Sentences with phrase «holistic measures of school success»

TCTA urged the Texas Education Agency to do more to address inequitable gaps in the assignment of qualified teachers to poor and minority students, and to include more holistic measures of school success in its proposed State ESSA Plan.

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Much of their attention is focused on which indicators of school quality or student success they will use to provide a more holistic measure of school performance than the test - based measures of the past.

«The Board is pleased with the new School Improvement Framework, as it incorporates both academic and nonacademic school quality and student success measures to create a more holistic view of a school's environment for students,» Kevin Laverty, chair of the state board, said in a statSchool Improvement Framework, as it incorporates both academic and nonacademic school quality and student success measures to create a more holistic view of a school's environment for students,» Kevin Laverty, chair of the state board, said in a statschool quality and student success measures to create a more holistic view of a school's environment for students,» Kevin Laverty, chair of the state board, said in a statschool's environment for students,» Kevin Laverty, chair of the state board, said in a statement.

The bipartisan Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015 (ESSA) ushered in a new way to improve K - 12 schools.1 ESSA promised states the opportunity to create more holistic school classification systems using new measures of school quality or student success — without losing sight of academic achievement.

But as states rethink what success looks like, they can use more holistic measures of school quality to improve school and student performance.

ESSA also marks an important move toward a more holistic approach to accountability by encouraging multiple measures of school and student success.

The new law also gives states the opportunity to use more holistic measures of school quality and student success to classify schools.

Although just one component of the greater accountability system, school classification systems are a top priority for states.1 As states design these systems, much of their attention is focused on which indicators of school quality or student success they will use for a more holistic measure of school performance.2 According to ESSA, these new indicators may measure one or more of the following: 3