Sentences with phrase «accountability on multiple measures»

My top priorities during the most recent iteration of the bill have been: • Reducing the high - stakes nature of standardized tests by basing accountability on multiple measures of a school's effectiveness.

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Schools should be permitted to use multiple, locally created assessments instead of «one shot» tests to measure student progress for accountability purposes, according to a report released last week by a panel of experts convened by the Forum on Educational Accountability, a group that includes some of the most vocal critics of the 5 - year - old No Child Leaccountability purposes, according to a report released last week by a panel of experts convened by the Forum on Educational Accountability, a group that includes some of the most vocal critics of the 5 - year - old No Child LeAccountability, a group that includes some of the most vocal critics of the 5 - year - old No Child Left Behind Act.

With states now appropriately crafting accountability frameworks that focus not just on test scores but on multiple measures, we also will hear less heated rhetoric about the consequences of poor results.

By way of context for California's comments, in 2013, the state embarked on a significant overhaul of how it provided resources to districts and created a framework for a multiple measures accountability system focused on eight state priority areas.

Based on the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF), which was passed in 2013, California has a new accountability system that is based on multiple measures.

Base any accountability system designed to measure school and / or state performance on multiple measures of student growth and learning.

Unlike the former Academic Performance Index (API), which was based solely on testing results, this new accountability system uses multiple measures to determine performance and progress and emphasizes equity by focusing on student group performance.

Organize a consortium of districts to create a new accountability system based on multiple measures of school quality and student learning

The webinar focused on how states can «effectively design multiple - measure accountability systems to assess overall school performance and progress» and «drive evidence - based interventions and continuous improvement.»

West Virginia's new school accountability system includes a well - balanced approach that relies on multiple measures of evaluation for schools.

As such, NEA urges legislators to address ESEA reauthorization issues by focusing on ensuring equity, updating accountability requirements based on multiple measures that emphasize and support school improvement, and providing sustainable support and technical assistance for priority schools.

Measured achievement gaps between male and female students on state accountability tests are larger (more male - favoring) on tests with more multiple - choice questions and fewer constructed - response (i.e., open - ended) questions.

The law was passed in 2015 and in 2017 states drafted their plans, which included new accountability systems based on multiple measures that include factors other than test scores; conducting needs assessments for struggling schools and learning communities facing the greatest challenges in order to tailor support and intervention when needed; developing clear and concise plans for targeting federal funding in ways that meet the needs of students in the school; and implementing programs and monitoring their progress in collaboration with educators.

We find that the estimated gaps are strongly associated with the proportions of the test scores based on multiple - choice and constructed - response questions on state accountability tests, even when controlling for gender achievement gaps as measured by the NAEP or NWEA MAP assessments, which have the same item format across states.

TAP principally plugs four Elements of Success: Multiple Career Paths (for educators as career, mentor and master teachers); Ongoing Applied Professional Growth (through weekly cluster meetings, follow - up support in the classroom, and coaching); Instructionally Focused Accountability (through multiple classroom observations and evaluations utilizing a research based instrument and rubric that identified effective teaching practices); and, Performance - Based Compensation (based on multiple; measures of performance, including student achievement gains and teachers» instructional praMultiple Career Paths (for educators as career, mentor and master teachers); Ongoing Applied Professional Growth (through weekly cluster meetings, follow - up support in the classroom, and coaching); Instructionally Focused Accountability (through multiple classroom observations and evaluations utilizing a research based instrument and rubric that identified effective teaching practices); and, Performance - Based Compensation (based on multiple; measures of performance, including student achievement gains and teachers» instructional pramultiple classroom observations and evaluations utilizing a research based instrument and rubric that identified effective teaching practices); and, Performance - Based Compensation (based on multiple; measures of performance, including student achievement gains and teachers» instructional pramultiple; measures of performance, including student achievement gains and teachers» instructional practices).

I'm also quite sure of how difficult a task it is to push the standards rock up the status quo hill, particularly in a day and age when we are wary of testing in general and many are waiting to see what will become of the accountability standards in NCLB as wishes move to reauthorization, multiple measures, and a new look on federal education policy.

There is great value in having more autonomy and accountability at the state level, and in many ways California has been ahead of this curve in terms of a strong statewide approach that focuses on local control and multiple measures of effectiveness.

Miller reflected on the merits of a multiple measures accountability system and described the CORE Districts» system of ten independent metrics that combine to create a single index.

The brief focuses on the law's three most salient policy components related to college and career readiness: well - rounded education, multiple - measure accountability systems and purposeful assessments.

California's school funding model is based on a powerful idea: improve outcomes by directing more resources to high - need students and use a multiple - measure accountability system that supports local decision - making.

The authors find that statewide accountability measures fall into one of seven main categories of indicators: achievement indicators, such as proficiency in reading and mathematics; student growth indicators in multiple academic subjects; English language acquisition indicators; early warning indicators, such as chronic absenteeism; persistence indicators, such as graduation rates; college - and career - ready indicators, such as participation in and performance on college entry exams; and other indicators, such as access to the arts.

It is notable that the waiver Duncan bestowed on the CORE districts was based on Fullen's ideas with its multiple accountability measures, but did not include teacher evaluations by testing.

In materials describing this emerging system, CDE, West Ed and SBE staff emphasize that they seek to develop an accountability system that examines multiple measures and improvement on those measures.

CCSA's Accountability Framework is made up of two parts - an initial review of publicly available test score and postsecondary readiness data and then, for the subset of schools underperforming on all initial criteria, a Multiple Measures Review based on public and non-public data that is tailored to a school's mission and outcomes.

A state perspective on multiple measures and school accountability.

Drawing on promising examples from several states, as well as from New York City and Alberta, Canada, the authors offer alternative approaches to developing, presenting, and using a multiple - measure accountability system.

Under the Every Student Succeeds Act, states are using a new approach to accountability based on multiple indicators of educational opportunity and performance and can decide how to use these measures to identify schools for intervention and support and to encourage systems of continuous improvement.