Not exact matches
Public education in New York and
around the country is undergoing tremendous
change as parents and citizens demand more performance,
accountability and results.
These national ERAOs and their counterparts at the state level are focused on enacting sweeping education policy
changes to increase
accountability for student achievement, improve teacher quality, turn
around failing schools, and expand school choice.
Chris Cerf argued for the critical role of big system
changes around things like
accountability, standards, and teacher evaluation.
In an effort to address concerns on
accountability, the UNCF, National Urban League and Education Post recently released a report Building Better Narratives in Black Education focusing on better engaging communities
around K - 12 education and driving substantive policy
changes.
Part of the political problem
around accountability is that it sometimes feels to educators and the community that the message from the state or from the federal government is, «We're going to use this
accountability system to tell you you're bad or that your school is inadequate, and tell you that you're a D or an F.» And somehow knowing that is going to be so motivating that outcomes are going to
change.
Education's focus across the globe is rapidly
changing from stressing test - based
accountability around math and English skills to an emphasis on developing mindsets that create productive, engaged citizens.
It never mattered which standards, which tests, which label, or which
accountability system we used, the same schools keep coming back on the list — if they ever leave it (which was usually when we
changed accounting or moved kids
around).
Participating states (Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan, New Hampshire, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, and Vermont) committed to policy and implementation
changes around graduation requirements, assessments, and
accountability.
A January 2017 report by the Transformational Task Force discussed the need for a culture
change, including public expectations
around «police
accountability, bias, systemic and individual racism, and discrimination.»