Sentences with phrase «measure of school success»

That realization has led policymakers to explore other measures of school success.

There would be less state control of accountability and more local control of measures of school success.

This presents either two possibilities — The API was a good measure of school success, and so is the Core Index and their correlation proves their reliability.

The California School Dashboard features easy - to - read reports on multiple measures of school success, including test scores, graduation rates, English learner progress, and suspension rates.

«Because of the opportunity and flexibility ESSA provides, states are stepping up with innovations, new measures of school success, and interventions to meet the needs of their struggling schools,» said NASBE President and CEO Kristen Amundson.

When you look at conventional measures of school success, such as test scores and graduation rates, Expeditionary Learning schools look good.

In the U.S., the results of standardized tests are the main measure of school success, but critics say the tests don't capture more nuanced aspects of school quality.

TCTA urged the Texas Education Agency to do more to address inequitable gaps in the assignment of qualified teachers to poor and minority students, and to include more holistic measures of school success in its proposed State ESSA Plan.

Louisiana's draft state plan proposes to tweak the state's measures of school success by relying less on test scores and more on student's academic progress as well as considering non-academic performance indicators.

The score neglected to use other measures of school success such as college readiness, english language reclassification or suspension rates.

From districts such as Washington, DC to most charter schools, human capital management based on the quality of the individual's capabilities, knowledge and aptitude for the profession does result in better objective measures of school success.

After more than a decade of strict federal mandates and measures of school success, a new education law is inviting...

After more than a decade of strict federal mandates and measures of school success, a new education law is inviting policymakers across the country to rethink «accountability.»

Finding indicators supported by valid and reliable» data has been difficult as well as configuring a workable formula for using those indicators as a measure of school success.

Much like the Kentucky reforms of two decades ago, Common Core comes with a slew of state mandates about content and keeps the emphasis on testing as a measure of school success.

With the passage of ESSA, these «non-academic» skills will be used as a measure of school success and there is significant debate on how this should be done.

I have been discussing statistical reliability and validity of using these tests as a measure of school success.

The Arts are evidenced in annual principal evaluations (5b) to measure the existence and effectiveness of arts programs as a measure of school success.

With the passage of ESSA, these «non-academic» skills will be used as a measure of school success and there is significant debate on how this should be done.