Sentences with phrase «used admissions tests»

Officials from purveyors of the nation's two most widely used admissions tests linked lagging scores in different sections of the exams to high school students» failure to take enough of the core classes needed to prepare them for higher education.

There are some great district public schools that don't use admissions tests... sure wish there was more discussion of those and more questioning of elite quasi private schools like the one mentioned above.

Some people at the SRC meeting, including Barry Currier, the ABA's managing director of accreditation and legal education, stated that law schools would probably continue to use admissions tests if the requirement was removed.

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According to the CNS, the document simply says that «the use of psychological consultation and testing was appropriate in «exceptional cases that present particular difficulties» in seminary admission and formation»; it also makes clear that «psychological evaluation could never be imposed on seminarians or seminary candidates.

On May 4, Dennis wrote to TAC Executive Director Ollan Cassell: «It seems to me that our concern with results... and our reluctance to carry out the testing because of what we may find is an open admission that this [illegal drug use] is occurring and indeed that we are condoning same.»

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver said he supports de Blasio's plan to use more than just a rigorous high - stakes test to determine admission to NYC's elite public high schools.

The money will also help pay for new programs aimed at prepping students from under - represented neighborhoods ace the test that is used for admission to these top schools.

These papers add to a growing body of information suggesting that widely used «objective» admissions measures, such as GRE test scores and GPA, are exactly the wrong way to go about picking future contributors to scientific progress.

It seems sensible to continue using textbooks alongside activities, concluded the study authors, a team from the admissions test company Educational Testing Service.

Skyrim is a great game brought down by bugs, great sound and great role play features brought down by a confusing and semi-difficult to use menu system where I end up either equipping an unintended item or accidentally closing the menu all together, and the infamous bugs, many quests are currently bugged and by Bethesda's own admission they will not even begin working on the majority of them untill January if i'm not mistaken, also there is a texture problem for most xbox 360 users to where the game looks like it could have been made in 2006 which is quite frankly inexcusable considering I noticed this within the first 10 minutes of playing (This is why we beta test).

A majority of U.S. high school graduates who took the ACT are entering college poorly prepared to tackle key subjects such as math and science, concludes a report by the sponsor of the nation's second most widely used college - admissions test.

Using methodology developed with Ed School Lecturer Terrence Tivnan, he compared the «academic rating» that admissions officers assign to applicants (a combination of grades, test scores, teacher recommendations, etc.) with their actual academic performance once they enrolled at Middlebury.

The study's chief author Daniel Koretz and his colleagues used a simplified model of the University of California admissions process and real test scores to examine the impact of attempts to roll back affirmative action in postsecondary admissions on eight California campuses.

The effects of high - stakes testing programs on outcomes such as retention, graduation, and admission into academic programs are different from the results of using grades alone.

At a meeting here, officials from American College Testing, the Iowa City - based firm that administers the widely used college - admissions test, outlined the procedure it used to set standards on the 1992 National Assessment of Educational Progress.

For decades, the S.A.T. and the American College Program test have been used by college - admissions officials as a «common yardstick» to determine if students from New England boarding schools, one - room schools, and everywhere in between are ready...

* If the ACT and College Board folks build the Common Core into their widely used college - admissions tests, as seems likely, will these new consortium - based assessments even be needed at the high school level?

Many colleges and universities also use AP test scores as an integral part of their admissions decisions.

Most students use free or low - cost methods to prepare for the college - admissions test, the survey suggests, with an increasing number turning to special courses offered in their own high schools.

However, Cambridge should be aware that tests could present a disadvantage for low and middle income students as there is a thriving market in private tuition for the extra admissions tests used at Oxford and Cambridge.

The NAACP is urging colleges to de-emphasize the use of standardized tests in the admissions process.

SAT and ACT exams, the most commonly used college - admissions tests, are biased against minority students and provide a poor indicator of success in college, said Jeffrey I. Johnson, the national youth - councils coordinator for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

The guidelines were released in June, shortly before The Wall Street Journal published a front - page article detailing charges by students, parents, and teachers that numerous students at Taylor Allderdice High School had offered money for homework, stolen tests, or used open dictionaries in taking college - admission tests, among other allegations.

The Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund, reflecting rising concerns that stricter college - admission requirements will limit minority students» access to higher education, this month filed a petition on behalf of 14 Hispanic groups denouncing the use of minimum cutoff scores and the «overemphasis» placed on test scores in the admissions process.

And using a 2 hour test for school admission is ridiculous, and it should have stayed in the 1950s.

The low opt - out rate in New York City (where, as previously mentioned, tests were used for admissions and placement) skews the statewide statistics.

Last, there are implications for fair testing practices, he says, especially on such important tests as the SAT, which is used by many colleges and universities as an admissions tool.

But the test's scores shouldn't be the determining factor in a college application if they are used properly in the admissions process, according to a National Research Council report issued last week.

In contrast, our recommendations are designed to support teachers to make reliable assessments of particular aspects of learning and achievement that can be compared across schools and used directly in the calculation of students» subject results and thus tertiary admissions ranks — without prior scaling against an external test or examination.

California's colleges and universities add two admissions tests (SAT I and II); and the University of California, California State University, and the community colleges use three different placement exams.

In addition to refining research into the use of standardized tests in making admissions decisions, we need to understand better the relationship between testing and the diversity of the college student body.

These include tests used in making admissions, promotion, or graduation decisions and tests used to evaluate schools and school reform.

Allow me to elaborate: Typically, to protect both the state and the testing company, an assessment contract that includes the use of an assessment created for the intent and purpose of college admission, not state accountability, would include a clause requiring that the test items be reviewed and approved for use by a content committee from the client state.

The ACT test scores provide information about progress toward college readiness and are widely used by colleges in making decisions about admission.

In addition, schools should develop more holistic admissions processes and use criteria beyond just performance on intelligence and achievement tests.

A dozen of those states use those tests to measure achievement, the same number as last year, but a big jump from years ago, when only a handful used college - admissions tests for that purpose.

College Board — A non-profit organization that develops and administers the SAT and other standardized tests and curricula used by K — 12 and post-secondary institutions to promote college - readiness and as part of the college admissions process.

We have found ways to make wealthy enclaves the north star of districts, either by creating zones in economically homogeneous neighborhoods or by using selective admissions tests.

Although the ruling only relates to the admissions policy of one school, Schools Week understands it could have wider implications, because the same 11 - plus test, designed by the Consortium of Selective Schools in Essex (CSSE), is used by 10 other schools in the county.

The Illinois State Board of Education allows applicants to use their ACT / SAT score in lieu of passing the Test of Academic Proficiency (TAP) for admission.

The University of Texas at Austin rejected a lower court decision upholding how the University considers race in admissions on grounds that it didn't meet the «strict scrutiny» test for using race.

And rather than using an IQ test for admission, why not use what the student has actually achieved?

Using the ACT College Readiness Assessment, a nationally - recognized standardized test for high school achievement and college admissions, our high school students continue to outrank their peers nationally.

, but one that starts in 3rd grade and doesn't use standardized test scores, but instead employs grades and teacher recommendations to determine admission.

The new G&T won't be one that begins at the Kindergarten level, which would require going through the city centralized process outlined here, but one that starts in 3rd grade and doesn't use standardized test scores, but instead employs grades and teacher recommendations to determine admission.

As Lecker adds, not only is it unbelievable that that Pryor, Adamowski and Vallas are setting up these «academies,» but they are intending to use the Connecticut Mastery Tests (CMTs) as major admission criteria.

The litmus test for admission to current DOE discussion appears to be professed enthuthiasm for using test scores to evaluate teachers.

The legislators also said no decisions regarding students, including promotions and admissions, should be linked to the tests for two years, which could present a challenge to middle and high schools that use test scores in deciding whom to accept.

ACT has conducted research for years to determine the level of performance a student would have to achieve on its widely used college admissions test to have a 50 percent chance of earning a grade of B or higher, or a 75 percent chance of earning a C or higher, in an entry - level college class.

Report of the commission on the use of standardized tests in undergraduate admission.