Sentences with phrase «meaningful educational accountability»

I am writing to urge you to do everything you can to ensure the integrity of the data used to measure student achievement and ensure meaningful educational accountability in your State.

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While testing has failed to produce meaningful accountability, it has distorted the operation of schools to the detriment of educational quality — and it has proven politically unviable.

He wants the feds to provide funds for adolescent literacy programs and state data systems; to ensure that every school is staffed by «skilled» teachers and principals; for district efforts to «personalize the educational experience»; and much more; and he calls on Congress to establish «meaningful high school accountability» (though the details are vague).

The draft accountability rules, to be released this summer, will encourage states to identify high - and low - performing teacher preparation programs across all kinds of educational models, not just those based in colleges and universities; urge a transition from current input - based reporting requirements to a focus on more meaningful outcomes; and likely limit program eligibility for TEACH grants — which are available to students who are planning to become teachers in a high - need field in a low - income school — to only effective teacher preparation programs.

The Center engages in deep partnerships with state and district education leaders to increase student learning through more meaningful educational assessment and accountability practices.

The Center for Assessment strives to increase student learning through more meaningful educational assessment and accountability practices.

In support of our mission to increase student learning through more meaningful educational assessment and accountability practices, the Center for Assessment offers both comprehensive and targeted services across a wide range of technical and practical areas.