Sentences with phrase «academic indicators required»

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For instance, states might assign separate ratings to each of the five indicator types the law requires: academic achievement, student growth, graduation rates, progress toward English language proficiency, and other indicators of school quality and student success.

The new law also requires states to use, as part of their rating systems, an indicator of academic achievement «as measured by proficiency on the annual assessments.»

This interpretation of the law requires a minimum of 8 different indicators (math achievement scores, reading achievement scores, another academic indicator, and a school quality or student success indicator, plus participation rate for each of these four measures).

ESSA also requires state accountability systems to include «a measure of student growth, if determined appropriate by the State; or another valid and reliable statewide academic indicator that allows for meaningful differentiation in school performance.»

ESSA requires state accountability systems to include an indicator of academic achievement «as measured by proficiency on the annual assessments.»

Any reading of ESSA leaves one wondering what exactly Congress meant when it asked states to «meaningfully differentiate» among schools, when it required that states give «substantial weight» to each indicator, or when it stipulated that academic indicators count for «much greater weight» than non-academic ones.

In addition to four academic indicators, the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) requires state accountability systems to include one other indicator, such as student engagement, educator engagement, access to and completion of advanced coursework, postsecondary readiness, or school climate and safety.

The proposed regulations (§ 200.14) add a definition for «proficient» that requires that the academic achievement indicator «equally measure grade - level proficiency on the reading / language arts and mathematics assessments.»

The Act (Section 1111 (c)(4)(B)(i)(I)-RRB- requires states to use an indicator of academic achievement that «measures proficiency on the statewide assessments in reading / language arts and mathematics.»

ESSA in § 1111 (c)(4)(B)(i)(I) requires states to use an indicator of academic achievement that «measures proficiency on the statewide assessments in reading / language arts and mathematics.»

Recommendation: We recommend revising the proposed regulations to track closely to the statutory language around the academic indicator based on assessment and delete the extraneous words that require the academic achievement indicator to «equally measure grade - level proficiency on the reading / language arts and mathematics assessments.»

The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) requires states to have, apart from four academic indicators of school success, an additional nonacademic indicator (the so - called «Fifth Indicator») that assesses school quality or student success.

The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) requires that each state meaningfully differentiates its schools based at least on the following indicators: Academic achievement; Another academic indicator (growth and / or graduation rates); English Learner Language proficiency; and An indicator of school quality or student success — The indicator of school quality or student success (SQ / SS), should be Read more about What are states using as School Quality and Student Success Iindicators: Academic achievement; Another academic indicator (growth and / or graduation rates); English Learner Language proficiency; and An indicator of school quality or student success — The indicator of school quality or student success (SQ / SS), should be Read more about What are states using as School Quality and Student Success IndAcademic achievement; Another academic indicator (growth and / or graduation rates); English Learner Language proficiency; and An indicator of school quality or student success — The indicator of school quality or student success (SQ / SS), should be Read more about What are states using as School Quality and Student Success Indacademic indicator (growth and / or graduation rates); English Learner Language proficiency; and An indicator of school quality or student success — The indicator of school quality or student success (SQ / SS), should be Read more about What are states using as School Quality and Student Success IndicatorsIndicators?

The federal law that replaces the No Child Left Behind Act requires states» accountability systems to include at least one «nonacademic» indicator of «school quality or student success» that «allows for meaningful differentiation in school performance» and «is valid, reliable, comparable, and statewide» alongside academic data (Ujifusa, 2016).

In addition to measuring academic achievement, ESSA will also require schools to address at least one non-academic «other indicator» beyond traditional measures such as state exam scores or graduation rates.

States are required to choose one indicator other than academic achievement to evaluate schools and NYS chose chronic absenteeism, which refers to how many kids missed 15 or more days in a year.

These provisions require school districts to compile and include on school report cards various career - ready indicators and include «success sequence» information in academic and career planning services.

States are required to establish new accountability systems that include annual test scores, graduation rates for high schools, an additional academic indicator for pre-secondary schools and a measure of how well English learners are achieving proficiency.

The only measures a State may include within its Academic Achievement indicator in addition to the required measure of student performance on the statewide reading / language arts and mathematics assessments under ESEA [Education and Secondary Education Act, of which ESSA is the latest version] section 1111 (b)(2)(B)(v)(I) are the two optional measures: (1) an achievement index or similar measure of student performance in reading / language arts and mathematics at multiple academic achievement levels above or below proficient (see question B - 10 and B - 11); and (2) measures of student growth in reading / language arts and mathematics for high schools (see questions B - 14 and Academic Achievement indicator in addition to the required measure of student performance on the statewide reading / language arts and mathematics assessments under ESEA [Education and Secondary Education Act, of which ESSA is the latest version] section 1111 (b)(2)(B)(v)(I) are the two optional measures: (1) an achievement index or similar measure of student performance in reading / language arts and mathematics at multiple academic achievement levels above or below proficient (see question B - 10 and B - 11); and (2) measures of student growth in reading / language arts and mathematics for high schools (see questions B - 14 and academic achievement levels above or below proficient (see question B - 10 and B - 11); and (2) measures of student growth in reading / language arts and mathematics for high schools (see questions B - 14 and B - 15).

That process requires local schools administrators to continuously evaluate every teacher and that the evaluation process uses multiple indicators of student academic growth to identify which teachers are succeeding and which need to be asked to leave the teaching profession.

Under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), states are required to measure school performance using four academic indicators and a fifth «non-academic» measure.

The law requires that school classification systems lean heavily toward the academic indicators, compared with the measures of school quality or student success.

Also, while states are required to measure academic proficiency indicators — which are static, point - in - time indicators within their school classification systems — there may be an opportunity to measure specific aspects of proficiency data, such as growth or scale scores, which are further described below.24 That is, ESSA may provide states an opportunity to use differentiation within an indicator, as well as differentiation between schools.

The Improving America's Schools Act — the 1994 reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, or ESEA — cemented accountability as a strictly academic notion.4 The No Child Left Behind Act, or NCLB — the 2001 reauthorization of ESEA — strengthened this premise and required districts and schools that failed to make academic progress to take specific improvement actions.5 NCLB also required states to hold schools accountable for an academic indicator other than student achievement in reading and math.

«Substantial weight» is required to be given the academic indicators (first four described above) and these four indicators must in the aggregate be given «much greater weight» in the differentiation process than any measures of school quality or student success (described in last bullet above).

The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) requires state accountability systems to include indicators of «school quality and student success» in addition to indicators of academic outcomes.