Sentences with phrase «accountability schemes»

In the end, perhaps the instability of earlier accountability schemes will help to keep this one in place.

A good test or accountability scheme encourages good instructional practice.

First, the administration will need to decide how to enforce states» compliance with the Every Student Succeeds Act, the successor to No Child Left Behind that defines states» school accountability schemes going forward.

This information can fill the need cited by many of the most vociferous critics of accountability schemes in education, who have railed against reliance on students» academic test performance as the sole criterion for judging school quality.

Moreover, others have taken the list and the available evidence as the basis for framing how the existing but imperfect accountability schemes could be modified in order to improve on the first generation of plans.

Other states have weaker accountability schemes.

Instead of arguing whether charter schools should be included in No Child Left Behind, a more fruitful question is how to ensure that state accountability schemes allow enough flexibility for boutique programs within the public system while not opening up loopholes that low - quality schools can slip through.

Past federal policies, including No Child Left Behind and Race to the Top, pushed corporate - styled, top - down reforms such as high - stakes testing and draconian accountability schemes.

Government accountability schemes further crowd out private certifiers.

Post-AYP accountability schemes such as A-to-F grading used in Florida and other states are obscuring what is actually happening for our kids.

Standardized testing and «teacher accountability schemes» are due for some harsh criticism also.

Proponents of school choice, charter schools and test - based accountability schemes point to Hartford as a national model for change.

Wrongly, many people believe that excessive testing, narrowed curriculum, and wayward accountability schemes are the fault of federal policy.

Sen. Bill Montford, Executive Director of FADSS, and former Leon County Superintendent, has repeatedly warned his Senate colleagues, Commissioner Stewart and the BOE that the public credibility of the A-F School Accountability scheme is damaged beyond repair.

It is sheer folly, for instance, to expect school districts to vigorously implement an accountability scheme that disrupts their school assignment procedures, drains money from their coffers, and threatens their administrative autonomy.

Accompanying those standards are statewide assessments, followed by complicated reporting and accountability schemes.

State - level standards, assessments, and accountability schemes are not up to the challenges facing a modern post-industrial nation in an age of globalized competition, yet we have no sure mechanism for pushing this responsibility to the national level.

The first — and perhaps only — litmus test for any accountability scheme is, «Does this encourage the classroom practices we seek?»

Just about every «education reform» policy legislators have imposed on our children and teachers through Florida's A-F Accountability scheme is on the table.

Or who decides what the right mix of academic and non-academic factors is in school accountability schemes?

A Florida Senate education committee seems open to big changes in the state's testing and accountability scheme.

Two testing bills are central to Florida's downward spiral defense of its crumbling A-F School Accountability scheme.