Sentences with phrase «new curriculum tied»

It could be what the article calls the «flawed rollout» of new curriculum tied to the Common Core.

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The news comes as King had postponed but is now restarting a series of public forums on the state's new Common Core curriculum and the teacher evaluation system that is tied to it.

The Republicans are tapping into an anger among many parents in New York state over the botched rollout of a more rigorous curriculum that relies more on standardized tests, and is tied to teacher evaluations.

The state contracted with private, nonprofit organizations to develop new curricula aligned to the common core, developed a web site that included sample lessons and professional - development materials, and then developed a new assessment tied to the standards and administered it in the spring of 2013 — two years before most states had planned to put new tests in place.

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A senior Iraqi education official who was assassinated this month had been instrumental in crafting his country's new civics education curriculum and had helped forge education ties abroad.

But not for all the usual reasons that people raise concerns: the worry about whether we've got good measures of teacher performance, especially for instructors in subjects other than reading and math; the likelihood that tying achievement to evaluations will spur teaching to the test in ways that warp instruction and curriculum; the futility of trying to «principal - proof» our schools by forcing formulaic, one - size - fits - all evaluation models upon all K — 12 campuses; the terrible timing of introducing new evaluation systems at the same time that educators are working to implement the Common Core.

Not surprisingly, these approaches are outmoded in this new world and can end up hamstringing virtual schools by tying them to existing authorization regimes, salary schedules, certification requirements, textbook adoption processes, curriculum development processes, assessment procedures, and accreditation regimens.

And it helped states fund strong new curricula, instructional materials, and professional development resources tied to these new standards, all now freely available to educators across the country.

But, under pressure from the federal government, most states tied the new assessments to accountability at a time when teachers» practice and local curriculum had not yet become fully aligned with new expectations.

They need a curriculum tied to the Common Core, and the time and support necessary to adapt their teaching to these ambitious new demands.

The state announced a K - 8 curriculum tied to the new standards one month before assessments were administered, and the rollout in the upper grades is similarly out - of - sequence.

Traditionally, students in New York who passed the Regents exams in various subjects, all tied to the state's curricula, received a more prestigious diploma that signaled their mastery.

According to a new NEA poll, teachers say they've had little or no training, and no say in developing curricula tied to the Common Core.

High schools in the state gave the new Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers test, tied to the Common Core curriculum, for the first time last spring.

Wisconsin schools are rolling out the curriculum this year in math and language arts so students will be ready by 2014 - 15 to take a new state test tied to the Common Core.

They then tied this lesson back to the classroom and created presentations and new curriculum ideas.

The controversial on - line test tied to the new Common Core Curriculum standards forced school districts to increase band - widths, rotate students through computer labs in many cases, and helped fuel a growing anti-testing movement.

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