Sentences with phrase «additional evaluation measures»

Accountability measures for «alternative» charter schools need to be carefully worked out as part of their authorization contracts, with additional evaluation measures clearly laid out to go along with traditional performance indicators, according to a new report from the National Association of Charter School Authorizers.

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If the Nominating & Governance Committee determines that an additional or replacement director is necessary or advisable, the Nominating & Governance Committee may take such measures that it considers appropriate in connection with its evaluation of a potential director candidate, including interviewing the candidate, engaging an outside firm to gather additional information and making inquiries of persons with knowledge of the candidate's qualifications and character.

And it could have helped avoid widespread conflict about the precise weighting of student growth in teacher evaluation systems and the adoption of additional tests to measure student performance.

As a general rule, as I explained in another CKN brief, it is often a waste of resources to collect multiple measures of the same performance construct, except to the extent that additional measures improve validity and reliability when used in combination with other measures or that additional measures are used in part for formative teacher evaluation.

Even if the additional measures do not factor officially into evaluations, they can be compared with FFL scores as a check on whether supervisors are being too lenient in assigning ratings in the FFL.

No state bases more than 50 percent of a teacher's evaluation on student performance scores (see the infographic on p. 4), and many incorporate multiple additional measures, such as classroom observations, student writing and artwork, teacher lesson plans, peer review, student reflections and feedback, and participation in professional development (Shakman et al., 2012).

«The Index will place additional emphasis on academic growth, evaluation of school climate through a robust chronic absenteeism measure, attention to both four - year and extended - year graduation rates, and assessments of postsecondary readiness.»

In addition, «27 states [now] require annual evaluations for all teachers, compared to just 15 states in 2009;» «17 states include student growth as the preponderant criterion in teacher evaluations, up from only four states in 2009... An additional 18 states include growth measures as a «significant» criterion in teacher evaluations;» «23 states require that evidence of teacher performance be used in tenure decisions [whereas no] state had such a policy in 2009;» «19 states require that teacher performance is considered in reduction in force decisions;» and the «majority of states (28) now articulate that ineffectiveness is grounds for teacher dismissal» (p. 6).

Political challenges and other education priorities have also led to slower progress toward implementing additional evaluation policies, particularly the use of student growth measures based on state assessments in evaluating teachers.59 60 States have responded to public backlash by decreasing the weighting of value - added scores or other student growth measures in teacher evaluation ratings.

Olympia, WA: Washington Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction., similar to Massachusetts, will use set - aside funds and additional Title II, Part A dollars to develop, improve, or provide assistance to support the design and implementation of teacher and principal evaluation and support systems that are based on multiple measures of educator performance.

Ever an example of true humility, Fama gives tremendous credit to his predecessors and his contemporaries such as Michael Jensen who pioneered the technique of performance evaluation (measuring additional return after accounting for risk exposure) that is still used today.

Criteria Description Fish Toxicity Measure of the acute toxicity to fish (both saltwater and freshwater) Daphnia Toxicity Measure of the acute toxicity to Daphnia (invertebrate aquatic organisms) Algae Toxicity Measure of the acute toxicity to aquatic plants Persistence / Biodegradation Rate of degradation for a substance in the environment (air, soil, or water) Bioaccumulation Potential for a substance to accumulate in fatty tissue and magnify up the food chain Climatic relevance Measure of the impact a substance has on the climate (e.g., ozone depletion, global warming, etc.) Other Any additional characteristic (e.g., soil organism toxicity, WGK water classification, etc.) relevant to the overall evaluation but not included in the previous criteria 1.3.3 Material Class Criteria The following material classes are flagged due to the concern that at some point in their life cycle they may have negative impacts on human and environmental health.

Automating guidelines and scoring of screening measures, providing decision support that is integrated into electronic health records, and providing patients with opportunities for greater participation in their health care via portals into their electronic medical record have already shown promise.66, 67 Paper - and - pencil screening methods will need to be transformed into Web - based versions, smartphone apps, and waiting room tablets to successfully harness available technology.65, 68 These changes will be critical areas needing further evaluation to determine best practices.69 Additional system challenges that will need to be addressed are included in Appendix 2.