Sentences with phrase «more standardized system»

The group said regulators could benefit from having a more standardized system of reporting by updating web forms and drop - down menus, similar to New York City's lobbying filing system.

Until a more standardized system for financial literacy is put in place, it's largely on parents — and kids themselves — to boost their knowledge.

Not exact matches

After fighting began, the quartermaster general recommended several changes to make the uniform more practical, and suggested a layering system in 1943 that would keep troops warm during the cold European winters, standardized as the M - 1943 field ensemble with cap, four - pocket field jacket, detachable jacket hood, field trousers and service shirt.

The new capital - intensive standardized system in Chicago eliminated many of the variables — human negotiations — and increased profits much more rapidly.

The company's philosophy of keeping its products standardized and simple differentiates it from many of its larger industry competitors, who provide systems of a more proprietary nature.

What a shame... and standardized testing, what a revolting way to judge the merit of a school system (more specifically ~ an individual educator) I was horrified to find out from a family friend who was a Special Education teacher a few years ago (who is now my sons 7th grade, general Ed., Language Arts teacher), that the BOE pays for the special Ed teachers to go to a 3 day long In Service, instructing them how to get their Spec.

The authors of the study called for a more standardized nationwide system of investigating and classifying infant deaths in the United States as one means of furthering prevention efforts.

Homework has long inspired strong feelings — and creative excuses — in children, but it has more recently become an area of growing concern for parents in a scholastic system increasingly focused on high - pressure, high - stakes standardized testing.

The task force recommended a revamp of the common core system, more stakeholder input, a reduction in standardized testing, and increased local control over standards and curriculum.

The move comes after NYSUT pushed back this year against efforts by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to overhaul the state's teacher evaluation system, with the performance evaluations linked to both standardized test results and in - classroom observation, while also making it more difficult for teachers to obtain and keep tenure.

Cuomo and lawmakers agreed to a new teacher evaluation system that relies more heavily on standardized tests.

«We are optimistic that students, parents and educators will have a more meaningful voice in fixing NY standards; reducing the burden of standardized testing; and creating a fair and objective evaluation system,» said Karen Magee, President of NYSUT.

When Cuomo convinced the legislature to approve a new teacher evaluation system the relies more on standardized tests, his administration said that the State Board of Regents would have very limited power to make any changes including compliance with a November deadline to come up with new performance reviews.

The board had until the end of the month to come up with a new system that relies more heavily on state standardized tests.

«The more weight put on standardized tests for children or teachers, the more school systems will focus on test prep rather than real learning.

A more inclusive method will allow officials and researchers throughout the country to define the monsoon season using a standardized system that, through rigorous testing, has been shown to capture ISM evolution comprehensively.

The ICS is a large - scale facility open to the community that ensures the generation of mouse models à la carte, the validation of genetic models, the expansion and preservation and distribution of models with the housing department, and offers in its phenotyping department a series of standardized functional analysis of mouse models that can be performed in a comprehensive pipeline or on demand, as well as for more specialized studies, that cover the major functions and key physiological systems.

The new network is also taking steps to standardize the prioritization of new studies and to put in place a unified system — including a central institutional review board that will cover studies conducted by the entire system — to protect research subjects at more than 3,000 clinical trial sites.

More technically, the very high efficiency of this system allowed the isolation and expansion of NSC in a standardized manner and qualified NSC for industrial purposes.

The board — which oversees the country's largest standardized - testing programs, including the Scholastic Aptitude Tests, the Achievement Tests, and the Advanced Placement tests for high - school students — is a membership organization of more than 2,500 colleges, schools, school systems, and education associations.

Needless to say, they include a vastly more rigorous curriculum, higher expectations for all students, a knowledge - based rather than a methods - based emphasis in teacher education, and a more thoughtful system of assessment rather than the relatively mindless fill - in - the - blank approach of so many conventional standardized tests.

As school systems add more and more curricula for teachers to cover — and put more and more emphasis on standardized test scores — many teacher say they have less time to be creative.

Opt - out leaders believe they are protecting all children from a measurement system that does more harm than good, and they have said they will opt in to standardized tests when the state rectifies the problems.

For now, I hope that more parents will begin to recognize that standardized tests provide invaluable information that can help us move toward equity in public education and improve the system for everyone.

State accountability systems focus attention and resources on low performance and remediation, but in many school districts across the country district leaders are as much concerned, if not more, about sustaining good performance and about establishing agendas for student learning beyond proficiency scores on standardized tests.

Danielson, based in Princeton, addressed more than 300 teachers grappling with the new system, which standardizes how they are observed in the classroom.

Both perspectives make legitimate points: that a centralized universal system of pre-K would more likely guarantee high quality (e.g. David Kirp in The Sandbox Investment) and that a decentralized, patchwork of state funded pre-K programs would avoid the bureaucratization of early childhood education (e.g. Bruce Fuller in Standardized Childhood).

-LSB-...] from a standardized system towards a more customizable, personalized experience for every child, says Jason Bedrick, policy analyst for the Cato Institute's Center for Educational -LSB-...]

Today, children's education is shifting from a standardized system towards a more customizable, personalized experience for every child, says Jason Bedrick, policy analyst for the Cato Institute's Center for Educational Freedom.

This system necessitates the growth and expansion of standardized tests into more subject areas and grades to provide more data for evaluations, further narrowing the curriculum and alienating students.

Meanwhile, Florida's State Board of Education continues to push a reform agenda that includes the massive expansion of charter schools, virtual schools, more standardized testing and stricter «teacher evaluation» systems.

Connecticut's rating system, which judges and sanctions schools based on standardized tests scores, provides more reasons to exclude.

Because classroom teachers can effectively use all available assessment methods, including the more labor - intensive methods of performance assessment and personal communication, they can provide information about student progress not typically available from student information systems or standardized test results.

«Our children's education should never be thought of as «common» or «standardized,»» said Mike Schirtzer, UFT delegate and MORE member, referring to the new Common Core State Standards and teacher evaluation system.

Governor Dan Malloy used that quote to reiterate why the state should terminate tenure, shift to a teacher evaluation system that relies more heavily on standardized test scores and create something called the «Commissioner's Network» in which the state would take over 25 schools, fire the teachers, ban collective bargaining and turn the schools over to a third - party.

Fariña got rid of the simplistic Bloomberg - era school grading system based largely on standardized test scores, and she put into practice a more nuanced way to assess schools.

The test at the end of the year allows the school system to tell teachers what they should be doing each day leading up to the test, so systems can buy more standardized material to support the scripted learning process.

Armed with the report's findings that evaluation systems largely failed to distinguish among effective and non-effective teachers, education reformers urged introduction of more objectivity into teacher evaluation in the form of student performance on state standardized tests.

Gates is the leader of education philanthropy in the United States, spending a few billion dollars over more than a decade to promote school reforms that he championed, including the Common Core, a small - schools initiative in New York City that he abandoned after deciding it wasn't working, and efforts to create new teacher evaluation systems that in part use a controversial method of assessment that uses student standardized test scores to determine the «effectiveness» of educators.

If interested, see the Review of Article # 1 — the introduction to the special issue here; see the Review of Article # 2 — on VAMs» measurement errors, issues with retroactive revisions, and (more) problems with using standardized tests in VAMs here; see the Review of Article # 3 — on VAMs» potentials here; and see the Review of Article # 4 — on observational systems» potentials here.

If interested, see the Review of Article # 1 — the introduction to the special issue here; see the Review of Article # 2 — on VAMs» measurement errors, issues with retroactive revisions, and (more) problems with using standardized tests in VAMs here; see the Review of Article # 3 — on VAMs» potentials here; see the Review of Article # 4 — on observational systems» potentials here; see the Review of Article # 5 — on teachers» perceptions of observations and student growth here; see the Review of Article (Essay) # 6 — on VAMs as tools for «egg - crate» schools here; see the Review of Article (Commentary) # 7 — on VAMs situated in their appropriate ecologies here; and see the Review of Article # 8, Part I — on a more research - based assessment of VAMs» potentials here and Part II on «a modest solution» provided to us by Linda Darling - Hammond here.

The report recommends changing accountability systems so schools concentrate less on standardized tests and more on developing the «host of non-cognitive skills found to be related to later success.»

ASCD recently provided the House education committee with a letter (PDF) including its recommendations for accountability systems that are based on more than just standardized test scores.

If interested, see the Review of Article # 1 — the introduction to the special issue here; see the Review of Article # 2 — on VAMs» measurement errors, issues with retroactive revisions, and (more) problems with using standardized tests in VAMs here; see the Review of Article # 3 — on VAMs» potentials here; see the Review of Article # 4 — on observational systems» potentials here; see the Review of Article # 5 — on teachers» perceptions of observations and student growth here; see the Review of Article (Essay) # 6 — on VAMs as tools for «egg - crate» schools here; and see the Review of Article (Commentary) # 7 — on VAMs situated in their appropriate ecologies here; and see the Review of Article # 8, Part I — on a more research - based assessment of VAMs» potentials here.

Prodded by the Education Department, most states have set up evaluation systems for teachers built on the gains of their students on standardized tests, alongside more traditional criteria like evaluations from principals.»

Yet we are optimistic that students, parents and educators will have a more meaningful voice in fixing New York standards; reducing the burden of standardized testing; and creating a fair and objective evaluation system,» New York State United Teachers president Karen Magee said in a statement.

By Rachel Kelly, CEI Intern While the education system in the United States has created more competitive standardized tests and strict guidelines to ensure that American students keep up with the rest of the world, Finland is taking the opposite approach.

Last week, PEAC, the panel charged with developing Connecticut's teacher evaluation system, working under the direction of Commissioner Stefan Pryor, approved a change which calls for more standardized tests to be included in a teacher's evaluation.

It is a product of the education reform industry that is set on convincing policymakers and the public that our nation's public education system is broken, that our public school teachers are bad and that the answer is more standardized testing and diverting scarce public funds to charter schools and other privatization efforts.

Under the section labeled «community control,» M4BL called for an end to state and mayoral takeovers of school systems in favor of local, democratically elected boards, more equitable school funding and a de-emphasis on standardized testing.