Sentences with phrase «federal yardstick»

Since the federal yardstick fails to zero in on how much each student is learning, it can hardly be otherwise.

In 2004, only 47 of the state's 2,649 schools were given an F, while 184 were given a D. Meanwhile, under the federal yardstick, 75 percent of schools did not make AYP, including more than half of the schools Florida had given an A (see Figure 1).

We can check this by comparing the federal yardstick with the one used byFlorida as part of its state accountabilitysystem.

Schools face varying challenges that depend in part on the populations they serve, so perhaps the federal yardstick does better when those challenges are considered.

Not exact matches

The shortcomings of the federal law's yardstick have a ready explanation.

«We want to say (to federal officials), «Look, because of the transition (to Common Core), we need elbow room, and there is no way to measure progress from last year to this year, so (let us) use participation rates (in the test) as the yardstick,»» Chief Deputy State Superintendent Richard Zeiger said.

Since George W. Bush signed No Child Left Behind in 2002, federal law has required states to give all public school students in grades three through eight the same exams, so their math and language skills could be measured against a common yardstick.

Patrick Michaels helped The Advancement of Sound Science Coalition develop a set of «five guiding scientific principles» aimed at «offering federal and state government a yardstick against which to measure science in public policy.»

In either case, the yardstick for measuring the adequacy of the support and care of the Children are the provisions of the Federal Child Support Guidelines.