Sentences with phrase «accountable for graduation»

States also made significant adjustments to their accountability models, including ensuring high schools are held accountable for graduation rates, bolstering subgroup accountability, and strengthening the criteria schools and districts must meet before they are no longer deemed low - performing.

It's an open question whether we'll make the equivalent policy adjustments in higher education as we did in K - 12: will someone create a «GED for college» or will we start holding colleges accountable for their graduation rates to boost education attainment?

Not exact matches

Senate Republicans plan to cover a range of issues with mayoral control, includnig student performance, graduation rates, and «the effectiveness of having a single person accountable for the public school system as compared to the previous community board system.»

Senate Republicans plan to cover a range of issues with mayoral control, including student performance, graduation rates, and «the effectiveness of having a single person accountable for the public school system as compared to the previous community board system.»

For a decade now, federal policy has required states to measure graduation rates uniformly, to set ambitious goals for raising those rates, and to hold high schools accountable for meeting such goaFor a decade now, federal policy has required states to measure graduation rates uniformly, to set ambitious goals for raising those rates, and to hold high schools accountable for meeting such goafor raising those rates, and to hold high schools accountable for meeting such goafor meeting such goals.

First, graduation decisions are mostly left up to the schools and districts that are supposedly accountable for them.

According to the piece, states will now be accountable for: • Tracking the performance of public and charter schools • Track data that allows for comparison of student subgroups • Promote increased academic performance and graduation rates

For the first time, this sweeping federal legislation requires states to hold their public high schools accountable for both achievement - test scores and graduation ratFor the first time, this sweeping federal legislation requires states to hold their public high schools accountable for both achievement - test scores and graduation ratfor both achievement - test scores and graduation rates.

Specifically, the report recommends giving graduation rates the weight they deserve in ESSA so that schools and districts are held accountable for graduating underserved students.

It looks like a very rational but dishonest response to accountability systems that are now holding schools and districts accountable for increasing their high school graduation rates.»

Under ESSA, states must hold schools accountable for student performance in English language arts, or ELA, and mathematics; a second academic indicator, such as growth in ELA and mathematics; progress in achieving English language proficiency; high school graduation rates, if applicable; and at least one measure of school quality or student success.

Accountability: nine states now hold high schools accountable for the college readiness of their graduates and offer incentives for improving college - ready graduation rates, while eight more are planning to do so.

ESSA legislation puts additional pressure on schools and districts to be accountable for raising graduation rates for students across subpopulations.

This should involve increased efforts to support more students with disabilities in general education settings, the maintenance of high expectations for students and clear mechanisms to hold district and school leaders accountable for the performance and graduation of students with disabilities.

But the DOJ could hold Starkville accountable for student achievement gaps — on test scores, for example, or graduation rates — if it wanted to.