Sentences with phrase «on academic standards»

With the heavy emphasis on academic standards, teachers don't usually have time to focus on a student's emotional state or family situation.

The principle of demonstrating performance on an academic standard is the same as in the performing arts and athletic arenas.

Instruction is based on academic standards with embedded cultural relevant resources.

«Dr. Merryl Tisch has influenced education policy through her civic and philanthropic positions, and she continues to build on her experience at SUNY with a focus on academic standards coupled with a keen sensibility toward fiscal responsibility,» said Carl McCall, the chairman of the Board of Trustees.

Cuomo's task force on academic standards and testing expects to hand in its much anticipated report this month, amid a continuing push by teachers unions to end the use of student test scores in teacher evaluations.

No longer can the U.S. Department of Education compel states to adopt its favored policies on academic standards, teacher evaluation, or any other matter.

Library lessons are based on the academic standards for the core content areas of History / Social Sciences, Science, English, and Mathematics.

Educators and researchers can help defuse this debate by creating meaningful targets and performance indicators for all public schools, including but not limited to student proficiency on academic standards as measured by quality standardized tests.

But Indiana Department of Education staffers who have been working on the evaluation process say it's not like the state is starting from scratch on academic standards.

Even without the resolution, state law requires the board again vote on academic standards before July 1, 2014.

Sports was a recent winner, and Foran and her students then zeroed in on academic standards and subject areas they might cover through the lens of sports.

Cotham was also worried about how the establishment of a commission could gut the power of the State Board of Education when it comes to deciding on academic standards.

Hess fails to consider that the problem lies not with the focus on closing the achievement gap, but on decades of practices in American public education — from near - lifetime employment and the lack of rigorous evaluation of teachers, to the gamesmanship on academic standards that have been happening long before No Child, to even ability - tracking — that have poorly served all children (including those scoring the highest on test scores).

Two new national polls, released Wednesday and Tuesday, found the public souring on the academic standards, which are meant to elevate math, reading and writing instruction across the nation.

For information on these academic standards and other content areas, please visit the NH College and Career Ready Standards homepage.

We gave both Holtz and Humphries a Full Flop rating for changing their position on the academic standards adopted by most Wisconsin school districts.

The VAAP is available to students in grades 3 - 8 and students in grade 11 who are working on academic standards that have been reduced in complexity and depth.

The following year, 1983, saw the publication of A Nation at Risk, which helped give rise to a new school reform movement (focusing on academic standards, accountability, and school choice) led mainly by businesspeople and governors.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's task force on academic standards and testing expects to hand in its much anticipated report this month, amid a continuing push by teachers unions to end the use of student test scores in teacher evaluations.

The Department of Education unveiled an ambitious assessment agenda for Title I last week that reflects the compensatory - education program's new emphasis on academic standards and large - scale reform.

Mastery of Academic Skills and Content: This year, students in all grades are tracking their own achievement using data binders that keep record of performance on academic standards and character expectations (otherwise known as Habits of Leadership).

No longer can the U.S. Department of Education compel states to adopt its favored policies on academic standards, -LSB-...]

Done right, it doesn't give up on academic standards, either.