Morrisette is a living lab where students test materials and build prototypes.
Glen Cove students' test scores in 2011-12 were slightly above the state's average.
Students' test scores are based on their precise age, because even a month can make a difference in the development of young children.
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Concern over teachers cheating on behalf of students has grown as states increasingly use students' test scores to grade teachers and close schools.
All high schools, as opposed to just some, also will now receive their students' test scores, allowing for a "back-end check, " Ms. Rice said.
As in many districts this year, 20% of fourth- through eighth-grade teachers' evaluations will be based on an analysis of the change in students' test scores year-over-year.
Iowa and Minnesota spend barely two-thirds of the amount the Big Apple does per pupil, yet their students' test scores are traditionally among the top 10% in the country.
The Los Angeles teachers union agreed earlier this month to use test scores in evaluations after a protracted fight with the district, and Chicago teachers staged a seven-day strike this past fall, in part, over efforts to judge them on students' test results.
Suppose that at the end of term, the average standardized test score for the disadvantaged students is 400 and the standardized test score for the regular students is 600.
Suppose that at the end of term, the average standardized test score for the disadvantaged students is 450 and the standardized test score for the regular students is 650.
The Massachusetts Board of Education, for example, fearing most students would flunk, has voted to set low passing scores--just above failing--for a new test students must take to graduate from high school.
The days of students leafing through test-prep material are almost a thing of the past.
Mr. Naglieri dismissed the idea that preparation could unduly reward students on his test.
This year more than 1.66 million students took the test, or 52% of U.S. graduating seniors.
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When a unit is over, students take a test, move on, and receive feedback only weeks later.
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Other ads targeted a different demographic, offering SAT and GRE prep services for students hoping to test into schools overseas.
The states can have federal education funds, but only if they test students the way Washington thinks produces a quality education.
The act requires states to test students in reading and math every year, and penalizes schools if they don't meet standards.
The law requires schools to test students for math and reading annually in third through eighth grades and once in high school.
He is promising states almost total control over federal education money, provided they test students and make schools accountable for the results.
That same year the No Child Left Behind law passed, requiring public schools to test students at least once a year, from grade three on.
Over the decades, its system has helped countless students improve their test scores, and Kaplan wants to take its reputation for success to broader fields.
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As long as the entrance requirements for universities and senior secondary schools remain based on the results of national exams which primarily test students' ability to memorise, parents will pile on the same pressures.
The bottom line to the report is that policy discussions right now focus more on how to test students, what they should learn, how to make their schools better, and how to evaluate and improve teachers, instead of on the single biggest determiner of academic success: student motivation.
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Teaching to a test not only narrows the curriculum, it means that teachers prepare students specifically for the test.
The College-Level Examination Program, run by the College Board (the institution that commissions the SAT entrance test), allows students to study on their own, then take a competency test in one of 33 subjects and get college credit for passing.
True Office also tests students and tracks the test results for the bank and, if requested, regulators.
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The state has shelved a plan to test the students after losing a competitive federal grant for early-childhood programs.
The daily attendance rate is now between 75-80% (a marked improvement in one year), the students and the teachers are motivated, test scores are up, and now he can work on successfully graduating more students from his institution.
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