enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Grade inflation - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grade_inflation

    The articles suggest rising GCSE scores owe more to 'teaching to the test' and grade inflation than to real gains in mathematical understanding. Between 1975, with the introduction of the national alphabetic grades to the O-Level , and the replacement of both the O-Level and CSE with the GCSE, in 1988, approximately 36% of pupils entered for a ...

  3. Praxis test - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Praxis_test

    A Praxis test is one of a series of American teacher certification exams written and administered by the Educational Testing Service. Various Praxis tests are usually required before, during, and after teacher training courses in the U.S. To be a teacher in about half of the states in the US, the Praxis test is required.

  4. Should school teachers be required to take a bar exam?

    www.aol.com/article/2014/09/17/should-school...

    By RYAN GORMAN A significant majority of Americans want teachers to undergo more rigorous training and be required to pass the equivalent of the bar exam taken by lawyers. About 80 percent of ...

  5. Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts...

    Results from this year's research are similar to results from last year's work: about 84% of the variation in test results (scores for all of the test-taking students for the nine MCAS tests combined) is explained by demography. That is why Weston and Wayland have high MCAS scores and why Holyoke and Brockton have low MCAS scores. Thus, though ...

  6. Teacher Eligibility Test - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teacher_Eligibility_Test

    The Haryana Teacher Eligibility Test (HTET) is conducted by the Board of School Education Haryana (BSEH) from time to time, for the following categories of school teachers: Primary (PRT), Trained Graduate Teacher (TGT), and Post Graduate Teacher (PGT). [20] Until 2009, the examination was known as the State Teacher Eligibility Test (STET).

  7. Teaching to the test - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teaching_to_the_test

    The practice of teaching to the test may reduce the validity of standardized test results, as scores can be inflated due to overemphasis on test-related content rather than overall subject mastery. Gabe Pressman, a journalist for WNBC-TV, noted that political pressures could lead to adjusting test benchmarks to achieve desired outcomes ...

  8. Merit pay - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merit_pay

    In this program, salary raises are based on some aspects of teacher performance, measured by a combination of observations and student test scores. TAP teachers can advance their career in three ways: (1) remain in the classroom and become a mentor to others, (2) leave the classroom and become a master teacher, or (3) advance to administration ...

  9. Grade retention - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grade_retention

    The practice of making retention decisions on the basis of the results of a single test called high-stakes testing is widely condemned by professional educators. [7] [8] Test authors generally advise that their tests are not adequate for high stakes decisions, and that decisions should be made based on all the facts and circumstances. [7]