Sentences with phrase «hold teachers accountable simply»

It's how we know, for example, how much progress there has or has not been in closing achievement gaps nationwide, but it just doesn't work to say we can hold teachers accountable simply for raising math and reading scores.»

Not exact matches

Both seem to occur at all costs simply to stay afloat during «rough» times, but both also likely have deleterious effects on students in such schools, as well as teachers being held accountable for the students «they» teach.

While not yet acknowledging how holding teachers accountable for their students» test scores, while ideal, simply does not work (see the «Top Ten» reasons why this does not work here), at least the federal government has given back to the states the authority to devise, hopefully, some more research - informed educational policies in these regards (I know....).

Sanders thought that educators struggling with student achievement in the state should «simply» use more advanced statistics, similar to those used when modeling genetic and reproductive trends among cattle, to measure growth, hold teachers accountable for that growth, and solve the educational measurement woes facing the state of Tennessee at the time.