Not exact matches
The authors point out that the Cincinnati system of evaluation is different from the standard practice in place in most American
school districts, where perfunctory evaluations
assign the vast majority of teachers «satisfactory»
ratings, leading many to «characterize classroom observation as a hopelessly flawed approach to assessing teacher effectiveness.»
Although eligibility was originally limited to students with special needs, Arizona lawmakers subsequently expanded eligibility to include adopted children, children of active - duty military personnel, students living on Native American reservations, and students
assigned to a
district school with a D or F
rating, as well as siblings of eligible students.
Between fall 2002 and fall 2008, the
school district closed 23 large failing high
schools (with graduation
rates below 45 percent), opened 216 new small high
schools (with different missions, structures, and student selection criteria), and implemented a centralized high
school admissions process that
assigns over 90 percent of the roughly 80,000 incoming ninth - graders each year based on their
school preferences.
• In all but the private sector, parents of elementary - aged children are more satisfied with their
schools than are parents of children in their high -
school years, but charter
schools gather higher
rates of satisfaction than
assigned district schools at all age levels.
Enacted in 2008 and expanded in 2012, the LSP provides vouchers to low - income students
assigned to
district schools that have received a «C» or below on the state's
school rating system.
In practice, shared attribution is essentially taking the value - added
ratings of an entire
school or
district and
assigning those
ratings to teachers in the non-value-added grades and subjects.
, each
school district shall annually report to the parent of any student who is
assigned to a classroom teacher or
school administrator having two consecutive annual performance evaluation
ratings of unsatisfactory under s. 1012.34, two annual performance evaluation
ratings of unsatisfactory within a 3 - year period under s. 1012.34, or three consecutive annual performance evaluation
ratings of needs improvement or a combination of needs improvement and unsatisfactory under s. 1012.34.
It currently
rates a D on the state's A to F accountability system, which uses test scores and other data to
assign letter - grade scores to
school districts.
Students are eligible for the program if the student's resident
district is not a
school district in which the pilot project scholarship program is operating and the student satisfies one of the following conditions: the student attends a local public
school that has received a grade D or F by the state's performance index score, the student is
assigned to a community
school but would otherwise be
assigned to a qualifying
school, the student attends a local public
school that was ranked in the lowest 10 percent of public
schools in two of the three most recent rankings and the public
school was not declared to be excellent or effective in the most recent
rating system, or the student is enrolling in grades K — 12 for the first time and would be
assigned to a qualifying
school as long as they are at least 5 years old by Jan. 1 of the
school year.
In examining how we
assign students to
schools, board members and I also had a laser - like focus over 18 months to engage our community in hundreds of conversations, in groups, in people's driveways, at the supermarket, about whether we were ok that more than 70
schools in the
district had a high poverty
rate.
Even more troubling and incredible, some Alliance
School Districts are learning that in addition to the out - of - state consultants, Pryor has
assigned some of his interns to review and
rate the Alliance plans.
Arizona initially restricted ESA eligibility to students with special needs, though lawmakers have since expanded eligibility to include foster children, children of active - duty military personnel, students
assigned to
district schools rated D or F, gifted students, and children living in Native American reservations.