Sentences with phrase «draft accountability plan»

Parent committee questions West Contra Costa school officials about draft accountability plan EdSource, April 23, 2014

He also pointed to an executive summary published by his district, which is far easier to read and understand than the heftier draft accountability plan, suggesting an approach that other districts could adopt.

«The grinding, two - year process of drafting accountability plans under ESSA has upended states» K - 12 political landscape and laid bare long - simmering factions among power brokers charged with putting the new federal education law into effect this school year,» writes Daarel Burnette II in Education Week.

West Contra Costa school officials attempt to clarify draft accountability plans for parents EdSource, May 1, 2014

«The grinding, two - year process of drafting accountability plans under the Every Student Succeeds Act has upended states» K - 12 political landscape and laid bare long - simmering factions,» he writes.

Not exact matches

By shifting money to pay for more academic counselors and librarians next year at the lowest - performing schools, administrators of East Side Union High School District in San Jose have revised the district's draft three - year Local Control and Accountability Plan, incorporating key recommendations of parents and teachers.

That's much better than no progress at all, a thought worth bearing in mind in coming months when states publish their draft ESSA accountability plans, which must include multiple targets on achievement, graduation, and much else.

Despite this newfound flexibility, of the seventeen states with draft ESSA accountability plans, the Fordham Institute finds only six have moved away from percent proficient as their main measure of academic achievement.

The federal ESSA regulations give the state Board of Education the authority to draft and approve a school accountability plan based on test scores and other factors that is approved only by the federal Department of Education.

North Carolina is developing a new school performance accountability plan to line up with the regulations created under the ESSA law, and DPI plans to submit its draft to the federal Department of Education in September for approval.

The draft accountability rules, to be released this summer, will encourage states to identify high - and low - performing teacher preparation programs across all kinds of educational models, not just those based in colleges and universities; urge a transition from current input - based reporting requirements to a focus on more meaningful outcomes; and likely limit program eligibility for TEACH grants — which are available to students who are planning to become teachers in a high - need field in a low - income school — to only effective teacher preparation programs.

David Griffith, research and policy associate at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, explained the three «accountability mistakes» states are making while drafting ESSA implementation plans.

With the recent passage of Senate Bill 1, drafted by State Education Committee Chair and CL4E Member Mike Wilson, Kentucky became one of the first states to legislatively respond to ESSA with comprehensive standards and a strong accountability plan.

In its latest draft Local Control Accountability Plan, Long Beach Unified has allocated $ 2.4 million for police and campus security.

EdSource reporters have compiled a list of LCFF resources including basic information around LCFF to LCAP guides and checklists, resources for meaningful parent engagement, and materials to help school districts draft their Local Control Accountability Plans.

The law was passed in 2015 and in 2017 states drafted their plans, which included new accountability systems based on multiple measures that include factors other than test scores; conducting needs assessments for struggling schools and learning communities facing the greatest challenges in order to tailor support and intervention when needed; developing clear and concise plans for targeting federal funding in ways that meet the needs of students in the school; and implementing programs and monitoring their progress in collaboration with educators.

Representatives with the Idaho Department of Education told House and Senate education committee members on Tuesday that they are revising the state's draft school accountability plan to make it more feasible for public schools to meet the newest benchmarks.

But as departments have begun to release first, second, and third drafts of accountability plans to gather more feedback, constituents are inevitably split on policy decisions regarding statewide goals, testing and accountability systems.

Continue reading A Deeper Dive into the State's Draft ESSA Accountability Plan →

Karlynn Laraway, the state Department of Education's director of assessment and accountability, stated, «We will be presenting the final draft of the plan for consideration and a vote of approval...

To see the draft of Kentucky's ESSA plan, an overview of the accountability system or other information on ESSA in Kentucky, click here: http://bit.ly/2wglyAn.

On April 3, 2017, fourteen states and D.C. submitted their draft ESSA state accountability plans.

While California's plan is still only in draft form, early signs suggest that the statewide accountability system will be slightly less sophisticated than the work the CORE districts have been doing for years now.

On May 31, 2016, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) released its first round of draft regulations regarding implementation of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) through a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on accountability, state plans and data deporting.

The Alexander draft eliminates NCLB's Adequate Yearly Progress requirements and instead requires states to submit plans for accountability systems based in part on student academic achievement.

The New York State Education Department recently unveiled the final draft of the state's accountability plan, as required under the federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).

In March of this year, the State Board voted to approve the new state accountability plan drafted by the Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE).

The majority of principals that we've talked to trust that their state will approach ESSA with good faith and full transparency and, as a first step, establish formal and informal groups of educators, including principals, to draft new plans for accountability and assessment systems.