Sentences with phrase «noninstructional staff»

The «product» that charters are supposed to deliver is better test scores, and they impose corporate - style accountability measures like standardized exams, paying teachers less and firing them at will and eliminating many noninstructional staff positions to achieve their goals.

The U.S. Department of Education also recognizes that school climate data are vital to differentiate school performance.80 To support states and districts in this work, the department developed ED School Climate Surveys for students, parents, educators, and noninstructional staff that measure engagement, safety, and school environment.81 States can add their own items to the survey platform, and New York state is currently piloting the surveys in eight districts.82