Sentences with phrase «federal assessment»

Some opponents of federal assessment requirements argue — totally reasonably, in my view — that schools are far more than test scores so the indicators used to assess schools should be more expansive.

We should call for meeting minimum federal assessment requirement with a more effective, proven, verifiable assessment protocol that is also less time - consuming, less costly, and less controversial.

The first step is for the Agency to screen out projects which are not suitable for Federal assessment, but the new screening step relates to impact on Federal areas of jurisdiction, rather than decisions within Federal jurisdiction.

HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS: Tennessee Sen. Lamar Alexander has said he wants to cut the Department of Education budget and return money to the states while rolling back federal assessments of schools.

A new federal assessment gave Connecticut high schoolers high marks in reading and math.

ESSA allows states to use federal assessment funding to revise their testing programs, such as by adding tasks, portfolios and formative assessments.

What if, on a given day in May every year, every medical clinic in America saw federal assessment officials measuring the health status of everyone enrolled in that clinic, then aggregated the results to give a score to the clinic and tied doctors» pay to those rankings.

As a member of the New Leaders Policy Advisory Committee, James has advocated for maintaining annual federal assessment requirements in the recently authorized Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), with accountability focused on student growth.

A new plan announced by U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan offers states a one - year reprieve from federal assessment and accountability requirements as they transition to the Common Core State Standards.

Thus, there is potential for projects to be made subject to Federal assessment even if they entail no Federal money or land and require no Federal decisions to be made.

Therefore, federal assessment of impacts in these areas with a view to preventing significant adverse effects is likely intra vires, even when there is no decision to be made under other Federal statutes.

Astorino's campaign, in turn, called on Cuomo to apologize to Westchester families for not disagreeing with the federal assessment that zoning laws in the county are discriminatory.

The memo also calls for a federal assessment of «the appropriate number of high containment U.S. laboratories required» to handle select agents.

Faced with a backlash from educators who say students spend too much time taking tests, seven states have failed to live up to their promises to take part in the federal assessment program this year, and six others may also have to drop out.

Still, less than one - sixth of L.A. 8th graders now read and write proficiently, according to federal assessments.

President Nixon's administration pushed for a federal assessment to track academic achievement and a federal body to study the link between federal funds and student learning.

Camera of U.S. News reports that Bushaw isn't ruling out a move that would draw NAEP closer to the new Common Core standards, though he cautions that the federal assessment needs to maintain distance from other academic guidelines.

«I've already paid the $ 35,000 and now I'm sure the province is going to come after me for their money,» he said, referring to provincial taxes he'll owe based on the federal assessment.

Climate change is leading to heat - stress events, forcing people with respiratory illnesses to turn to devices such as inhalers or to hospitals, the federal assessment said.