Sentences with phrase «[with teacher evaluation»

He spearheaded the creation of new teacher evaluations allowing half of a teacher's rating to be based on students» standardized test scores.

, its speech codes, its teacher evaluations conducted sub secreto pontificio, its heated debate over the minutest matters, its hair - splitting fights over teaching loads and research assistants (tenure as benefice!)

Paul Tough discusses education politics and teacher evaluations along with Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and author Wes Moore, September 2012.

Discussing education politics and teacher evaluations along with Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and author Wes Moore, September 2012.

Download one chapter at a time due to the very large file size Chapter One Waldorf Education and Education Reform Chapter Two The Waldorf Understanding of the Purpose of Education Chapter Three Research Objectives and Procedures Chapter Four How Waldorf Teachers Set Learning Goals Chapter Five Teaching and Making Assessments in a Waldorf Classroom Chapter Six Formal Assessments in Waldorf Education Chapter Seven Learning - centered Assessments: Waldorf Methods in Concept Chapter Eight The Preparation, Profession, and Practice of a Waldorf Class Teacher Chapter Nine Teacher Evaluation in Waldorf Elementary Schools Chapter Ten Waldorf Education and the Future of Assessment for Learning

The Obama agenda has focused almost exclusively on systemic school reform to address the achievement deficits of disadvantaged students: standards, testing, teacher evaluations, and a continued, if different, focus on accountability.

Standardized test scores can affect your child's placement, the amount of funding the school receives, teacher evaluations and more.

In addition to the parent and student portions of the online application, a completed application includes school records, math and English teacher evaluations (Grades 6 - 12), and the results of the Independent School Entrance Examination (ISEE) or the Secondary School Admissions Test (SSAT)(Grades 7 - 12).

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver commended Senate Republicans for taking up Gov. Andrew Cuomo's teacher evaluation disclosure bill, while also patting his colleagues on the back for what he considers a session that «changed the dynamics.»

«New York State's students are now in danger of losing hundreds of millions of dollars because of the failure to devise a teacher evaluation system that works.»

«In the short term, I call on the State Department of Education, local school districts and the union leadership to expedite their negotiations on a teacher evaluation system to prevent the loss of hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo earlier today told Susan Arbetter on «The Capitol Pressroom» that the 2010 teacher evaluation law, now the subject of a contentious lawsuit between teachers unions and the state Education Department, was flawed because it's too complicated.

Cuomo has had an at - times truculent relationship with teachers unions, especially when it comes to support for charter schools and other concerns of the education reform movement, such as stronger teacher evaluations.

Newsday deems Cuomo's teacher evaluation data bill introduced this week «almost good enough to support.»

Former Assemblyman Michael Benjamin says Cuomo «seems to be straddling the school - accountability line he drew eight weeks ago» by suggesting he's opening to limiting the public release of teacher evaluation data.

The measure is opposed by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, whose lobbying efforts today have already been setback after the GOP - led Senate announced it would take up Gov. Andrew Cuomo's teacher evaluation disclosure bill, a measure his office also opposes.

Further proof of my assertion not long ago that education is developing into a serious sticking point between Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver came in the form of a statement from the governor that blames «Assembly - led» legislation passed in 2010 for the current fight between the teachers unions and school districts over the creation of teacher evaluation systems.

Nixon on Thursday called for an overhaul of the state's teacher evaluation law as the Assembly introduces a bill that would remove state examinations from a teachers» performance review criteria.

The NY Post recalls Cuomo's onetime pledge to be the «students» lobbyist» and says it died with «a whimper» when it comes to teacher evaluations.

School districts are due to adopt the new teacher evaluation criteria by November or miss out on a boost in education aid.

Cuomo pushed successfully this year for a new teacher evaluation system more closely linking state testing to performance as well as teacher tenure.

Nevertheless, Cuomo was successful this year in forming a new teacher evaluation system as well as making it harder for teachers to obtain tenure — a move that state lawmakers felt they had no choice but to accept given the policy's linkage to an increase in school aid.

This year was an especially busy one, given the fights over the implementation of the Common Core standards, as well as eventual alterations to how they impact students and later the state teacher evaluation law.

But the entity was just one of several education - oriented groups that spent heavily on trying to influence legislation as issues ranging from teacher evaluations to charter school expansion stoked debate at the Capitol.

NYSUT's spending came as Gov. Andrew Cuomo proposed a series of changes to the state's education policies, including a new criteria for teacher evaluations, a strengthening of charter schools and making it easier to close schools deemed to be «failing.»

NYSUT was opposed to the tax credit, but the labor union had its hands full on other key issues, including Gov. Andrew Cuomo's effort to once again overhaul teacher evaluations, weaken teacher tenure laws and strengthen charter schools in addition to the perennial push for more school aid.

The bill is backed by the New York State United Teachers union, which had opposed the reliance on examinations in teacher evaluations.

Scaling back the teacher evaluation law is a key issue for the teachers unions, who have influence with lawmakers as well as Democratic voters.

The disclosure of teacher evaluations has been firmly supported by Mayor Michael Bloomberg, but is a sensitive issue for teachers unions, who point to other public employees not having their evaluations released to either the general public or a narrowly defined portion of the populace, like parents.

Lawmakers in both houses in recent weeks have introduced bills designed to ease aspects of the education policies in the budget, ranging from a codification of students opting out of state tests to exempting top - performing school districts from the new teacher evaluation criteria.

-- MaryEllen Elia, the new education commissioner, shares her views on teacher evaluations.

-- Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie talks about teacher evaluations and what's next.

Still, education remains a top - tier issue, even as the more pitched battles over charter schools, teacher evaluations and classroom standards for testing have been quietly de-emphasized in recent legislative sessions.

Paladino pointed to Brown's involvement in submitting, in his words, a fraudulent teacher evaluation agreement to the state.

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver gave a wide - ranging gaggle with reporters this afternoon, admitting that «you probably can't» keep teacher evaluations out of the hands of general public after only parents are allowed to view them.

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie on Wednesday didn't close the door to yet another revision of the state's teacher evaluation law, though nothing is in the works to do so at this point.

Education - oriented groups were the top lobbyists, conducting expensive and extensive campaigns as Gov. Andrew Cuomo proposed a package education policy changes for teacher evaluations and charter schools.

Progressive Redesign Opportunity Schools of Excellence (PROSE), created under the new UFT - DOE contract, gives schools flexibility in designing their schedules, programming, teacher evaluation systems and other aspects of their school environments so that they are able to implement innovative school improvement strategies.

Decoupled the state assessments from teacher evaluations and placed a four - year moratorium on the use of student test scores for evaluation purposes;

Cuomo quickly backed away from his plans and left the promise of teacher evaluation and tenure reform unfulfilled, much to the unions» delight.

«It seems every time she makes a statement, he follows through with what she has to say,» said Tedisco, who added that while he and Nixon likely disagree on most issues, she is «right» to want to decouple the test scores from the teacher evaluations.

Lawmakers unveiled plans to extend deadlines for developing new teacher evaluation criteria as well as changing how state funding is distributed, so districts won't lose out on money if they don't adopt the new evaluations.

Nonetheless, he should be applauded for continuing to press for better teacher evaluations, fewer bad teachers and more charters.

Backlash over the rollout of the Common Core learning standards, along with aligned state tests and new teacher evaluations, came to a head last April when more than 20 percent of the state's eligible students refused to take the state standardized math and English language arts exams.

During a speech at the Rockefeller Institute of Government in Albany, King offered education reforms such as the Common Core standards and teacher evaluations as vehicles of greater equality in schools.

The failure so far to agree on the teacher evaluation plans is also jeopardizing up to a billion dollars in federal Race to the Top grants.

His approach, however, has brought unprecedented revolt from parents and educators, with critics contending that teacher evaluations based on formulaic test results are statistically unreliable and educationally unsound.

King recently expressed extreme frustration with the teachers union and school administrators in several large cities downstate and upstate, over what he said was a failure to come up with a teacher evaluation plan by a December 31 deadline, to meet requirements for the federal Race to the Top grant awards.

There already is a moratorium on using the test results for teacher evaluations, after teachers and their unions objected to the idea.

State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie said the Assembly will take up a bill Wednesday to decouple the results of standardized student test scores from teacher evaluations.