Sentences with phrase «meaningful standards for»

One might take the challenges faced by the consortia - designed assessments as evidence of the impossibility of creating meaningful standards for which educators and students can be held accountable.

OCR's «Dear Colleague» letter offered no meaningful standards for what would constitute an actual disparity in resources.

Not exact matches

The base 13 - inch MacBook Pro without a Touch Bar comes standard with 8 GB of RAM, but you can give it a meaningful performance boost by opting for the 16 GB RAM option.

In 16 years of running my own business, I've found that providing the «standard» benefits as well as other meaningful (but less expensive) perks can be a catalyst for employees to reach their full potential.

Higher leverage can be extremely risky, but because of round - the - clock trading and deep liquidity, foreign exchange brokers have been able to make high leverage an industry standard in order to make the movements meaningful for currency traders.

«For more than a decade, Burger King Corp. has demonstrated a commitment to animal welfare and, through our BK Positive Steps ® corporate responsibility program, we continue to leverage our purchasing power to ensure the appropriate and proper treatment of animals by our vendors and suppliers,» said Jonathan Fitzpatrick, chief brand and operations officer of Burger King Corp. «We are proud to announce these new, industry - leading commitments that support meaningful standards of humane treatment in our U.S. supply chain.»

«The commission made important progress by banning cruel veal crates, but it has a lot more work to do to fulfill its mandate of creating meaningful standards of care,» says Pam Rogers, Kentucky state director for The HSUS.

Since their return from injury i have tried to give Welbeck and Wilshire the benefit of the doubt when others have slagged them off for some pretty average displays.Regrettably I am now of the opinion that they will never reach the standards required to make a meaningful contribution towards the revival of Arsenal and along with 3/4 others in the current squad they should be moved on.Their performances against Stoke was the last straw as far as I am concerned.It will be interesting to see if Gareth Southgate shares my views and does not include them in his World Cup squad.

Because of the fact that there is no meaningful educational minimum standard for CPMs, I don't even know if she can set an IV.

Without any meaningful standard by which to measure our worth, we turn to the public eye for affirmation.

Better and more effective oversight of the Compass contracts would be a start, together with meaningful penalties for providers who fail to meet standards.

The Governor believes that we need to set real standards for our students and have a meaningful teacher evaluation system, and continues to support the Common Core agenda.

«I think it's fair to say about Common Core that we all agree that we need real standards for our students, a meaningful teacher evaluation system.

THE LURE OF POLITICALLY CORRECT DIETS For some high - minded teenagers, anti-saturated fat dogma may dovetail rather conveniently with pro-vegetarian arguments, 12 particularly because the search for «meaningful moral standards, values and belief systems» is a critical developmental task during adolescence.13 (It should be noted that moralistic claims in favor of vegetarianism often prevent earnest vegetarian teens from coming face to face with underlying farming realities — including the fact that sustainable farming requires enriching soil with animal products such as bone meal and manure.12) Recognizing the fact that adolescent boys also can be preoccupied with physical concerns about weight or athletic prowess, it is perhaps not terribly surprising that a sizeable proportion of teenage boys appear to be persuaded by advice that vegetarianism is a «healthy» lifestyFor some high - minded teenagers, anti-saturated fat dogma may dovetail rather conveniently with pro-vegetarian arguments, 12 particularly because the search for «meaningful moral standards, values and belief systems» is a critical developmental task during adolescence.13 (It should be noted that moralistic claims in favor of vegetarianism often prevent earnest vegetarian teens from coming face to face with underlying farming realities — including the fact that sustainable farming requires enriching soil with animal products such as bone meal and manure.12) Recognizing the fact that adolescent boys also can be preoccupied with physical concerns about weight or athletic prowess, it is perhaps not terribly surprising that a sizeable proportion of teenage boys appear to be persuaded by advice that vegetarianism is a «healthy» lifestyfor «meaningful moral standards, values and belief systems» is a critical developmental task during adolescence.13 (It should be noted that moralistic claims in favor of vegetarianism often prevent earnest vegetarian teens from coming face to face with underlying farming realities — including the fact that sustainable farming requires enriching soil with animal products such as bone meal and manure.12) Recognizing the fact that adolescent boys also can be preoccupied with physical concerns about weight or athletic prowess, it is perhaps not terribly surprising that a sizeable proportion of teenage boys appear to be persuaded by advice that vegetarianism is a «healthy» lifestyle.

It will take a lot to make public schools more effective for all students: greater academic rigor, higher standards of conduct, more parental involvement, meaningful professional development for teachers, stronger incentives for the students themselves, and, of course, more access to health and social services for the many students who are in need of such.

Complete with Edexcel standard mark schemes to make assessment eaiser and space for students to self and peer assess to build meaningful targets for improvment.

This is not now sustainable and we should expect the very highest standard of impactful provision; meaningful, challenging, stimulating and real, making experiences for young learners.

Yes, Margaret Spellings allowed for a «growth model pilot» when she was secretary of education — but schools still had to get all students to proficiency within three years, an unrealistic standard in states with a meaningful (and rigorous) definition of proficiency.

The second is that the Common Core movement muddles through, meaning that we end up, eventually, with a nearly national set of standards for what students need to know and do at each grade, high quality assessments aligned to those standards, cut scores for proficiency on those assessments that are challenging and equal across the nation, and a set of meaningful carrots and sticks for holding educators accountable for preparing all their students for success.

Step 1: Develop a compelling topic that covers state standards, has an authentic connection to the local community, and provides opportunities for every student to do meaningful, independent research.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled unanimously that schools must give students with disabilities the chance to make meaningful progress, rejecting a lower standard for what students are entitled to that had been set by a lower court.

To contribute to the advancement of volunteerism to meet world - class standards by creating positive change, conducive platforms for volunteerism, strengthening and promoting volunteerism as the strongest backbone for meaningful community, national, continental and international development.

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.

Following the passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), the PED launched NMRISING, a statewide initiative to inform the development of New Mexico's state plan7 and build upon the momentum of recent student success.8 The plan reinforces the PED's commitment to robust CCR standards and assessments, meaningful school accountability, a commitment to ensure that all students are served by excellent educators, and dynamic strategies for turning around the state's struggling schools.

The development of Leading Learning brought together input from every province and territory in the country, and successfully developed standards for growth that are meaningful within this very disparate context.

A + Educators has identified focus standards in the core content areas of mathematics, reading, writing, science and social studies, and has developed meaningful student projects utilizing Web 2.0 tools that include engaging qualities of student work and assessment of and for learning.

We sat down with Brittany Burns to talk about how she meets standards while still covering topics that are ethically meaningful and why LDC's tools are so effective for a Facing History classroom:

The school's relentless focus on standards and testing reduces time for less defined but often more meaningful types of lessons — ones that help kids understand themselves, their fellow students, and the world around them.

Carly Peace, a fifth - grade teacher at Holt Elementary in Durham, North Carolina says it best: «The question is no longer how do I teach global content AND the common core standards... the global theme has given us a platform for which to teach all of our common core objectives in a very meaningful way.»

The common core standards effort — and the hard work of CCSSO, NGA, and their partners — won't bring about positive, meaningful change for students unless we translate the standards from words on a page to tangible improvements in learning and teaching.

Finally, and most importantly, the report card provides specific feedback on progress to the standards so students, families, and teachers can work together to set meaningful goals for improvement.

provides specific feedback on progress to the standards so that students, families, and teachers can work together to set meaningful goals for improvement.

The Progressive Policy Institute hosted a panel discussion on the importance of implementing meaningful academic achievement standards for students and schools under ESSA.

In exchange for relief, the administration is requiring a quid pro quo: States must adopt changes that include meaningful teacher and principal evaluation systems, make sure all students are ready for college or careers, upgrade academic standards and lift up their lowest - performing schools.

Together they created a vision to reach high standards of excellence in conjunction with a meaningful professional development for teachers.

When Meaningful Student Involvement is integrated into these activities, students can drive team climate in positive direction, set high standards for performance, teambuilding, and sportsmanship, and create positive experiences for all participants.

They ensure that the school or district focuses on high expectations and standards, that professional development first focuses on providing time for colleagues to have meaningful discussions about our craft, that all learning is engaging, and that the school provides a healthy, safe, supportive, engaged, and challenging environment for all kids.

As the lead House Democrat on ESSA, I was proud to work alongside the National Urban League and other crucial civil rights partners to ensure high standards and other meaningful federal protections for Black students in the new law.

It masks the substantial issues involved in generating meaningful credible actual test scores... whether students have sufficient actual instruction on common core standards prior to operational testing to permit valid test scores, or the fact that while Smarter Balanced may have generated enuf qualified test questions to deliver an actual full test spring 2015 [the so - called «field» test was not an actual test, but rather an exercise to try - out test questions for potential inclusion in an actual test], it still needs actual test scores from spring 2015 to generate credible scoring rules for the test (i.e., «cut scores») for valid reliable fair individual student and aggregate group scores.

The 56 % meeting or exceeding standard for CA's grade 11 E / LA result was an outlier with blinking red lights that defies meaningful interpretation other than a grossly discrepant cut score (to the low side) or some other test development flaw (such as an inadequate item bank for a computer - adaptive test) or an error in the test administration or scoring process, or some weird effect due to the increased number of grade 11 students with scores since EAP moved from voluntary to mandatory in 2015 [which usually would involve a decrease in scores, a reasonable interpretation for the decrease in Math EAP scores this year, rather than an increase in scores].

Rich themes provide extensive opportunities for integrating standards into relevant and meaningful activities within the sciences, social studies, music, language arts, technology, and art.

With all the discussion about deeper learning, college - and career - ready standards, and the latest research on assessments, assignments, and instruction, it turns out that what many principals prescribe to chart a new course for meaningful literacy instruction is engaging readers and fostering a love of reading from an early age.

Once states have meaningful exams in place that are effective predictors of subsequent classroom performance, states should set high, meaningful passing scores for teacher licensure exams, as opposed to the standard practice of setting passing scores well below the median.

Establishing college and career readiness standards are a great start for describing what students need to know and be able to do to be successful after high school, but we need to closely consider how we are teaching those skills in meaningful ways.

Drawing from the marine trades, the military, Wall Street, fish labs, academia, and even pilot houses, our dedicated and experienced educators provide engaging, authentic, meaningful, and transformative instruction for our motivated students who exceed district, state, and national standards.

In order to function well, standards must be high, the information must be meaningful to parents and educators, and accountability systems must be carefully designed to create the right incentives for schools and educators.

Held to a higher standard of accountability than traditional public schools, but with the benefit of added autonomy that puts local school leaders and teachers in charge, Tennessee's public charter schools are empowered to create a challenging and focused learning environment for students, while giving parents even more direct and meaningful opportunities to participate in their children's education.

The standards also provide the foundation for developing meaningful and effective assessment.

In any event, 2015 for Smarter Balanced will really be the last year for test development, with the data used for standards - setting 3rd Q 2015, and unlike the 2014 data it will be possible to generate meaningful interpretable scores but those scores will likely not be available for local district use until 4th Q 2015.

That pathway starts when districts measure the academic progress of students against meaningful standards, help students plan and prepare for postsecondary success, and make deliberate connections for students to all forms of professional life.