Sentences with phrase «valid assessment of»

It is no longer considered an accurate or valid assessment of a home's worth.

The results indicated that CERQ - Ck could provide a valid assessment of CER strategies among Chinese elementary students.

HMANA urges that international, national and state and provincial standards for pre - and post-construction monitoring be promulgated and enforced that will make possible the scientifically valid assessment of risk associated with industrial wind power development.

HIs assessment is a very valid assessment of the reactions of first time visitors to the site, and he is not one of the students that has reacted emotionally to the site.

The author concludes that such practices as grade inflation and grade nonequivalence make it difficult for college admissions officers to make a valid assessment of a student's achievement in comparison with other applicants.

And what I really wanted to know was this: Do my students think the Smarter Balanced test is a valid assessment of what they know and can do?

VAM purports to be able to take student standardized test scores and measure the «value» a teacher adds to student learning through complicated formulas that can supposedly factor out all of the other influences — including how violence affects students — and emerge with a valid assessment of how effective a particular teacher has been.

ASCD believes that the current indicators for evaluating students are limited and do not provide a valid assessment of their skills.

But dissension remains regarding the real possibility of valid assessment of SEL skills and competencies.

It's not a valid measure of performance change, it is simply another tool in the toolbelt of helping people learn and engage - but not a valid assessment of real learning... that you'll see on the job.

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But people divorce for all sorts of reasons that don't necessarily fit these groups» assessment of «unnecessary divorce,» marriages ending because of some vague unhappiness or a lack of commitment, and that fall outside of the few reasons they consider valid — physical abuse, drug or booze addiction, incarceration and abandonment.

Although assessment of breastfeeding by questionnaire seems to be a valid method, misclassification may occur.

But these very valid points are undermined by her unnecessary finger - pointing at feminism, which feels more like a tactic to spur book sales rather than an honest assessment of how the movement actually deterred breastfeeding.

The assemblymembers» letter says the current ELA and math assessments are not valid indicators of college or career readiness, are not improving learning or instruction, and are not a reliable measure of a teacher's ability.

As no relevant study is available for comparison with the appropriate comparator therapy, the benefit assessment of the drug manufacturer is based on its own deliberations and assumptions, for which, however, a valid data basis is lacking.

If volume measurements show that leaked gas makes up most of the «unaccounted - for pile», it will provide direct evidence that Howarth's critical assessment of shale gas's green credentials was valid.

Each new test item and the three grade - level assessments will be pilot - and field - tested with students, and a complete statistical analysis of the data will be used to ensure that the tests are valid measures of what students know about energy.

Eight assessments generate valid estimates of U.S. national reading performance: the Main NAEP, given at three grades (fourth, eighth, and 12th grades); the NAEP Long Term Trend (NAEP - LTT), given at three ages (ages nine, 13, and 17); the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS), an international assessment given at fourth grade; and the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), an international assessment given to 15 - year - olds.

Assessments of progress and achievement might actually be quite useful, he said, provided they are valid and do not rely too heavily on only one format.

Of the 43,996 3rd graders in 2002 for whom we have valid test scores on both FCAT math and reading assessments, 60 percent were actually retained.

The guidelines state that assessments should be based on a consensus definition of what students should learn, and that the tests» exercises should be «valid and...

View a list of all the assessment results you have for particular training sessions to see who passed and has a valid qualification.

Educators can have more - productive discussions about where students are in relation to where they need to be and what type of instruction can help students improve by developing common definitions around what it means to be good at a subject, coming up with valid assessments and attainment targets, auditing examples of students» work, and discussing appraisals of these examples (Black, Harrison, Hodgen, Marshall, & Serret, 2010).

The second responsibility of the licensure process is thus to ensure, through valid and meaningful assessment processes, that the teacher can do what the job requires.

TEAC accreditation audits focus on three quality principles: evidence of teacher candidate learning, evidence that the assessment of such learning is valid, and evidence of the program's own continuous improvement and quality control.

The 2015 field test of a prototype established that the Institute's model of assessment of principals» work is both valid and reliable, critical for any certification system and achieves the goals of being customisable and manageable.

Finding the right assessment is also a matter of finding one that is valid and reliable, not just a series of questions designed by a committee.

Such systems, if organized around direct assessments of teacher and classroom quality, based on strong and valid metrics and tied to new or existing incentive systems, could be a cost - effective means of producing real change for teachers and children.

External state assessments could be used to make sure schools» more micro-assessments of learning were rigorous and valid.

A variety of standardised reliable and valid measures can be used by schools to conduct this assessment.

Beginning in the 2010 - 2011 school year, for each school identified for preliminary registration review pursuant to subparagraphs (ii) and (iii) of this paragraph, the local school district shall be given the opportunity to present to the commissioner additional assessment data, which may include, but need not be limited to, valid and reliable measures of: the performance of students in grades other than those in which the State tests are administered; the performance of limited English proficient students and / or other students with special needs; and the progress that specific grades have made or that cohorts of students in the school have made towards demonstrating higher student performance.

Child - level assessment data means the data collected by an agency on an individual child from one or more valid and reliable assessments of a child's status and progress, including but not limited to direct assessment, structured observations, checklists, staff or parent report measures, and portfolio records or work samples.

The bill replaces AYP standards with a requirement for states to annually measure all students and individual subgroups by: (1) academic achievement as measured by state assessments; (2) for high schools, graduation rates; (3) for schools that are not high schools, a measure of student growth or another valid and reliable statewide indicator; (4) if applicable, progress in achieving English proficiency by English learners; and (5) at least one additional valid and reliable statewide indicator that allows for meaningful differentiation in school performance.

Just try to decipher this recent press release about a new study proving «rubric - based assessment can be taken to scale and can produce valid findings with credible and actionable information about student learning that can be used to improve curricular and assignment designs and to increase effectiveness of programs and classes in advancing the most important learning outcomes of college.»

Beginning with the 2006 - 2007 school year, a limited English proficient student enrolled in school in the United States (excluding Puerto Rico) for less than one year as of a date determined by the commissioner and who received a valid score on the NYSESLAT may be counted as participating in an elementary or middle level English language arts assessment.

By leveraging the popularity of digital video games and by applying Evidence Centered Design (ECD), the game - based formative assessments address the needs of both students and teachers for reliable and valid real - time actionable data within a motivating learning environment.

For high school students, participation rate means the percentage of designated students in at least their fourth year of high school, as designated by the commissioner, who received a valid score on the required assessments for high schools, as set forth in subparagraph (v) of this paragraph.

Given the small sample sizes per nation in international assessments, it's unlikely that a valid comparison could be drawn between the limited number of Grade 8 students assessed per nation in PISA and the nationally representative samples of U.S. Grade 8 students assessed in NAEP and TIMSS.

CentreForum stresses that if pupil progress does become the main measure for school accountability, assessments for children at the start of their primary school journey must be «valid, fair and reliable».

Overall, the measurement research on literacy assessment reform suggests that there is still uncertainly about the ability of performance assessments to provide reliable and valid data for accountability.

As full implementation of both the teacher and principal evaluation systems looms for September 2013, it is imperative that boards of education, district leaders, and the DOE ensure that principals and teachers have a viable curriculum based on the Common Core Standards; valid and reliable assessment tools to measure growth in every subject area (tested and nontested); and time to work in professional teams to set growth targets, analyze data, and provide the appropriate instructional interventions for every student.

To help educators select the best SEL assessment tools for their needs, the Raikes Foundation recently commissioned a report to examine a wide variety of SEL assessments to determine which were the most reliable, valid and usable for schools to measure SEL program effectiveness over time.

I do not know enough about the technicalities of his proposal to endorse it fully; but if it retains the LTT as a valid, dependable assessment, I would hope that the Governing Board would seriously consider his ideas.

In their 2003 Position Statement, the National Association for the Education of Young, stated that early childhood professionals have the responsibility to «make ethical, appropriate, valid and reliable assessment a central part of all early childhood programs.

It is especially important for state and district leaders who make important policy decisions that affect students and families to base those decisions on the right data, collected and interpreted with a clear understanding of ethical and valid assessment practices.

The requirements of Program Standard 1.2 state that a TPA must be a valid and reliable assessment.

be a valid assessment that clearly assesses the content of the Graduate Teacher Standards (content validity — see below)

The goal of this long term research has been to create a valid, research - based assessment that produces a high quality descriptive Profile.

AITSL will manage the operation of the TPA advisory group and will draw on specifically selected members with a range of expertise including; technical expertise such as standard setting methodologies and establishing valid and reliable assessments, and expert knowledge in the design and delivery of initial teacher education.

Recently, she designed, delivered, and implemented professional development for ATI's Community Assessment and Item Banking initiative which assists collaborating school districts in the creation of valid and reliable assessment items for non-state-tested subjects.