Sentences with phrase «increase academic accountability»

SACRAMENTO, California — The State Senate today approved SB 645, a bill sponsored by the California Charter Schools Association (CCSA) that would increase academic accountability in the state's charter schools, linking their obligatory renewals to performance and enabling authorizing entities to more accurately identify persistently low - performing schools.

CCSA does not only stand for accountability in fiscal and governance matters, but is taking the lead on increasing academic accountability for schools.

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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.

The era of accountability, speeded along by the passage of the No Child Left Behind Act, is now demanding dramatically better academic performance with little or no increase in the funds available to do the job.

While the push for higher levels of academic achievement and accountability continues to increase, more people have realized that a single test can not provide a comprehensive evaluation of student performance.

The goal of increased assessment and accountability in NCLB was to improve student achievement, reduce the achievement gap, and align instruction to academic standards.

Under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), states now have the opportunity to support and encourage increased attention to SEL and the development of a positive school climate by including measures of students» social - emotional, as well as academic, development in their accountability and improvement systems.

In the coming months, I will be improving school and teacher accountability, increasing literacy, and strengthening academic standards for Hoosier children.

The NYS Charter Schools Act of 1998 was created for the following purposes: • Improve student learning and achievement; • Increase learning opportunities for all students, with special emphasis on expanded learning experiences for students who are at - risk of academic failure; • Encourage the use of different and innovative teaching methods; • Create new professional opportunities for teachers, school administrators and other school personnel; • Provide parents and students with expanded choices in the types of educational opportunities that are available within the public school system; and • Provide schools with a method to change from rule - based to performance - based accountability systems by holding the schools established under this article accountable for meeting measurable student achievement results.

Of course, our emphasis on improvement in student academic outcomes as the key metric in principal (and teacher) evaluations and subsequent accountability is a primary driver in motivating principals to increase their instructional expertise.

«CCSA has led the way for increased accountability by raising standards that value academic rigor, while also giving schools credit for academic growth, and for taking on the challenge of serving traditionally disadvantaged students,» said Elizabeth Robitaille, senior vice president of Achievement and Performance Management, CCSA.

As a member of the task force, I am excited for the opportunity to join my colleagues in making recommendations to craft a new structure to improve California's education system focused on inclusive education practices, high expectations for students and education leaders, and providing evidence - based instruction and learning supports so that all students have an opportunity to learn the standards in all core subject areas, which will ultimately lead to increased accountability and academic success for all.

• Academic Accountability — Significantly increase the State standards for K - 12 district and campus performance, add college readiness as a standard, measure it with the SAT or ACT exam for high school exit, and install urgent and serious consequences for underperforming campuses.

In alignment with its accountability framework, CCSA has sponsored a bill in the California Legislature to increase the minimum academic criteria necessary for a charter to be renewed.

By 2001, however, while running against former West High School principal Libby Burmaster, who would go on to beat him, Evers had publicly opposed the expansion of vouchers beyond Milwaukee and said the system's level of financial and academic accountability must increase.

«We have worked to raise academic standards, promote accountability, and provide greater competition and choice within the public schools, including support for a dramatic increase in charter schools.»

It means higher academic standards and increased accountability.

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She recognized the increased focus on academic performance and accountability that is prevalent in an era of standards - based reform.

The new legislation does require states to intervene in schools ranked in the bottom 5 % on academic performance; increases from 4 % to 7 % the amount of Title I funds that can be used for school turnaround; and continues to require that states submit accountability plans to the U.S. Department of Education for approval.

Increasing accountability with dashboards that provide detailed reports on student and classroom progress towards meeting challenging academic standards.

The increasing number of state legislators, auditors, comptrollers, parents, students and academic institutions that are calling for more accountability in the charter sector are right: If we are committed to a public education system that strives to serve all children, with the understanding and the expectation that each and every one matters, has potential and deserves the resources and opportunity to succeed, then we must rein in the current growth model of charter expansion, and insist instead on a well - regulated and equitably resourced system of public schools that works for all children.

We believe that the Success Academy's growth must be accompanied by increased public accountability to ensure that all NYC district students have fair and equal access to its opportunities for academic enrichment, as well as to ensure that the network is not abusing public funding that traditional public schools unquestionably need.

This law has opportunities for states to set their own accountability standards and for school districts to incorporate social - emotional learning in professional development and in the classroom; a recent meta - analysis shows an average increase of 13 percentile points in academic performance for students with SEL exposure over their non-SEL peers.

An increasing number of school districts are beginning to integrate social - emotional learning practices into academics, professional development, teacher evaluations, state standards, and even accountability frameworks.

Under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), states now have the opportunity to support and encourage increased attention to SEL and the development of a positive school climate by including measures of students» social - emotional, as well as academic, development in their accountability and improvement systems.