Sentences with phrase «part of the accountability system»

Part of the problem has been that school discipline data and school climate information is not part of the accountability system.

He surely has the right to offer greater flexibility to the states when it comes to the law's «adequate yearly progress» measures and other parts of its accountability system.

Keeping accountability standards high, and keeping academic indicators a large part of our accountability system is a critical step in that direction.

There have been plenty of comments about the report released yesterday by Education Trust on school ratings used by Florida, Kentucky, and Minnesota as part of accountability systems developed as part of the Obama Administration's No Child waiver gambit.

Currently, teachers» passing rates on the state's performance - assessment system for second - stage licensure are tracked by institution and become part of the accountability system for those institutions.

Over my career, going from being a teacher to being in the administration, I am ever more conscious of the importance of the improvement part of the accountability system, and making sure that folks are paying good attention there.

If we do want all our young people to develop to their full potential, and to feel that their skills are valued, the opportunity to recognise achievement beyond the core curriculum should also be a key part of our accountability system — how well do the students play musical instruments, participate in competitive sport, contribute to their community, demonstrate leadership, or maintain the natural environment?

«What a state chooses to measure as part of its accountability system matters because accountability systems communicate expectations» (The Education Trust 2017).

A 2016 report from the Education Commission of the States (ECS) found that most states do not include civics, social studies, or citizenship studies as part of their accountability systems, and only 15 states require students to pass a state social studies or civics exam to graduate.

As the NAEP is not part of any accountability system, incentives to cheat on the test are minimal, and no allegations of cheating have been made.

As part of its accountability system, the state publishes school report cards and assigns school ratings based on a number of factors, including test results.

As part of its accountability system, Colorado publishes school report cards and assigns state - based ratings to schools.

But the question remains: If we're not going to focus on just a handful of standardized assessments, what other measures should be part of accountability systems?

E4E - New York Paul Asjes argues that standardized tests are necessary to highlight achievement gaps and as one part of accountability system (Education Post).

CORE, she says, has added SEL indicators as part of its accountability system «with a good buy - in from educators across different roles and communities» after comprehensive conversations with stakeholders about what constitutes SEL skills and competencies — and why they matter.

Test scores are part of the accountability system, but the scores mean a lot more for me from year one to year five.

Chronic absence is also included in the state's achievement compacts, a part of its accountability system under a waiver from No Child Left Behind.

As the authorizer, TPSB would have received a two percent administrative fee from Tangi Academy and gained credit for the school's academic results as part of the accountability system, all while providing their constituents and taxpayers with another public school option.

Insisting upon keeping annual testing of every student in every grade keeps an unnecessarily disruptive system in place as part of an accountability system that, in fifteen years, has not yielded sufficient results to justify the sacrifices in teacher autonomy over instruction and the sacrifices in non-tested subjects being shunted aside in favor of test preparation.

But another purpose that states built toward was that if they wanted to use PARCC as part of an accountability system, would it be a reliable measure.

We may be interested in the current performance of MATs as part of the accountability system, and to support mechanisms by which underperformance is identified and tackled.

Under the state budget, voucher schools have five years before they must provide information to the state's data system and a year after that before they must be part of an accountability system.