Sentences with phrase «meaningful differentiation in»

Any other measure of growth as determined by the state (not necessarily based on state assessments), or another «valid and reliable indicator that allows for meaningful differentiation in school performance» for all non-high schools.

The federal law that replaces the No Child Left Behind Act requires states» accountability systems to include at least one «nonacademic» indicator of «school quality or student success» that «allows for meaningful differentiation in school performance» and «is valid, reliable, comparable, and statewide» alongside academic data (Ujifusa, 2016).

The bill replaces AYP standards with a requirement for states to annually measure all students and individual subgroups by: (1) academic achievement as measured by state assessments; (2) for high schools, graduation rates; (3) for schools that are not high schools, a measure of student growth or another valid and reliable statewide indicator; (4) if applicable, progress in achieving English proficiency by English learners; and (5) at least one additional valid and reliable statewide indicator that allows for meaningful differentiation in school performance.

«A State must define annual meaningful differentiation in a manner that... [r] esults in a single rating from among at least three distinct rating categories for each school, based on a school's level of performance on each indicator, to describe a school's summative performance....»

ESSA also requires state accountability systems to include «a measure of student growth, if determined appropriate by the State; or another valid and reliable statewide academic indicator that allows for meaningful differentiation in school performance.»

However, they forget that the absence of any meaningful differentiation in the past has meant that many teachers do not know where they stand.

Not exact matches

With most of Fawen's competition in the nascent drinkable soup category focused on the refrigerated set, being shelf stable is still a potentially meaningful point of differentiation.

Alexandria, VA (07/21/2015)-- Educators will find support in addressing the challenges of meeting and assessing students» individual learning styles by picking up a copy of ASCD's newest publications, Rethinking Grading: Meaningful Assessment for Standards - Based Learning and Differentiation in Middle and High School: Strategies to Engage All Learners.

Second, they critique meaningful differentiation among teachers as well as defend policies such as last - in - first - out layoffs, lockstep pay, and tenure.

If those surveys are designed in a way that allows for meaningful differentiation between schools, states that use the surveys may be likely to subsidize social emotional learning programs in districts that are struggling with a school climate metric.

An indicator may not have strong relationships with student outcomes or provide meaningful differentiation between school performance but still provide value in a school classification system, particularly if that indicator signals what a state values and drives behavior that states want to see at the district and school levels.

Meaningful differentiation helps states prioritize which schools need the most support in improving and helps parents understand how their children's school measures up to others.23

Too many law firms have made revenue («we'll do anything for a client if there's a dollar in it») or size; and trying to be all things to all people («look at us, we're full service») their priority... rather than meaningful differentiation.

Role - differentiation is not, however, to be replaced by the trump of the lawyer's morality, but by moral dialogue in which both the lawyer and client treat each other as agents capable of meaningful moral thought and reflection.

The only meaningful differentiation between State Farm and all the other burial life insurance companies is what they charge each month for the insurance (which we discuss further down in this article).