The state had turned him down for placement in supervised housing, pointing to his test scores.
Another 20% would also consider test scores but would be measured differently using a union-backed method.
However, schools investigator Edward Stancik did not criticise the increased emphasis on test scores, it said.
It also found no evidence that the use of computers improved children's test scores.
Under Vallas, elementary school reading and math test scores, though still low, are at seven-year highs.
Colleges like to report higher test scores for a very simple reason: it raises their ranking!
They are considerably behind girls in reading and writing, motivation, grades, and standardized test scores.
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Yet even as the percentage of historically low-achieving students has increased, our test scores have risen.
Test scores are up 8 years in a row and graduation rates are up too.
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"On Al Gore's watch, children's test scores stayed flat, " the former senator from New Jersey said.
The latest test scores show Chinese math students in Shanghai far ahead of Americans.
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The most selective schools rank applicants according to their test scores, admitting only the best performers.
But others found that when they raised their standards, they saw test scores fall.
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Twenty-six require parents to provide regular test scores or professional evaluations of their children's progress.
The 1.1m children in the system suffered: graduation rates were abysmal and test scores were terrible.
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Students there have achieved some of the highest test scores in the world in math and science.
"My daughter's test scores would be all a lot better, if that were the case, " she said.
In SMILE, the quality of the student-generated question is the evidence of learning outcomes, not test scores.
Districts can lose out on millions of dollars in grants if certain test scores are not met.
Into it went information on test scores, classes taken, schedules, grades, attendance, demographics and, soon, bus routes.
Some people think that teachers should be like commissioned salespeople, receiving pay based on end-of-year test scores.
Districts everywhere are under pressure to raise academic test scores, and to do so with ever-shrinking budgets.
Moreover, they still ignore a whole range of school achievements that are not measured in test scores.
In England the cards could save us from simplistic league tables and an over-reliance on test scores.
Ultimately, the University of California moved away from test scores and GPA being the sole basis of admissions.
The state should intervene to save the children and to save the cost associated with poor test scores.
District officials said teachers can't be fired simply because of a low rating based on student test scores.
Achievement, measured by test scores and students' future earnings, is higher when there is more choice among districts.
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The current reality is that most schools are evaluated and funded based on reaching state standards and test scores.
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