NCLB launched a decade of building states» data infrastructure; ESSA is about taking advantage of this infrastructure to not only create more meaningful accountability measures, but to also provide greater transparency, empower decisionmaking, personalize learning, and ensure we keep
kids on track for success.
Not exact matches
Still, it may be that test - score results will never convince parents that their
kids need to step it up, at least until schools stop handing out As and Bs to students who aren't
on track for success.
So I think it's critically important — a moral imperative, really — to tell the truth to
kids and parents about whether they are
on track for college and career
success.
Mostly, we worried about the signals that low proficiency standards sent to parents: the false positives indicating that their
kids were
on track for success when they actually weren't.
(Does anyone really believe that close to two - thirds of Kentucky's
kids are
on track for college
success when the national numbers haven't reached 40 percent?)
This provides a more honest report to parents, teachers, and principals about whether their
kids are
on track for success.
Through technology and social media, you could find ways to raise awareness among
kids that they are not
on track for success.