Sentences with phrase «look at accountability»

«Let's look at accountability systems, let's look at digital instruction and technology — that's all related to my work right now,» she said.

The report was updated to include context from two significant events that are pushing states to take a closer look at their accountability systems: the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (now known as ESSA) and the launch of the New Skills for Youth initiative, a competitive grant program funded by JPMorgan Chase & Co. that requires participating states to transform their systems to support high - quality career - focused education for all students.

Congress could advance school improvement substantially, though, if members look at accountability systems and encourage states to adopt data dashboards in place of the relatively simple measures of school performance states currently use.

In «On Her Majesty's School Inspection Service,» author Craig D. Jerald argues that education policymakers should take a closer look at another accountability system — on - site inspections.

If you look at the accountability systems states are developing to meet federal requirements, you'll see a growing number are using chronic absenteeism as a metric.

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Looking first at our own behaviors and mindsets demonstrates personal accountability, while blaming circumstances demonstrates a victim mindset.

«Accountability and transparency are important values at VA under President Trump, and we look forward to reviewing the report and its recommendations in more detail before determining an appropriate response,» Cashour said.

Build a culture of accountability, measure results, and make sure everyone knows that you are looking at their performance.

Last week, a group of prominent senators sent a letter to the U.S. Government Accountability Office, asking it to take a closer look at peer - to - peer lenders and other alternative lenders that have emerged in the past few years.

«The original investigation never looked in depth above the Executive Director level, at the executive accountability for events in the ministry.

CPA - Zicklin Index of Corporate Political Disclosure and Accountability provides a comprehensive look at how S&P 100 companies are navigating political spending disclosure and board oversight since Citizens United.

The Energy Accountability Series takes a substantive look at what could happen if energy proposals from political candidates and interest groups were actually adopted.

C.D. Howe Institute «s `'» Canada «s 2012 Fiscal Accountability Rankings `'» looks at the financial information provided by senior levels of government (federal government, provincial governments and the territories) according to «Fiscal Accountability «and `'» Scoring Governments «Over - and Undershoots `'» and makes a number of policy recommendations.

Beginning the year at around $ 997, bitcoin experienced abrupt volatility in the last quarter as the currency witnessed immense buying interest in the wake of escalating tensions in the Middle East and East Asia, pushing investors to look at the virtual currency from the perspective of an alternate asset class with barely any accountability.

It was always our goal, and we said from the beginning, we were going to look at every aspect of this case, every aspect of this shooter's life, to determine not just why did he take these actions, but who else knew about them, was anyone else involved, is there any other accountability that needs to be had here in this case.

Every year, nonprofit organizations are required to make their financial reports available to the public, and these websites will give you an easy to understand rating based upon financial health, transparency, and accountability — essentially, they're looking at how efficiently and effectively charities are doing their work and passing that info onto you.

Then we do look, or we do taste, or we do touch, and once we do, we feel so guilty, we can't face God, we feel like death, and so we decide to just enjoy the sin while we're in it, but that only makes things worse on us in the long run, until eventually, we feel so filthy and disgusting, and get so angry at ourselves for the way we behaved, we come slinking back to God, begging and crying for forgiveness, and we confess our sin to our accountability group, and they forgive us, and tell us to try harder.

With the ways the other teams are shaping up: 1) New managers in EPL with quite the success (Pep, Klopp, Conte & possibly Mourinho) 2) Big money not afraid to spend And looking at the way the club, are lovely Arsenal they're playing for are doing: 1) Wenger not showing any sign of changing his approach on the market 2) Lack of accountability & ambition at every level Delaying there contract resigning for themselves is the smartest thing they can do!

We also put a huge emphasis on environmental and social accountability, looking at the fiber, spinning and weaving processes, and how they affect the water that leaves our factory.

Petra's research looks at the implications of electoral systems and democratic institutions for governmental corruption, democratic survival, cabinet formation and termination, electoral accountability and policy diffusion.

Our distinctive contribution was to look at government costs and performance over a much longer timescale than had been attempted before and we believe our own study will contribute to transparency and accountability through our unique publicly - available compilation of consistent long - term time - series of official data.

Vacca also said that it was time to take a look at the MTA's public authority status «very honestly, from an accountability point of view.»

Sees no objection to looking at other models of accountability around the world citing his visit to New Zealand when he was Cabinet secretary.

The moratorium would end at the same time as the pilot when the state would be looking to possibly adopt a new accountability system statewide.

The Syrian Accountability Project at SU's College of Law released a report titled «Looking Through the Window Darkly: A Snapshot Analysis of Rape in Syria» on Thursday.

With Congressman Brian Higgins looking on at his side, Shawn Halloran of Local 3342 speaks in support of a bill known as the Social Security Accountability Act, introduced by Higgins on Tuesday.

U.S. Rep. John Katko is looking to increase airport security and accountability at the Transportation Security Administration with two bills he's introduced in the House of Representatives.

«It was clear that they needed to be looking a lot harder at accountability and what was really working and whether they were really being guided by the best understanding of STEM education,» he told the committee about the findings from the 2008 report.

A Wisconsin law requiring public reporting of test scores from voucher schools went into effect during the last year of the study, 2010, giving researchers a rare look at private - school test scores both before and after the accountability mandate.

For instance, the opportunity gap would force us to look more at how all students should have access to early education versus the achievement gap which has focused more on developing standards, accountability, and evaluation.

Teachers Learn from Looking Together at Student Work School reformers say the way to improve education and accountability is by improving the way teachers and students look at student work.

Likewise, in a September 3, 2003, column examining the differences between state and federal accountability systems, Winerip looked at North Carolina, where, he said, some schools that were doing just fine under the state's previous accountability system were now being flagged as needing improvement under NCLB.

For a look at what the public thinks about testing and accountability and opting out and more, please read «The 2015 EdNext Poll on School Reform ``

Adrian Buckle of Payments UK looks at the advantages of developing payment methods in schools and how it can incorporate accountability, assurance and safety.

As Congress now works to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) which will replace NCLB, a new article from Education Next offers policymakers the first look at the long - term impacts of test - based accountability on students» future gains.

In his new book, Professor Dan Koretz looks at how test - based accountability has become an end in itself in American education, unmoored from clear thinking on what should be measured in school, harming students and corrupting the ideals of teaching.

While some accountability hawks saw this move as a way to water down expectations, others viewed it as a chance to provide a more balanced look at school quality.

Also in this issue, a look at how ESSA's new era of accountability could make or break century - old K — 12 accreditation agencies and a Q&A with former New Mexico Secretary of Education Hanna Skandera.

The task with respect to accountability is to look at each item or related set of items on the Report Card and ask whether there are administrative data that could serve as an indicator of what the Report Card item describes.

In the free eBook Changing eLearning Dynamics In The Enterprise To User - Generated Content you will look at the drivers behind user - generated eLearning content, examine case studies and lessons learned from three enterprise organizations, and explore how enterprises are supporting content quality, accountability, and culture change in user - generated learning.

I think this experience offers at least five big lessons about what accountability can look like in this different environment.

Surprised By Reading Aloud: Confessions of a Math Teacher Time pressures and accountability have caused educators to look seriously at the way they use class time.

Under the changes being proposed to the state's A + school accountability program, Florida's annual school - by - school letter grades would be based on longitudinal data — that is, looking at how students» test scores increase or decline as they proceed through school over several years.

Arne Duncan has also espoused the wisdom of looking at progress over time, yet his ESEA waiver rules require state accountability systems to take proficiency rates into account — those are expected to be the drivers in identifying «focus» and «priority» schools.

We looked at differences among the states in terms of their placement rates into special education — often one way to exclude students from state tests — and at whether these differences were related to the introduction of state accountability systems.

For more on what is going on at the NRC, take a look at the recent report on school accountability, which Eric Hanushek has subjected to withering criticism.

Amrein and Berliner's basic strategy was to look at how each high - stakes state's scores changed with the introduction of accountability and to compare this with the national trend.

For example, including a school safety measure that looks at the percent of expulsions at a school might force educators into creating a dangerous school environment because expelling or suspending students would affect the school's accountability designation.

That's a shame, since the same basic dysfunctions that ail general education afflict special education too: middling (or worse) teacher quality; an inclination to throw «more people» at any problem; a reluctance to look at cost - effectiveness; a crazy quilt of governance and decision - making authorities; a tendency to add rather than replace or redirect; and a full - on fear of results - based accountability.

In «Graduation Rates Are Insufficient As An Accountability Measure,» Chad Aldeman looks at some problems with using highs school graduation rates for accountability purposes and presents data showing the large variation in college - going rates at schools with the same graAccountability Measure,» Chad Aldeman looks at some problems with using highs school graduation rates for accountability purposes and presents data showing the large variation in college - going rates at schools with the same graaccountability purposes and presents data showing the large variation in college - going rates at schools with the same graduation rates.