Sentences with phrase «uses narrow measures»

Rather than maintaining a system that uses narrow measures of student achievement to sanction poorly performing schools, the push is now to implement next - generation learning goals that encourage higher - order thinking skills.

Not exact matches

A more narrow measure in the report, used to indicate shadow banking activity that may give rise to financial stability risks, grew to $ 34 trillion in 2015, up 3.2 % from the prior year and excluding data from China.

I used a 2 cup measuring cup since it is deep and narrow - ideal for chocolate dipping.

Based on that suggestion, the ORNL team hypothesized that it should be possible to measure a nanomaterial's temperature using an electron microscope with an electron beam that is «monochromated» or filtered to select energies within a narrow range.

By combining two chemical techniques — narrow capillary electrophoresis and mass spectrometry — Moini figured out how to measure that ratio in just 20 minutes using microscopic samples of silk.

By measuring those waves using hundreds of seismic stations installed on the surface, near places such as Hawaii, Iceland, and Yellowstone National Park, researchers can deduce whether there are narrow mantle plumes or whether volcanoes are simply created from magma that's absorbed in the sponge - like shallower mantle.

We measured water currents using a 153 - kHz narrow - band Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP; Teledyne - RDI) mounted on the ARSV LM Gould.

The point remains whatever measure of central tendency you use, the estimates of central tendency are all over the place, mean, mode, median, and that means you have to be foolhardy or Nic Lewis / Judith Curry to narrow the probability of outliers.

A quick and easy way you can find out at home without going to a stylist is to stand up, and measure the distance between your bust and the narrowest point of your waist - no need of a ruler, you can just use your hands.

Critics of NCLB's testing and accountability requirements have a litany of complaints: The tests are inaccurate, schools and teachers should not be responsible for the test performance of unprepared or unmotivated students, the measure of school inadequacy used under NCLB is misleading, the tests narrow the curriculum to what is being tested, and burdens imposed upon teachers and administrators are excessively onerous.

And when the tests are too narrow a measure or aren't properly aligned to standards, they provide little concrete information that teachers and schools can use to improve teaching and learning for individual students.

Moreover, the authors «oversimplified development by dividing it into two categories,» Fischer said, and then used a narrow set of tasks to measure «capabilities and contexts» in the two categories.

Using an eye tracker to measure the point of gaze — where students were looking as they read — Chen and others found that by narrowing the page with only a couple of words per line, they cut off the words on the left.

And even in the imaginary world in which VAM is used, learning growth on math and reading tests only captures a narrow portion of school quality, which is why those measures are not consistent predictors of later life outcomes, like graduation, college attendance, and earnings.

And when the tests are too narrow a measure or aren't properly aligned to standards, they provide little concrete information teachers and schools can use to improve teaching and learning for individual students.

Winners of the $ 4 billion Race to the Top jackpot committed to grand goals in using the federal grants to raise student achievement, as measured by higher test scores, narrowed achievement gaps, and increased graduation and college - going rates — all in four years.

So - called accountability measures in Louisiana, including the statewide testing mandate, ironically enough may have discouraged high - quality providers from entering the market, thereby narrowing the options available to parents of students using the scholarships.

Critics say that using annual state test scores to rate teachers is too small and narrow a measure and that results fluctuate so much a teacher easily can go from excellent to failure in a year.

Tests are one of the few objective measures of performance — for schools, teachers and students — and while they should never be used in isolation, we would be narrow - minded to believe that they can be thrown away.

To learn how to use multiple measures, we need states and districts to break out of the current narrow weighting mindset and try alternatives that RTTT has so far discouraged.

Second, most standardized tests in use today measure only a narrow band of low - level skills, such as recalling or restating facts, rather than such high - level skills as the ability to analyze information.

I addressed the misuse and overuse of standardized tests, the false promise of better tests, how standardized tests narrow the curriculum, the way CPS and others only pretend to use multiple measures, bias in standardized tests, the failure of merit pay and other schemes to link teacher work to student scores, and the likelihood that the new national tests will be hugely expensive.

Given the narrow and limited nature of the data used to measure this growth, however, there's often less than meets the eye in the results.

Grade retention that results from narrow measures of academic preparedness can increase student risk for problems in school, including increased drop - out rates, and even when the student is promoted, the use of such assessments to sort students creates tracks within grade levels that reflect racial, ethnic, and social - class differences and that function to direct entire categories of students toward low - wage jobs or incarceration.

In that year, the school's Composite Performance Index, which uses a 100 - point scale to measure progress in narrowing proficiency gaps, jumped by 11 points in English language arts, 4 points in math, and 16 points in science.

Because of the different income measures and the differences in the taxes that we have included over time, users should take care when comparing effective tax rates between tables using the ECI and older tables that used the narrower income definitions.

The point remains whatever measure of central tendency you use, the estimates of central tendency are all over the place, mean, mode, median, and that means you have to be foolhardy or Nic Lewis / Judith Curry to narrow the probability of outliers.

Japan's Financial Services Agency (FSA), the country's financial regulator and watchdog, has narrowed down on cryptocurrency exchange operators using lax cybersecurity practices and inadequate money laundering measures.