Sentences with phrase «end accountability measure»

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Lawmakers spent a lot of time talking about meaty issues, including establishing a system of paid family and medical leave, reinstituting tolls on state highways and setting up new measures to address police accountability, but in the end, a lack of consensus scuttled chances for a vote.

In his new book, Professor Dan Koretz looks at how test - based accountability has become an end in itself in American education, unmoored from clear thinking on what should be measured in school, harming students and corrupting the ideals of teaching.

North Carolina education officials last week ordered a major audit of the state's testing and accountability program to determine the soundness of the system after problems emerged over interim scoring measures for the state's end - of - grade math exam.

However, far from a «Wild West» approach to charter oversight, his organization instead advocated for, and got, important accountability measures included in the law: mandatory closure for persistently low - performing charter schools, A — F grading of schools (both charter and public), and an end to so - called «authorizer shopping,» in which failing schools move to a new authorizer after their existing one withdraws its support.

Many people, when they think of assessments, think of summative accountability assessments, those state or district - wide standardized tests that measure grade - level proficiency, and end - of - year subject or course exams.

Measured achievement gaps between male and female students on state accountability tests are larger (more male - favoring) on tests with more multiple - choice questions and fewer constructed - response (i.e., open - ended) questions.

In the May issue, I noted that it was crunch time for school accountability in Texas, as the Texas Legislature wound down to final decisions on several bills, most significantly one that would drastically reduce the standard for high school graduation as measured by standardized high school end of course assessments.

North Carolina has used some form of school accountability measure since 2001, and the formula has always relied heavily on student performance on End of Grade tests.

Both versions that have passed in their respective chambers allow for states to end current accountability measures enforced by high - stakes testing if they develop their own alternatives.

He said there was a fear that accountability measures at the end of the Foundation Phase - which aimed for a less formal learning approach - were inhibiting the ability of schools «to be true to its principles, narrowing the focus too much, too soon».

Considering all this, some experts have gone so far as to say that regardless of what ends up happening in the judicial system, the political momentum for using test - based accountability measures is all but over.

Previously I noted that it was crunch time for school accountability in Texas, as the Texas Legislature wound down to final decisions on several bills, most significantly one that would drastically reduce the standard for high school graduation as measured by standardized high school end - of - course assessments.

From 2016, the level will be set based on Progress 8 - our new accountability measure, which shows how much progress pupils in a particular school make between the end of primary school and their GCSEs.

Toward that end, the association has developed an accountability tool for measuring charter school performance that uses a regressive - based predictive model to filter out non-school effects on the students.

From 2016, the level will be set based on Progress 8 — the new accountability measure, which shows how much progress pupils in a particular school make between the end of primary school and their GCSEs.

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