Sentences with phrase «measurement of academic progress»

«Basically, our agreement continues important measurements of the academic progress of students but restores to states, local school districts, teachers, and parents the responsibility for deciding what to do about improving student achievement,» Alexander said in a statement.

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Includes State - designed, long - term goals and measurements of interim progress for all students and separately for each subgroup of students, on academic achievement and graduation rate, that expect greater progress from groups that are further behind;

States start by defining adequate yearly progress — the measurements of academic improvement a school must achieve to ensure that, at the end of 12 years, every student graduating will have a mastery of the basics.

It replaces them with a new system called the Measurement of Academic Performance and Progress (MAPP), a test developed to assess the new Common Core Standards that will take effect in 2014 - 15.

Now that student academic progress will be used as a measurement of teacher effectiveness, it is crucial to transform teacher evaluation from an exercise in compliance to an effective engine of growth.

The U.S. Department of Education has blocked an attempt by Pennsylvania's Education Secretary to evaluate state charter schools using a more lenient method for calculating AYP, the «adequate yearly progress» measurement that determines whether schools have met the minimum academic standards under the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB).

The KCPE provides an external measurement of our pupils» academic progress, and the opportunity to compare Bridge results with neighbouring schools.

A number of parents and teachers showed up to today's jam - packed school board meeting to denounce board member Steve Zimmer's proposal to reject Academic Growth Over Time (or AGT) as a measurement of pupil progress in teacher evaluations.

On Oct. 2, the Governor signed Assembly Bill 484 (Bonilla), which establishes the California Measurement of Academic Performance and Progress (CalMAPP) assessment system, which replaces the Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) Program.

Incremental review shall involve the evaluation of the academic progress of all students in terms of meeting both qualitative and quantitative measurements of satisfactory progress.