Sentences with phrase «common set of standards»

The issue of national standards raises numerous questions: Will having one common set of standards aid school reform efforts and promote student achievement?

Worthen sees a ray of hope in the new common set of standards for math and English language arts that is being implemented in most states.

The letter commended Wisconsin for planning for a new common set of standards aligned to college and career readiness, and also for developing a teacher evaluation system based on educator practice and student test scores.

In principle, having one common set of standards sounds like common sense, but in reality this Act, endorsed by huge food conglomerates such as ConAgra, Dean Foods and Hormel, provides for the weakest consumer and small farmer protection.

The common set of standards has not only helped to set high quality standards and reinforce international guidelines, it has also enabled us to identify clear gaps and challenges which are common to FLS worldwide, irrespective of the health - care system.»

And third, we've never had a common set of standards before that have been back - mapped from college and career readiness, which is what the Common Core standards are.

The Education Department this month proposed for the first time a common set of standards for awarding grants for education research.

With a common set of standards, the innovations of developers in Silicon Valley can be downloaded as easily in Alabama as in California.

He says the program was rolled out so quickly back in 2002 that state officials never developed a common set of standards and practices for how schools should use the computers.

States have voluntarily come together in the Common Core movement and agreed upon a common set of standards that they will all adopt.

Establishing a common set of standards across states is a new policy proposal that emerged as a public issue only in 2011, and it appears as if many citizens have yet to decide where they stand on the matter.

The idea of a common set of standards across the country has wide appeal, and the Common Core itself still commands the support of a majority of the public.

Since 2010, many states across the country have adopted a common set of standards, called the Common Core.

The state should begin moving to a system balancing state on - demand exams and locally delivered performance assessments designed to measure a common set of standards.

«The idea of a common set of standards across the country has wide appeal, and the Common Core itself still commands the support of a majority of the public,» the Education Next report says.

Having a common set of standards among the states does not mean more tests.

Additionally, there are the assessments of the states that are not Common Core State Standard members, for a total of about 20 possible assessments designed to measure a common set of standards.

In July 2009, nearly all state school superintendents and the nation's governors joined in an effort to identify a common set of standards in mathematics and English language arts (ELA), with the goal of providing a clear, shared set of expectations that would prepare students for success in both college and career.

In addition, federal programs such as Race to the Top have required that applicants demonstrate that they have joined with other states in adopting a common set of standards and an assessment program.

One reason for this trend is that many states adopted a common set of standards in the first place — to share curricular resources aligned to the same standards across the nation.

According to educator Loretta Labrador, «A common set of standards also allows teachers across the country to participate in a...

Further, 44 states are in the process of implementing a common set of standards for K - 12 reading and math, known as the Common Core, that are aimed at making students college ready.

Drawing on district, state, and national standards, we developed a common set of standards for reading, writing, discussion, evaluation, and related content areas, such as the study of culture, connected to the Book Club curriculum.

It made its multibillion - dollar Race to the Top funding initiative contingent on states approving a common set of standards, and then funded the development of Core - aligned tests.

To measure students» progress toward those standards, 44 states and the District are working together to create assessments based on the common set of standards developed by educators, governors and state education chiefs.

To me, the Common Core represents an empowering opportunity for teachers to collaborate, exchange best practices and share differing curricula — because a common set of standards is not the same thing as a common curriculum.

Require states to better align their performance standards to a common set of standards that is proven to be college and career ready.

And rather than having everybody creating their own set of standards (which can often lead to confusion and significant added costs) one of the roles of the Federal government is to help promote a common set of standards.

«The LCCA's security standards give the legal profession certainty as to the specific steps taken by their technology vendors in keeping their data private and, we hope, provide the basis for a common set of standards that bar associations and law societies will support.»

Interventions to help maltreated children and neglectful families should also be guided by a common set of standards: