Sentences with phrase «assessment in his school improvement efforts»

When Terry Grier joined San Diego USD as superintendent, he brought with him a desire to use value - added assessment in his school improvement efforts.

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And, because standards and assessments are the backbone of pretty much everything else in K - 12 schooling, that could tear down all manner of promising efforts on teacher quality, school improvement, and the rest.

The report examines progress in the performance of students in high - poverty schools, the development of state standards and assessment systems, accountability systems and school improvement efforts, the targeting of Title I funds, Title I services at the school level, support for family involvement, services for students in private schools, and services provided under the Even Start, Migrant Education, and Neglected and Delinquent programs.

We hope the assessments will provide support in two ways — first, by generating data related to your school's readiness to undertake an improvement effort, and second, by guiding your use of the resources and information provided in this book.

With the development of the Next Generation Science Standards and the roll out of the two consortia's CCSS assessments, coming reforms in education will again highlight the role of non-legislative state actors and the need to apply methods like ours for understanding states» efforts towards school improvement.

In her past and present roles she has been successful at developing strategic school - wide plans related to school improvement, assessment transformation, expansion of curriculum and turnaround school efforts.