Sentences with phrase «federal accountability systems»

«While we conclude that measures of students» social - emotional learning should not be considered as a stand - alone indicator in federal accountability systems at this time, measures of school climate can provide important insights into how schools are supporting SEL.»

Changes to federal accountability systems — such as the creation of a risk - sharing system that requires institutions to cover a portion of costs when student loans go bad — may provide new incentives needed to encourage institutions to better focus on preventing the educational conditions that later lead to default.8

Civil rights groups are pushing equity into the spotlight by asking policymakers to better address the needs of historically underserved students through resource distribution and in local, state, and federal accountability systems.

WHEREAS, the over-reliance on high - stakes standardized testing in state and federal accountability systems is undermining educational quality and equity in U.S. public schools by hampering educators» efforts to focus on the broad range of learning experiences that promote the innovation, creativity, problem solving, collaboration, communication, critical thinking and deep subject - matter knowledge that will allow students to contribute and thrive in a democracy and an increasingly global society and economy; and

Students are introduced to safe school environments, data - driven decision - making strategies, practice using various assessment tools and monitoring systems for teaching and learning, and learn district, state, and federal accountability systems.

These new tests will replace assessments in English language arts and mathematics in grades 3 — 8 and high school that are currently in use within state and federal accountability systems.

This 2009 report, written by Dana Brinson and Lauren Morando Rhim for the Center on Innovation and Improvement, provides five brief profiles of schools that dramatically improved student performance and successfully restructured under federal accountability systems.

The problem stems from parents» concern that their own children might be denied promotion or graduation based on a test score; from voters» confusion when their own upscale suburban schools are deemed to be failing by state or federal accountability systems even though most of the graduates do just fine; and from frustration when parents — often prompted by teachers — conclude that the basic - skills testing regime yields too much «drill and kill,» too little flexibility, and insufficient attention to art, music, and other creative disciplines.

Likewise, in a September 3, 2003, column examining the differences between state and federal accountability systems, Winerip looked at North Carolina, where, he said, some schools that were doing just fine under the state's previous accountability system were now being flagged as needing improvement under NCLB.

Our schools remain subject to a failed federal accountability system.

The federal accountability system still requires that goal be met.

There is no longer a single federal accountability system; there will be more than 50.

«In a traditional state or federal accountability system, the metrics used to focus on English language arts, math and graduation rates.

As the Executive Director, he was responsible for the administration, development and implementation of all aspects of the statewide balanced assessment system, the state and federal accountability system, and providing strategic and direct oversight of grant - based and independent research and evaluation services for the department.

Not exact matches

«Convergence and harmonization means... Canada bending its regulations or simply adopting U.S. federal regulations, and I ask the question: at what point does the narrowing of policy room to manoeuvre fundamentally compromise democratic accountability in our political system?»

Ever since Ron Paul first introduced it in 2009, the «Federal Reserve Transparency» Act, calling for the elimination of the Federal Reserve System's exemption from certain kinds of GAO audits, has been the subject of vigorous debate between proponents of greater government accountability and champions of an independent Federal Reserve.

Keeping independence and accountability in mind, these founders established a system whereby the President would appoint federal judges with U.S. Senate consent.

In this system, what passed for accountability was the ability to provide detailed reports of planned and actual spending of federal funds — in other words, a system of accounting, not of accountability.

After years of experiencing a one - size - fits - all federal approach to school accountability and intervention, ESSA provides states with an opportunity to excel by designing new systems that reach far more children with intervention strategies that meet their needs and the needs of their schools.

What became clear from the mark - up is that there's very little support in Congress for federal oversight of state accountability systems.

Many states need to revamp their policies for including limited - English - proficient students in state tests and accountability systems if they want to continue receiving all of their federal Title I aid, according to the Department of Education.

In its report, Incentives and Test - Based Accountability in Education, the committee says that NCLB and state accountability systems have been so ineffective at lifting student achievement that accountability as we know it should probably be dropped by federal and state goveAccountability in Education, the committee says that NCLB and state accountability systems have been so ineffective at lifting student achievement that accountability as we know it should probably be dropped by federal and state goveaccountability systems have been so ineffective at lifting student achievement that accountability as we know it should probably be dropped by federal and state goveaccountability as we know it should probably be dropped by federal and state governments alike.

With key components from the old system as the foundation, ESSA (which Business Roundtable CEOs supported) is designed to move the federal government out of the decision - making process and give states the flexibility to design their own accountability systems and ensure all students receive an education that prepares them for college and career.

There is no way that the federal government can oversee and regulate the accountability systems of 50 states and more than 16,000 local jurisdictions without reducing them to a caricature of what they were originally designed to do.

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The Texas school accountability system implemented under then Governor George W. Bush served as a blueprint for the federal legislation he signed as president nearly a decade later.

In the debate over the future of the No Child Left Behind Act, policymakers, educators, and researchers seem to agree on one thing: The federal law's accountability system should be rewritten so it rewards or sanctions schools on the basis of students» academic growth.

The role that NCLB sets out for the federal government — setting national goals while leaving states and districts to decide how to reach them — is sound, and surely superior to the hodge - podge of state accountability systems that preceded it.

For one thing, in getting a waiver from the federal No Child Left Behind Act, Indiana (like other states) promised the Obama administration it would adopt standards that met federal criteria; align curricula and teaching; select, pilot, and administer new tests aligned to the standards; and integrate the standards into both school - and teacher - accountability systems.

Before George W. Bush signed NCLB into law as president, Texas implemented a test - based accountability system in 1993 under Bush as governor that was similar to the subsequent federal NCLB law.

A unitary accountability system enables the state to fairly and transparently monitor program compliance and inform the public about performance; make difficult decisions about withholding funds, intervening with local boards, and taking over schools and districts; and uniformly and thoroughly administer federal programs.

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

Although there are some federal parameters on what and how measures must be included in those systems, states have considerable latitude in how they go about creating accountability systems that work for them.

Alexander indicated that he was strongly influenced by the recommendation made at a hearing last week by Professor Marty West of Harvard University that the federal government continue to require annual tests but that it leave the design of accountability systems up to the states.

At the same time, the federal government lacks the capacity to design an accountability system that is appropriate to the needs of each state, and has a poor track record when attempting to dictate the required elements of efforts to improve under - performing schools.

This is evident in the federal law's requirement that each state's accountability system generate a report card for each school and district indicating the proportion of students meeting proficiency standards on state tests of math and reading.

Given the predictable effects of pervasive distrust, I find it surprising that unions seek more federal funds for politically governed systems and then act bewildered at the regulations and accountability that follow.

If you look at the accountability systems states are developing to meet federal requirements, you'll see a growing number are using chronic absenteeism as a metric.

Under present day standards and accountability systems, states, pushed and prodded by the federal government, have moved from trying to force districts to educate students to a minimum level of basic skills and to do something about schools that are obviously failing, to holding districts, schools and teachers accountable for (in the words of the Common Core State Standards Initiative) «preparing all students for success in college, career, and life.»

The Senate education committee last week approved a bipartisan bill to reauthorize Head Start that would expand eligibility for the federal preschool program, tighten accountability for local grantees, and abolish the National Reporting System, a federal test given to all 4 - and 5 - year - old Head Start pupils.

Given that many states have been slow to implement the statewide assessment and accountability systems required by NCLB, one might even argue that in some instances federal spending growth has overshot the target.

During the 1994 reauthorization of the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act, which ultimately forced the states to begin developing their accountability systems, Shanker was a staunch proponent of tough standards, and penned a pivotal article blasting a proposal to water down the bill.

As most readers know, ESSA requires all fifty states and the District of Columbia to update their NCLB - era education policies and practices, including their school accountability systems, if they want to continue receiving federal funds.

Also in this issue: an analysis of open educational resources and what the federal role should be in facilitating their adoption; an assessment of Mayor Bill de Blasio's first few years in office in New York City; and an expert debate on the merits of two different approaches to designing state accountability systems.

She would undo most if not all of the «structural» reforms that have been put in place in recent years — mayoral control, performance - based pay, charter laws and other choice schemes, reliance on entrepreneurship and market incentives, federal efforts to incentivize and prod the system to change in constructive directions, testing - and results - based accountability and more.

To some extent, federal policymakers are playing the «bad guy,» making state - level requirements appear far more reasonable in those states with longstanding accountability systems.

State and federal officials ought to keep three basic principles in mind in designing test - based accountability systems:

Peterson: Since John Dewey, school reformers have tried to customize education to the needs of each child, but each step towards customization has required a big step toward centralization (bigger schools, larger school districts, state certification for teachers, federal dollars and regulations, etc.) School systems are no longer embedded in the small politics of local communities and this has dramatically changed the way accountability works.

While the spirit of California's accountability system is in accordance with the federal law, a significant issue is the definition of pupil «proficiency.»

There seems to be no consensus about whether the across - the - board increases in U.S. graduation rates reported by the federal government last week are the result of No Child Left Behind - era accountability mechanisms or the data - based decisionmaking stressed under the Obama administration, more early - warning systems to identify potential dropouts, or fewer high school exit exams.