Sentences with phrase «needle on student achievement»

April 2005 - U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings, who had helped shepherd the NCLB law through Congress as a top domestic policy advisor in the White House, announces plans to offer states limited flexibility from parts of the law if they could prove they were moving the needle on student achievement.
They see this effort as the best opportunity in history to develop a high - quality assessment system that helps move the needle on student achievement and supports high - quality classroom instruction.
The United States is a big country, and it takes a long time to move the needle on student achievement scores.
We know that engagement is key to moving the needle on student achievement.
In this capacity he will be entrusted with incubating and scaling high - leverage teaching and learning initiatives, that will have the greatest impact on moving the needle on student achievement during an exciting inflection point for the city of San Antonio.
For example, as we found in a Stanford study of the Milwaukee Public Schools, the initial pioneer for vouchers and charters, there were no gains in achievement over more than a decade of choice options, until a forward - looking superintendent introduced an intensive professional learning initiative that finally moved the needle on student achievement.
Beyond Textbooks is not only a feasible, effective approach for improving student achievement in Vail, but it is also noteworthy that Vail is now partnering with over 100 school districts and charter schools across Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Wyoming, and Kentucky who are currently implementing the Beyond Textbooks program to move the needle on student achievement for its own students.
Offer outstanding fellowship and training experiences to teachers who will not only become tomorrow's principals, but who — right now — can move the needle on student achievement and add to the leadership capacity of their schools, helping each school's instructional community to improve.
You may be out of breath trying to move the needle on student achievement.

Phrases with «needle on student achievement»

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