Sentences with phrase «decisions about accountability»

The law is meant to ensure states are free to make decisions about accountability, school improvement, standards, and assessments without federal interference... If the secretary chooses to ignore the law, then Congress and state and local leaders can use the tools they have to hold the secretary accountable, [a GOP aide] said.

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Questions and criticism have been mounting from multiple fronts about the Harper government's transparency and accountability on its spending decisions and budget cuts.

Today he commented, «At a time when public concern about the place of religion in schools has never been higher, we need full accountability and transparency with respect to decisions as to which schools are funded.

The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), which replaced No Child Left Behind, gives states considerable flexibility to craft their own accountability systems — in the process asking states to make crucial decisions about what it means to be a successful school, what rate of academic progress is acceptable, and...

But a spokesman for Jeremy Corbyn said: «It appears the Prime Minister, by asking the new Home Secretary to conduct an inquiry separately without any of the clear processes and powers that we are talking about, is trying to avoid accountability and clarity about this decision.

Why should our leaders be exempt from real - time accountability when so much more is at stake - big decisions about public policy, the use of your money, the course of our future?

Scientific leaders who oppose that provision view it as a mechanism for making ideology - driven decisions about what NSF should be funding, and Smith says it's simply an attempt to ensure accountability.

The data that are necessary to report out for public accountability are different from the data that a teacher needs to make daily decisions about helping a student master a concept.

A unitary accountability system enables the state to fairly and transparently monitor program compliance and inform the public about performance; make difficult decisions about withholding funds, intervening with local boards, and taking over schools and districts; and uniformly and thoroughly administer federal programs.

But using their approach in a systematic manner will at least reveal the degree to which their decisions about what information to include and to exclude distorted the facts and thereby confused the debate over accountability.

My main recommendation, therefore, is to maintain the law's current annual testing requirements, while restoring to states virtually all decisions about the design of their accountability systems, including how schools and teachers are identified as under - performing and what should be done to improve their performance.

Losing comparable data would be a blow not just for accountability, evaluation, and research, but also for communicating about the state of our education system and making smart policy decisions.

Congress should maintain the law's current annual testing requirements while restoring to states virtually all decisions about the design of their accountability systems.

«And by analyzing data from administration to administration, educators and policymakers can identify trends and make informed decisions about instruction and accountability.»

ESSA pushes decision - making power about most aspects of accountability from federal education officials to the states and localities.

And if SEL finds a place in accountability — as it now has the potential to do under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)-- how will decisions about growth vs. proficiency impact teachers who are especially focused on these skills, but whose students may fall below standardized benchmarks?

Districts should be key drivers within comprehensive accountability systems by supporting continuous improvement, tracking additional measures of school quality and student success, using these measures to inform local decisions about resources and supports, and serving as laboratories of innovation for the state;

Policymakers and the public must immediately engage in an open and transparent community decision - making process about the best ways to use test scores and to develop accountability systems that fully support a broader, more accurate definition of college, career, and citizenship readiness that ensures equity and access for all students.

As the recommendations made by these review committees strongly influence school board decisions about charter school approval, this change concentrates charter school decision - making power in the superintendent's office, without increasing transparency, accountability or oversight by the school board.

The Committee has been an active participant with the Kentucky Department of Education and other stakeholders in creating a new accountability system for the state that sets ambitious goals for student learning, educates and empowers parents with information about schools, and provides state and local education leaders and policymakers with data to help make more informed decisions to improve opportunities for each student.

Learn about the changes in federal requirements under ESSA in assessments, accountability, professional development, and others, and how educators can influence the decisions about new state and local policies.

The Brookline Educators Association (BEA) supports high standards and accountability but opposes the use of a single high - stakes test to make life altering decisions about students, teachers, schools or school systems.

Voucher proponents frequently argue that accountability ultimately lies with the parent as the educational decision - maker, but parents can not make truly informed decisions about their children's education without adequate information about how schools serve students and families.

While SB 213 makes a quantum leap in providing greater equity, adequacy and accountability for school funding, it will require our citizens to know enough about school funding (not the most glamorous topic) to make an informed decision at the ballot box.

Gov. Phil Bryant expects to make a decision about JPS in October when MDE releases the district's accountability ranking.

A coalition of 10 California districts that together serve more than 1 million students also submitted an NCLB waiver proposal, which raises questions about both the wisdom of a department decision to grant flexibility at the district level and the state's ability to manage two different school accountability systems.

Because ESSA reins in the federal government's influence over local decisions about academic standards and accountability, states and districts will have more power to decide how best to gauge student progress toward becoming well - rounded.

Many of the federal requirements in the areas of accountability, assessments, and school improvement have changed, with many of the decisions about these policies now to be made at the state or local level.

This webinar will discuss what principals need to know about the new Title 1 requirements on accountability, supplement not supplant, and other issues such as use of funds, what principals can impact as decisions are made, and how to manage schools through the transition period.

In addition, since decisions about the distribution of resources to schools occurs primarily, though not entirely, at the district level, accountability systems should include measures of district - level resource distribution and how well - aligned resources are to student needs.

Efforts to centralize control — with decisions about everything from teacher evaluation, school improvement strategies, and accountability increasingly dictated by Washington — would almost certainly fail and, if they succeeded, would undermine these strengths.

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Ryerson University (the» University») supports the closely aligned principles of transparency and accountability and as such routinely provides public access to information about the University's operations and decisions.

The use of robots and algorithms to make decisions poses serious questions about accountability, foreseeability and what is reasonable behaviour, the Peers warn, whether the decision is about «receiving a mortgage, in diagnosing illness, or a decision taken by an automated vehicle on the road».

(3) Stronger centralized management in firms will include (a) increased accountability and less autonomy for partners; (b) greater emphasis on every partner being a «working partner»; (c) more merit - based compensation decisions; and (d) diminishing feelings about «entitlements» to partners by virtue of seniority.

Arbitrator Intelligence aims to promote transparency, fairness, and accountability in the selection of international arbitrators by increasing and equalizing access to critical information about arbitrators and their decision making.

The package of four targeted amendments will enhance transparency about the positions taken by Member States, allow for greater political guidance, and ensure more accountability in the decision - making process.

Every Partner a Working Partner: Mid-size law firms will have stronger centralized management, including (a) increased accountability and less autonomy for partners» concerning their actions / inactions; (b) greater emphasis on every partner to be a «working partner;» (c) more merit - based compensation decisions; and (d) diminishing feelings among partners about those «entitlements» to older partners by virtue of seniority.

While there are reasons to be concerned about consistency and fairness at both the leave stage and the merits stage of judicial review, inconsistency at the leave stage affects far more applicants, and the decision - making process at the leave stage lacks even the modest accountability and transparency found at the merits stage.

Such factors could explicitly take into account factors we care about in making decisions such as what the legislature actually said they wanted, where the relative expertise lies, or whether there is value to political accountability relative to independence.

Ultimately, however, concern about ensuring adequate lines of accountability is not a reason for not engaging in a substantial process of involving Indigenous people in decision making and programme design and management.

As per Van Court, instead of teaching kids that life is full of invisible protection nets that safeguard them from their poor decisions, parents should teach kids that life is all about lessons learned, growth, consequences and accountability.

«Governance» is about power, relationships and processes of representation, decision making and accountability.

For us, the work is more about truth and transparency of Christ's message and working on the natural laws of accountability and decision making that evolves from that.

And if SEL finds a place in accountability — as it now has the potential to do under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)-- how will decisions about growth vs. proficiency impact teachers who are especially focused on these skills, but whose students may fall below standardized benchmarks?

But TREB president David Pearce didn't get off so easy later in the meeting, as members grilled him about accountability following the decision to write off more than $ 2.7 - million spent on the TV - MLS development project.