Sentences with phrase «current accountability measures»

In this report, we examine this accountability system in the context of vocational education and current accountability measures.

Both versions that have passed in their respective chambers allow for states to end current accountability measures enforced by high - stakes testing if they develop their own alternatives.

This followed concerns that current accountability measures encourage schools to «play the system» to boost their league - table standing.

However, with regard to adequate yearly progress, state officials do not expect a great deal of flexibility from federal officials and have conceded that their current accountability measure, the Academic Performance Index, is not likely to meet federal regulations.

Not exact matches

And in the current educational - policy environment — in which accountability, based on empirical data, is valued so highly — if you can't clearly identify and measure skills, it's hard to convince people to take them seriously.

In good measure, the failures of the current system have festered as long as they have because many of the advocates of test - based accountability simply didn't want to face the evidence.

With better measures of academic growth and a little extra money, states could attract providers to underserved populations, rather than discouraging them as a result of the requirements of current accountability systems.

«Test scores can form the starting point for accountability, but we aim to combine our qualitative and quantitative measures to look forward and inform ourselves and our community about current performance and improvement needed.»

The report, part of a book of essays entitled «The Future of Assessment: 2025 and Beyond», suggests that current trends in the education sector are «narrowing the curriculum and focusing on those students whose performance has the greatest impact on the headline accountability measures».

Current time - and age - based accountability measures have a stronghold on schools, even those trying to break away from the factory model of education.

While elements such as state standards, accountability measures, and value added measures are gaining acceptance, other important components, especially performance - based pay and increased choice options, are opposed by powerful forces — such as the politically connected teachers unions — with vested interests in the current system.

English Language Learners and complexity theory: Why current accountability systems do not measure up.

Value - added measures have caught the interest of policymakers because, unlike many of the uses of test scores in current accountability systems, it purports to «level the playing field» so that value - added measures of teachers» effectiveness do not depend on characteristics of the students.

One of the implicit assumptions of the current accountability system is that, when it comes to the measured outcomes, it is not possible for all schools to excel.

In order to create and maintain a culture of high expectations, the board must be conversant in the measures of the current and evolving state accountability system.

Current accountability systems rely predominantly on the «percent of children reaching proficiency,» which educational measurement experts call a «status» measure.

In the current landscape where standards, accountability assessments, and use of student value - added measures to evaluate teachers prevail, the researchers expanded survey respondents to include students to better understand their awareness and what value — if any — they perceive in educational testing.

News Release Thursday, February 16, 2012 at 6 pm Media Contact: Van Schoales, CEO, A + Denver [phone] [email protected] The Denver Plan and the Board of Education: Time to reevaluate the strategic plan to reflect current priorities and accountability measures.

Monday's forum will seek to scrutinize assumptions behind school accountability and other current school «reform» measures.

Little mention is made of our reality here, however, given the real and deleterious effects we witness, for example, as current teacher educators when we work with potential / future teachers who almost daily express serious concerns about joining a profession now with very little autonomy, not much respect, and a stark increase in draconian accountability measures that will be used to hold them accountable for that which they do, or do not do well.

Replace the current national accountability scheme based on high stakes tests with state - led accountability systems, returning responsibility for measuring student and school performance to states and school districts.

As just posted on Diane Ravitch's blog, Randi Weingarten, the current president of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), has (finally) expressed her full opposition against using value - added models (VAMs), the statistical measures of utmost interest on this blog, for teacher evaluation, accountability, and merit pay purposes.

The current NCLB accountability system, at least as regards achievement, uses multiple measures in a conjunctive way.

Her current research interests include Earth Science education, learning progression development, and how science curricular practices are impacted by educational policies tied to standardized testing and accountability measures.

«The current educational accountability system has become overly focused on narrow measures of success and, in some cases, has discouraged schools from providing a rich curriculum for all students focused on 21st century skills they need to acquire.This particularly impacts under - resourced schools that disproportionally serve low - income and students of color.»

Not later than March 31, 2012, the Secretary shall take interim measures to implement a similar safety fitness rating methodology in its current safety rating system if the Compliance, Safety, Accountability program is not fully implemented.