Sentences with phrase «of accountability measures in»

Some of the significant achievements include: the commitments by the Council of Australian Governments in 2007, the commitments to the Close the Gap Indigenous Health Equality Summit Statement of Intent; the development of accountability measures in the Close the Gap National Indigenous Health Equality Targets; and the formation of the National Indigenous Health Equality Council, among others.

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Likewise, employees should feel good about taking ownership, which introduces an added measure of accountability and demonstrates the level of trust you have in them.

Lastly, the team examined the connection between character and swearing on a larger, cultural level by comparing the 2012 Integrity Analyses of 48 U.S. states from the Center for Public Integrity, which measured the level of transparency and accountability of local governments, to how frequently residents of that state swore in their Facebook posts.

Accountability should be measured on the basis of tangible industrial values, e.g., business viability 3 years after CICP purchase, along with demonstrated success in meeting client (government agency) needs.

In the political realm, this encompasses the commitments of the liberal peace to human rights and even accountability for war criminals, but it also includes the redress of the wide range of wounds that tyrannical violence inflicts through a correspondingly wide range of practices that bring a measure of restoration to victims as well as perpetrators.

Each of us also possesses some measure of genuine freedom, with its corollary of some measure of responsibility or accountability for our decisions made in that freedom.

In the wake of police killings in Ferguson, Missouri and Baltimore, Maryland, the Justice Department under Barack Obama investigated specific police departments as a measure of accountabilitIn the wake of police killings in Ferguson, Missouri and Baltimore, Maryland, the Justice Department under Barack Obama investigated specific police departments as a measure of accountabilitin Ferguson, Missouri and Baltimore, Maryland, the Justice Department under Barack Obama investigated specific police departments as a measure of accountability.

So Lambda and its allies are quite right to believe that, in getting the government to declare that millennia of classical, Jewish, and Christian teaching on homosexuality is nothing more than prejudice, «gay people have found far more success in the courts than in Congress» — or in any other institution with a measure of accountability to the American people.

Additional Accountability Requirements: The State Board of Education amended its Health, Wellness, and Safety Policy in 2006 to require the Department of Education to create a plan for measuring implementation of the wellness policy.

The answer is not just to ignore those skills — it's to look for better measures; it's to be more flexible in terms of how that accountability works.

In terms of quantifying human dignity, I have studied several existing surveys that measure indicators such as human rights, accountability, and justice.

Accountability is measured in terms of representative governance and whether political leaders can be held accountable by their constituencies.

Lawmakers spent a lot of time talking about meaty issues, including establishing a system of paid family and medical leave, reinstituting tolls on state highways and setting up new measures to address police accountability, but in the end, a lack of consensus scuttled chances for a vote.

«Do you support measures that increase accountability, transparency and that increase the input of school district parents in the decision to permit and maintain charter schools, as well as measures to reduce the negative fiscal impact on school districts with large numbers of charters?»

«By requiring these additional measures of accountability, the State has signaled a stronger commitment to protecting its own fiscal interest in a time of economic uncertainty.

New Board, Accountability and Oversight Measures Restore Public Faith and Trust in Library's Management QUEENS, NY — Judge Frederic Block of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York dismissed the lawsuit filed by the six former Trustees of the Queens Library Board against Borough President Melinda Katz (Arrington et al -LSB-...]

«By every measure, Governor Cuomo's tax cap has successfully reined in out - of - control property tax increases and has been a key part of this administration's efforts to restore fiscal sanity to this state and bring accountability and rigor to our education system.»

StudentsFirstNY has been a reliable supporter of charters and stronger accountability measures in general, and of Cuomo in particular.

CUNY's Board of Trustees last years approved a series of accountability and transparency measures surrounding CUNY spending — including at its affiliate foundations — to «ensure oversight and compliance in fiscal and legal matters.»

As a state party to the Convention, Nigeria is obliged to take appropriate measures to promote transparency and accountability in the management of public finances.»

In the remaining nine months of 2014, pro-charter groups focused more on strengthening accountability measures for teachers and pushing the state and city to take immediate action to fix failing schools.

«It's very disappointing that the reform bill was not signed into law,» agreed Assemblyman James Brennan, a Brooklyn Democrat and sponsor of an identical reform bill in Albany, in a separate statement, adding that «each measure was aimed at providing greater transparency and accountability to an authority that has come under growing public scrutiny over the years, as abuses and scandals accumulated.»

A second measure sponsored by Katko, the TSA Office of Inspection Accountability Act, is nearing final passage in Congress.

Mark - Viverito, a pioneer of PB in 2011, is now in the position of leadership where she can dedicate greater resources for PB along the lines of central staffing and accountability measures.

«As financial incentives change in the U.S. health care system, valid measures of care quality are increasingly important for ensuring transparency and accountability.

While the best programs have these types of measures in place, eventually and importantly, the accountability must transition to rest primarily with the client, who ultimately is the only one who can make a change happen.

In 2002 the state legislature passed Act 88, shifting authorization of cybercharters from local districts to the state department of education and setting more rigorous requirements and accountability measures.

But the proposal's pitfall is that it assumes colleges will respond to accountability measures by improving teaching and maintaining rigor rather than simply lowering standards in the interest of pushing students through.

The measures used in the NEPC report — whether schools make AYP, state accountability system ratings, the percentage of students that score proficient on state tests, and high - school graduation rates — are at best rough proxies for the quality of education provided by any school.

Under the NCLB - era accountability regimes in many states, practically every school serving lots of low - income students was eventually designated as failing («needs improvement») because the dominant measures of school performance at the time — especially proficiency and graduation rates — are strongly correlated with prior achievement and student demographics.

From 2009 - 2012, schools retested students who initially failed the exams, and then only the higher of the original and retest scores was used in the accountability measure.

In a recent survey conducted by the Design and Technology Association, 705 of 1,300 respondents said that government accountability measures were resulting in decreasing numbers of pupils opting to study the subject at GCSIn a recent survey conducted by the Design and Technology Association, 705 of 1,300 respondents said that government accountability measures were resulting in decreasing numbers of pupils opting to study the subject at GCSin decreasing numbers of pupils opting to study the subject at GCSE.

Partly in response to federal accountability measures ~ curriculum in many schools particularly those serving predominantly disadvantaged students has narrowed to focus on reading and math at the expense of the arts ~ physical education ~ civics and other subjects.

Dropout rates, measured accurately only since NCLB made them part of Title I accountability, hover around 50 percent in many major cities.

In the meantime, policymakers should resist proposals to incorporate survey - based measures of non-cognitive skills into high - stakes accountability systems.

In his new book, Professor Dan Koretz looks at how test - based accountability has become an end in itself in American education, unmoored from clear thinking on what should be measured in school, harming students and corrupting the ideals of teachinIn his new book, Professor Dan Koretz looks at how test - based accountability has become an end in itself in American education, unmoored from clear thinking on what should be measured in school, harming students and corrupting the ideals of teachinin itself in American education, unmoored from clear thinking on what should be measured in school, harming students and corrupting the ideals of teachinin American education, unmoored from clear thinking on what should be measured in school, harming students and corrupting the ideals of teachinin school, harming students and corrupting the ideals of teaching.

Perhaps there are some «wrong» answers (such as relying exclusively on proficiency rates in reading and math to judge school quality, or measuring school spending and other inputs and calling it accountability) but mostly there are a whole bunch of right and partially - right answers, depending on policymakers» goals and states» idiosyncrasies.

Another study, by Eric Hanushek and Margaret Raymond, both also at Stanford, evaluated the impact of school - accountability policies on state - level NAEP math and reading achievement measured by the difference between the performance of a state's 8th graders and that of 4th graders in the same state four years earlier.

In contrast, Polikoff's public comment on draft ESSA accountability rules drew heavily on a large empirical literature as it argued against a federal mandate for states to use proficiency rates as measures of school performance.

In this first step, the presenter gives an overview of his or her work, project, or idea and shares some thinking about key design principles, such as why a project has been structured in a certain way, or why an assessment or accountability measure has been includeIn this first step, the presenter gives an overview of his or her work, project, or idea and shares some thinking about key design principles, such as why a project has been structured in a certain way, or why an assessment or accountability measure has been includein a certain way, or why an assessment or accountability measure has been included.

In good measure, the failures of the current system have festered as long as they have because many of the advocates of test - based accountability simply didn't want to face the evidence.

Rather than providing students skills that have real currency in today's labor market and preparing them for gainful employment, accountability provisions in the federal No Child Left Behind Act and Race to the Top funding program have focused on increasing short - term gains that measure success or failure of schools.

Of the elementary and middle schools the survey respondents rated, 14 percent received a grade of «A,» 41 percent received a «B» grade, while 36 percent received a «C.» Seven percent were given a «D» and 2 percent an «F.» These subjective ratings were compared with data on actual school quality as measured by the percentage of students in each school who achieved «proficiency» in math and reading on states» accountability exams during the 2007 - 08 school yeaOf the elementary and middle schools the survey respondents rated, 14 percent received a grade of «A,» 41 percent received a «B» grade, while 36 percent received a «C.» Seven percent were given a «D» and 2 percent an «F.» These subjective ratings were compared with data on actual school quality as measured by the percentage of students in each school who achieved «proficiency» in math and reading on states» accountability exams during the 2007 - 08 school yeaof «A,» 41 percent received a «B» grade, while 36 percent received a «C.» Seven percent were given a «D» and 2 percent an «F.» These subjective ratings were compared with data on actual school quality as measured by the percentage of students in each school who achieved «proficiency» in math and reading on states» accountability exams during the 2007 - 08 school yeaof students in each school who achieved «proficiency» in math and reading on states» accountability exams during the 2007 - 08 school year.

The good news is that, in large part because of NCLB and the accountability measures that federal law has encouraged at all levels of school reform — not to mention the dogged efforts of Diane Ravitch and Sol Stern to keep Bloomberg and Klein on their toes — these arguments are smarter and more refined — and, yes, despite public relations — more transparent.

It's true that test scores are correlated with some measures of later life success, but for test - based accountability to work we would need to see that changes in test scores caused by schools are associated with changes in later life success for students.

Moreover, although I agree that additional accountability measures are needed, continued involvement of the state courts, working in concert with the executive and legislative branches in a new, functional separation - of - powers mode, is essential for holding all parties accountable and for attaining the nation's education goals.

However, far from a «Wild West» approach to charter oversight, his organization instead advocated for, and got, important accountability measures included in the law: mandatory closure for persistently low - performing charter schools, A — F grading of schools (both charter and public), and an end to so - called «authorizer shopping,» in which failing schools move to a new authorizer after their existing one withdraws its support.

If you follow the increasing use of Value - Added Measures (VAMs) and Student Growth Percentiles (SGPs) in state -, district -, school -, and teacher - accountability systems, read this very good new Mathematica working paper.

Indeed, a 705 of 1,300 respondents to a survey conducted by the Design and Technology Association, said that government accountability measures were resulting in decreasing numbers of pupils opting to study the subject at GCSE and, in some schools, it has been cut entirely.

Longtime Chicago mayor Richard M. Daley had won control over the school system in 1995 and generally received accolades for rising scores on state tests; hard - charging superintendents, including Paul Vallas and Arne Duncan; tough accountability measures such as reduced social promotion; and a slew of new schools and shiny buildings.