

More specifically, it's going after required courses, like those created for defensive driving, drivers - ed, employee training, corporate compliance, or standardize test prep.