Sentences with phrase «closed on accountability»

We also do not mean to suggest that the book has been closed on accountability.

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In February, approximately half of the schools were taken off the struggling and persistently struggling lists after federal accountability statuses from the 2014 - 15 school year showed those schools had made progress and would not otherwise have been put on the receivership list (a few schools also closed).

A report being released Friday by the Public Accountability Initiative examines the money spent on the consulting and lobbying firm Mercury Public Affairs by Competitive Power Ventures as the trial of a former close aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo loomed.

Democratic 2016 candidate Hillary Clinton is the first presidential hopeful to address the issue of sexual assault on campus, unveiling a plan close to that of the Campus Accountability and Safety Act, which has been championed by President Obama and Democratic US Sens. Clair McCaskill and Kirsten Gillibrand.

His chamber passed two bills on Wednesday: the one offering a year in exchange for transparency and accountability and another giving three years for the tax credit, which sources close to all three leaders said wasn't likely to gain traction.

Bolder, Broader Action: Strategies for Closing the Poverty Gap Education Week, May 27, 2011 «We have set the nation's highest standards, been tough on accountability and invested billions in building school capacity, yet we still see a very strong correlation between socioeconomic background and educational achievement and attainment,» writes Senior Lecturer Paul Reville.

Accountability doesn't seem to do a great job at closing achievement gaps (though it certainly shines a light on underperformance), but there's considerable evidence that it can raise student achievement.

One result is that the new California Standards Tests (known as the CST), which were first administered in the spring of 2001 but won't enter the accountability system until 2002, rely only on closed - end multiple - choice questions, unlike the CLAS test.

This bill is based on several recommendations of the Educational Opportunity Gap Oversight and Accountability Committee (EOGOAC) that are intended to close the educational opportunity gap in WA.

Some civil rights advocates have voiced similar concerns about accountability systems that rely exclusively on growth measures, which could allow schools serving disadvantaged students to avoid sanction even if their students» academic progress is insufficient to close achievement gaps.

In «On Her Majesty's School Inspection Service,» author Craig D. Jerald argues that education policymakers should take a closer look at another accountability system — on - site inspectionOn Her Majesty's School Inspection Service,» author Craig D. Jerald argues that education policymakers should take a closer look at another accountability system — on - site inspectionon - site inspections.

Kicking the can down the road on assessment and accountability, in Montgomery County and in school systems across the nation, will neither help close achievement gaps nor prepare students for the Common Core.

A decade ago, the No Child Left Behind Act ushered in an era of federal educational accountability marked by relentless focus on closing race - and income - based «achievement gaps» in test scores and graduation rates.

Third, today's focus on results - based education, combined with plenty more data on school performance in an era of educational accountability, means that reform - minded education leaders are getting bolder about closing bad schools — and sometimes (but not always) opening new ones in the same building.

Policymakers» and bureaucrats» rankings on key areas of economic strength are obviously in need of attention and deserve closer scrutiny and oversight, and above all, accountability.

But the renewal guidance focuses on making sure meaningful interventions are happening for students when needed, closing achievement gaps and intensifying the focus on accountability measures for all high - risk student groups.

We also keep a close eye on the evolving nature of student testing and school accountability.

At the heart of the plan is a new accountability system for schools and districts that focuses efforts on closing the achievement gap and ensuring each student is successful and ready for the next step.»

We believe that school accountability should measure student growth annually, ensure continuous improvement over time, and focus attention on achievement gap closing.

Chairman Alexander's bill — the Every Child Ready for College or Career Act — largely cuts back on the federal role in public education and weakens state accountability to raise achievement and close achievement gaps.

A former preschool teacher and school board member, Murray went on to address areas of the law that are not effective for many of our nation's students, suggesting greater efforts to close the achievement gap, especially among students in underserved communities; to reduce redundant and unnecessary testing; focus on preparing students for college and their career; ensure accountability; and also expand access to preschool programs.

(On the expectations - and - accountability front, Philly is closer to the New York model, and so is its level of success.)

Over-emphasis on closing gaps in test scores to the neglect of other issues has led to the development of accountability systems that can overlook the impacts of poverty on students» scores and often result in penalizing the very schools and teachers that are struggling the most and that need the most support.

The Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) and the Local Control and Accountability Plans (LCAPs) provide the resources and structure to help districts meet their goals, with a particular focus on closing achievement gaps.

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The differences in school performance levels were pronounced in many cases: The difference in performance between a closed and newly assigned school's policy points — the district's school accountability policy — was 21 percentage points, on average.

Since the era of high - stakes accountability initiated in the early 1980s has not, in fact, closed the achievement gap, can you commit to ending accountability - based education reform, including a significant reduction in high - stakes testing, and then detail reform based on equity of opportunities for all students?

Although the observations that follow are based mainly on UK experience, similar trends appear to be emerging across global education systems: increased public accountability in tandem with greater autonomy for schools; an urgent imperative to close the opportunity gap between affluent and poorer communities; national, public or state authority over schools being replaced by stakeholder communities or not - for - profit mission - driven organisations impatient with endemic failures of the status quo.

(Va.) Districts and charter schools should begin collaborating now on issues such as accountability and turnaround efforts, especially as school choice expansion quickly comes closer to becoming a reality, according to new guidance.

To ensure the interests of authorizers, our partners, and charter schools were represented in this process, we took a close look at federal activities to identify those that have the biggest impact on charter school autonomy and accountability.

We hope the national spotlight on Chicago's schools refocuses the nation's attention on building connections between schools, parents and communities, backing research - based reforms and beginning the important pushback on damaging practices such as high - stakes testing, school closings, and flawed teacher accountability measures.

Cityscape earned marks of distinction in science, student progress, postsecondary readiness, and in the area of closing performance gaps on the state accountability system.

A hallmark of the Broad - style leadership is closing existing schools rather than attempting to improve them, increasing class size, opening charter schools, imposing high - stakes test - based accountability systems on teachers and students, and implementing of pay for performance schemes.

Accountability ratings are calculated on four priority areas: student achievement in English language arts and mathematics, school growth, closing gaps between student groups, and measures of postsecondary readiness, which includes graduation and attendance rates, third - grade English language arts achievement, and eighth - grade mathematics achievement.

We could be very close to a point in time when the public recognizes that obligations / taxes only apply to some / the prudent / the honest, while benefits only to others and the elite is pretty much exuded from any accountability, with deemed «loopholes» closed on the middle class, not on the rich.

My concern, as we are ramping up our financial aid program, is keeping a close eye on our default rates, as one of our measures of accountability.

Key Contributions: • Leverage consultative - sales strengths to identify opportunities, nurture relationships and close deals • Build top - performing team focused on impeccable service delivery and accountability for goal achievement.

The Close the Gap Campaign «s Close the Gap Progress and priorities report 2016, released ahead of the PM's speech, has put the government on notice to apply the same accountability to itself on Closing the Gap as it applies to others, particularly Indigenous organisations and services.

Transparency and accountability in government decision - making is required to truly «close the gap» on socio - economic outcomes between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians and to successfully reform the native the system.

Further, the Campaign was the subject of a case study in Dr Helen Potts» (Human Rights Centre, University of Essex) landmark publication, Accountability and the Right to the Highest Attainable Standard of Health; [8] and also referred to in the World Health Organisation's Commission on the Social Determinants of Health's final report, Closing the gap in a generation: Health equity through action on the social determinants of health, a title that echoed the name of the Campaign.