Sentences with phrase «existing accountability systems»

Deven Carlson, a political science professor at the University of Oklahoma who studies how states are integrating the Common Core into their existing accountability systems, sees the teacher evaluation system as one of the central grievances of the New York parents and students, who — with some help from educators and the teachers union — orchestrated the largest sit - out of annual state tests since the 2001 federal No Child Left Behind Act that mandated them.

In an interview with the Prospect, Greene also said that test - based accountability advocates tend to imagine either that existing accountability systems are already designed according to best practices, or that states will eventually adopt best practices.

What I'm looking for is the opportunity to pilot alternative accountability systems, exemptions from existing accountability systems for folks who are really doing good work, and innovative ways to approach accountability.

Tom Vander Ark recently wrote about several different approaches to accountability, including John Bailey's idea of state - created «innovation zones» that would free groups of schools from existing accountability systems.

Three separate lines of inquiry, however, provide evidence that existing accountability systems have led to larger gains than expected in a world without them.

Each State approved to use a differentiated accountability model must agree to provide data to the Department comparing its model to its existing accountability system, the impact of the interventions applied to schools and districts, and the effects of differentiating accountability on student achievement and school reform.

The LAO's Rachel Ehlers told the panel Monday that while her office welcomes much of what the governor has proposed, they are concerned about the ability of the existing accountability system to ensure districts spend their money as intended under the governor's plan.

The updated law, ESSA, tacks on social - emotional learning to the existing accountability system as an inadequate patch to a program that failed to reach its ambitious goal of all children being on grade level by 2014.

Not exact matches

ChildNet is working with Ricoh to digitize existing case files so they become accessible through mobile devices, and has implemented an indexing system to provide quick access to certain data in compliance with HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act).

Mr. Flaherty's emphasis on accountability is important because one of the major weaknesses of regulatory structures as they exist now is a lack of clarity over who's responsible for safeguarding the entire system, something officials call «macroprudential regulation.»

We also manufacture RFID - tagged plastic pet food pallets, which can be used with your existing management system to improve tracking and accountability as your product moves through the supply chain.

Madison conceded that he, too, had found no existing system of accountability when he arrived at the park district so that there was no way of evaluating employees «performance.

In choosing this year's «Better Balance,» for example, the editors signaled that something is awry in the existing balance between the «hard» elements of standards - based reform (namely the academic standards, assessments, and interventions that make up a state's accountability system) and such «soft» components as teacher training, instructional materials, and classroom environment.

Studying the A-Plus accountability and choice system in Florida therefore offers the possibility of some important contributions to the existing research literature.

Rather, it is a way for policymakers to challenge the «givens» of the existing system by harnessing the powerful dynamics created by choice, competition, standards, and accountability.

Existing district - federal relationships are based on grants, not accountability systems.

The pattern of test scores in Texas and the nation suggest that consequential accountability — adopted early by Texas, then by more states, and finally by the nation as a whole — was a shock to the U.S. school system that altered the ecosystem and led to a different outcome than had existed before.

A true results - based accountability system in special education would retain the existing legal guarantees of diagnosis and services for students with disabilities at the front end of the special education process.

States could also create entirely separate accountability systems for alternative schools, weighting existing measures differently (e.g. placing less emphasis on proficiency and placing more emphasis on academic growth) and using different indicators, such as high school completion rates instead of cohort graduation rates.

The financial data that exists is (sic) unreliable, there has not been a clean audit since FY 2001 - 2002, there is no inventory of assets, the payroll system is in shambles, school buildings are in deplorable condition and, up to now, there has been little accountability.»

An elected school board that oversaw a system of non-profit operated schools could allow for both forms (voting, choice) of accountability to simultaneously exist.

Schools seldom have coherent content standards, accountability systems based on assessments of student academic growth, or an ethic of making publicly available the performance data that do exist.

Over the past decade, taxpayers have spent considerable sums to develop existing state accountability systems:

Additionally, we create resources and leverage existing resources from a range of federal networks to provide the most up - to - date information about states» standards, assessment, and accountability systems.

The new law gives «credit» in the accountability system to schools where students complete industry - recognized certificates in areas of high demand, as established by existing regional workforce development boards.

The new framework, if approved by Congress and the president, would largely restore the system that existed prior to NCLB, in which states had greater authority over their testing and accountability systems.

Portrait of the Movement introduced a performance framework, which streamlines and improves upon the existing assessment system in order to strengthen academic accountability for underperforming charters.

Ms. Weingarten voiced concerns about state accountability systems not being flexible enough at the local level, while Dr. Gordon explained that in her view, concerns expressed by the Congressional Research Service over Title I funding mechanisms are unfounded due to existing precedents.

Broadening accountability systems in this way is the practical means by which states can raise expectations for student learning beyond the basic reading and math skills existing achievement tests emphasize.

«ESSA shifts much of the responsibility for student outcomes to states, which must develop robust accountability systems that target large graduation rate gaps that continue to exist between different groups of students, as well as high schools that fail to graduate one - third or more of their students,» said Gov. Bob Wise, president of the Alliance for Excellent Education.

«Our accountability system is designed both to recognize the progress our schools are making and to reveal the challenges where they exist.

Missouri and Virginia did not include such an indicator as a measurable objective, but both will continue to include dual and concurrent enrollment in calculations for differentiated recognition under existing state accountability systems.

The shift from accountability and compliance to leadership for innovation and excellence places new demands on community, state, and federal systems and organizations which recognize that many existing structures, approaches and tools are not always suited to fostering and supporting new leaders.

Drawing on existing state practices and on the views of policymakers and school experts, the report proposes principles for effective accountability systems and imagines a new accountability system in a so - called 51st state.

Although decent responses exist for every one of these concerns, as do sundry ways of curbing their excesses, it's probably time for education reformers and policymakers to admit that just pushing harder on test - driven accountability as the primary tool for changing our creaky old public - school system is apt to yield more backlash than accomplishment.

A hallmark of the Broad - style leadership is closing existing schools rather than attempting to improve them, increasing class size, opening charter schools, imposing high - stakes test - based accountability systems on teachers and students, and implementing of pay for performance schemes.

It says the government «has taken up the challenge of proposing an end to the special deals and unfair advantages in the existing legislation and offered a single model that, whilst not perfect, offers significant potential to level the current distribution, accountability and transparency of funding across all sectors and systems».

The accountability model in place before the arrival of A-F school grades continued to evolve over the past decade, and there still exists a system whereby low - performing schools receive help from the state through district and school transformation teams.

This proposal addresses many of the flaws with the existing consumer reporting system, by making common - sense changes that enhance consumers» rights, create more transparency over the consumer reporting and credit scoring process, and increase the accountability of credit reporting agencies, furnishers, and companies that develop credit scoring models and formulas.»

We will propose common sense modifications to the existing regulation to provide greater certainty that this listing will not set backdoor climate policy outside our normal system of political accountability.

-- «Grant» is an invite to defraud the government without oversight or accountability and a motivation to create «nonoffending families»; offending families, even where none exist so as to support the existing «Frankenstein» local system that grows without real purpose.