Sentences with phrase «pilot an assessment system»

Policymakers did not intend for a state to pilot an assessment system with districts indefinitely, but to instead work, over time, with all districts in the state to implement the innovative assessment system.

Not exact matches

States that receive the pilot waiver would also be given the opportunity, after five years, to further extend the program another two years, with the goal of scaling up the new assessment system and running it statewide.

ALBANY — A new type of assessment system could be in the works for New York as the state Education Department plans to apply for a federal pilot program under the new Every Student Succeeds Act — a program lawmakers said was written with New York in mind.

Establishes a pilot program in up to seven states (or consortia of states) that allows for the complete revamping of their assessment system, meaning that it's possible that summative state tests as we know them will be eliminated, replaced by competency - based assessments, performance - based assessments, interim assessments, or something else entirely

* The state Education Department plans to apply for a federal pilot program, which may give it the opportunity to use a new assessment system in place of state tests for accountability purposes, Politico New York reports: http://goo.gl/696SoR * SUNY presses ahead with tuition increase plan, the Poughkeepsie Journal reports: http://pojonews.co/1J1tzen * Roberts Wesleyan updates...

Last week the U.S. Department of Education made a groundbreaking decision to allow four school systems in New Hampshire to pilot a new accountability regime based on a mix of local and state assessments.

To avoid initiative fatigue and help teachers implement Colorado State Standards — the state's version of the Common Core State Standards — they created extensive support systems like SchoolVault, an online formative assessment tool, and pilot programs to provide trainings for Literacy Design Collaborative (LDC) and Math Design Collaborative (MDC).

One key opportunity under ESSA is that seven states will be able to pilot new systems of assessment and accountability that, if designed well, have the potential to support strong, teacher - led practices that integrate teaching, learning, and assessment.

Brian has been involved with creating policies, models, and criteria for promoting validity, reliability, and credibility in both assessments and accountability systems through work with groups such as the U.S. Department of Education (co-author of Accountability Peer Review guidance; Growth Model Pilot guidance), Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO)(author of documents on the design of accountability systems and balanced assessment systems), National Center for Educational Outcomes (NCEO)(author of research reports on standardization and reliability for assessment systems for students with disabilities), and several state Technical Advisory Committees.

Innovative Assessment Survey Tool The Innovative Assessment and Accountability Demonstration Authority under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) gives states the opportunity to pilot next - generation systems of assessment.

The piece identified the «Innovative Assessment Demonstration Authority» pilot program that allows up to seven states to implement new assessment systems that will replace existing standardized tests.»

Even if a school or district doesn't ultimately take part in one of the seven ESSA state - level pilots, investing in a strong local system of teaching and assessment aligned to principles of student - centered learning is a good idea.

New Hampshire is piloting its new assessment system alongside traditional testing.

The ESSA also authorizes a pilot program that would allow a handful of states to develop innovative assessment systems, which could include performance assessments and competency - based assessments.

• Including a pilot program that allows states to implement innovative systems of assessment that do not rely on standardized tests.

You will hear about the process for building the pilot teacher evaluation system, the timeline for implementation and the components of the system, including observation, self - assessment and student growth.

Some local innovators and national advocates argue that they do, especially in states that have required high school exit exams as part of their accountability systems.44 For example, according to one consortium of high schools participating in the Competency - Based Education Pilot for Ohio — a state that has required passage of state tests or threshold scores on other exams to graduate — «testing windows that are currently required for state - mandated assessments do not adequately reflect the needs of the students within a STEM school and / or CBE [competency - based education] environment.»

First, we examined the literature in order to define comparability outside the bounds of strict score interchangeability and explored methods for estimating comparability that support a balanced assessment system for state accountability such as the NH PACE pilot.

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