Sentences with phrase «accountability system for»

CPE's Dual Credit Advisory Council will continue to oversee the implementation of the policy and will create an accountability system for monitoring the progress of dual credit programming.

The Board of Education accepts content - based high school end - of - course tests administered as a part of another state's accountability system for the purpose of awarding verified credit to students who transfer to Virginia public schools.

In this section, we assess the benefits and drawbacks of both programs on two key differences, and make recommendations as to how elements of both accountability structures can be fused to make a more just accountability system for the future.

Even before it came out that former state superintendent Tony Bennett's staff tinkered with the metrics used to calculate the 2011 - 12 letter grades, state lawmakers had flagged the fledgling accountability system for a review.

State lawmakers had already flagged the accountability system for a rewrite when it came out that former state superintendent Tony Bennett instructed his staff to tinker with the metrics used to calculate school grades.

But the state accountability system for high schools is different, awarding bonus points for offering AP classes or boosting the graduation rate.

Florida: Approximately 20 years ago, Florida developed a test - based, easy - to - understand data and accountability system for its schools.

Malika Anderson is the Chief Portfolio Officer of the Achievement School District (ASD), where she leads the authorization and start - up support of charter school operators and the assessment and accountability system for all ASD schools.

This policy enhancement could effectuate (a) a broader accountability system for both academic performance and social - emotional development, and (b) a greater system of care for child mental health with schools as the focal point.

Gov. Malloy is proposing a new municipal accountability system for cities and towns facing severe fiscal difficulties.

Allows high schools to earn additional points in its accountability system for preparing students to be college and career ready, including students performing well in CTE courses, passing college - level courses, earning an industry credential and / or completing a work - based learning internship, among others.

Taking Stock: Assessing and Improving Early Childhood Learning and Program Quality provides recommendations from the National Early Childhood Accountability Task Force convened to address a comprehensive vision for a state accountability system for early education programs for prekindergarten children and for linking such efforts to standards - based assessment efforts in kindergarten and the primary grades.

Allows elementary and middle schools to earn additional points in its accountability system for accelerating student achievement, including increasing student performance in math, decreasing the number of minimally proficient students, improving the performance of certain student subgroups and / or using an inclusion model for special education.

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) announced last month that he is joining forces with the state's education chief to create a new accountability system for the state's schools.

Work included consulting sessions on essential elements of the educator evaluation systems and on establishing an accountability system for educator preparation programs.

4) Ohio: A major charter school reform bill has stalled for lack of Senate support, despite widespread criticism of Ohio's weak accountability system for charter schools.

«Sen. Peggy Lehner, R - Kettering, who has been the Senate's point person on crafting charter - school reforms, said -LRB-...) that one issue was not on the list — a behind - the - scenes push by the statewide online school Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow (ECOT) to change the accountability system for charter schools from the current value - added model to a California - based system.

Texas policymakers» desire to raise standards for teacher preparation programs and to find new and improved ways to train better teachers resulted in legislation (S.B. 174) in 2009 that amended the Texas Education Code as well as Chapter 229 of the Texas Administrative Code to create the Accountability System for Educator Preparation (ASEP).

A system that boldly rewards excellence with transparency and accounts for value added is the best accountability system for SC schools.

We support a strong accountability system for all public schools and applaud CPS for taking steps toward including multiple indicators, such as student growth, in determining school quality.

She says the fact that lawmakers didn't act on the A-F grading system plan is a «positive,» because now MDE can move to develop an accountability system for schools that goes beyond test scores.

And, while we do not support a complete waiver from the state's accountability system for this school year, we do encourage a state effort to recognize and make an accommodation in the academic accountability system for those schools and students impacted by Harvey.

She currently supports the Texas Comprehensive Center's work on Texas» Accountability System for Educator Preparation and is the data collection and instrument development task lead for a randomized control trial examining the impact of National Board Certified Teachers on student outcomes.

Gardner provided leadership for statewide initiatives such as Texas» higher education planClosing the Gaps by 2015, the college and university electronic library resource sharing consortium, the Texas Accountability System for Higher Education, and the Texas Public Education Information Resource, which includes information on all students enrolled in Texas public schools, as well as public and private higher education institutions in Texas.

To help eliminate confusion among stakeholders and to improve credibility of the Utah public school system, the Utah State Board of Education approved a resolution calling for a single, coherent student achievement accountability system for Utah.

Among other actions, Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation Wednesday that will remake the state's accountability system for public schools by reducing the role of standardized testing and incorporate new college - and career - readiness measurements.

Not mentioned is the problem that currently available metrics, both test and non-test, are not yet ready to implement an ambitious multiple measures accountability system for California that features both single year status data and multiple year change data for all indicators.

With the spread of academies, free schools and others outside of the local authority's control, the society said the accountability system for schools in England was «broken and in need of urgent review».

In the end, the current accountability system for Priority schools is fair.

Under ESSA, in its recent draft proposal, New Jersey has included chronic absenteeism as a benchmark for its accountability system for measuring school quality, climate and safety.

Officials at teacher preparation programs say they are eager for guidance, and they point to flaws in the state's current accountability system for teaching programs, which looks at factors like admissions requirements and class offerings before approving programs.

Gov. Scott Walker and Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Evers have invited legislative, education and business leaders to join them on a task force that will design a new school accountability system for Wisconsin.

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Evers said the state could employ the «value - added» method developed at UW - Madison to measure student growth on a new state test as part of a new state accountability system for schools.

Michigan also created an A-F accountability system for Detroit, where schools receiving an F for three years must be closed.

«Don't,» says Brownsburg Superintendent Jim Snapp, a member of the A-F panel tasked with revising the state's accountability system for schools, «let the State Board make major changes to a program we have spent significant time developing.»

Shedd recommended the board consider creating a similar accountability system for adjunct teacher training programs.

These are important conversations we need to start having now so that — as we did with teacher evaluations — we can build a strong, student — focused accountability system for districts that is informed by input from many stakeholders.

«I am pleased to hear that the Assembly is looking forward to discussing a comprehensive accountability system for Wisconsin,» Farrow said.

In its approval notice, the department «highlighted several aspects of Arizona's state plan, including the ability of elementary and middle schools to earn additional points in its accountability system for accelerating student achievement.»

TEA also announced its intent to seek a federal waiver to exclude second - year English Learners from the state accountability system for 2018.

This bill would not only destroy the current state accountability system for schools and districts but also gut the new teacher evaluation system, which is tied to assessment systems.

At the heart of the plan is a new accountability system for schools and districts that focuses efforts on closing the achievement gap and ensuring each student is successful and ready for the next step.»

Evers calls the purpose of the design team «an exciting opportunity to establish a fair and accurate accountability system for Wisconsin schools.»

Pope - Roberts says her primary concern about developing a new accountability system for schools is whether there is also a commitment to providing adequate resources for education.

For example, Texas is still in the early stages of establishing an accountability system for higher education.

The Committee has been an active participant with the Kentucky Department of Education and other stakeholders in creating a new accountability system for the state that sets ambitious goals for student learning, educates and empowers parents with information about schools, and provides state and local education leaders and policymakers with data to help make more informed decisions to improve opportunities for each student.

Fordham even implicitly shows how its testing approach will eventually impact non-voucher private school students: «[i] f a private school's voucher students perform in the two lowest categories of a state's accountability system for two consecutive years, then that school should be declared ineligible to receive new voucher students until it moves to a higher tier of performance (emphasis added).»

The State Board of Education last week unanimously approved a new accountability system for schools, replacing the Academic Performance Index, which assigned a single number to schools that was largely based on standardized test scores.

It is part of the California Dashboard, the state's new accountability system for schools, and is slated to be included in the state's accountability system under the Every Student Succeeds Act, which is being developed by state officials.

On the importance of government, for example, Brian Eschbacher, executive director of Planning and Enrollment Services in Denver Public Schools, described policies and systems in Denver that help make choice work better in the real world: a streamlined enrollment system to make choosing easier for families, more flexible transportation options for families, a common performance framework and accountability system for traditional and charter schools to ensure all areas of a city have quality schools, and a system that gives parents the information they need to choose schools confidently.