He added: «In a high stakes system, the government has two choices: to ensure the right incentives are in place so people take on career risks, or address
the high stakes accountability system itself.
We currently have
a high stakes accountability system, in which poor results have a huge impact on schools, headteachers, teachers and ultimately the students.
Much dissatisfaction has been voiced over
the high stakes accountability system of NCLB.
So too, we can use these three PARCC prompts to glimpse how
the high stakes accountability system has deformed teaching and warped learning in many public schools across the United States.
The SATs are not about teaching and learning, yet in too many schools the curriculum is distorted to serve
the high stakes accountability system first and children's own development second.
Far too little is still being done, however, to reform
the high stakes accountability system that is the root cause of excessive workload.
Publishers be aware: The availability of many product options,
high stakes accountability systems and tight budgets have forced educators to become increasingly critical consumers of instructional materials.
Manipulating metrics whether sub-conciously or deliberately has been a feature of
our high stakes accountability system.