Sentences with phrase «nonacademic measures»

Compared with their peers, participating students also significantly improved on five key nonacademic measures: They demonstrated greater social skills, less emotional stress and better attitudes, fewer conduct problems such as bullying and suspensions, and more - frequent positive behaviors, such as cooperation and help for other students.

The evaluation of applicants includes a three - stage process: academic measures, nonacademic measures, and a behavioral interview.

Final decisions are based on academic measures, nonacademic measures, and the behavioral interview.

ESSA regulations specify that nonacademic measures can not prevent a school from receiving a CSI designation that would otherwise have been identified using the academic measures.

At the same time, officials around the nation have been trying to figure out how to respond to the new Every Student Succeeds Act, which replaced No Child Left Behind in December 2015 and requires each state to come up with its own accountability system that must include at least one nonacademic measure.

Not exact matches

Decreases in the attractiveness of faculty careers and concomitant increases in the attractiveness of nonacademic careers lead to even sharper shifts in the share of students finding a particular career most attractive compared to all other careers (the measure used in Figure 2).

Looking back, I can see that my colleagues and I were struggling to counteract powerful tendencies that work against high student achievement in urban schools: If teachers work in isolation, if there isn't effective teamwork, if the curriculum is undefined and weakly aligned with tests, if there are low expectations, if a negative culture prevails, if the principal is constantly distracted by nonacademic matters, if the school does not measure and analyze student outcomes, and if the staff lacks a coherent overall improvement plan — then students fall further and further behind, and the achievement gap becomes a chasm.

«Multimetric accountability promotes comprehensive student achievement and well - being by using multiple measures of performance, incorporating a range of subjects, including nonacademic factors, and promoting continuous improvement and support.

Data Quality Campaign: Using Social - Emotional Learning Data in the CORE Districts: Lessons Learned This resource provides a framework for states and districts to understand the CORE Districts» work measuring and reporting on nonacademic indicators over the past five years.

A significant policy lever that will drive this work is the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), which requires multiple measures for accountability, including at least one «nonacademic» indicator generally understood to be an SEL measure, such as student engagement, educator engagement, and school climate and safety.

The recently enacted Every Student Succeeds Act requires multiple measures for accountability, including at least one «nonacademic» indicator generally understood to be an SEL measure.

«The Board is pleased with the new School Improvement Framework, as it incorporates both academic and nonacademic school quality and student success measures to create a more holistic view of a school's environment for students,» Kevin Laverty, chair of the state board, said in a statement.

The Every Student Succeeds Act requires that states include at least one nonacademic indicator in their school accountability frameworks, which is leading states to explore options for teaching and measuring nonacademic skills.

Under the Every Student Succeeds Act, states have more freedom to measure school quality and performance — including the selection of a nonacademic «school quality» indicator.

Nonacademic indicators like school climate or Social Emotional Learning, and next - generation achievement measures like value - added or growth calculations are key facets of many state plans under the new Every Student Succeeds Act, or ESSA (the federal law replaced No Child Left Behind in 2015.)

Having clearly defined indicators will help states comply with this requirement so that nonacademic indicators don't mask low performance on academic outcome measures.

Cities and states at the vanguard of rethinking accountability and measuring nonacademic factors illuminate a productive and thoughtful path forward, drawing upon an impressive research base and proven results.

Incorporate important nonacademic factors such as measures of school climate, safety, and parental engagement.

Over the past few years, nearly 6,000 schools across 14 states have used the 5Essentials survey to systematically measure nonacademic factors that decades of research have shown matter most for school improvement and student success.

However, they are coming into much greater prominence in the national conversation because of ESSA, the new federal law which «requires multiple measures for accountability, including at least one nonacademic indicator, generally understood to be an SEL measure, such as student engagement, educator engagement, and school climate and safety.»