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«Ultimately, Moody's downgrading of Greece's debt reveals more about the misaligned incentives and the lack of accountability of credit rating agencies than the genuine state or prospects of the Greek economy,» the response continued.

I resent them because I believe them to be less about what is stated to be accountability's purpose — my spiritual growth — and more about an unScriptural motive underlying the questions — playing God in someone else's life.

But what if accountability isn't about more policing in your life?

Furthermore, what happens most often in accountability groups is that if a person doesn't want to talk about his sin, all the accountability group does is make him feel more guilty about it, which then makes him fall into the sin even more.

«Keeping a food journal is helpful for accountability and being more mindful of eating habits, but I don't like how most food journaling apps are all about tracking calories and macros,» says Rachael Hartley (RD, LD, CDE, CLT).

More importantly, everything he said about this being an organization that is wholly free of accountability, from top to bottom, was absolutely on point.

(I figure if I write about it I'll be more likely to follow through with it, accountability and all that.)

And chances are good that your child will learn much more about remembering her lunch and accountability and responsibility when you allow her to experience that natural consequence!

Accountability is about making sure you are more than just inspired, that you'll actually make strides toward your vision.

And there is accountability too which I know we will talk probably a little bit more when we talk about kind of the downside of the groups, sometimes what can happen, but accountability is huge and obviously you get that a lot in person and you can really develop those relationships even further.

Moe, who has been writing about education reform for more than two decades, argued last year that «The teachers unions are the raw power behind the politics of blocking [education accountability reform].

For many voters, this was a much more fundamental choice about democratic accountability and responsive institutions.

«It's disappointing to me that, despite many years of talk from people on both the left and the right of politics we are still stuck with this system which is antiquated and undemocratic... We need to try to get beyond the more tabloid version of this argument and really understand what it says about our democracy — you've got people appointed to the legislature without going through the proper processes of democratic accountability that are taken for granted in most countries in the world and you have people being influenced by making political donations.

While oversight and accountability genuinely help the democratic process, representing the proper style of character and the proper valence of emotion mattered more in this referendum than facts about the economic prospects of the UK and of the working class.

Because of the kinds of things you talked about under the name of Fabianism, instead of democratic practices and accountability like popular participation and protests and other forms of civic or popular review, we've gone the route of professionalisation in the civil service and accountability via targets and standardisations and numbers, which enable what is often merely an appearance of accountability, and actually operate in a very different way from other more politicised forms of accountability.

In that regard Hugh Reynold's words are right «On the Money» > «What the legislature should be addressing is transparency, full disclosure and accountability in a program that seems more about wishing and hoping than demonstrated success.»

«I certainly would want to bring more accountability to the people through getting more information out to the public in a more timely fashion about important matters like the county airport,» she said.

What the legislature should be addressing is transparency, full disclosure and accountability in a program that seems more about wishing and hoping than demonstrated success.

Why should our leaders be exempt from real - time accountability when so much more is at stake - big decisions about public policy, the use of your money, the course of our future?

They'll talk about proposed reforms that would fundamentally change the way the Senate operates by increasing openness, fairness and accountability, and encouraging a more transparent legislative process.

Easton talks about the impact of the governor's proposed education budget, accountability in the education system, charter schools and much more.

I think we need far more transparency and accountability when you're talking about breaking laws, exploitation of women and sexual harassment of women.»

It is true that the major food industries continue to influence dietary recommendations today, but starting in the 1980's, and even more so now, more accountability and disclosure about special interests have been part of the regulations.

It is a simple question that makes us think about the farmers, factory workers and artisans that are involved in making our clothes but more importantly to ask this question to brands, demanding more transparency and accountability.

NCLB launched a decade of building states» data infrastructure; ESSA is about taking advantage of this infrastructure to not only create more meaningful accountability measures, but to also provide greater transparency, empower decisionmaking, personalize learning, and ensure we keep kids on track for success.

For a look at what the public thinks about testing and accountability and opting out and more, please read «The 2015 EdNext Poll on School Reform ``

They also earn about 1 percent more at age 25 than those who were in cohorts whose schools were not facing as much accountability pressure.

Thus, while Koretz has reason to be concerned about the perils of test - based accountability, evidence from DCPS suggests that it can work — when «it» is a nuanced system that uses more than tests alone to evaluate schools and teachers (more on this below).

While there's still plenty about the accountability systems of many states to criticize — and implementation challenges lie ahead for all of them — the school ratings at least represent more of an improvement on NCLB - era systems than a repudiation of them.

These annual volumes make assertions about empirical facts («students» scores on the state tests used for NCLB are rising»; or «lack of capacity is a serious problem that could undermine the success of NCLB») and provide policy recommendations («some requirements of NCLB are overly stringent, unworkable, or unrealistic»; «the need for funding will grow, not shrink, as more schools are affected by the law's accountability requirements»).

From the early days, I was dismayed that most government agencies saw charter schools more as an escape valve for angry parents and disaffected teachers, not as a way to create better schools by establishing binding performance goals and consequences, placing the locus of authority and accountability at the school level, and pushing schools to be distinctive and purposeful about their instruction.

Koretz uses this precept to frame the discussion of test - based accountability efforts as well as more in - depth discussion in later chapters about some of the more pernicious corruptions of test - based accountability: artificial test - score inflation, undesirable types of test preparation, and outright cheating.

Not surprisingly, the release in November 2011 of the newest NAEP Mathematics and Reading Report Cards set off a new round of discussion about the impact of NCLB and accountability more generally.

Now, if you say anything about needing something more or different beyond testing and accountability, teacher evaluation, or whatever, people say that you're not a real reformer.

While her primary focus — and the focus of many media reports about her — has been on vouchers, tax credits, and education savings accounts, organizations she has led or helped found have also advanced other reform initiatives, such as accountability for student learning and more - rigorous academic standards.

No Child Left Behind is important in the efforts to continue this progress, and urban districts must continue effective practices that have brought about promising results: high standards, strong and stable leadership, better teaching, more instructional time, regular assessments, stronger accountability, extra resources, and efficient operations.

If the new information surprises respondents by indicating the district is doing less well than previously thought, the public, upon learning the truth of the matter, is likely to 1) lower its evaluation of local schools; 2) become more supportive of educational alternatives for families; 3) alter thinking about current policies affecting teacher compensation and retention; and 4) reassess its thinking about school and student accountability policies.

Interestingly, it was the education officials from states with more «mature» accountability systems who expressed the most detailed reservations about NCLB.

The extent of the deficits was revealed by BBC 5 Live Investigates and Meg Hillier, chairwoman of the Commons Public Accounts Committee, has said that the numbers raise «serious concerns about the accountability» of academy trusts, which currently run more than half of England's secondary schools.

More information about standards, testing, and accountability is available on our topics page.

It is about politicians who push accountability, standards, and testing in order to win votes as much as or more than to improve the schools.

There seems to be no consensus about whether the across - the - board increases in U.S. graduation rates reported by the federal government last week are the result of No Child Left Behind - era accountability mechanisms or the data - based decisionmaking stressed under the Obama administration, more early - warning systems to identify potential dropouts, or fewer high school exit exams.

However, while both California [xviii] and national [xix] voters are very enthusiastic about annual testing (with two - thirds or more of both parties» voters supporting this position), they are more leery about the role of test scores in accountability, with just 36 percent indicating this is very important.

Sound and effective governance can mitigate this — as Onora O'Neill commented: «Intelligent accountability requires more attention to good governance and fewer fantasies about total control.»

Teachers will remain caught between ideologies of short - term economic efficiencies and the findings of educational research — between bottom lines and holistic student development; caught in the rough - edged cogs of funding formulae about resources and student achievement; caught by the Gonskis in the public - private funding debate; stuck between the so - far - disappointing results of national, standardised testing and teacher accountability (more effort is made to hold teachers accountable than trust them!).

That year, lawmakers argued about putting more into the bill to strengthen accountability.

Furthermore, measuring performance using the full range of achievement provides additional and useful information for parents, practitioners, researchers, and policymakers for the purposes of decisionmaking and accountability, including more accurate information about the differences among schools.