Sentences with phrase «educational reform measures»
Despite the overwhelming evidence that school choice works, opponents of parental choice have increasingly stepped up their efforts to defeat these common - sense educational reform measures.
http://www.paschoolchoice.org/ Not exact matches
«The reforms in this Budget build upon measures implemented last year to create an educational system that ensures every child has an opportunity to succeed, and holds schools and teachers accountable for the results they achieve.»
Washington — Charging that an emphasis on multiple - choice tests could «undermine many of the educational reforms which the governors and President Bush wish to achieve,» a coalition of three dozen education and civil - rights groups last week urged those leaders to use alternative forms of assessment to measure progress toward national goals.
Parent Satisfaction Another key measure of school reform initiatives is the perception among parents, who see firsthand the effects of changes in their child's educational environment.
When talk turned to educational equity, panelists stressed the need for comprehensive school reform which incorporates academics with school safety measures, curricula that encourages teachers to operate creatively, policies that promote safe local housing, particularly when involving children under age 5.
This 2008 report by Ann Duffett, Steve Farkas, Andrew J. Rotherham, and Elena Silva and sponsored by Education Sector and the Joyce Foundation analyzes a survey completed by 1,010 teachers about their feelings in regard to various educational reforms such as accountability measures, tenure, differential pay, and workplace environment.
The real «reforms,» here, pertained to the extent to which value - added model (VAM) or other growth output were combined with these observational measures, and the extent to which districts adopted state - level observational models as per the centralized educational policies put into place at the same time.
Isn't that an indicator in an of itself as our number one educational reform model — increasing standards and attaching new and improved tests to measure and hold teachers and students to meeting those standards, over and over and over again — isn't working?
Kane simply does not realize (or acknowledge) that this «echo chamber» continues in its persistence because of those who continue to preserve a stronger accountability for educational reform logic, and who continue to reinvent «new and improved» accountability measures and policies to support this logic, accordingly.
On every measure of educational attainment, they fare the worst; despite waves of reform, their situation has not changed appreciably in 30 years.
Under his leadership, substantive educator preparation, certification, and ethics reform efforts were initiated, including tiered certification, Preparation Program Effectiveness Measures (PPEM), performance - based educational leadership, enhanced ethics instruction and assessment, and the current work in job - embedded professional learning.