Sentences with phrase «use of standardized test scores»

The new evaluations are based on a combination of teacher practice and student achievement, which includes the controversial use of standardized test scores.

Using any standardized achievement test for a purpose for which it was not designed violates nationally - accepted standards of the testing profession, of the state of Illinois and the U. S. Department of Education, and the guidelines of the test makers themselves (see Attachment 2 — PURE Fact Sheet: «Testing professionals oppose use of standardized test scores as sole or primary measures in high - stakes decisions»).

Use of standardized test scores helps address what statisticians call reversion to the mean.

However, even a quick review of his proposal reveals that his plan to give communities flexibility for only one year — thereby pushing the mandatory use of standardized test scores until after the next gubernatorial election.

The objectives of this study were (a) to establish the profile of PCHP participants and (b) to assess performance outcomes over the course of the program by use of standardized test scores.

We oppose high - stakes standardized tests that falsely and unfairly label students of color, students with disabilities and English Language Learners as failing, the use of standardized test scores as basis for refusing to fund schools or to close schools, and the use of student test scores in teacher and principal evaluations, a practice which has been repeatedly rejected by researchers.

As many school districts across the country overhaul their teacher evaluation systems, the Gates study may accelerate the use of standardized test scores as one measure to determine instructors» performance.

In addition to the legal action, the union has distributed letters for teachers to give to their principals, expressing opposition to the new evaluations and the use of standardized test scores in setting objectives for teachers in initial planning conferences.

This correlation can help us to rethink the use of standardized test scores as the foundational measure of students» knowledge.

Lipshutz said after the lawsuit was filed, several of the school districts amended their contracts to remove the language prohibiting the use of standardized test scores in teacher evaluations.

The use of standardized test scores and the construct of the achievement gap can be tied to the eugenics movement and its efforts to maintain racial hierarchies.

Educators disagree on how (or even whether) to measure a teacher's impact on student achievement, and the use of standardized test scores is complicated at best, given that many students are in untested grades, and growth can be hard to measure at the high school level where students move from biology to chemistry, from World History to U.S. History.

They also have to be developing comprehensive teacher evaluations that include the use of standardized test scores.»

This shouldn't mean delaying the use of standardized test scores while the district figures out a more balanced process; other factors can be added later.

The city's new take on teacher ratings comes roughly a year after the state Board of Regents moved to suspend the use of standardized test scores in most teacher evaluations.

This suit is based on a 2012 ruling in which Sacramento - based nonprofit EdVoice correctly maintained that teacher evaluations require, in part, the use of standardized test scores and the judge promptly ordered their inclusion.