Sentences with phrase «focus on annual test»

The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) takes a more comprehensive approach to assessing school quality than the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), moving beyond NCLB's focus on annual test performance to also consider factors like student academic growth, graduation rates, and rates of proficiency for English language learners.

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Second, White focused on the SEC's plan to improve its grasp of portfolio composition risks and operational risks by: requiring better data reporting and risk controls, particularly with respect to derivatives; mandating that investment advisers create transition plans to prepare for major business disruptions; and requiring large investment advisers and funds to submit to annual stress testing.

The president may be hard - pressed to veto even a very conservative bill, though the administration has signaled in the past it will take a hard line when it comes to preserving annual tests and other provisions that focus on equal access to education in NCLB.

One dominant model is the streamlined letter - grade system first adopted by Florida, which focuses on student achievement on annual statewide tests.

Monona Grove is using these tests — the Explore tests for grades 8 and 9, and the Plan tests for grades 10 and 11 — to paint an annual picture of each student's academic skills and what he or she needs to focus on to be ready to take on the challenges of post-secondary education or the work force.

TeachingWorks and Educational Testing Service Reception Join TeachingWorks and Educational Testing Service (ETS) at a reception celebrating the third annual Preparing Teachers for Practice strand and introducing the Transforming Educator Licensure (TEL) project, focused on building new performance assessments for teacher licensure.

all participating schools be subject to an annual evaluation that will focus on the educational outcomes of students (which would include disaggregated discipline data, state test scores, college course pass, college success, etc.) and the program impact.

While I am sure we can all debate the many reasons teachers offer for leaving the profession including increased emphasis on standardized test scores, the shifting focus of the annual professional performance review and the lack of funding for education at the state and national level, there is a growing stream of awareness that the core of the frustration is the lack of shared decision - making roles and opportunities for teachers in the majority of our schools today.

The Obama administration's focus on teachers is a significant shift from the Bush administration's No Child Left Behind law, which uses high - stakes tests like the annual Wisconsin Knowledge and Concepts Exam (WKCE) to identify schools and school districts that are failing to meet the needs of children and then threatens to cut funding if they don't make the grade.

It also would keep in place the NCLB law's signature transparency requirements — including annual testing — and focus on helping traditionally overlooked groups of students and failing schools.

It's risky choices like these that make The Last Guardian stand out among the heavily focus - tested games some publishers foist us with on annual basis.

The project is part of Testing Ground for Art and Education, an annual season focussed on opportunities for the creative and professional development of emerging artists and curators.

Now in its 7th year, Testing Ground for Art and Education is an annual season focussed on opportunities for the creative and professional development of emerging artists and curators.

Registration opens in a few weeks for our annual October EcoChallenge, but you can test - drive a Nature Challenge from the list before now and then join us in October to focus on connecting with nature and committing to an action for two weeks.

That's why focusing on mean annual surface temperature is a very weak test of the models ability.

Responsible for all technical support of products from the above suppliers including training sales and repair personnel, repairing faulty equipment, end - user and distributor customer support, technical support for sales, product testing, evaluation and QC; special focus on Shimano including annual QC manager meetings, weekly / monthly reports to Shimano Europe