Sentences with phrase «valid measure of achievement»

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Regents Chancellor Betty Rosa says the board wants to make certain the tests continue to provide a valid measure of student achievement.

Union - appointed experts reviewed exam items released last year and concluded that the great majority were valid measures of student achievement and age - appropriate for those tested.

«If we're saying that the only thing that's a valid measure of student achievement is a test score, versus all the other work they do, it's going to be a sad day for the students of New York state,» Mulgrew said.

If the results of the Stanford 9 are similar to the results of the FCAT, the FCAT is likely to be a valid measure of academic achievement.

The results of this analysis suggest that the FCAT results are valid measures of student achievement.

While opponents of student testing often seem to have the biggest megaphone, polls show an overwhelming majority — 70 percent and up — of parents think tests are a valid measure of their child's achievement level and the quality of schools.

Annually measures, for all students and separately for each subgroup of students, the following indicators: Academic achievement (which, for high schools, may include a measure of student growth, at the State's discretion); for elementary and middle schools, a measure of student growth, if determined appropriate by the State, or another valid and reliable statewide academic indicator; for high schools, the four - year adjusted cohort graduation rate and, at the State's discretion, the extended - year adjusted cohort graduation rate; progress in achieving English language proficiency for English learners; and at least one valid, reliable, comparable, statewide indicator of school quality or student success; and

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.

The three - year survey of 3,000 teachers in seven school districts by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation found that the controversial method of measuring student academic growth, known as value - added, was a valid indicator of whether teachers helped boost student achievement.

Our hope is that the existence of a reliable and valid measure of writing achievement will make it easier for teachers to steadily and continually refine their writing instruction and improve their pupils» writing.

To the extent that the state exam is a valid and reliable measure of student achievement, improved test scores indicate improved achievement; the two possible school responses appear one and the same.

I'm not optimistic that anyone will be able to come up with a valid and reliable measure of individual principals» contributions to student achievement anytime soon.

By developing valid and reliable Common Core math measures, educators stand a much better chance of appropriately responding to student needs to boost achievement on PARCC and SBAC Common Core math summative assessments.

This committee will provide feedback to Smarter Balanced staff, work groups, and contractors to ensure that the assessments provide valid, reliable, and fair measures of achievement and growth for students with disabilities.

The measures of student achievement used must be valid, reliable and appropriate for this use and for the student population assessed.

When identification procedures require the use of «cut scores» and / or formulas that combine scores from a variety of measures into a single score (i.e., an IQ score combined with an achievement score and a performance score from a checklist), we violate sound statistical methods and the data are no longer valid (Frasier, 1997).

For instance, performance on infrequent statewide assessments does not capture all dimensions of student learning and classroom outcomes.38 Further, the majority of teachers work in grades or subject areas to which state assessments do not apply, which poses a challenge in defining valid and reliable measures of student achievement.

Regents Chancellor Betty Rosa says the board wants to make certain the tests continue to provide a valid measure of student achievement.