Sentences with phrase «chief accountability measures»

The 2003 - 04 school year saw the first widespread implementation of the new federal education law's chief accountability measures.

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The Council of Chief State School Officers has worked with several partners over the past few years on recommendations for those CCR measures best suited for state accountability systems.

In Michigan, for instance, the new chief state school officer recently replaced the test - focused accountability system with a new grading system that relies on a broader set of measures of school quality, including family involvement, the quality of professional development, attendance, and dropout rates, among others.

In a recent op - ed for The Washington Post, New Mexico state chief Hanna Skandera and Tennessee state chief Kevin Huffman said teachers unions — critics of value - added measures — are trying to skirt accountability.

Raymond came to Sacramento from Charlotte - Mecklenburg Schools in North Carolina, a high - achieving district, where he was chief accountability officer in charge of data, innovation, school performance reviews and measures of student achievement.

The test score issue comes as California's school accountability system is undergoing a broad revision, as the Brown administration and state schools chief Tom Torlakson search for more achievement measures than just test scores.

Through the National Governors Association and the Council of Chief State School Officers, states could come together and develop accountability measures that build upon the best aspects of No Child (as well as expand accountability to include the nation's university schools of education), and align with Common Core; this could include setting uniform proficiency targets and cut scores that are also benchmarked to those of NAEP in order to ensure that they set high expectations.