Sentences with phrase «federal standards and accountability»

Via the Los Angeles Times Running the schools was a lot simpler before there were federal standards and accountability tests and a commitment to closing the achievement gap for disadvantaged students.

Not exact matches

The new federal Every Student Succeeds Act, was endorsed by more than 35 civil rights organizations to ensure high standards and accountability for the progress of all students, the official said.

The move toward federally imposed accountability standards is necessary to ensure that federal funds are enhancing educational opportunity, especially for poor and minority students.

When it comes to the study of implementing education reforms, analysts tend to focus on the formal channels of implementation and the standard tools of public administration — for example, intergovernmental hand - offs (federal to state to district to school), alignment of curriculum, assessment and other components of the reform, professional development, getting incentives right, and accountability mechanisms.

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.

(It escapes me why he then urges that states be placed in sole charge of school standards and accountability with no federal involvement at all.)

State and federal school accountability programs hold schools to specific standards of academic performance and assume each school is given a fair shake at accomplishing the task of educating its students.

But Tennessee earned almost full marks (98 percent) on the section of the competition (weighted a substantial 14 percent of all possible points) devoted to «adopting standards and assessments,» even though its standards have remained extremely low ever since the federal accountability law took hold.

Since that time, states — spurred in part by the requirements of the federal No Child Left Behind Act — have enacted many of that movement's building blocks related to standards, testing, and accountability.

On top of the daily challenges of education, which include standards - based reform, pressing state and federal mandates, and high stakes accountability, the Meridian educators were facing a year of unfamiliarity in leadership considering a newly - hired superintendent and an administration that is approximately one - third new.

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.

For example, what if top - down accountability as defined and enforced by states and the federal government were limited to basic skills, something like the MCTs of the 1970s but based on clear, empirically validated standards about what students need to know and be able to do to hold down the types of jobs that do not require a college degree?

In fact, the modern accountability movement, right through to the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, owes much to Shanker's relentless calls for higher standards, assessments, and consequences for poor performance.

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.»

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.

States labored for decades to put such standards in place, prodded in 1994 by the federal Goals 2000 Act, then in 2002 by the No Child Left Behind Act, with its insistence on annual testing and consequential accountability.

Even the 1994 federal Title I reforms, which required states to develop the three major prongs of an effective accountability system (academic standards, tests linked to the standards, and a mixture of assistance and sanctions for low - performing schools) did little to stimulate California into action.

The accountability standards mandated by state and federal legislators are becoming increasingly difficult to meet for many schools.

Leveraging the federal role by using the Higher Education Act to offer students incentives to graduate ready for college and the workplace, support state efforts to raise high school exit standards and strengthen postsecondary accountability, and by aligning the 12th grade National Assessment of Educational Progress to ADP's benchmarks; and,

For the past three decades, public school accountability had generally been heading in one direction: toward common standards, standardized tests, and a bigger role for the federal government in shaping how states gauge student performance and improve schools.

The law is meant to ensure states are free to make decisions about accountability, school improvement, standards, and assessments without federal interference... If the secretary chooses to ignore the law, then Congress and state and local leaders can use the tools they have to hold the secretary accountable, [a GOP aide] said.

Frequent topics include school improvement, leadership, standards, accountability, the achievement gap, classroom practice, professional development, teacher education, research, technology and innovations in teaching and learning, state and federal policy, and education and the global economy.

Support this effort through a range of tiered incentives, such as providing states with greater flexibility in the use of existing federal funds, supporting a revised state accountability structure, and offering financial support for states to implement the standards.

This 2001 federal law is designed to raise academic standards, close achievement gaps, encourage more school accountability, and offer more choices to families and students.

National standards would strengthen federal control over education while weakening schools» direct accountability to parents and taxpayers.

Requirements for states to implement systems of standards, assessments, and accountability have been the central feature of federal elementary and secondary education programs since 1994.

And if you're at all interested in standards, assessments, accountability, and / or the consequences of the federal government's deep engagement in key elements of schooling, I think you'll find this brief very much worth your tiAnd if you're at all interested in standards, assessments, accountability, and / or the consequences of the federal government's deep engagement in key elements of schooling, I think you'll find this brief very much worth your tiand / or the consequences of the federal government's deep engagement in key elements of schooling, I think you'll find this brief very much worth your time.

Michigan is one of 42 states to receive a waiver from the 13 - year - old federal law in exchange for implementing requirements like career - and college - ready standards, stronger school accountability standards and a system to evaluate teachers and identify underperforming ones.

«A bipartisan bill will not have everything that everyone wants, but it must build on our common interests: high standards; flexibility for states, school districts and schools; and a more focused federal role that promotes equity, accountability and reform,» U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said in a statement about Harkin's bill Tuesday.

Superintendents acknowledge that federal and state standards and accountability systems have created a situation in which district and school personnel can not ignore evidence about students who are struggling or failing to meet mandated standards for academic performance, as reflected in test results and other indicators of student success (e.g., attendance, graduation rates).

In addition, the main thrust of the report's criticism, that the state's ESSA plan is not sufficiently similar to what it would have been had No Child Left Behind remained in effect, assumes the test - based accountability strategy that these reviewers have made their careers pursuing had been effective, which it has not; and therefore, when coupled with the false claim that California has high - quality academic standards and assessments, which it doesn't (California's standards being based on the Common Core, which leaves American students 2 - 3 years behind their peers in East Asia and northern Europe), California's families remain well advised to opt out of state schooling wherever and whenever possible, until the overreach from both the federal and state capitals is brought to an end and local schools that want to pursue genuinely world - class excellence can thrive.

For all the schools and districts sampled in our study, state and federal curriculum policies, standards, and accountability systems influenced direction setting pervasively.

In combination, these initiatives have progressively increased the demands on teachers and their students and have laid the groundwork for what was to come next - an unprecedented federal intervention on state level education policy - making that directs all states toward a single goal (i.e., 100 % of students reaching «proficiency») via a single system of implementation (i.e., standards - based assessment and accountability).

«I came to believe that accountability, as written into federal law, was not raising standards but dumbing down the schools as states and districts strived to meet unrealistic targets,» she writes.

WakeEd has previously advocated for creating a single accountability tool that meets the federal standards and fairly reports the performance of public schools across the state.

``... Hoosier schools would have to comply with federal accountability standards and would be at risk of losing federal education dollars.

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.

During his tenure, he made the MTA the voice of the profession and established the teachers union as a partner in developing and implementing state and federal policy such as teacher - evaluation frameworks, new curriculum standards, district and school accountability measures, while strengthening labor - management collaboration focused on improving student achievement.

The yearslong districtwide scheme denied an untold number of students the right to a proper education by fraudulently boosted the district's test scores, attendance and graduation rates to meet federal accountability standards.

State and federal efforts to bolster standards and accountability place increasing demands on schools and aim to transform the role of the principal.

The California Charter Schools Association (CCSA) has repeatedly gone on record debunking and factually proving that charters are public schools, kids in charters are achieving academically, charters are non-profits, comply with federal and state laws, are held to exceptionally high standards of accountability, and supports anyone from the community whose primary concern is advocating and creating high quality education opportunities for students.

The EOCEP encourages instruction in the specific academic standards for the courses, encourages student achievement, and documents the level of students» mastery of the academic standards.To meet federal accountability requirements, the EOCEP in mathematics, English / language arts and science will be administered to all public school students by the third year of high school, including those students as required by the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEA) and by Title 1 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA).

In order to be eligible for the TCEP grant, the charter school must be accredited, qualify as a «charter school» under the federal definition, and meet the following academic and financial accountability standards:

This is the issue behind the revealing exchange between DeVos and Sen. Tim Kaine (D - VA) at her confirmation hearing in which she refused to say that all schools receiving federal aid should be held to the same accountability standards and IDEA requirements.

Additionally, summative assessments help ensure that schools meet federal and state accountability standards.

This year it is waiver of NCLB standards, as we hear of cheating, students and schools that are not meeting the latest standards, increased pressure for student accountability, and state and federal budget woes.

The Kansas Assessment Program (KAP) includes a variety of tests aligned to Kansas» content standards, which help educators and policymakers evaluate student learning and meet the requirements for federal and state accountability.

Increasing funding in 2002, No Child Left Behind required the adoption of a common set of english and math standards correlated with achievement goals along, measured by standardized testing for federal accountability.

It focuses mostly on standards for accountability and transparency, and vastly increases the amount of information states will be required to share in annual «school report cards,» which will give parents better data on school performance and help guide where federal education money is most needed.

Sometimes people wonder why I'm so consumed with issues around educational equity, school choice, standards, accountability and the need for a strong federal role in education.