Sentences with phrase «progress of schools»

The bill would create two boards to oversee academic progress of schools: one for public and charter schools, and one for private schools receiving students using taxpayer - funded vouchers.

These organizations take their roles quite seriously by closely monitoring the operations and academic progress of the schools they support.

That year, the school showed the most progress of any school in its district in student growth, which gave Daniel more credibility among the faculty.

In the last blog post we revealed the impact on progress of the school pupils attend in Year 7.

«I look forward to joining AFC at their annual Summit and celebrating the expansion and progress of school choice over the past year,» said Gov. Bush.

• According to a 2015 Brookings Institution report, Newark made the most progress of any school district in the country in providing choice to parents, ranking as the 3rd district nationally in providing parents with school options (behind only NYC and New Orleans).

«The data suggests that — despite what is arguably the most remarkable decade of academic progress of any school system in history — we haven't really seen much change in demand from middle class community to enroll their children in public schools,» Kleban said.

This year, our fifth Condition of Education report, will reflect more broadly on the pace and progress of school improvement in our state.

Guidance about how to measure the annual progress of schools and districts, known as «adequate yearly progress,» is expected within a month.

The explanation for the meager progress of school choice is very simple: the teachers unions (backed by school districts) have used their considerable power to stifle it.

Join us Monday, May 22, and Tuesday, May 23, in Indianapolis, Indiana, as Governor Bush joins in «celebrating the expansion and progress of school choice» while also rallying school choice advocates to forge ahead as we enter into a «time of unprecedented opportunity for our movement.»

Ofsted say they are making the changes to give their regional directors greater discretion about the date of re-inspection and thishis will allow them to reflect the circumstances and progress of the schools in question.

Next Saturday morning, Nov. 6, I'll be in Shaker Heights, Ohio, taking part in a panel called «Leading Journalists Assess the Progress of School Reform.»

Features in the summer 2013 issue include a celebration of Dean Kathleen McCartney's tenure at the Ed School; a discussion on turnaround schools and what many of our alumni are doing to ensure that the progress of their schools continues; and a look at a special school in Maine founded by Edith Aronson, Ed.M.»

Hard - fought campaigns in Arizona, Florida, South Carolina, and Wyoming could turn on such issues as the progress of school reform, observers say.

The state Department of Public Instruction ascribed the improvements to the efforts of the assistance teams; the assistance teams were lauded in Education Week «s annual summary of the progress of school reform efforts in the states as well.

In addition to recommending a focus on young children, the group proposed that the next President set in motion a process to establish national goals to measure the progress of schools.

A change of this nature would allow for a new way to measure the progress of school systems that discards the flawed reliance on test scores and looks for integral and diverse relationships within the school and the greater world.

The quotient could also be used to judge the progress of schools over time.

Vermont and Kentucky investigated the possibility of using portfolio assessments instead of standardized tests to judge the progress of schools, districts, and the state.

The following criteria are used to evaluate the migrant education program applications: (1) effectiveness of program services / activities to increase student achievement, and (2) progress of schools and school divisions serving migrant children toward meeting the student performance targets as defined in the Virginia Board of Education's Consolidated State Application Accountability Workbook (PDF).

Results from these tests — which most students take online — are used by the commonwealth to identify schools in need of assistance and to inform parents and the public about the progress of schools through the awarding of annual accreditation ratings.

«There are issues about the outliers and those numbers and we are looking at that mathematical issue about whether one or two children in a school can distort the figures and therefore not paint an accurate picture of the progress of that school, and that is something we are looking at.»

Virginia's system of support for schools and accountability for student outcomes includes a commitment to informing the public of the progress of schools in raising achievement and improving teaching and learning.

Parents have been notified by a weekly newsletter and staff is informed regularly at staff meetings about the progress of the school's response.

The OCCS is extremely invested in the progress of each school and confirms that each charter school is fiscally stable and academically prospering.

Accountability reporting systems provide information on the status and progress of a school, district, or state with respect to student performance from year to year.

In several states, R&E staff increased the capacity of state department staff to develop and implement evaluation plans and tools to assess the progress of school improvement initiatives and programs in attaining their goals.

«It's an important part of the progress of this school, not just signing the MOU but that the whole community comes together to support the school, and I think this is a moment where everyone is focused on that.»

Hold principals - and principal supervisors - accountable for the progress of their schools, and ensure alignment in the processes and measures used to assess teacher, principal, and principal supervisor performance.

The Illinois School Report Card shows the progress of schools on an array of metrics.

The measures it will use to evaluate and report the progress of school districts with respect to teachers serving low - income and minority students;

Checking in on the progress of our schools doesn't stop after Day One or even week one.