Sentences with phrase «debate over evaluations»

«The topic of principal evaluations has largely been ignored in the current debate over evaluations, but teachers want to see principals lead by example and that is why we need an evaluation system that not only will help principals improve, but also increase accountability and ensure that teachers are fully supported.

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Make the Pill (type dependent on doctor's evaluation) available over the counter and there will be no more debate.

, its speech codes, its teacher evaluations conducted sub secreto pontificio, its heated debate over the minutest matters, its hair - splitting fights over teaching loads and research assistants (tenure as benefice!)

The testing question also figures prominently into the debate over teacher performance evaluations, as the governor has proposed making state test results 50 percent — instead of the current 40 percent — of the evaluation system, a move that is strongly opposed by the teachers unions that are closely allied with the Assembly Democrats.

Flanagan's ascension leavesommittee he chairs — Education — without a leader at a time when education remains a very hot topic at the Capitol, thanks to the ongoing debate over the state's teacher evaluation system and Common Core - related tests.

NYSUT and Cuomo have been at odds on a variety of issues ranging from the tax cap, to the state's education spending formula and the ongoing debate over the state's teacher performance evaluation law.

While the education fight last year was largely waged over the policy of testing and teacher evaluations, the debate this year is broadly over funding.

An overhaul of federal education law moving through Congress — the biggest legislative change in 14 years — holds the prospect of a major shift in New York's contentious debate over the linkage of student test scores to teachers» job evaluations.

The debates over standardized testing, teacher evaluations and opting out of the tests by students with the backing of their parents were all renewed recently as New York released the results of the math and English language exams for grades three through eight.

If she could take one thing back, Dr. Tisch said, it would be having rolled out the standards and the teacher evaluation system at the same time, «because I think the debate over how to evaluate a teacher contaminated the more important work.»

The role that evaluation possibilities play in intervention design should be brought to the fore in debates over health care improvement.

The question of how useful surveys can be for eLearning evaluation has been up for debate over the past few years.

One interpretation of the emphasis on developing the common core curriculum is that these debates provide a convenient diversion from potentially more intractable fights over bigger reform ideas like using improved teacher evaluations for personnel decisions, expanded school choice, or enhanced accountability systems.

After the report appeared, stimulating a variety of reform efforts, public evaluations of their local schools climbed steadily to an all - time high of 51 % in 2000, just prior to the national debate over the passage of the federal No Child Left Behind Act, which held schools accountable for low performance.

It is time for the evaluation debate over school choice to begin shifting its focus to real world outcomes, like high school graduation and college attendance rates.

Behind closed doors, insiders may or may not have exchanged their opinions on value - added evaluations, but since the evidence required for a meaningful debate over the real world effects of those evaluations did not exist, I wonder if the lack of research on the policy implications of value - added was considered.

The findings are important because of what they may contribute to the debate over changing how teacher evaluation is conducted, which has emerged as a hot - button political issue favored by the so - called education reform movement.

The most heated discussion focused on the state's merit - pay program, which lawmakers decided to fund for the 1985 - 86 school year at $ 16.6 million, despite a rancorous debate over the quality of the evaluation process that has been used to choose the first year's crop of merit teachers.

We examined New York's current principal evaluation system, researched the role of a principal, pored over rubrics and debated what an ideal principal does.

I am saddened that my efforts researching and negotiating the work of public education seem meaningless in the face of current policy debates — and that last year's nationwide struggle over teacher tenure or this week's «debates» over teacher evaluation in New York arrive forcefully, demanding immediate reaction rather than initiative from educators.

The toxic debate over educator evaluation increasingly pits labor against management so it was encouraging to see LAUSD and the Administrators Association of LA strike a deal this week for evaluating public school principals.

The report is certain to add fuel to the fire in the ongoing debate in California and elsewhere over how to measure teacher quality and the effort or resistance of some government bodies to tie teacher evaluations to standardized test scores.

In an interview last week, the 32 - year - old Marrocco talked about her path to excellence, a climb marked by a few stepping stones that are often overlooked in debates over teacher evaluation, tenure, and test scores.

: Debate Over Teacher Evaluation Spawns a New Bad Idea Teachers in Kansas May Soon Face Jail Time for Doing Their Job

Race to the Top initiated a long - overdue debate over how to improve teacher quality in the United States and highlighted a number of dysfunctional state practices around teacher training, placement, evaluation, tenure, and dismissal.

As per an article in The Tennessean: «Huffman — a former Teach For America executive and ex-husband of controversial former Washington, D.C., Chancellor Michelle Rhee — made Tennessee a flashpoint nationally for debates over teacher evaluations, teacher licensing, Common Core standards and charter schools... In recent months, Huffman lost a handful of political fights.

The debate over linking student data to teacher evaluations intensified after The Times began a series based on a «value - added» analysis of seven years» worth of scores.

You have in your packet a blue sheet that gives you the order of the day, so I won't belabor that too much, but I will just remind you that we're going to start out with a session on history this morning; then go to a lunchtime segment that will focus on some of the relevant federal constitutional issues, including evaluations of the federal attacks on and defenses of the Blaine amendments; then we will finish off the day with a session that will focus on litigation strategy related to these amendments and some of the arguments being made for and against them in that litigation, as well as a focus on how debates over faith - based initiatives and school vouchers are affected by these particular state constitutional restrictions.

By Judy Seltz Current debate over the Common Core State Standards, the PARCC and Smarter Balanced assessments, educator evaluation, and...

Even after years of debate and litigation over teacher evaluations and tenure, California had no official definition of what constituted a bad educator — until now.

Eva Ruiz, president of the Fresno teachers union, said her 10 - member executive board had a «very heated debate» over teacher evaluations and other issues before voting to support the grant proposal.

Important that the public understands that standards and teacher evaluations have existed for a long time and will continue to exist; and that the debate is over what FORM those standards and evaluations should take.

Rather than public evaluation of the evidence, independent validation of the models, and robust public debate over adaptation vs mitigation, climate alarmists like Lewandowsky et al. try to frustrate the scientific method, prevent debate, and impose their incredibly expensive mitigation policies.

Specifically, there continues to be debate over the appropriate use of psychological testing within the context of parenting evaluations.