Sentences with phrase «accountability provisions»

They also change in different ways over time, adopting new accountability provisions and other legislation at different times and being influenced by shifting demographics at different rates.

The purpose of this new rule is to implement the charter school accountability provisions relating to school improvement plans, corrective actions, and waivers of termination.

Will there be unintended consequences from the new federal accountability provisions?

Under the law's strong accountability provisions, states must describe how they will close the achievement gap and make sure all students, including those with disabilities, achieve academically.

It also included meaningful accountability provisions: time limits on individual benefits, work requirements, child support enforcement rules, penalties for food stamp violations, and more.

Choice programs that do not contain accountability provisions offer us zero assurances that educational dollars are being well spent.

As long as good accountability provisions are in place, a new hybrid form of education can evolve, where students decide whether to take a particular course online or in the classroom.

Previously, accountability for growth in language proficiency was not included in general accountability provisions.

Gone were the tough accountability provisions, the mandate that states avoid replacing federal funds for their own and the requirement to evaluate teachers.

In fact, based on what we know, federal accountability provisions will complement the most successful state practices.

At the same time, we recognize that some new accountability provisions could undermine charter school autonomy if not implemented carefully.

Department of Education's proposed regulations for implementing accountability provisions of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).

From where Washington State politicians and Petrilli sit, the Obama Administration's decision is «punishing schools and educators» because the state will now have to fall back on No Child's Adequate Yearly Progress accountability provision, as well as the aspirational provision that states must ensure that all kids are proficient in reading, math, and science.

NEA's poll also indicated concern with how these new assessments will be used in accountability — and 81 percent of their respondents favor a moratorium or grace period on accountability provisions, with the most popular duration being two to five years.

The move to ditch AYP and the underlying goal of forcing states and districts to take responsibility for how they educate poor and minority kids, the administration weakens the decade of strong reform efforts which the law's accountability provisions helped usher — including the very initiatives Obama and Duncan have pushed under their watch.

Assembly Approves Bill to Close LLC Loophole in State Law to Help Establish a Level Playing Field in Elections Legislation to Hold Limited Liability Corporations to Same Accountability Provisions and Campaign Contribution Limits as Corporations

Accountability provisions such as these are likely to be muted under the new NCLB waivers, which stipulate that states must focus their improvement efforts on the lowest - performing 15 % of schools, but de-emphasize performance of student sub-groups in every school.

So the new law is a rejection of federal accountability provisions as being too strict, and a rebuke to the US secretary for intruding into state matters.

Our basic insight is that the test - based accountability provisions that are the defining characteristic of NCLB did not come from nowhere, but rather were modeled quite closely on reforms adopted by many states in the 1990s.

This paper, written in collaboration with the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), provides a deep and nuanced examination of how states might respond to the student success or school quality indicator accountability provision (i.e., the so - called «5th indicator») under the Every Stude

Acknowledged by many for its inflexible accountability provisions, and the inadequacy of financial resources necessary to fully carry it out, NCLB has been up for reauthorization since 2007.

on whether the U.S. Department of Education will waive NCLB accountability provisions regarding assessments and adequate yearly progress for areas impacted by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita (Sep 29).

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...

When lawmakers enacted the Opportunity Scholarships program back in 2013 to allow children from low - income families the chance to use public dollars at private schools, they included accountability provisions in the law that fail to let the public know if these privately - operated schools are better — or worse — options than public schools.

But what some voucher - doubters might not know is that the newest and biggest voucher programs — those in Louisiana and Indiana — now have significant accountability provisions that are arguably even stronger than those found in many state charter programs.

Both of these studies suggest that NCLB - style accountability provisions may increase student achievement and also demonstrate how state - level NAEP data can be used to evaluate accountability systems.

School choice supporters are split over the program's strict accountability provisions, however, which some say represent over-regulation by the state but which others claim are on par with the expectations for traditional public and charter schools.

There is an odd tension running through many of NCLB's accountability provisions between creating serious consequences that hold educators and schools accountable and the law's goal of improving student achievement.

In a statement that year, the organization reiterated its commitment to accountability: «Strong accountability measures have been at the forefront of the Federation's efforts in recent years, and the organization today reinforced its continued belief in the necessity to include reasonable administrative, financial, and academic accountability provisions in every school choice program.»

Joshua Starr, its superintendent, has been trying to make a national name for himself as an opponent of high - stakes tests tied to school - and teacher - level accountability provisions.

• What accountability provisions are reasonable?

But in the mid-2000's they started to rise, and they really took off after NCLB's accountability provisions took effect in 2006.

An early draft of a Senate committee's sweeping rewrite of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act rolls back major accountability provisions of the law's current form, known as No Child Left Behind.

After robust legislative debates, Connecticut law now includes many smart accountability provisions.

Such reliance remains even though the Obama administration has granted waivers to 43 states as well as the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico from many NCLB's mandates, including the law's central accountability provision.

And beyond the school and district accountability provisions spawned by No Child Left Behind and its kin, many states have upped the ante to incorporate teachers» contributions to their students» test performance into teacher evaluation systems, and these value - added measures require testing large numbers of students.

Rich's report (as well as the views of politicians and others cited in the piece) has garnered much - deserved criticism from Anne Hyslop of Bellwether Education for offering a misleading perspective on how No Child's accountability provisions actually work in practice.

: A major fear among reformers is that the ascent of John Kline to the chairmanship of the House Education and Labor Committee will lead to the gutting of the Adequate Yearly Progress and other accountability provisions within the No Child Left Behind Act.

The bill, supported by State Superintendent Tony Evers, expands accountability provisions for voucher schools and makes technical changes.

Coalition letter from more than 50 organizations to Congress conveying strong support for the continued implementation and enforcement of important Education Department accountability provisions designed to protect students and taxpayers from unmanageable student debt and waste, fraud, and abuse in higher education.

The House's Republican - only bill has even worse accountability provisions that water down testing requirements and allow parents to opt their children out of tests.

The passage of the ESSA includes important accountability provisions that advance the principle that student success and school quality are measured by more than just academic test scores.

More importantly, in arguing that No Child's accountability provisions wrongly label schools, Duncan fails to acknowledge that American public education today is poorly serving all of its students regardless of who they are or where they live.