Sentences with phrase «why high stakes tests»

This is why high stakes tests are an inaccurate way of measuring the knowledge of students or the value of teachers.

As we already know the many reasons why high stakes testing doesn't work, let's look at what our schools and scholars are in need of in order to produce the academic results desired.

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But she still thinks there may be cultural or psychological reasons for why girls still tend to lag behind boys on high - stakes tests such as the SAT.

Why have some teachers and parents rallied against high - stakes tests?

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«That's providing the opportunity for opponents of that change in high - stakes testing to use the Common Core and its implementation as a justification for delay,» West says, which is why «there are more and more examples of state and local [teachers» unions] coming out in strong opposition to the Common Core.»

Most of Parkville Community School's students know where they are and where they need to go on the states high stakes tests, even if they are not sure why their efforts are so critical.

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Education: Too Much Focus on Testing (Seattle Times) Mentions Daniel Koretz's book, The Testing Charade, which explains why high - stakes policies such as graduation tests lead to score inflation.

Hostile work conditions with colleagues, high pressure demands of high stakes testing, diminished autonomy, and inadaquate planning time are cited as key reasons why this generation of teaher's psychosocial health is on the decline and they are leaving the profession.

2) High - stakes testing doesn't raise academic achievement and harms children and their education — why increase such testing?

This disproportionate racial impact is why there's a long history of civil - rights lawsuits opposing high stakes testing.

If these countries don't debate school choice, teacher accountability, or high - stakes testing, why do we?

Yet, there are powerful reasons behind why so many parents want their students to be involved in high - stakes testing, without alterations, and it might be easier to convince these parents otherwise if there is an attempt to see why high - stakes tests matter so much in their eyes.

Here are other reasons why parents of students with disabilities might like high - stakes testing:

I hope you'll reconsider why parents of children might appreciate high stakes testing.

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Here are six reasons why Coleman's belief that opting out hurts students of color is fundamentally flawed and why his belief that accountability and academic success require high - stakes standardized testing is just plain old wrong.

It is important to note that while opposition to high - stakes testing and value - added analysis often seems self - serving — it is easy to see why ineffective teachers might resist accountability — moving towards embedded software - based assessment actually raises the level of transparency, by allowing us to monitor not just what happens on the day of a high - stakes test, but rather to see how students learn over time.

This 18 minutes includes information on the educational policies supporting the history of high - stakes standardized tests in the U.S., how educational policymakers (including U.S. Presidents G.W. Bush and Obama) have unwaveringly «advanced» this history, how our nation's over-reliance on such test - based policies have done nothing for our nation for the past ten years (as cited in this clip, even though they have really done little to nothing for now more than 30 years), how and why the opt - out movement is still sweeping the nation, and the like.

But here's why I'm worried about leaving out the link between those subjects and reading comprehension: Even if we got rid of high - stakes reading tests tomorrow (which is unlikely to happen), people would still place a huge emphasis on teaching kids to read, especially in the early grades.

That is why the sixth and final section of Pencils Down, «Beyond High - Stakes, Standardized Testing,» focuses on authentic forms of assessment, including portfolios and ongoing teacher and student self - reflection based on classroom evidence.

And I really do understand deeply why parents who, during the previous approach in this city and in the state just a few years ago were profoundly frustrated with an overreliance on high stakes testing.

My good friend Michele Bollinger just sent me a copy of a statement to publish (see below) of her intention to respect her daughter's wishes not to take the new Common Core high - stakes test — and why other parents should join this opt - out movement.

Write to your local newspaper explaining why you feel high - stakes testing is harmful to our children.

Why would parents and teachers, tired of high - stakes testing in their public schools, wish to sign onto more assessment that tests, tracks, and profiles their child's behavior online?

Watch an archived video of education experts debating global education policies and practices, including ASCD CEO and Executive Director Dr. Gene R. Carter, who explained why he supports rigorous standards in schools, how educators can maintain their positions as leaders during the era of high - stakes testing, and the importance of whole child education.

Parents from Change the Stakes will be joining us to discuss why a growing parent movement against the high stakes nature of these tests is mounting not just in NYC but statewide and natioStakes will be joining us to discuss why a growing parent movement against the high stakes nature of these tests is mounting not just in NYC but statewide and natiostakes nature of these tests is mounting not just in NYC but statewide and nationally.

If the grueling educational process of rote memorization, trial and error, high stakes testing, and boring lectures was so very bad for them, why don't they give away all the financial fruits of their labor?

Another option: Ask students to write persuasive essays on their opinions on high - stakes testing, why, and what can be done about it.

Numerous critics can explain why the tests do not test what teachers are teaching and students are learning, yet they remain a vital component of the current narrative on school improvement and high - stakes accountability.

So why in this high stakes climate issue do we allow the same person who makes a climate model to test it?