Sentences with phrase «with graduation tests»

For example, most states with graduation tests build in multiple opportunities for students to take the test.

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And, high schools that emphasize athletic participation and success are associated with higher scores on standardized tests and higher graduation rates.

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Dan Levitan, spokesperson for de Blasio's campaign, responded with the same statement he gave to The Post: «Under Mayor de Blasio, Crime just hit another all - time low, jobs are at record highs, the City is building and preserving affordable housing at a record pace, while graduation rates and test scores continue to improve.

Since taking office in 2002, the mayor has closed 91 schools that regularly posted low test scores or graduation rates and has replaced them with smaller schools, on the premise that the more intimate environments served struggling students better.

White calls this one of the «bold ideas» he wants the board to consider in 2016 after the district has struggled for years with low test scores and graduation rates.

But Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott, who remained cool and collected throughout the hearing, argued that it wasn't right to keep schools open if they are failing kids with consistently low test scores and graduation rates.

Kamentz and Laura Keane of Mastery Charter Schools have been at the center of an effort, along with Angela Duckworth of the University of Pennsylvania, to design and test interventions aimed at enhancing student perseverance and improving college enrollment and graduation outcomes.

«With XQ, Emerson took on a big, tough challenge, laden with a Gordian knot of tradition, state graduation requirements, college entrance requirements (and the tests that go with them), and the traditions of prom, football, and everything else,» observed Mary Ryerse, strategic director at Getting Smart, a Minneapolis — St. Paul nonprofit, who was among the judges for the competitWith XQ, Emerson took on a big, tough challenge, laden with a Gordian knot of tradition, state graduation requirements, college entrance requirements (and the tests that go with them), and the traditions of prom, football, and everything else,» observed Mary Ryerse, strategic director at Getting Smart, a Minneapolis — St. Paul nonprofit, who was among the judges for the competitwith a Gordian knot of tradition, state graduation requirements, college entrance requirements (and the tests that go with them), and the traditions of prom, football, and everything else,» observed Mary Ryerse, strategic director at Getting Smart, a Minneapolis — St. Paul nonprofit, who was among the judges for the competitwith them), and the traditions of prom, football, and everything else,» observed Mary Ryerse, strategic director at Getting Smart, a Minneapolis — St. Paul nonprofit, who was among the judges for the competition.

Differences in test scores, college attendance, and graduation rates between wealthy and poor students are reaching an unprecedented disparity, with tremendous implications for the American public schooling system.

The relevance of including students with disabilities in assessment and accountability has been demonstrated by the increase in the number of students with disabilities in many states who took and passed the standardized tests and an increase in graduation rates in recent years.

In the most regulated environment, larger participants — those schools with 40 or more students funded through vouchers in testing grades, or with an average of 10 or more students per grade across all grade levels — receive a rating through a formula identical to the school performance score system used by the state to gauge public school performance, inclusive of test score performance, graduation rates, and other outcome metrics.

* What happens in states (about half of them) that already have statewide graduation tests (e.g., Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System and the Ohio Graduation Test) with minimum passigraduation tests (e.g., Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System and the Ohio Graduation Test) with minimum passiGraduation Test) with minimum passing scores?

Under the new system, grades one through three are measured against a goal of reading by the end of third grade; grades four through six on proficient or advanced performance on the English and math portions of a state test indicating middle school readiness; seven, eight, and nine on high school readiness with passing all ninth - grade; grades 10, 11, and 12 focus on the goal of high school graduation.

Our data team works with each school leadership team tracking students» credit accumulation, GPA, test performance, and progress to graduation.

I'm convinced that much of the modest success we've enjoyed has been tied to the adoption of a statewide graduation requirement based on our 10th - grade MCAS test (Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System), beginning with the class of 2003, not the result of a national standard or ethic.

The capture of the risk factor data is part of a comprehensive intake process that also involves determining how far a student is from graduation based on the number of course credits they arrive with, and every student is placed into classes based on their competency level as determined by pre-enrollment testing.

The study found that deeper learning public high schools graduate students with better test scores and on - time graduation rates nine percent higher than other schools, a win for teachers and students alike.

It found that «attending an exam school increases the rigor of high school courses taken and the probability that a student graduates with an advanced high school degree» but «has little impact on Scholastic Aptitude Test scores, college enrollment, or college graduation.»

Last year, at their national summit, 16 governors agreed to work with Achieve, Inc., a national nonprofit organization, on setting lofty standards for high - school graduation, increasing the rigor of high - school curricula and tests, and aligning standards and tests with the demands of work and college.

But it was an inner - city high school, initially primarily black, in later years increasingly Hispanic, with all the attributes common to such: poor scores on the various tests, district, state and national, that have come over the years to evaluate schools; poor attendance; low graduation rates; and serious student discipline problems.

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.

«Grades and test scores and graduation rates are important, but we also need to ask ourselves, «Do the kids get along with each other?

As with high - stakes tests for 3rd graders, Americans come out strongly in favor of graduation requirements.

Within a state's accountability plan, «substantial weight» would have to be given to quantitative measures, such as graduation rates and performance on state tests, with much less weight allotted to subjective measures, such as school climate and educator engagement.

Along with the new standards was a graduation requirement for students, starting with the Class of 2017, to pass subject - specific state tests in Algebra I, biology and literature called Keystone Exams to earn a diploma.

Mobilizing employers and business leaders to insist that states align high school standards, assessments and graduation requirements with the demands of postsecondary education and work and show graduates that achievement matters by using high school transcripts and exit test results in making hiring decisions.

In particular, the 11th - grade tests are not required for graduation and competed with other high - stakes tests that juniors take, including the ACT and SAT college - entrance exams, and Advanced Placement tests.

«They ended up attending high schools that were higher - performing, with higher attendance, better test scores, better graduation rates, and did much better than students we compared them to,» he says.

Test results must be reported to the state along with participant graduation rates allowing the program's effectiveness to be evaluated.

State policy in Ohio requires school districts with a three - year average graduation rate of 75 % or less (in addition to academic watch and academic emergency districts) to administer practice versions of the Ohio Graduation Tests (OGT) to 9th - gradegraduation rate of 75 % or less (in addition to academic watch and academic emergency districts) to administer practice versions of the Ohio Graduation Tests (OGT) to 9th - gradeGraduation Tests (OGT) to 9th - grade students.

The number of students in alternative schools showed moderate increases contemporaneous with new national mandates regarding standardized testing and graduation rates.

But, as graduation nears, she's also having second thoughts about a profession that, she feels, is obsessed with testing and standards.

In a district like mine, with high poverty and minority representation in the schools and terrible academic outcomes, it is an unfortunate given among those middle class people who have succeeded in school (or think they have) that the only reason that the district has such lousy test scores and graduation rates is «the parents.»

With the nationwide efforts to raise graduation standards and the increasing use of standardized testing, the idea of basing promotion and graduation decisions on portfolios of students» work has fallen out of fashion as swiftly as slide rules gave way to calculators.

In addition, the Federal District Court decision in the landmark Debra P. vs. Turlington (1981) case directed that students must be provided with ample opportunity to learn the material tested when high stakes, such as high school graduation, are in place.

Schools, teachers, and administrators are evaluated based on a series of performance indicators, including staff and student attendance, student performance on assessment tests, graduation and remediation rates, and the amount of contact with...

For example, states with high - stakes high - school graduation requirements must find effective ways to intervene in high schools with high failure and / or dropout rates, even if the percentage of students passing the test increases significantly each year.

The New York board of regents last week swept out the state competency tests as a graduation requirement and replaced them with the tougher regents» exams traditionally geared to the state's college - bound students.

The article looks at alternatives to standardized tests as high school graduation requirements, profiling the East Side Community High School in New York City which has replaced standardized tests with a combination of projects and oral presentations which it considers more authentic as assessments.

States with particular high stakes policies such as high school graduation tests tend to place students with disabilities in more restrictive settings.

SAAS is also examining the unintended consequences of high stakes testing for students with disabilities in areas such as placement in the least restrictive environment, graduation rates and discipline.

Passing the new PARCC state tests in language arts and math will be one of three options high school students can use to meet the state requirement for graduation during the three - year transition period starting with the Class of 2016.

The agreement proposes to evaluate a teacher's effect on students» learning in part with an unusual mix of individual and school - wide data from such sources as state standardized tests, high school exit exams and district assessments, along with rates of high school graduation, attendance and suspensions.

We have been helping students with high - stakes tests since 1998, and we offer a multitude of review products for subject area end - of - grade, end - of - course, graduation level, career readiness, and college entrance assessments.

There is no doubt in my mind that Mayor Bill de Blasio is taking the right approach to helping schools that have been struggling with low test scores, graduation rates and teacher attrition.

The article begins with a discussion of national reform movements that have influenced math instruction (i.e., National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Standards, minimum competency testing, graduation requirements, inclusion).

The results, largely based on standardized test performance with graduation rates and advanced course enrollment factored in, are praiseworthy given the district's challenges, high poverty (70 percent of its 345,000 students qualify for free or reduced - priced lunch), and large population of English language learners.The Education Village «includes all of the elements that make sense,» Miami - Dade Schools Superintendent Alberto Carvalho said in the Miami Herald.

In the Chicago area, 12 of 13 charter public schools are outperforming traditional public schools on standards - based tests and averaging an 83 percent graduation rate compared with the 62 percent rate of Chicago's other public high schools.