She steps directly into further controversies over standardized testing, teacher accountability and overcrowded classrooms.
The fact is, such an approach threatens the status-quo in more deeply fundamental ways even than high-stakes standardized testing.
Without nationwide standardized testing, the data simply would not exist to make the case for or against charter and non-unionized public schools.
If we really want a school choice movement to flourish, I think we need to put an end to the standardized testing movement.
Once a year we use standardized testing to see if they are ready to move to the next grade of an education advanced assembly line.
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They may not boast the highest GPAs or standardized testing scores, but show a propensity to succeed based on overcoming personal obstacles in their lives.
Cheating is believed to date back to early 2001, when standardized testing scores began to turn around in the 50, 000-student school district, according to the indictment.
High-stakes standardized testing flies in the face of creative teaching and learning and everything that makes America great: our creativity, our individualism, our ingenuity and problem-solving.
For decades, research has confirmed that the big factor in determining how much students learn is not class size or the extent of standardized testing but the quality of their teachers.
But high-stakes standardized testing actually pushes these schools to destroy themselves, wiping out the programs that actually do deliver value to these high-aptitude students and instead focusing on teaching to the tests.
The Popular Party has also put forth a controversial proposal to overhaul the public education system that would emphasize mathematics, sciences and foreign languages over other subjects and require more standardized testing.
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Some politicians believe there is a single silver bullet that will solve all of our problems in education, be it vouchers, merit pay, standardized testing, charter schools, a particular curriculum, or simply more resources.
Mock exams like these are one way test companies try out questions for future exams, but they have increasingly come under fire from parents, educators and politicians pushing back against the expansion of standardized testing.
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Yet, we would argue that there is a an underserved segment of students who have challenged themselves to be college ready through rigorous coursework and are better than their numbers (based on grades and standardized testing) and can succeed in college, given the right level and kind of support.
The league moved up the kickoff line, increased fines for players that deliver blows to the head and implemented standardized concussion testing.
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Players need to have a thorough and proper evaluation which should include a symptoms checklist, as well as standardized assessment and balance and cognitive testing before being returned to play.
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Monty Neill co-directs the National Center for Fair and Open Testing, or FairTest, a group that opposes many standardized tests.
He began to think of drug testing as a process that could be broken down into standardized steps to make it faster.
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