Sentences with phrase «accountability by the education secretary»

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Commenting on the statement by the Secretary of State for Education setting out proposals to reform the system of primary assessment, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT - The Teachers» Union, said: «It is important to recognise, and as the NASUWT has stated consistently, that many of the concerns expressed about statutory primary assessment are the direct result of their use in the current high stakes school accountability regime.

The National Education Association, the nation's largest teachers» union, has asked U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings and members of Congress to waive accountability provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act for schools hit by the hurricane as well as those taking in large numbers...

[8] Critics said that Secretary Duncan was going beyond what the law allows by substituting the Obama administration's favored education reforms (including national curriculum - content standards and tests) for NCLB's accountability measures.

Changes to accountability announced by education secretary Damian Hinds mean that poorly performing schools no long face forced academisation on data alone.

Finally, they said accountability would be ensured by the U.S. secretary of education and Mayor Williams and by rigorous research studies supported by the department.

This emphasis applies both to states where Title I is governed fully by the ESEA's statutory requirements and to the much larger number of states currently operating Title I programs under a series of accountability waivers granted since 2011 by the U.S. Secretary of Education.

If one wants to understand the true interests of the education establishment when it comes to pausing test - based accountability, one only need take a close look at the NCLB waivers given by Secretary Duncan to about 40 states to date.

Today's Tribune editorial proposed that a renewed No Child Left Behind law be based on Education Secretary Arne Duncan's «waiver» program, by which they mean more testing and «accountability.»

Obama's «Race to the Top» policy — the brainchild of Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, the former «CEO» of Chicago Public Schools — further codifies high - stakes testing by allocating scarce federal resources to those states most aggressively implementing these so - called accountability measures.

Commenting on the essay by Julian Astle, education director at the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, Dr Mary Bousted, joint general secretary of the National Education Union, said: «Julian Astle's essay is another sign that our accountability system has lost the confidence of those who once suppeducation director at the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, Dr Mary Bousted, joint general secretary of the National Education Union, said: «Julian Astle's essay is another sign that our accountability system has lost the confidence of those who once suppEducation Union, said: «Julian Astle's essay is another sign that our accountability system has lost the confidence of those who once supported it.

That's because U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has furthered school accountability by announcing that principal preparation and evaluation will factor into President Barack Obama's agenda in his second term.

In 2013, the Equity and Excellence Commission appointed by then - Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, called for including school integration as part of federal or state systems of school accountability.

Although the new law maintains the requirement that Title I plans be approved by the U.S. Secretary of Education, it may take time to discern specifically how provisions of the 1000 - plus page bill will limit federal authority in regard to regulation, implementation and monitoring of state - developed accountability systems.

Even as the party itself is divided over embracing Common Core standards, has a retrograde on education in the form of House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (who wants to eviscerate the strong accountability measures contained in the No Child Left Behind Act), and had a primary race for the presidential nod that had seen aspirants backtrack (of offer little information) on their respective school reform agendas, Republicans were able to paper over these issues thanks to strong calls by former Florida governor Jeb Bush, Texas teacher Sean Duffy, and onetime Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice for expanding school choice, advancing Parent Power, and overhauling how teachers are recruited, trained, managed, and comeducation in the form of House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (who wants to eviscerate the strong accountability measures contained in the No Child Left Behind Act), and had a primary race for the presidential nod that had seen aspirants backtrack (of offer little information) on their respective school reform agendas, Republicans were able to paper over these issues thanks to strong calls by former Florida governor Jeb Bush, Texas teacher Sean Duffy, and onetime Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice for expanding school choice, advancing Parent Power, and overhauling how teachers are recruited, trained, managed, and comEducation and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (who wants to eviscerate the strong accountability measures contained in the No Child Left Behind Act), and had a primary race for the presidential nod that had seen aspirants backtrack (of offer little information) on their respective school reform agendas, Republicans were able to paper over these issues thanks to strong calls by former Florida governor Jeb Bush, Texas teacher Sean Duffy, and onetime Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice for expanding school choice, advancing Parent Power, and overhauling how teachers are recruited, trained, managed, and compensated.

She was also appointed by U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan to serve on a committee that reauthorized the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, a federal guideline to increase school accountability for student achievement.

The structure for a responsive and responsible accountability mechanism was recommended in 1991 by the Special Study Panel on Education Indicators and presented to the Acting Commissioner of Education Statistics, Emerson J. Elliott, then Secretary of Education Lamar Alexander, and Assistant Secretary of the Office of Educational Research and Improvement Diane Ravitch.

One of the major arguments advanced by U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and the Obama administration for ditching No Child's Adequate Yearly Progress accountability provisions was that it was penalizing far too many schools arbitrarily for failing to improve student achievement.

The Republican insistence on transferring educational oversight from the federal government to the states fails to recognize, as stated by Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, that «history shows that, without some kind of accountability, states and districts do not always meet the needs of the most vulnerable students.»

A raft of reforms to school accountability, including an education commissioner for Birmingham, inspections of city academy chains and new oversight of school governors, were announced on Tuesday by the education secretary in response to a damning report into extremist infiltration of schools.

WASHINGTON — Today, 25 civil rights and education groups sent a letter to Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos calling for a thorough and robust review of state accountability plans submitted to the department, as required by the Every Student Succeeds Aceducation groups sent a letter to Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos calling for a thorough and robust review of state accountability plans submitted to the department, as required by the Every Student Succeeds AcEducation Betsy DeVos calling for a thorough and robust review of state accountability plans submitted to the department, as required by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).

Standards - based reform traces its roots to the 1983 publication of A Nation at Risk by Secretary of Education Terrel Bell's National Commission on Excellence in Education.1 With its warning of a «rising tide of mediocrity,» notions of excellence, achievement, and accountability became the primary goals of state and federal educatioEducation Terrel Bell's National Commission on Excellence in Education.1 With its warning of a «rising tide of mediocrity,» notions of excellence, achievement, and accountability became the primary goals of state and federal educatioEducation.1 With its warning of a «rising tide of mediocrity,» notions of excellence, achievement, and accountability became the primary goals of state and federal educationeducation policy.

A new plan announced by U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan offers states a one - year reprieve from federal assessment and accountability requirements as they transition to the Common Core State Standards.

The U.S. Department of Education run by Secretary Betsy DeVos) has some serious concerns about Illinois accountability...