Sentences with phrase «alternative measure of progress»

Other versions of this concept include the tiny Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan's championing of Gross National Happiness as an alternative measure of progress, and the New Economics Foundation's Happy Planet Index, which measures both overall human happiness and ecological sustainability.

Not exact matches

«Accordingly, policymakers and citizens alike would benefit from having an alternative, or at least complementary, bottom - line metric that measures the level and rate of improvement in shared socioeconomic progress.»

Washington — Charging that an emphasis on multiple - choice tests could «undermine many of the educational reforms which the governors and President Bush wish to achieve,» a coalition of three dozen education and civil - rights groups last week urged those leaders to use alternative forms of assessment to measure progress toward national goals.

An alternative way of defining and measuring success at school would be in terms of the progress or growth that students make over the course of a year, regardless of their starting point.

The alternative is to measure success in terms of the progress individuals make in their learning, regardless of their starting points.

pathway assessments shall measure student progress on the State learning standards for their respective content area (s) at a level of rigor equivalent to a Regents examination or alternative assessment approved pursuant to subdivision (f) of this section;

The primary purposes of both AYP requirements under the ESEA statute and alternative state performance measures in waiver states are to determine whether schools are making sufficient progress and to select low - performing schools for interventions or especially high - performing schools for rewards.

(c) Beginning with teacher evaluations for the 2015 - 2016 school year, if a teacher's schedule is comprised of grade levels, courses, or subjects for which the value - added progress dimension prescribed by section 3302.021 of the Revised Code or an alternative student academic progress measure if adopted under division (C)(1)(e) of section 3302.03 of the Revised Code does not apply, nor is student progress determinable using the assessments required by division (B)(2) of this section, the teacher's student academic growth factor shall be determined using a method of attributing student growth determined in accordance with guidance issued by the department of education.

Identifies measures of student academic growth for grade levels and subjects for which the value - added progress dimension prescribed by section 3302.021 of the Revised Code or an alternative student academic progress measure if adopted under division (C)(1)(e) of section 3302.03 of the Revised Code does not apply;

A Department for Education spokesperson said exclusions could only be issued on disciplinary grounds and that it was introducing stronger measures to ensure mainstream schools continue to be accountable for the progress of pupils they place in alternative provision.

We are being told that our evaluation system will require our full comprehension and maintenance of: measures of teacher practice observation option selection forms, evaluator forms, consistent update of class lists / rosters, observation options A, B, C, D, the Matrix, and MOSL options (project based learning assessments, student learning inventories, performance based assessments, and progress monitoring assessments), not to mention how this plays out for what people teach (elementary / middle / high school, alternative assessment, English as a New Language, content areas, etc).

Other measures of reading proficiency that are already in place in North Carolina classrooms and were submitted as alternative assessments to meet the Read to Achieve requirements include the Discovery Education Reading / Language arts assessment, Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) assessments, and ClassScape, among manymeasures of reading proficiency that are already in place in North Carolina classrooms and were submitted as alternative assessments to meet the Read to Achieve requirements include the Discovery Education Reading / Language arts assessment, Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) assessments, and ClassScape, among manyMeasures of Academic Progress (MAP) assessments, and ClassScape, among many others.