Sentence examples for boosting test from inspiring English sources

If one of the goals of instruction is to create lifelong readers, who not surprisingly excel in other fields, then we're shooting ourselves in the foot by our continuous focus on boosting test scores to the exclusion of effective outcomes.

In El Paso, Texas, Lorenzo Garcia, the school district's former superintendent, pleaded guilty to fraud charges for boosting test scores, receiving a three-and-a-half year prison sentence.

By contrast, the NEA and American Federation of Teachers believe that seasoned veteran educators and quality training are key to boosting test scores, graduation rates and improving American education overall.

New York state can end its three-decade HIV crisis by the year 2020, Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Sunday as he announced an ambitious plan to deliver a knockout blow to the epidemic by boosting testing, reducing new infections and expanding treatment.

Papers by David Figlio find that "incentivised" teachers come up with ingenious ways to boost test scores.

But they said it was too soon to tell whether the new curriculum would boost test scores.

The authors note that early interventions tend to boost test scores immediately but not later in life.

Sounds outrageous but, when test scores is the metric of school quality, do they provide incentives for teacher and administrators to do more harm than good?The cheapest way to boost test scores is to classify the worst students as learning disabled or simply suspend them when it is test taking week.

"If the schools are stooping this low to boost test scores, this is scary," says Cynthia Mears, a pediatrician at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine and a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on School Healthh.

-- a cop-turned-teacher in HBO's series "The Wire," when asked to boost test scores.

"There is no excuse for school administrators and teachers tampering with student tests to boost test scores.