Sentences with phrase «needed standards and accountability»

Is it imposing sorely needed standards and accountability on K - 12 education?

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As the firm's business has grown, John Nagle Co. says its management has recognized the need for it to operate on an ever - higher standard of quality, tracking and accountability.

«And four: as someone appointed to head NEITI, an organisation saddled with the weighty responsibility of promoting transparency and accountability in our extractive sector, I and my colleagues need to demonstrate that we are not protected from the searchlight that we beam on others, that we are not excused from the standards that we hold others And four: as someone appointed to head NEITI, an organisation saddled with the weighty responsibility of promoting transparency and accountability in our extractive sector, I and my colleagues need to demonstrate that we are not protected from the searchlight that we beam on others, that we are not excused from the standards that we hold others and accountability in our extractive sector, I and my colleagues need to demonstrate that we are not protected from the searchlight that we beam on others, that we are not excused from the standards that we hold others and my colleagues need to demonstrate that we are not protected from the searchlight that we beam on others, that we are not excused from the standards that we hold others to.

«And we now need to go further and faster to achieve greater accountability, better performance and higher standards in every part of the Home Office.&raqAnd we now need to go further and faster to achieve greater accountability, better performance and higher standards in every part of the Home Office.&raqand faster to achieve greater accountability, better performance and higher standards in every part of the Home Office.&raqand higher standards in every part of the Home Office.»

Turning rhetoric into reality will be a tough call — public spending cuts show no sign of letting up and the combination of rising demand for school places, lack of accountability and cuts to education budgets in real terms will need careful consideration if we are to improve standards and equity in education within the next administration.

«Transparency, accountability, the truth and personal discipline are needed if we want to move Ghana into a higher level of performance and give our people the opportunity to enjoy a world - class standard of living in our lifetime,» he said.

While government regulation must set basic standards for quality and accountability, we need other tools, such as market - and reputation - based accountability, to complement government regulation and provide incentives for schools to go further.

We know that for our time we need a revolution in high standards, accountability, and rising expectations.

Bush's No Child Left Behind Act emphasized accountability, higher standards, parental involvement, and increased resources to help students and schools most in need.

It doesn't erase the need for rigorous standards, tough accountability, vastly improved data systems, better teacher evaluations (and training, etc.), stronger school leaders, the right of families to choose schools, and much else that reformers have been struggling to bring about.

The move to higher standards means that we need to recalibrate our rhetoric and, more importantly, our approach to school accountability.

A new study of Massachusetts teachers from researchers at the Harvard Graduate School of Education showed that even in a state with a highly developed system of standards and accountability, new teachers were not provided with the curricula they needed to teach to standards.

For example, what if top - down accountability as defined and enforced by states and the federal government were limited to basic skills, something like the MCTs of the 1970s but based on clear, empirically validated standards about what students need to know and be able to do to hold down the types of jobs that do not require a college degree?

We have set high standards and created a school accountability system that holds schools responsible for outcomes and gives schools, parents, and educators the information they need to address students» strengths and weaknesses.

If we're ever going to fully embrace personalized learning, we need to embrace competency - based assessment and an accountability regimen that enables all students to achieve high standards in the long run while giving them a viable path to get there from where they currently are.

And, for the most part, the Bush administration's proposal seemed built on that consensus, much the same accord that brought us No Child Left Behind and the determination that schools need a regimen of standards, testing, and accountabiliAnd, for the most part, the Bush administration's proposal seemed built on that consensus, much the same accord that brought us No Child Left Behind and the determination that schools need a regimen of standards, testing, and accountabiliand the determination that schools need a regimen of standards, testing, and accountabiliand accountability.

My post earlier this week framed the piece that Jeff Henig and I contributed to Ed Week's print edition and laid out the need for education reformers to review the evidence and admit that closing achievement gaps is not as simple as adopting a set of standards, accountability and instructional improvement strategies.

Ohio needs to resolve its long - term funding crisis, develop a more coherent system of preschool through higher education, adopt stronger academic standards and graduation requirements, create a better pool of teachers and principals, and ensure that all schools are held to the same accountability standards, the group says.

We at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute have a longstanding interest in advancing quality school choices for kids who need them and a parallel interest in boosting educational achievement with the help of rigorous standards, assessments, and accountability systems.

The Thomas B. Fordham Institute was one of the leading voices offering these ideas in a mutually reinforcing framework, recognizing that innovative schools needed the yardstick for quality that standards create, and accountability systems alone don't build the pressure that the school choice agenda promised.

They need to signal to private - school skeptics that Catholic schools are willing to participate in a system of standards, assessments, accountability, and transparency.

«In this age of educational accountability through standards and assessments with only one right answer and success measured by test scores, we need to keep young minds open for alternative ways of thinking... teach students not to get a job, but create one.»

Such data need to keep flowing, and both kinds of accountability — standards - based and choice - based — need to continue.

And Chester Finn and Michael Petrilli of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute report that «NCLB and state - level efforts to impose standards and accountability on the schools are plainly boosting the kids who need it most — surely a good thing.&raqAnd Chester Finn and Michael Petrilli of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute report that «NCLB and state - level efforts to impose standards and accountability on the schools are plainly boosting the kids who need it most — surely a good thing.&raqand Michael Petrilli of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute report that «NCLB and state - level efforts to impose standards and accountability on the schools are plainly boosting the kids who need it most — surely a good thing.&raqand state - level efforts to impose standards and accountability on the schools are plainly boosting the kids who need it most — surely a good thing.&raqand accountability on the schools are plainly boosting the kids who need it most — surely a good thing.»

Daley's choice as schools CEO, Paul Vallas, the mayor's former budget director, saw a need to apply accountability standards to all schools and students systemwide.

Each state will now be charged with developing their own standards and accountability protocols, which need to be approved by the U.S. DoE.

Public charter schools are tuition - free, open - enrollment public schools that have the flexibility to adapt to the educational needs of individual students, while held to strict state academic and financial accountability standards.

We need to transform education into a true profession with standards for performance, metrics for measuring performance, and accountability that celebrates high performance and jettisons low performing teachers and administrators from the system.

While school districts and charters now have greater discretion to allocate resources according to local needs, they also are required to describe how they are spending resources to improve student outcomes and implement the new standards in their local accountability plans.

Many successful education systems couple the focus on universal standards and outcomes with efforts to move responsibility to the front line, encouraging responsiveness to local needs and strengthening accountability systems.

(Calif.) Nine months after California's dustup with U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan over accountability and the Common Core, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation — seems to have decided California was right: States need more time to train teachers, prepare assessments and teach students in the new standards before schools can be held accountable.

It focuses mostly on standards for accountability and transparency, and vastly increases the amount of information states will be required to share in annual «school report cards,» which will give parents better data on school performance and help guide where federal education money is most needed.

The state's shift to higher standards and increased accountability has brought about a much - needed focus on student achievement.

In this era of standards and accountability, educators have to move themselves from the sidelines to the forefront of public education reform to meet the needs of a 21st century society.

Sometimes people wonder why I'm so consumed with issues around educational equity, school choice, standards, accountability and the need for a strong federal role in education.

For high standards in all schools we need real local accountability and oversight.

Let's be clear: The need for rigorous, college - preparatory curricula with strong content is as critical an element in reforming American public education as advancing standards and accountability, overhauling teacher quality, expanding school choice, bolstering Parent Power, improving school leadership and building robust data systems.

«ASCD embraces the need for high standards, improved assessment, and increased accountability for U.S. schools, especially those serving children in poverty,» said Carter, speaking for the 165,000 - member nonpartisan Association.

Challenges to innovation, she said, include the need for teachers to develop new personalized curriculum and to adhere to state standards and accountability metrics.

Klein was new to education, but he felt strongly that the system needed tougher standards and more accountability.

The crystal clear lesson for those who are willing to see it is that we need to decentralize control of education, especially by giving parents control over education funding, giving schools autonomy, and letting proven, market - based standards and accountability go to work.

«The department makes sure that money goes through those programs to get through to the places that need it, and without the department there's no way to actually administer the hundreds of programs that are funded through the department,» said Scott Sargrad, director of standards and accountability for education policy at the Center for American Progress and former deputy assistant secretary for policy and strategic initiatives in the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education at the U.S. Department of Education.

«As NCTAF seeks to raise visibility on what teachers need in this new era of standards and accountability, Dr. Lowery's experiences with best practices to encourage effective teaching for all students will prove to be particularly helpful.»

Some conservatives in favor of tougher education standards and more standardized testing are using the data to argue Texas needs to hold school districts to higher accountability standards.

They've requested (PDF) that the U.S. Government Accountability Office issue a report that examines the costs associated with the new nutrition standards and the additional assistance school food authorities might need to implement the changes.

«The current law that sets the bar at 20 percent before needing additional performance review is adequate, and increasing this threshold to 30 percent would be a loosening of the standards and accountability when the discussion this week on many bills has been about increasing accountability,» said Jewell.

Accountability has driven the need for common standards for all students and common assessments to validate student performance, especially for state education systems.

In 2003, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) estimated that over the next 20 years the United States would need to invest between $ 300 billion and $ 1 trillion just to keep the U.S. domestic water and sanitation systems up to their mandated quality standards.

The reality is, to ramp up building performance standards, designers and builders need more accountability for what they deliver.

Working for years in a sector with such low standards of accountability and diligence does little to encourage the kind of rigorous approach that we all need to start requiring of climate science.