Sentences with phrase «accountability work with states»

In this role, she leads our accountability work with states, supporting them in developing and implementing next - generation accountability systems.

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«Today's agreement by the State of Qatar is a strong first step in a process for commercial transparency and accountability, and we remain committed to working with the administration to address the harmful trade violations by the United Arab Emirates as well,» Delta CEO Ed Bastian said in a statement.

«For proper accountability, especially as we work with the administration on implementing the new law governing elementary and secondary education, it is important to have in charge of the department a member of the president's cabinet confirmed by the United States Senate.»

Additionally, Mr. Stein worked with the United States General Accounting Office (currently known as the Government Accountability Office) for almost 11 years at the beginning of his working career.

As he outlined in his State of the County Address, Dutchess County Executive Marcus J. Molinaro formed the Fiscal Accountability and Strategy Team (FAST) to work with fiscal staff in county departments to find cost savings and efficiencies in county government within the limited resources available.

She was national director of Washington, D.C. - based Sunlight Foundation, a non-partisan organization working for «transparency and accountability» in federal, state and local governments with a focus on documenting how money is perverting democracy.

«We're going to keep a bull's - eye on government corruption,» DiNapoli said in his victory speech, «and work with Attorney General Schneiderman and prosecutors across the state to hold those who do wrong accountable and restore accountability to and integrity to the public process.»

His work in the Review of Economics and Statistics analyzes the budgetary impact of education aid, and his recent paper (with Scott Imberman and Adam Perdue) analyzes how state accountability standards have influenced education budgets.

«This accountability system works,» the Republican said during his Jan. 13 State of the State Address, arguing that Colorado has the best learning environment in the nation, with 114 schools rated «excellent» or «high» under its own accountability system since the 2001 - 02 school year.

How will we know whether places with lots of school choice are producing higher achievement than those without, or which of the state - specific accountability regimes likely to follow ESEA reauthorization are working best?

While working in schools in the United States and abroad, with few or abundant financial resources, with little or significant accountability, I puzzled over these same questions: How can educators support the literacy development of students, particularly those who tend to struggle in their school contexts?

When Chester took up his role as commission of elementary and secondary education in 2008, he may have seemed like somewhat of an «outsider» in Massachusetts, coming from Ohio, with an impressive track record, where he worked as senior associate state superintendent for the Department of Education and oversaw standards, assessments, accountability, policy development, and strategic planning for the state.

Moreover, although I agree that additional accountability measures are needed, continued involvement of the state courts, working in concert with the executive and legislative branches in a new, functional separation - of - powers mode, is essential for holding all parties accountable and for attaining the nation's education goals.

Since leaving public service, Dr. Hovanetz has worked with a number of states on their accountability systems, and has established herself as one of the nation's leading experts on school rating systems.

You've worked with a number of states designing their accountability systems.

The reason we've done a lot of work with states in developing their accountability systems is to be sure there's a transparent way to report information that people understand and can use to improve student outcomes.

States must also meet several other conditions, including: 1) working with the public schools to define the academic and social skills that five - year - olds must possess in order to succeed in kindergarten; 2) developing preschool activities and materials that help poor children acquire these skills; 3) outlining an accountability program for determining whether four - year - olds are learning these skills; 4) maintaining state spending on preschool programs; and 5) continuing to provide comprehensive services.

Hickok: The whole purpose of the peer review process is to talk to, listen to, and work with states as they make whatever changes need to be made to align their accountability systems with AYP under the new law.

Those who follow federal education policy or work on education at the state level are well aware of a few big changes wrought by the Trump team (with some help from Congress) in its first hundred days, including wiping out the late Obama ESSA accountability regs and easing off on bathroom access rules.

Wiggins» blueprint for state assessment would provide students with timely and useful feedback on how to improve their work, something the author believes current statewide accountability systems fail to do.

The Council of Chief State School Officers has worked with several partners over the past few years on recommendations for those CCR measures best suited for state accountability sysState School Officers has worked with several partners over the past few years on recommendations for those CCR measures best suited for state accountability sysstate accountability systems.

The federal agency could allow the state to simply implement the law and use comparable test results for accountability purposes, or the state agency could work with federal officials to use ESSA's pilot testing provision.

Ms. Boast contributed to the National Association of Charter School Authorizer's Core Performance Framework and Guidance and has worked directly with authorizers in over 14 states on performance monitoring and accountability.

Only 24 percent believe it «absolutely essential» to produce «teachers who understand how to work with the state's standards, tests and accountability systems»;

But states find it difficult to gain consensus on a coherent set of substantial and ambitious academic standards, to align their tests with those standards, and to get strong accountability systems working.

Her work for the federal government in overseeing state accountability plans will help California as it deals with requirements of the Every Student Succeeds Act, the proposed successor to No Child Left Behind, Cohn said.

District is working with the state to align assessment and accountability policies with new priorities.

The state agency charged with overseeing school improvement under California's new accountability system has chosen four top administrators, putting it in a position to move ahead next year with its work.

Brian has been involved with creating policies, models, and criteria for promoting validity, reliability, and credibility in both assessments and accountability systems through work with groups such as the U.S. Department of Education (co-author of Accountability Peer Review guidance; Growth Model Pilot guidance), Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO)(author of documents on the design of accountability systems and balanced assessment systems), National Center for Educational Outcomes (NCEO)(author of research reports on standardization and reliability for assessment systems for students with disabilities), and several state Technical Advisoaccountability systems through work with groups such as the U.S. Department of Education (co-author of Accountability Peer Review guidance; Growth Model Pilot guidance), Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO)(author of documents on the design of accountability systems and balanced assessment systems), National Center for Educational Outcomes (NCEO)(author of research reports on standardization and reliability for assessment systems for students with disabilities), and several state Technical AdvisoAccountability Peer Review guidance; Growth Model Pilot guidance), Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO)(author of documents on the design of accountability systems and balanced assessment systems), National Center for Educational Outcomes (NCEO)(author of research reports on standardization and reliability for assessment systems for students with disabilities), and several state Technical Advisory CommitState School Officers (CCSSO)(author of documents on the design of accountability systems and balanced assessment systems), National Center for Educational Outcomes (NCEO)(author of research reports on standardization and reliability for assessment systems for students with disabilities), and several state Technical Advisoaccountability systems and balanced assessment systems), National Center for Educational Outcomes (NCEO)(author of research reports on standardization and reliability for assessment systems for students with disabilities), and several state Technical Advisory Commitstate Technical Advisory Committees.

Since joining the Center in July 2012, she has worked with several states to articulate coherent, defensible theories of action aligned to state goals and policy initiatives, and has developed user - friendly resources that support the evaluation and refinement of educator evaluation and school accountability systems.

The Center is pleased to support an annual summer internship program advanced doctoral students in educational measurement and / or assessment / accountability policy who want the opportunity to work with the Center's professionals on projects with direct implications for state and national educational policy.

Ensuring accountability by guaranteeing that when students fall behind, states redirect resources into what works to help them and their schools improve, with a particular focus on the very lowest performing schools, high schools with high dropout rates, and schools with achievement gaps.

«Some people wondered if states were going to use this as an opportunity to raise the bar or use this as an opening to game the system,» said Scott Palmer, the managing partner at Education Counsel, in Washington, which has worked with a number of states on education accountability plans.

Many of Florida's top public schools — even its A-rated ones — need to work harder with students struggling to keep up with state standards, according to results from the latest school - accountability system.

With this ambitious accountability plan in place, the Committee looks forward to working with community and business leaders all across Kentucky, as well as policymakers, as we've done for 35 years, to garner the commitment and resources needed to take the next giant leap in education excellence — from the middle to the top tier of all states in this generatWith this ambitious accountability plan in place, the Committee looks forward to working with community and business leaders all across Kentucky, as well as policymakers, as we've done for 35 years, to garner the commitment and resources needed to take the next giant leap in education excellence — from the middle to the top tier of all states in this generatwith community and business leaders all across Kentucky, as well as policymakers, as we've done for 35 years, to garner the commitment and resources needed to take the next giant leap in education excellence — from the middle to the top tier of all states in this generation.

Since the beginning of KDE's work on the accountability framework, the Committee has pushed hard with its coalition partners, KY Chamber of Commerce, the state NAACP, the Louisville Urban League and Teach for America — Appalachia for an understandable system with clear, ambitious goals for student achievement.

Even if a state ultimately wins a waiver — a decision that rests with Secretary Duncan — the proposals reveal how much more work states have to do to fully usher in this new era of accountability.

CCSA's Accountability Framework CCSA developed its Accountability Framework in 2009, working closely with technical experts and CCSA's Member Council, comprised of charter public school leaders from every region of the state.

Although standards and accountability advocates have succeeded in getting states to at least create a process for developing standards, the lack of work on overhauling how states select textbooks (which is often both corrupt and incompetent) has resulted in shoddy materials that rarely align with standards and thus fails to help students learn.

«I grew up hoping to become an elementary teacher, and through AmeriCorps, I was in a first - grade classroom for two years,» says Jennifer Esswein who served with AmeriCorps for Literacy and Math through the Ohio State University in the late 1990s and now works in school improvement and accountability.

It will be essential for state leaders to work with local stakeholder groups to define student success and to then design comprehensive and thoughtful accountability systems to help meet that goal.

The omission concerned State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Evers, who for the past year has worked with Gov. Scott Walker on three bipartisan task forces addressing literacy, teacher effectiveness and school accountability.

As Executive Director, Chris leads CCSSO's work with states to raise the bar on standards, assessments, and accountability, transform educator preparation programs, design new approaches to teaching and learning, and implement and sustain promising reforms across the country.

While it can take time and some resources, having a system of checks and balances in school districts and at the state level for state testing are critical to having a system of assessment and accountability that will build public trust and provide policy makers with guidance for what works.

She works with the Collaboration for Effective Educator Development, Accountability, and Reform (CEEDAR) Center to coordinate intensive technical assistance activities that promote aligned professional learning systems across the teacher and leader career continuum in various states.

TXCC will work with TEA to support this project by collaboratively developing information on the range of state models of assessment and accountability systems, facilitating presentations to commission members by experts on key topics related to its work.

Beginning in the 2018 - 2019 school year, states will use their accountability system to differentiate among schools annually, identify schools that need additional support and work closely with district leaders to determine how they can best deliver that support.

We work primarily with state and district assessment and accountability leaders and also with policy makers at all levels such as state chiefs, board members, and legislators.

The renewals will allow states to continue their work implementing accountability systems that target the lowest - performing schools and schools with the biggest achievement gaps and implementing teacher and principal evaluation and support systems.

The Center currently supports two - thirds (33) of all states as well as working with several large school districts and other non-profit organizations committed to better assessment and accountability.