Sentences with phrase «used as graduation requirements»

The high school opt outs are a concern but were expected considering that PARCC won't be used as a graduation requirement until 2019, Hespe said.

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Educate and train the public on how to recognize cardiac arrest, contact emergency responders, administer CPR, and use AEDs, as well as facilitate state and local education departments to include CPR and AED training as middle - and high - school graduation requirements.

The Kettlebell Snatch Test is commonly used in popular kettlebell certifications as a graduation requirement.

However, by an even wider margin (85 %), teachers are opposed to the use of this test as a high - school graduation requirement.

The bill required teacher preparation programs to report data on their candidates (and share this information with their university), use higher cut scores on standardized tests for entry, and add portfolio - based assessments as graduation requirements, among other reforms.

For this year, they will not be used as a high school graduation requirement or in teacher evaluations.

This opportunity may be used to complete graduation requirements, as credit recovery or as extended opportunities to allow students to greater individualize their educational needs according to their current educational choice and post high school plans.

Critics worried that when the use of MCAS as a graduation requirement kicked in, thousands of students would be deprived of their diplomas and would drop out in despair.

Use this as an opportunity to explain the importance of a rigorous curriculum for college readiness and college success to high school graduation and college admissions requirements, types of post-secondary institutions, the cost of college, the types and availability of financial aid.

Niguidula worked with policymakers and educators on statewide implementation of portfolios, including the use of portfolios as a graduation requirement.

The report includes what some districts are doing to close the achievement gap for Latino students and cited LA Unified as an example of how using a «culturally inclusive curriculum» by making ethnic studies a graduation requirement helps engage Latino students.

- the end of MCAS as a graduation requirement; - the redesign and streamlining of the existing test; - the use of MCAS for diagnostic purposes only; - review of MCAS and the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks by professional education associations; - an independent review of MCAS for validity and reliability; and - a comprehensive assessment system for schools.

Three states will use the test scores as some portion of a graduation requirement.

And we see the pushback happening in community after community... High schools are organizing — they're organized in Providence, where they've got the superintendent of schools on their side, arguing with the state board of education... They're saying don't use a standardized test as a high school graduation requirement... The kids know more than the state [commissioner] does, because a standardized test by its design will fail a very significant number of kids.

Board group's agenda: The Florida Coalition of School Board Members» agenda for the 2018 Legislature includes expanding school choice by creating a scholarship for bullied students to attend private schools, using paper and pencil testing through the 8th grade, allowing SAT and ACT scores to be used in place of state assessments as a requirement for high school graduation, and more.

The requirements are essentially the same for high schools, except that states must use graduation rates as their third academic indicator, rather than choosing their own.

The leading edge of student opposition has been the Providence Student Union, which has deployed intelligence and wit to lead the battle against the state's use of a standardized test (with the appropriate acronym of NECAP) as a graduation requirement.