Sentences with phrase «overall accountability for»

She has overall accountability for external communications to key stakeholders and the investment community at large, as well as the media.

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«We strongly urge Snap to reconsider the proposed structure, and instead go to market with a single - class voting structure, which overall is associated with stronger long - term performance and mechanism for accountability to owners,» said Kenneth A. Bartsch, the executive director for CII.

In summary, there are four major reasons for the high amount of sexual violence and overall violence in TV produced in the U.S.: (1) monopoly control of program production and distribution by a handful of powerful companies (2) the drive for profits far in excess of those enjoyed by the vast majority of U.S. businesses (3) a lack of accountability on the part of sponsors and

The CIOB feels the CCO should have overall co-ordination, overview and accountability for this commitment.

Separate and apart from overall averages, there has been continuing concern for the level of skills among racial / ethnic minorities as well as concern for the effects of accountability on low - versus high - performing students (specifically, whether or not NCLB placed so much attention on low - performing students that high - performing students were neglected and suffered as a result).

The pattern of differences across schools, across and within school districts, argues for enacting school accountability policies that hold schools accountable for the success of specific populations, rather than concentrating solely on overall schoolwide performance levels or gains.

While this means that some of the students, whose test scores are included in the school's performance measure, may have only been in that school for a relatively short time, it avoids problems associated with excluding the high - mobility students - typically the lowest - performing students - from the district's overall accountability measure.

Moreover, the cross-school differences in the relative success of advantaged and disadvantaged students argue for enacting school accountability policies that shine the light on the success of specific populations, rather than concentrating solely on overall schoolwide performance levels or gains.

With respect to the research on test - based accountability, Principal Investigator Jimmy Kim adds: «While we embrace the overall objective of the federal law — to narrow the achievement gap among different subgroups of students — NCLB's test - based accountability policies fail to reward schools for making progress and unfairly punish schools serving large numbers of low - income and minority students.

In short, there seems to be some evidence that better information about a district's ranking weakens support for accountability, but the downward shift is modest relative to the overall support for these policies, and it is generally limited to residents of below - average districts.

First, testing is an invaluable tool for monitoring overall performance, provided accountability hasn't inflated scores.

The commissioner shall designate a school's overall accountability status as the most advanced phase for which it has been identified on an accountability performance criterion / accountability indicator and, within that designated phase, shall assign the highest category, provided that such category may not be reduced in a subsequent year of a phase.

Overall, I'm sympathetic to lowering barriers to entry (you have a crazy idea that parents will sign up for, go for it) and to reducing test based accountability (you and families think there's a better way to measure school performance, go for it).

Predicted scores were obtained from a regression analysis that accounted for changes in student composition and prior achievement levels as well as overall trends in achievement before the introduction of the accountability program.

Overall, our evidence suggests that state standards and accountability policies, including state - level interpretations of NCLB requirements, have a modest impact on local behavior and planning for the improvement of teaching and learning.

Overall, an emerging theme is one of tension between the need for accountability and specificity on the one hand, and teacher decision - making and flexibility in interpretation on the other.

Curriculum, assessment, instruction, and overall accountability should ultimately be a local function and school boards should be advocating for such.

On April 2016 our member Padres y Jovenes Unidos released their 5th Annual Denver Community Accountability Report Card and awarded Denver Public Schools an overall C + for the 2014 - 15 school year.

Overall, the measurement research on literacy assessment reform suggests that there is still uncertainly about the ability of performance assessments to provide reliable and valid data for accountability.

After the plans became available for public review, organizations like Bellwether Education Partners, the Collaborative for Student Success, Alliance for Education, National Council on Teacher Quality and the Brookings Institution reviewed the submissions to understand their overall strengths and weaknesses, and to determine whether elements like educator equity and benchmarks for federal accountability were present.

The Department for Education will change the methodology for its Progress 8 accountability measure in 2018, after a consultation revealed school leaders are angry over the «disproportionate» impact of outliers on their overall scores.

Finally, «Next Generation» accountability systems should adhere to the following five essentials: «(a) state, district, and school leaders must create a system - wide culture grounded in «learning to improve;» (b) learning to improve using [the aforementioned informational systems also] necessitates the [overall] development of [students»] strong pedagogical data - literacy skills; (c) resources in addition to funding — including time, access to expertise, and collaborative opportunities — should be prioritized for sustaining these ongoing improvement efforts; (d) there must be a coherent structure of state - level support for learning to improve, including the development of a strong Longitudinal Data System (LDS) infrastructure; and (e) educator labor market policy in some states may need adjustment to support the above elements» (p. x).

The districts equally weigh self - management, growth mindset, self - efficacy, and social awareness for overall school accountability.

Minnesota's new accountability system increases the focus on equity by supporting high schools with graduation rates below 67 percent overall or for any student group.

Overall, ESSA represents a watershed moment for states, with 49 identifying career readiness strategies in some form and 35 adopting career readiness measures in their state accountability systems.

As part of an overall restructure of the state's school accountability report card, Ohio created a CTE - specific school report card, reporting on achievement, preparation for success, graduation rates and post-program outcomes.

«In 2011 Alabama moved from near last to 25th in the nation in overall grades and scores [Education Week assessment]... 12th in the nation for standards, assessments and accountability... data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) showed a historic gain of eight points in fourth grade Reading for Alabama public school students — the... highest gain ever in NAEP recorded history.

DAC updates for state accountability will be discussed first with the focus on learning and assessment topics in our professional learning throughout the balance of the session, reducing overall meeting time for those who currently participate in both previous CAI and DAC meetings.

But overall, the exchange of greater autonomy for greater accountability has worked.

But perhaps the recommendation that offers the largest shift in the education space, and more broadly, public programs overall, is a call for greater accountability and governance models that focus attention on performance and reward meaningful action over political rhetoric.

Accountability Plan Spurs Achievement Gains for Indiana District — Making accountability a matter of policy helped this school district narrow the acheivement gap and raise students» achievement sAccountability Plan Spurs Achievement Gains for Indiana District — Making accountability a matter of policy helped this school district narrow the acheivement gap and raise students» achievement saccountability a matter of policy helped this school district narrow the acheivement gap and raise students» achievement scores overall.

Standardized tests with high stakes are bad for learning, studies show (Statesman, 3/10/2012) A National Academies of Science committee reviewed America's test - based accountability systems and concluded, «There are little to no positive effects of these systems overall on student learning and educational progress.»

And so absenteeism would account for a relatively small percentage of a school's overall performance rating under the emerging accountability plans.

ESSA maintains a strong focus on accountability and requires all states to have in place systems of accountability and supports that include annual accountability determinations for all public schools based on multiple indicators for the school overall and for certain subgroups of students.

Prior to joining the SCPCSD, Bobby served as the Title I Team Lead for the Office of Federal and State Accountability at the South Carolina Department of Education Primary tasks included the allocation of federal allocation, monitoring school districts for compliance of applicable federal and state rules and regulations, approving school district Title I educational program applications, and overall business operations of the program.

Every state includes at least one indicator from the four categories, and a handful of plans — Washington, D.C.'s, Louisiana's, Massachusetts's, New Mexico's, and North Dakota's — will use at least one indicator from each category.5 Overall, the 17 submitted ESSA plans include nearly 40 indicators — measured in a variety of ways — across all four categories of indicators.6 On average, these measures contribute to around 20 percent of school ratings.7 For state - specific information, see CAP's «School Accountability in First - Round ESSA State Plans.»

Many educators and scholars documented these perverse outcomes over the last decade and, as a result, the new Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), which replaced NCLB, allows states to count English learners in the English learner group for up to 4 years after they are reclassified, so that the overall progress of English learners in schools and districts is more visible in the accountability system.

PAA looks forward to working with to improve H.R. 2218, in order to assure better charter school transparency, accountability and governance, so that they fulfill the role originally envisioned for these programs that of partners in improving the overall quality of our nation's public schools.

ESSA requires states to annually measure the achievement of not less than 95 percent of the students in the state on the required state assessments and to explain how they will factor the 95 percent participation requirement — both for students overall and for each student group — into their accountability system.

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.

While the SPF overall has been a powerful tool for district improvement, it has also become increasingly complicated, used for too many purposes including resource allocation, accountability, and communicating quality schools to families.

Students with disabilities have been included in statewide assessments in Kentucky for almost 10 years, and performance - based portfolio assessment has been integrated into that state's overall accountability system.

Overall as an organization, NHA says they are committed to taking personal responsibility for the success of their students, adapting a growth mindset, and embracing accountability measures.

This rule improves the administration of the DBE program by increasing accountability for recipients with respect to meeting overall goals, modifying and updating certification requirements, adjusting the personal net worth threshold for inflation, providing for expedited interstate certification, adding provisions to foster small business participation, improving post-award oversight, and addressing other issues.

This notice of proposed rulemaking would propose to improve the administration of the DBE program by increasing accountability for recipients with respect to good faith efforts to meet overall goals, modifying and updating certification requirements, adjusting the personal net worth (PNW) threshold for inflation, providing for expedited interstate certification, adding provisions to foster small business participation and improve post-award oversight, and addressing other issues.

• Accurately processed payroll as well as monitored vacation / benefit accruals independently • Actively managed wage garnishments and processed termination checks • Accepted accountability for the overall teamwork and stood responsible for meeting the deadlines • Assisted HR department with compensation and benefits for payroll related tasks like processing benefits premiums, wage ceilings, long term disability claims, life insurance, group health insurance, fringe benefits, and overtime pay analysis • Assisted internal and external auditing procedures related to payroll by following company standards and policies • Monitored and reviewed complete payroll accounts for verification of accuracy and in case of any discrepancies made appropriate corrections and updates, at the end of every month • Communicated effectively with all staff responding to their requests and inquiries related to payroll information • Correctly made payroll related general ledger journal entries for each record • Created and dispersed payroll vouchers to the company employees every month on the pay day • Created benefit audits and reports for terminated / retired employees • Maintained perfect reconciliations of balance sheet accounts related to the payroll • Executed special research projects regarding payroll management and for detailed analysis of financial facets of payroll • Gave suggestions to the management for the policy and procedure updates and refreshers related to payroll management and its financial aspects • Organized and maintained outstanding payroll checks and lists in coordination with the HR department • Managed contacts and communicated regularly with all the internal and external stakeholders ensuring effective flow of information • Organized files, accounts, ledgers, records, employee books for payroll documents and other related purposes • Prepared SDLs — Salary Distribution Journals and other distribution journals every month for payroll accounts • Processed and prepared corporate payroll using Pay Expert Application, managing all paperwork for the wire transfers and generated return funds • Processed payroll changes for new hires and terminations ensuring accuracy and timeliness of the process • Proficiently used PRG (Millennium) payroll and TMx labor scheduling software applications for effective payroll management • Resolved all issues related to payroll tax payments and reported after every pay run making sure that all filings were accurately represented by the tax service provider • Reconciled tax payments for federal, state and local payroll as well as returns for multiple authorities on monthly basis.

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Information Technology Security Manager — Duties & Responsibilities Manage IT security, customer service technicians, assets and finances, and client training Responsible for ensuring that multiple IT groups meet finance, audit, and compliance requirements Serve as primary point of contact for customer contracts, technical support, and end - user training Utilize interpersonal and technical skills as liaison between clients, technicians, and subcontractors Train large staffs ensuring they understand the brand and adhere to corporate policies and procedures Oversee the implementation of asset management processes and procedures Coordinate activities with desktop leads to ensure SOX compliance Validate asset information, manage defect reports, and submit correct action recommendations Design and implement enterprise - wide security protocols, mainframe / pc policies, & software / hardware packages Collaborate with department managers to identify and address security concerns through IT Security policies Reduce corporate information ricks through implementation of sensitive document control processes Utilize RACF and Windows / LAN measures to greatly improve user, administrator, and application security Establish and oversee regular system security audits for employers and clients Author and present added value reports, optimization reviews, and overall audit presentations Enhance employee productivity and accountability through the implementation of firewall and tracking software Perform all duties with positivity, professionalism, and integrity Consistently recognized and promoted for excellence in team leadership, customer service, and technical skills

The districts equally weigh self - management, growth mindset, self - efficacy, and social awareness for overall school accountability.