Sentences with phrase «narrow measures of success»

«The current educational accountability system has become overly focused on narrow measures of success and, in some cases, has discouraged schools from providing a rich curriculum for all students focused on 21st century skills they need to acquire.This particularly impacts under - resourced schools that disproportionally serve low - income and students of color.»

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In addition, this narrow view of a moment in time decision for Christ is necessary to be able to «count» conversions, which is the only way to measure our success as a church, organization, or Christian.

As soon as we attempt to measure the success and quality of a teacher or a learner through the narrow lens of some data on a page, we turn the profound humanity of a child into a narrow number on a table that is meaningless and misleading.

Apparently, the «multiple measures» sauce is entirely for the district goose, and charters shall continue to be measured by the narrowest parameters of success.

Alongside teachers, I am curious how continuing annual testing in grades 3 - 8 and once in high school reduces «the burden of testing on students and teachers, making sure that tests don't crowd out teaching and learning» and how the continued significance of student test scores (despite the law's important shift to include multiple measures of success for students) will alter a test - prep culture that narrows the curriculum.