Sentences with phrase «of robust accountability»

As a result of a robust accountability system, more students are attending higher performing schools which has translated to overall increases in program - wide scholarship student achievement,» said Ann Duplessis, president of the Louisiana Federation for Children.

There's the fact that the signatories include the National School Board Association and the National Association of Secondary School Principals, two groups who represent the districts that oppose any form of robust accountability.

At a minimum, shouldn't all publicly funded schools be required to participate in some type of robust accountability system?

Indeed, several of the low - performing schools have been forced out of the program since its development of a robust accountability system.

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In our view, the Chairman should be an independent director to promote robust oversight of senior executives, and to foster accountability of management to the Board, something that is difficult to accomplish when the most senior member of management also serves as the Board's leader.

The covenant was not simply a piece of paper affirming partnership no matter what, but instead a means to secure the «robust accountability» and «gracious restraint» that characterize deep relationships rooted in mutual recognition of catholic faith and order, grounded in creedal doctrine, and answerable to the authoritative word of Scripture.

The package would require public disclosure of every legislator's outside clients and income, establish an ethics commission with robust investigative powers over both the legislative and executive branches — and institute other measures to introduce badly needed transparency and accountability into our state government.

«We have the staff capability to do that and I think it is certainly something the people of the state would expect, that in response to these charges and the allegations that we have a much more robust process of oversight, checks and balances, and accountability.

«The public deserves to see in place a robust and independent system of school accountability that does not allow those who are privileged to be running state funded schools to operate within their own secret garden.

The authors argue not only for more resources, but for an integrated national health care system, built around a strong public primary care system with a clearly defined supportive role for the private and indigenous sectors, that (i) addresses acute as well as chronic health care needs; (ii) offers choice of care that is rational, accessible, and of good quality, (iii) is cashless at the point of service delivery, and (iv) is governed by a robust regulatory framework to ensure accountability.

As he explains; «probably the most robust finding to date from research on accountability policies is that the strongest initial predictors of the impact of policy on student performance are the attributes of schools rather than the attributes of the policies themselves.»

When we set out on the path that led us to the Review, we intended to inject one measure of many that may be needed for robust teacher prep accountability.

ED's press release explains, «The administration's proposal for fixing NCLB calls for college and career - ready standards, more great teachers and principals, robust use of data and a more flexible and targeted accountability system based on measuring annual student growth.

A robust accountability system would recognize that more instructional time can be used to meet goals, but that more time is neither a perfect substitute for, nor the same thing as, better use of time.

Institutions of direct democracy, including decentralised decision - making powers in rural and urban areas, need to be set up or strengthened in all countries; where decision - making at larger levels requires representation, there should be robust mechanisms of transparency, accountability, and redressal (including recall) that are responsive to the institutions of direct grassroots democracy.

Following the passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), the PED launched NMRISING, a statewide initiative to inform the development of New Mexico's state plan7 and build upon the momentum of recent student success.8 The plan reinforces the PED's commitment to robust CCR standards and assessments, meaningful school accountability, a commitment to ensure that all students are served by excellent educators, and dynamic strategies for turning around the state's struggling schools.

With the exception of isolated pockets, like the Florida Virtual School (where funding of some online courses will soon be tied to passing an external exam), the conversation about accountability for online credit recovery has not been nearly as robust and far - reaching, in either a political or a pragmatic sense.

Governor Corbett and Secretary of Education Ron Tomalis outlined four key provisions of their plan: «opportunity scholarships, expanding the Educational Improvement Tax Credits program, improved charter school quality and accountability, and more robust and comprehensive educator evaluations.»

As states and districts across the country aim to create a robust set of educational options including alternative settings, they must be able to effectively collect and use the most relevant and reliable data to develop accountability systems.

As per the article: «Hailed by many who seek greater accountability in education, [Sanders's] TVAAS continues to be a topic of robust discussion in the education community in Tennessee and across the nation.

A coalition of organizations representing business, education advocates, civil rights groups and community leaders applauds last week's unanimous vote by Kentucky Board of Education to approve a new, more robust school accountability system and commends Commissioner, Stephen Pruitt, and the Kentucky Department of Education for their work on the new framework.

These included a strong vision of and value for public education in which almost Finnish children participate as the creator of Finland's future society; resulting high status for the country's teaching profession whose members are stringently selected through rigorous university - based teacher education programs that confer Masters degrees on all of them; a widespread culture of collaboration in curriculum development among teachers in each school district; an equally robust culture of collaboration among all partners in strong local municipalities where most curriculum and other policy decisions are made; and a system of widespread cooperation and trust instead of US - style test - based accountability.

The spokeswoman maintained that the strict system of oversight and accountability under which trusts operate is «more robust than in council - run schools, which has enabled us to identify these issues and take swift action to address them.»

In a statement, the Department for Education said: «All academies operate under a strict system of financial oversight and accountability, more robust than in council - run schools.

In the absence of strong central direction for accountability plans, it will also mean engaging all groups that have a stake in the success of English learners to ensure robust monitoring of how these students are faring academically.

Despite evidence that the complexity of the nation's education crisis requires an array of solutions — including strong curriculum standards and robust consequential accountability, the overhaul of teacher quality, revamp of curriculum and standards, expanding school choice, improving school data systems and giving parents their rightful decision - making roles in education — far too many reformers are busy touting and flacking their one grand solution and dismiss others that, in their minds, don't further their own.

School climate is also commanding greater national attention under the Every Student Succeeds Act as groups work to include school discipline practices and other measures that can help make new ESSA accountability systems more accurate, robust and reflective of the daily challenges and opportunities in education.

«ESSA shifts much of the responsibility for student outcomes to states, which must develop robust accountability systems that target large graduation rate gaps that continue to exist between different groups of students, as well as high schools that fail to graduate one - third or more of their students,» said Gov. Bob Wise, president of the Alliance for Excellent Education.

No single assessment or piece of student work can provide the robust information needed to inform teaching, learning, and supports, as well as public accountability and continuous improvement of education systems through families, policymakers, and other stakeholders.

We want to see robust accountability and oversight of all schools regardless of type,» she said.

According to the Kentucky Department of Education, their new accountability model is a more robust — next generation model that holds all schools and school systems accountable for improving student performance and creates four performance classifications that determine consequences and guide interventions and supports.

State high school accountability systems have primarily been based on proficiency on state tests and high school graduation rates, rather than a more robust set of indicators.

The State should provide for authorizer involvement, as appropriate, in the oversight and development of charter school Local Control and Accountability Plans to make them robust tools for autonomous charter school improvement and aAccountability Plans to make them robust tools for autonomous charter school improvement and accountabilityaccountability.

New accountability systems could reflect the progress of all students and provide a more robust dashboard of performance metrics.

«We look forward to working with the Legislature and other stakeholders to develop a meaningful and robust assessment and accountability system that is both aligned with the State Board of Education's strategic priorities and better informs educators and parents on student performance,» said Accountability Task Force Chair and State Board Member Briaccountability system that is both aligned with the State Board of Education's strategic priorities and better informs educators and parents on student performance,» said Accountability Task Force Chair and State Board Member BriAccountability Task Force Chair and State Board Member Brittney Cummins.

One such challenge was significant limitations regarding the underlying validity of the data that were to inform judgments about performance and accountability, which corresponded with a less than robust picture of the meaningful steps that should then be taken to improve systems and yield better student learning and outcomes.

WASHINGTON — Today, 25 civil rights and education groups sent a letter to Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos calling for a thorough and robust review of state accountability plans submitted to the department, as required by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).

Robust models of teacher accountability exist, and they emphasize the role of teachers as professionals capable of engaging in substantive understanding of their own work and the role of evaluation in supporting teachers as its primary goal.

All of this bad press should be enough to make even the most ardent supporters of charters welcome robust oversight and accountability.

We only have two years of performance data for the new accountability measures, which is insufficient to make a robust judgment.

The ongoing success of the movement depends on a robust, clearly defined accountability system.

The ongoing and future success of California charter schools depends on a robust, clearly defined, accountability system.

Democrats offered a single amendment in the nature of a completely alternative bill (PDF) proposed by ranking Democrat George Miller (D - CA) that would provide for a stronger federal role in school accountability and improvement as well as more robust resources than the Kline bill.

Expand accurate and robust accountability systems that value growth models and multiple measures of student performance; and

While the state is moving toward a more robust and comprehensive accountability system instead of relying mostly on student test scores, CORE says its breakdown uses more parameters to measure a school's performance.

Our programs have robust monitoring and evaluation mechanisms in place to capture the progress and outcomes of our work and ensure greater accountability to donors, governments, and the beneficiaries themselves.

The Project for Advancing Climate Transparency (PACT) consortium supports the design and development of robust and effective transparency and accountability rules and processes for the Paris Agreement on climate change.

... need to be complemented by a robust, whole - of - government accountability and performance reporting framework for the Australian Government's programs and services.