Sentences with phrase «held educational assessment»

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(In this context, the authors hold out hope that assessment results based on Common Core standards will increase transparency of educational achievement across the country, a bet that looks less secure than it did a year ago.)

Zachary had the misfortune of beginning his school career as the national and state educational agendas held a standardized approach to assessment in high - esteem, often relegating Zachary to tracking, or grouping, techniques that would easily deflate his developing self - image and motivation.

When asked where he stood on his state's initiative to hold back third graders, educational psychologist David Berliner — the Regents Professor of Education at Arizona State University — was blunt in his assessment.

The notion that parents understand that Common Core SBAC testing is undermining public education was just too much for the State to handle and last Thursday, after communications that the State Department of Education has yet to release a response to a Freedom of Information request, the Sherman Board of Education held a «special meeting» to «focus solely on a presentation to the Board of Education by our superintendent, Don Fiftal, and a panel of educational experts to provide direct and up - to - date information about the Connecticut Common Core Standards and the SBAC Assessments.»

(b) The purposes of establishing charter schools are: (i) to stimulate the development of innovative programs within public education; (ii) to provide opportunities for innovative learning and assessments; (iii) to provide parents and students with greater options in selecting schools within and outside their school districts; (iv) to provide teachers with a vehicle for establishing schools with alternative, innovative methods of educational instruction and school structure and management; (v) to encourage performance - based educational programs; (vi) to hold teachers and school administrators accountable for students» educational outcomes; and (vii) to provide models for replication in other public schools.

The personal data held regarding pupils includes contact details, assessment and examination results, attendance information, characteristics such as ethnic group, special educational needs, any relevant medical information, and photographs and videos.