Not exact matches
The CORE is a consortium of nine California
school districts that implemented a
pilot to create a comprehensive accountability system by assessing
school performance through a variety of measures that go beyond academic
achievement tests.
Bryan authored a much - discussed draft of legislation last year that would have funneled five of the state's lowest - performing elementary
schools into the state - controlled
achievement districts as a
pilot program, although the notion did not gain any significant traction during the General Assembly's long budget debates last summer.
Melrose Elementary teachers and its principal, Bernadette Lucas, took part in Los Angeles Unified
School District's
pilot teacher evaluation program, which factored in student
achievement to determine teacher effectiveness.
Through evidence - based approaches
piloted and now implemented in 30 major
districts throughout the country, TDS has played a lead role in helping
schools and
districts mobilize existing staff and support organizations in ways that are proven to make considerable differences in attendance, climate and overall academic
achievement.
It would start small, with a
pilot Achievement District plan that would force five of North Carolina's most persistently low - performing elementary
schools to close or be taken over by charter operators.
Evaluation of year one of the
Achievement Challenge
Pilot Project in the Little Rock Public
School District (Department of Education Reform Working Paper).