Sentences with phrase «high stakes in education»

I know there are no easy answers and very high stakes in education reform.

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But surely another reason is the widespread perception among church people that gifts to church colleges are gifts to a generalized kind of «higher education» rather than a specific kind of «Christian higher education,» in which churches have some unique stake.

«If every disagreement in higher education had stakes this important and voices this thoughtful, then every college diploma would be worth even more than it is.»

Volume XIV, Number 2 The Social Mission of Waldorf School Communities — Christopher Schaefer Identity and Governance — Jon McAlice Changing Old Habits: Exploring New Models for Professional Development — Thomas Patteson and Laura Birdsall Developing Coherence: Meditative Practice in Waldorf School College of Teacher — Kevin Avison Teachers» Self - Development as a Mirror of Children's Incarnation: Part II — Renate Long - Breipohl Social - Emotional Education and Waldorf Education — David S. Mitchell Television in, and the World's of, Today's Children — Richard House Russia's History, Culture, and the Thrust Toward High - Stakes Testing: Reflections on a Recent Visit — David S. Mitchell Da Valdorvuskii!

Volume IV, Number 2 Human Biography and Its Genetic Instrument — Michaela Glöckler, M.D. Challenges and Opportunities in Evolution Education — James Henderson The High Stakes of Standardized Testing — Edward Miller Ecology: Coming into Being versus Eco-Data — Will Brinton Genes and Life: The Need for Quantitative Understanding — Craig Holdrege

But with increasing dissatisfaction over the high - stakes testing currently consuming mainstream education; the growing recognition of the many benefits a child receives through experiences with art, movement, and nature; a concern over a reliance on technology by younger and younger students; and the news that leaders in the high - tech industry are touting the lifelong benefits of low - tech Waldorf schools in educating their own children, more and more parents and educators are taking a closer look at the Waldorf approach and what it has to offer.

Waldorf Education has been getting a lot of media coverage lately due to its rejection of high - stakes testing and its interest in developing individuality and creativity in an otherwise increasingly mechanized world.

The stakes are high because more than 70 percent of the milk distributed in school cafeterias is flavored, according to the Milk Processor Education Program, an industry group.

Hawkins will speak on the need to fully fund and desegregate public schools, while ending high - stakes testing, to provide a quality education for all students in New York.

At a time when the corporate education reformers like Governor Cuomo scapegoat teachers, underfund public schools, and push high - stakes testing linked to Common Core as way to justify the expansion of privately - managed charter schools, she has persistently brought forth real facts about how poverty, segregation, and inequitable school funding affect testing and achievement in public schools.

Thursday's City Council schedule will include a meeting of the Committee on Governmental Operations for its preliminary budget oversight hearing; a meeting of the Committee on Veterans to consider a resolution «calling upon the New York State Legislature to pass and the Governor to sign S. 752, the Veterans» Education Through SUNY Credits Act»; and a meeting of the Committee on Education to consider multiple resolutions, including one «calling upon the New York State Legislature to reject any attempt to raise the cap on the number of charter schools,» one «calling upon the Department of Education to amend its Parent's Bill of Rights and Responsibilities to include information about opting out of high - stakes testing and distribute this document at the beginning of every school year, to every family, in every grade,» and one «calling upon the New York State Legislature to eliminate the Governor's receivership proposal in the executive budget for New York City.»

The challenge for Cuomo and lawmakers, also in a re-election year, would be to close the deficit without spurring a high stakes fight over education and health care funding.

Commenting on the statement by the Secretary of State for Education setting out proposals to reform the system of primary assessment, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT - The Teachers» Union, said: «It is important to recognise, and as the NASUWT has stated consistently, that many of the concerns expressed about statutory primary assessment are the direct result of their use in the current high stakes school accountability regime.

The resolution declares «no confidence» in education department commissioner John King's policies and calls for a three - year moratorium on high - stakes standardized testing.

Worry over and disapproval of the State Education Department's high - stakes standardized tests has been simmering in Kingston, with some parents

ALBANY — State education commissioner John King said Tuesday that a call from teachers» unions for a three - year moratorium on using state exam results for «high - stakes» decisions is a «distraction» from the goal of improving New York graduates» outcomes in college and careers.

«The leadership has clearly heard the concerned parents and educators who support high standards but know that a moratorium on the use of standardized tests in high - stakes decisions is essential until the State Education Department makes major corrections to its failed implementation plan,» president Richard Iannuzzi said in the statement.

Hawkins chose to announce in front of the NYC Board of Education to highlight his call for adequate funding for public schools and an end to high - stakes testing.

«The education policies coming from the leadership of both major parties in the recent state budget — from underfunding public schools and promoting charter schools to modifying but not ending the high - stakes testing regime — are pro-privatization and anti-public schools.

In addition, the Budget puts forward the state's largest investment in education to date, including an increase of more than 5 % in school aid; statewide, universal full - day Pre-k; a bond act to modernize classrooms; as well as signature reforms to fix Common Core implementation and protect students from unfair high stakes test results; and strengthen and support Charter SchoolIn addition, the Budget puts forward the state's largest investment in education to date, including an increase of more than 5 % in school aid; statewide, universal full - day Pre-k; a bond act to modernize classrooms; as well as signature reforms to fix Common Core implementation and protect students from unfair high stakes test results; and strengthen and support Charter Schoolin education to date, including an increase of more than 5 % in school aid; statewide, universal full - day Pre-k; a bond act to modernize classrooms; as well as signature reforms to fix Common Core implementation and protect students from unfair high stakes test results; and strengthen and support Charter Schoolin school aid; statewide, universal full - day Pre-k; a bond act to modernize classrooms; as well as signature reforms to fix Common Core implementation and protect students from unfair high stakes test results; and strengthen and support Charter Schools.

At the event, Jones, who serves as Franklin County Chairman, introduced his education platform, which includes increasing state aid to public schools and the elimination of the Common Core, which he said places teachers and students in high - pressure environments with «high stakes» testing.

A new report from the Royal Society on improving U.K. science and mathematics education contains a lengthy wish list: Upper - level students should take a lot more science and math; more college graduates with science degrees should go into teaching; current teachers should continually upgrade their skills and have a larger voice in the educational process; and the government should de-emphasize the high - stakes tests used to measure student achievement.

Although a varied and massive array of programs comprise the Harlem Children's Zone, its charter schools have garnered perhaps the most attention, particularly in the context of controversial New York City school reforms and the larger conversation in the education world about high - stakes tests, charters, and No Child Left Behind.

-- A Commentary by Howard Gardner Howard Gardner, the John H. and Elisabeth A. Hobbs professor in cognition and education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and the «father» of multiple intelligences theory, weighs in on the issue of high - stakes testing in this coeducation at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and the «father» of multiple intelligences theory, weighs in on the issue of high - stakes testing in this coEducation and the «father» of multiple intelligences theory, weighs in on the issue of high - stakes testing in this commentary.

In writing her recent book, The Test, NPR's lead education blogger Anya Kamenetz wanted to trace high - stakes testing back to its roots in the hope of understanding where these tests come from, how they are made, and how they are really affecting teaching and learning in the United StateIn writing her recent book, The Test, NPR's lead education blogger Anya Kamenetz wanted to trace high - stakes testing back to its roots in the hope of understanding where these tests come from, how they are made, and how they are really affecting teaching and learning in the United Statein the hope of understanding where these tests come from, how they are made, and how they are really affecting teaching and learning in the United Statein the United States.

The details are intricate and the stakes are very high, both for the theorists, who want their view of education to prevail over the whole state, and for the publishers, who must satisfy the state's requirements in order to win entrance to the enormous textbook market.

In their article, «The Relative Equitability of High - Stakes Testing versus Teacher - Assigned Grades: An Analysis of the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS),» Harvard Graduate School of Education researchers Robert T. Brennan and James S. Kim, and UMass Boston researchers Melodie Wenz - Gross and Gary N. Siperstein compared 736 student results on the MCAS with teacher - assigned grades in order to analyze the relative equitability of the two measures across three subject areas — math, English, and sciencIn their article, «The Relative Equitability of High - Stakes Testing versus Teacher - Assigned Grades: An Analysis of the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS),» Harvard Graduate School of Education researchers Robert T. Brennan and James S. Kim, and UMass Boston researchers Melodie Wenz - Gross and Gary N. Siperstein compared 736 student results on the MCAS with teacher - assigned grades in order to analyze the relative equitability of the two measures across three subject areas — math, English, and sciencin order to analyze the relative equitability of the two measures across three subject areas — math, English, and science.

Christine Blower, general secretary of the National Union of Teachers, said: «Pearson needs to end its involvement with fee - paying private schools in the global south; stop all practices that promote and support the obsession with high - stakes testing; and negotiate with teachers» unions and others to secure agreement on the appropriate role of «edu - business» in education.

Professor Andy Noyes, Head of School of Education, University of Nottingham and Jane Jones, Former National Lead for Mathematics, Ofsted, deliberated on this point considering mathematical connections in high stakes assessment as well as making the most of low stakes assessments.

«Given the high stakes [in education], children of immigrants face greater challenges than before,» Louie said.

In a 2009 study, the Center for Public Education released Teaching the Teachers: Effective Professional Development in an Era of High Stakes Accountability, a national research report indicating that «most professional development today is ineffective.&raquIn a 2009 study, the Center for Public Education released Teaching the Teachers: Effective Professional Development in an Era of High Stakes Accountability, a national research report indicating that «most professional development today is ineffective.&raquin an Era of High Stakes Accountability, a national research report indicating that «most professional development today is ineffective.»

For all their flaws, they are far better for equity and quality than statewide skills - standards with high - stakes tests that encourage wasting huge amounts of school time in practicing narrow test - taking activities at the expense of education.

These three visions for public education generate conflicts that are politically charged, and carry high stakes in terms of legitimacy and financial support.

Contact: Adam Rabinowitz: 202-266-4724, [email protected] Jackie Kerstetter: 814-440-2299, [email protected], Education Next D.C.'s high - stakes teacher evaluations raise teacher quality, student achievement 90 % of the turnover of low - performing teachers occurs in high - poverty schools July 27, 2017 — Though the Every Student Succeeds Act excludes any requirements for states about teacher evaluation policies, the results from a once - controversial high - stakes system -LSB-...]

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High stakes testing policies requiring students to pass standardized tests for promotion and graduation deepen educational inequity between whites and minorities and widen the educational gap between affluent and impoverished students, according to two studies of education reform in Texas.

In a recent Education Next review («A Gloomy Perspective on High - Stakes Testing», vol.

For the most part, he says, the past decade of research on the accountability movement in education has focused on two things: whether or not the tests increased academic achievement, and how high - stakes testing has led to certain behaviors such as teaching to the test or manipulating the data.

Last week, Gates Foundation education chief Vicki Phillips wrote a «letter to our partners» urging that states give students and teachers time to adjust to the new Common Core standards before using those standards as factors «in high - stakes decisions on teacher evaluation or student promotion for the next two years, during this transition.»

From the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) of 1975 to its more inclusive follow - up in 1997; from the cry for attention from those lobbying for gifted students to calls for greater sensitivity to the learning styles of all student populations; from the initial proficiency tests of the early»90s to their high - stakes, pass - fail descendants; from the rise of bilingual education in some parts of the country to its demise in other regionspublic education has been a veritable vessel oEducation Act (IDEA) of 1975 to its more inclusive follow - up in 1997; from the cry for attention from those lobbying for gifted students to calls for greater sensitivity to the learning styles of all student populations; from the initial proficiency tests of the early»90s to their high - stakes, pass - fail descendants; from the rise of bilingual education in some parts of the country to its demise in other regionspublic education has been a veritable vessel oeducation in some parts of the country to its demise in other regionspublic education has been a veritable vessel oeducation has been a veritable vessel of change.

«The notion of high - stakes testing was brought on as one component of Louisiana's overall reform efforts and not in isolation,» said Scott Norton, director of standards and assessments for the Louisiana Department of Education.

«The Accountability Plateau,» by Mark Schneider, just published by Education Next and the Fordham Institute, makes a big point: that «consequential accountability,» à la No Child Left Behind and the high - stakes state testing systems that preceded it, corresponded with a significant one - time boost in student achievement, particularly in primary and middle school math.

His most recent publications include «African - American Parents» Orientations towards Schools» (with K. Williams Gomez; in press) in Education and Urban Society; «High - Stakes Accountability in Urban Elemenatary Schools» (with J. Spillane; in press) in Teachers College Record; «Teachers» Expectations and Sense of Responsibility for Student Learning» (with A. Randolph and J. Spillane; in press) in Anthropology and Education Quarterly; and «Towards a Theory of School Leadership» (with J. Spillane and R. Halverson; in press) in Journal of Curriculum Studies.

Members of the forum include the 3.2 million - member National Education Association, based in Washington, and the National Center for Fair & Open Testing, or FairTest, a longtime critic of high - stakes testing, based in Cambridge, Mass..

In the end, the high - stakes test is the definition of what we think successful education stands for, for better or worse, and I think it's still an open question whether the next generation of assessments will really match our aspiration to encourage rigorous, deep thinking rather than the rote - like product from the testing regime.

Someday, when they write the history of the education - reform movement, future scholars will tug their chins in puzzlement as they ponder today's obsession with high - stakes teacher evaluations.

Carol Yu Education Policy and Management Current City: New York / Boston Current job: Global academic director, Bridge International Academies Career highlight: Seeing our first cohort of graduates in Kenya excel on the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education exam (KCPE), a high - stakes national exit examination for primary students.

«The ability to approach challenges that way is an essential element of strong leadership, especially in a field where the stakes and hurdles are as high as they are in education today.»

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.

While more dedicated media education in schools would be great, it is little more than a pipe dream in the current climate of low budgets and high - stake tests.