Sentences with phrase «state academic content standards»

The guidance clarifies that students with disabilities should not only have access to a free appropriate public education, but also they should have individualized education programs (IEPs) that are aligned with state academic content standards for the grade in which a child is enrolled.

Meanwhile, it provides $ 2.5 billion to support professional development that can be used to «improve the knowledge of teachers and principals and, in appropriate cases, paraprofessionals, concerning effective instructional strategies, methods, and skills, and use of challenging State academic content standards and student academic achievement standards, and State assessments, to improve teaching practices and student academic achievement.»

States must intervene in their lowest - performing schools, for example, in ways that are consistent with the Education Department's «turnaround principles» such as «ensuring that the instructional program is research - based, rigorous, and aligned with State academic content standards.»

improve educational services for children and youth in local and state institutions for neglected or delinquent children and youth so that such children and youth have the opportunity to meet the same challenging state academic content standards and challenging state student academic achievement standards that all children in the state are expected to meet;

Originally enacted by the California Legislature in 1971, the Stull Act requires school districts to evaluate the performance of teachers and other certificated employees using multiple measures of performance, including student progress toward district and state academic content standards, as measured by standardized tests.

They must be based on a needs assessment, and, among other things, be aligned with state academic content standards, student academic achievement standards, and state assessments (for formula grants).

Grassley sent a letter to colleagues on the appropriations subcommittee that handles education funding asking that they «restore state decision - making and accountability with respect to state academic content standards,» according to a copy of the letter published on the blog Caffeinated Thoughts.

This OSEP symposium will address the factors that drive high expectations, such as child, family and other stakeholder engagement; how to support each child and family in establishing and meeting those expectations; working towards each child having access to an education that meets her or his unique and individual needs; how high expectations relate to State academic content standards; and incorporating evidence - based practices in the IEP.