Sentences with phrase «young for standardized testing»

But how much testing is too much, and how young is too young for standardized testing?

Not exact matches

It is still too early to say, however, whether the King - Devick test can replace other, more conventional concussion evaluations for young athletes, including the standardized assessment, despite its shortcomings in this study, Dr. Galetta cautioned.

Board of Regents chancellor Merryl Tisch and Mr. King issued a joint press release shortly after Mr. Cuomo's speech and said they have opposed standardized testing for young students and emphasized the state «has never tested K - 2 students.»

ALBANY — New York's biggest teachers» union is spearheading a petition to ban standardized testing for the state's youngest students.

«He has also been a leading voice for banning standardized tests for our youngest students, supported a three - year moratorium against the use of Common Core testing for student promotion and placement, and has backed giving the city and state Comptrollers the power to audit charters, particularly charter practices that limit the enrollment and retention of high - needs students.»

In a time when standardized tests are criticized by some for being educational cookie cutters, there's growing interest in the skills young people need that go beyond academics.

Didactic instruction and testing will crowd out other crucial areas of young children's learning: active, hands - on exploration, and developing social, emotional, problem - solving, and self - regulation skills — all of which are difficult to standardize or measure but are the essential building blocks for academic and social accomplishment and responsible citizenship.

Standardized testing kicks in at the 3rd grade, but accountability is just as important for schools that serve children at a younger age.

We call on CPS to listen to the experts of early childhood and return play to our classrooms, end standardized testing for our youngest learners, and allow the joy of teaching and learning back into our schools.»

Educators had little idea it was so successful until 2000, when the first results from the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), a standardized test given to 15 - year - olds in more than 40 global venues, revealed Finnish youth to be the best young readers in the world.

More Than a Score is concerned that the youngest learners in Chicago Public Schools are facing multiple standardized tests — as many as 14 in some kindergarten classrooms — inappropriate amounts of seatwork and homework, and a lack of opportunities for play, exploration, and creativity.

Gordon Lafer, in an in - depth report this year for the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), notes that Rocketship's educational model rests on four strategies: «the replacement of teachers with computers for a significant portion of the day; a reliance on young and inexperienced teachers for the rest of the day; narrowing the curriculum to math and reading with little attention to other subjects; and even within these subjects, a relentless focus on preparing students for standardized tests.»

Number of New York Families Preparing to Opt Out Grows http://www.ny1.com/content/news/205540/growing-number-of-parents-want-students-to-opt-out-of-high-stakes-state-tests Parents Explain: «Why We Are Opting Out» http://www.antonnews.com/farmingdaleobserver/opinion/36644-letter-why-we-are-opting-out.html Brooklyn Parents Organize to Roll Back Standardized Testing for Young Children http://www.greenpointnews.com/news/6023/north-brooklyn-parents-oppose-standardized-testing-for-young-students

That sparked a response from the Network for Public Education, saying that high - stakes standardized tests are hurting these young people, not the opt - out movement.

A Washington Heights elementary school has canceled the new standardized multiple - choice tests for the youngest public school students — after more than 80 % of parents opted to have their kids sit out the exam.

What has become known as the «opt out» movement has been growing in various states for a few years, sparked by standardized test - based school reform that began under the administration of the younger Bush and gained steam under President Obama.

Early childhood professionals urge «great caution» in the use of and interpretation of standardized tests of young children's learning (see Attachment 3 — National Association for the Education of Young Children, «Assessment of Young Children» p. 10 and «Program Evaluation and Accountability» p.young children's learning (see Attachment 3 — National Association for the Education of Young Children, «Assessment of Young Children» p. 10 and «Program Evaluation and Accountability» p.Young Children, «Assessment of Young Children» p. 10 and «Program Evaluation and Accountability» p.Young Children» p. 10 and «Program Evaluation and Accountability» p. 14).

We support the ban on standardized testing for children in grades 2 and younger.

For example, educators of really young children — who are not old enough to take the D.C. Comprehensive System exams which are the basis of the school system's test - based accountability system — are still judged on standardized tests, just not the DC CAS.