Sentences with phrase «meaningful teacher accountability»

And that's what we could see nationwide if states were willing to step up to the Race to the Top's challenge for meaningful teacher accountability.

Not exact matches

Rather than today's system, which focuses on «input regulations» such as textbook mandates; seat time rules; cumbersome, outdated certification requirements; and professional development units, public officials should place greater emphasis on vastly improved data systems, better teacher evaluations, curricular quality, and meaningful accountability.

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).

I have observed teachers with 30 years of experience who avoid accountability and meaningful instruction and others who enthusiastically and consistently analyze data to ensure that their students are progressing.

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 consortium is developing a new accountability model that offers a more dynamic picture of student learning and school quality and provides more meaningful and actionable information to teachers than can a model that relies largely upon a standardized test.

The system, which includes both summative assessments for accountability purposes and optional interim assessments for instructional purposes, uses computer adaptive testing technologies to the greatest extent possible to provide meaningful feedback and actionable data that teachers and other educators can use to help students succeed.

«We need to fairly fund kids across all types of public schools and ensure that all students have access to great teachers, leaders, and schools, and that there is transparency and meaningful accountability for results.»

We will work to ensure that states and teacher preparation programs use high - quality, meaningful data for program accountability and continuous improvement, that school districts and state teacher training programs work in close partnership to better match teacher supply and demand, and that innovative, high - quality teacher training programs can spread.

Any proposals to increase child - care money must include more meaningful incentives and accountability to assure quality, and better compensation has to be offered to teachers to reach those higher standards and, once there, to stay in the profession.

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.

These enhancements, like those in the new CAEP standards, should go beyond independent accreditation into state law and policy that includes transparent data linkages of students with their teachers and the preparation program from which they graduated, and with meaningful «teeth» for accountability.

Obama and Bush supported strong data - based accountability for schools and districts, charter schools, meaningful teacher evaluation, school choice and the redesign of most of the education department's programs for greater impact.