Sentences with phrase «accountability efforts»

«Until we focus accountability efforts on meaningful outcomes, we are unlikely to move the needle very far,» he said.

«No Pass, No Play» attracted national attention as the standards - and - accountability effort took further shape.

In some cases, the challenge may be to sustain whatever public acceptance a previous statewide accountability effort has garnered while making the changes necessary to make it compliant with the new federal guidelines.

But a better, less intrusive testing regime doesn't right the wrong idea behind current accountability efforts.

The program also supports accountability efforts to verify that public and private funds are invested wisely.

According to a new study that probed students» long - term outcomes, school accountability efforts in Texas proved to be a mixed bag.

But Arkansas does have relatively strong accountability efforts in place.

Koretz uses this precept to frame the discussion of test - based accountability efforts as well as more in - depth discussion in later chapters about some of the more pernicious corruptions of test - based accountability: artificial test - score inflation, undesirable types of test preparation, and outright cheating.

That said, as the state builds its accountability system and there are opportunities for alignment, CCSA staff will adjust its Framework to ensure as much alignment with state and federal accountability efforts as possible.

The conversation included a somber assessment of past accountability efforts from folks like Sandy Kress and Charles Barone, who helped design NCLB.

Debates over the value of accountability efforts that determine whether students graduate, which teachers win bonuses, and whether schools are taken over by states grew earlier this year after two Arizona State University researchers published a report arguing that such programs may do more harm than good.

In several states it's possible that chambers will go from complete Republican control to divided government — which can be helpful for defending high standards and charter accountability efforts, considering the hard Right's willingness to throw these efforts overboard.

And it's why many of us have supported «top down» accountability efforts over the past twenty years — to put pressure on school systems to put the needs of kids first and to make the tough decisions they might otherwise avoid.

Accountability efforts centered around once - yearly summative assessment are reifying time - based, cohort - based progression.

In particular, state governments have moved aggressively to enact centralized accountability efforts and merit incentives for effective schools and teachers, and they have pushed forward on strategies of radical decentralization, including charter schools and the devolution of power to local school councils, as in Chicago.

But between No Child Left Behind and Race to the Top, federal education accountability efforts have taken a very, very, very wrong turn.

In New York, decades of public school choice efforts followed by expansive charter school and accountability efforts under Mayor Bloomberg's tenure made the Big Apple's school system one of the nation's models for how to transform both schools and the communities they serve.

In this piece, she shares an update on the Association's academic accountability efforts.

«Proficiency» is an important measure and marker, and is a logical place to focus accountability efforts.

Puckett, who taught at Chipman and quit because of the changes following from NCLB, also contextualizes the eventual closure of the school, and the devaluation of what it stood for, in the broader context of education reform and accountability efforts nationwide.»

Jacobs described new, harder tests connected to the standards as the «lightening rod,» which, when paired with the simultaneous rollout of test - based consequences for teachers, has incited not only inflammatory rhetoric, but subsequent pushback — with some states seeming to delay accountability efforts indefinitely.

WASHINGTON — The American Energy Alliance continued its energy policy accountability efforts today with a television ad urging Senator Mark Udall to reverse his stance against the Keystone XL pipeline.

She is especially proud of her work in establishing the Early Reading First program, the Early Childhood Professional Development Education Program, and enhancing accountability efforts to improve children's achievement.

And start reporting on the vairablity of charter peformance, timidity of charter school accountability efforts, and the financially instability of even the giants like KIPP et al..

Consider the relationship between teacher evaluation and accountability systems Under ESSA, states have much more flexibility in both school accountability and teacher evaluations, and can choose to focus school identification and accountability efforts on only a small subset of schools.

In 2009, the United States» accountability efforts took another turn, this time led by the National Governor's Association (NGA) rather than the federal government.

Charter school leaders across the state have asked for targeted tools to enhance their local school - based accountability efforts.

However, the state could strengthen its accountability efforts.

«All the accountability efforts look more flawed now than they did then,» he says.

Michael Kirst's essay on the ups and downs of California's accountability efforts should give pause to any who take for granted that the new federal law will be implemented.

Within six months of his taking office, both houses of Congress had passed bills that imposed new federal standards for the states» accountability efforts.

The first step in Chicago's accountability effort was to end the practice of «social promotion,» whereby students were advanced to the next grade regardless of achievement level.

The Florida Statewide Assessment Program, begun in 1971, has been an important element in this accountability effort.

Tara Huls leads Florida's Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program, Policy, and Accountability efforts.

Specifically, ELL students are increasingly included in high - stakes assessments connected to accountability efforts (e.g., the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 [NCLB]-RRB-, and thus it is...

Chapter 8 outlines ten lessons learned from accountability efforts, and I conclude in Chapter 9 by highlighting five key questions that will influence the future of higher education accountability.

For example, two states — Arkansas and North Carolina — were granted waivers that allowed them to use test score growth over time as part of their school accountability efforts; the department has also allowed states to provide students in failing schools with additional tutoring services instead of exercising the law's public school choice option (which allows families to move their kids into better - performing schools in a district).