Sentences with phrase «direct teacher accountability»

Vallas never attempted to institute direct teacher accountability for student learning.

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Commenting on the statement by the Secretary of State for Education setting out proposals to reform the system of primary assessment, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT - The Teachers» Union, said: «It is important to recognise, and as the NASUWT has stated consistently, that many of the concerns expressed about statutory primary assessment are the direct result of their use in the current high stakes school accountability regime.

While the Common Core standards emphasize development of reasoning and critical - thinking skills, the standards» perpetuation of a test - driven accountability system and teacher - directed learning environment compromises children's development of these higher - order skills.

Increased local autonomy, more complex operations and more rigorous direct accountability mean that all schools require highly skilled specialists to support head teachers and governors.

A direct result of standards in tests in countries like America is increased focus on accountability, particularly teachers.

With a clear focus on homework from OFSTED: «Teachers use well - judged teaching strategies, including setting appropriate homework that, together with clearly directed and timely support and intervention, match pupils» needs accurately» we have to guard against schools driving homework to «death» whereby teachers feel they have to set homework for the sake of it to satisfy accountability measures and / or internal monitoring Teachers use well - judged teaching strategies, including setting appropriate homework that, together with clearly directed and timely support and intervention, match pupils» needs accurately» we have to guard against schools driving homework to «death» whereby teachers feel they have to set homework for the sake of it to satisfy accountability measures and / or internal monitoring teachers feel they have to set homework for the sake of it to satisfy accountability measures and / or internal monitoring systems.

In combination, these initiatives have progressively increased the demands on teachers and their students and have laid the groundwork for what was to come next - an unprecedented federal intervention on state level education policy - making that directs all states toward a single goal (i.e., 100 % of students reaching «proficiency») via a single system of implementation (i.e., standards - based assessment and accountability).

Held to a higher standard of accountability than traditional public schools, but with the benefit of added autonomy that puts local school leaders and teachers in charge, Tennessee's public charter schools are empowered to create a challenging and focused learning environment for students, while giving parents even more direct and meaningful opportunities to participate in their children's education.

Interestingly, the testimony and questions during the hearing veered several times from accountability to teacher effectiveness (another pending House Education Committee reauthorization bill), suggesting that lawmakers see a direct link between the two issues.

Assessment and accountability have become the centerpieces of many educational reforms, with direct implications for teachers» daily practices.

Some early childhood educators eschew teacher - directed lessons, believing that all teaching needs to be conducted in the context of child - initiated activities, and they worry about the effect of standards and accountability on early childhood education.