The current reality is that most schools are evaluated and funded based on
reaching state standards and test scores.
Not exact matches
It's essential to extend and expand tax incentives for carbon capture, update
state laws to include CCUS technology in clean energy
standards, and fund continued carbon capture RD&D, among other things, if we are going to
reach our emissions - cutting goals.
The progress report
stated that as of 2013, overall compliance of participating farms with the AAA
standards reached 79.8 %.
The new
standards would set an efficiency target for 2025, and presumably set out incentives and
state assistance to help energy companies, businesses and residents
reach the goal.
On Thursday, the administration began proceeding with the Clean Energy
Standard, which Gov. Andrew Cuomo ordered to be completed by July to
reach the
state's clean energy goals of powering half of the electrical grid with wind, solar and other sources by 2030.
The fund is supposed to help the
state reach Cuomo's Clean Energy
Standard, which says the
state needs to meet 50 percent of electricity needs with clean energy by 2030, according to the release.
At the behest of Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who has insisted on tying prevailing wage
standards to a government subsidy, the
state tasked REBNY and the Building and Construction Trades Council with
reaching an agreement on wage
standards for construction workers by
At the behest of Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who has insisted on tying prevailing wage
standards to a government subsidy, the
state tasked REBNY and the Building and Construction Trades Council with
reaching an agreement on wage
standards for construction workers by mid-January of 2016.
Lawmakers and Cuomo are potentially
reaching a deal on changing how the
state handles sexual harassment allegations, a move that would potentially create a uniform
standard for all branches of government to follow.
«When
state and local leaders make their own decisions on school
standards, they are much more likely to
reach pragmatic decisions that will last,» Magee said.
A 2008 GAO report concluded that the post-1998 security upgrades had made embassies safer but that physical constraints at various sites prevented diplomatic posts from
reaching full compliance with
State Department
standards.
Taiwan's compulsory national health insurance program reimbursement policy requests that doctors stop prescribing statins once the patient's cholesterol
reaches the treatment goal, which is contrary to
standard treatment in the United
States.
The effects
reached well beyond the
state, as manufacturers opted to adhere to a single safety
standard rather than producing one set of products for California and another for the rest of the U.S.
The North Bay Fires affected air quality in the Central Valley and satellite images show it traveled more than 500 miles over the Pacific,
reaching as far south as Mexico.19 In 2015, smoke from wildfires in central Canada resulted in multiple days of exceedances of EPA
standards in Maryland.20 In 2002, wildfire smoke from fires in Quebec impacted populations all along the East Coast of the United
States, and a nearly 50 percent increase in hospital admissions for respiratory diagnoses for the elderly was associated with the smoke plume and concurrent PM2.5 in counties in states between New York and Washington,
States, and a nearly 50 percent increase in hospital admissions for respiratory diagnoses for the elderly was associated with the smoke plume and concurrent PM2.5 in counties in
states between New York and Washington,
states between New York and Washington, DC.21
While it's almost impossible to get to
reach this
state on a
standard ketogenic diet alone, type 1 diabetics can sometimes notice this when their insulin levels are extremely low.
If it weren't for the «enrichment» of wheat flour in the United
States — a process whereby nutrients destroyed by processing are added back into processed wheat — more than half of Americans would fail to
reach the DRI
standard for vitamin B1.
Although that
standard may seem low, it is considerably more stringent than the
standards that existed prior to 1990, when no
state had a test
reaching even the 9th - grade level.
It says that testing and accountability, by themselves, can not lift the United
States to the level of accomplishment
reached by the world's highest - achieving countries, an extraordinary
standard for evaluating a policy innovation.
Despite commitments to improve reading and mathematics achievement,
states are still not making enough progress in helping all students
reach grade - level
standards in those subjects, concludes a report that examines reading and math achievement in all 50
states.
What students are expected to know in order to
reach proficiency levels on exams in some
states may be as much as four grade levels below the
standards set in other
states, according to a study by the American Institutes for Research that uses international testing data to gauge
states against a common measuring stick.
Importantly, the
state also doubled its investment in K - 12 education over a seven - year period to help schools and students
reach those high
standards.
Within the existing American system where each
state sets its own
standards,
states that aspire to raise the bar are likely to do so, accounting for the level of excellence that some have
reached.
Instead of an impressionistic study of the sort offered by Mirel, the kinds of reports that would be helpful to education professionals, and ultimately to students, include evaluations of designs that track individual student performance year to year; the percentage of students
reaching local and
state standards; a more widely disseminated study of design implementation so others can benefit from lessons learned; and the establishment of a district - wide roadmap for bringing comprehensive school improvement to fruition.
My hope is that this is simply a matter of sequencing:
states have worked extremely hard to establish higher
standards over the past years, and they are currently
reaching some agreement on how to test those
standards, including developing the assessment items themselves contained in summative tests.
That's a daunting challenge for any test maker, but it's further complicated by widespread fears of soaring failure rates and their political consequences, as well as by Arne Duncan's stipulation (in the federal grants that underwrite the assessment - development process) that the
states belonging to each consortium must
reach consensus on those passing scores (in government jargon, «common achievement
standards»).
Spellings: No Child Left Behind simply asks
states and schools to measure progress to make sure all students
reach grade level
standards in math and reading.
Many
states responded to earlier efforts by watering down their
standards for learning and lowering expectations for students in an attempt to artificially boost the number of students that
reached proficiency.
The defense study estimated that $ 226 million to $ 408 million in additional
state or local funding was needed for the entire
state's student enrollment to
reach a 55 percent passing
standard.
The upshot: Even as they write «college and career readiness» rates into their ESSA plans, many
states have no reliable way to determine how many of their high school seniors are
reaching that point and, regardless of what they use for
standards and tests, practically none will be able to make valid comparisons with other
states.
We came up with a simple, but far -
reaching stipulation: applicants for arts education grants had to align their programs with national or
state standards and evaluate student learning by them.
School officials should
reach out to parents of English - language learners and encourage both student and parental literacy, says a study by the Education Policy Research Unit, a division of Tempe - based Arizona
State University that conducts research on student - performance
standards and curriculum.
This race really helps kids understand there are
standards they have to
reach — like the
state standards.
«Many people said special education students could not
reach higher
standards,» Commissioner of Education Richard P. Mills said in releasing the
state's annual report on special education.
As long as a significant portion of students aren't
reaching these so - called «outdated»
state standards, we must continue to assess the skills and hold schools accountable for the results.
It's an experiment that — while proven successful in at least two other
states — has its origins in a Democratic President's administration and comes fresh off of lawmakers» brush with Common Core
state standards, a broad -
reaching education policy that blew up into a toxic political football among conservatives because it de-emphasized local control.
The Department should also specify that, if federal funds are used, those evaluations must be sufficiently strong to
reach the «promising»
standard and provide technical assistance to
states and school districts in meeting that goal.
Meanwhile, about 87 % of charter schools had 60 % or more of their students meet or exceed
state standards on achievement tests; only about 65 % of regular district schools
reached that threshold.
Those two Washington - based groups, plus several
states, noted that the timeline for
states to adopt common
standards is far more aggressive in the department's criteria than in the agreement
reached by
states.
Richmond writes that the Common Core has
reached a «critical juncture» as
states align to the new
standards.
The term «proficiency» is key because the federal No Child Left Behind law mandates that 100 percent of students must be «proficient» under
state standards by 2014 — a goal that has been universally described as impossible to
reach.
The NAS report says that in New York, the percentage of eighth - graders
reaching the
state's proficiency
standard increased dramatically, from 59 percent to 80 percent, between 2007 and 2009.
In combination, these initiatives have progressively increased the demands on teachers and their students and have laid the groundwork for what was to come next - an unprecedented federal intervention on
state level education policy - making that directs all
states toward a single goal (i.e., 100 % of students
reaching «proficiency») via a single system of implementation (i.e.,
standards - based assessment and accountability).
At the same time these
states are making improvements in teaching and learning and helping students
reach higher
standards, they're also making improvements in testing to reduce pressure on tests, shorten testing time and make sure that tests have value for students and parents.
«I believe when we
reach the end of this process there are going to be many other
states around the country that will take a hard look at the way Indiana has taken a step back, designed our own
standards and done it in a way where we drew on educators, we drew on citizens, we drew on parents and developed
standards that meet the needs of our people,» said Gov. Mike Pence on signing the legislation that said Indiana would write its own
standards.
Students and parents around the country are suing
states for failing to give schools enough money to help students
reach high
standards.
According to the U.S. Department of Education, the purpose of Title 1 funding, «is to ensure that all children have a fair, equal, and significant opportunity to obtain a high quality education and
reach, at minimum, proficiency on challenging
state academic achievement
standards and
state academic assessments.»
The current law hinders
states» actions as they work hard to fulfill the main goal of No Child Left Behind: ensuring that all students have the opportunity to obtain a high - quality education and
reach proficiency on challenging academic
standards.
«is to ensure that all children have a fair, equal, and significant opportunity to obtain a high - quality education and
reach, at a minimum, proficiency on challenging
State academic achievement standards and state academic assessments.&r
State academic achievement
standards and
state academic assessments.&r
state academic assessments.»
New legislation changed the
state's growth measure so students are evaluated by how close they came to
reaching a
standard, such as a passing score or an advanced score, or by how far they exceeded the
standards.
Common Core documents and
state officials say schools and districts should provide accommodations to students with disabilities to
reach the same high
standards to which their nondisabled classmates are held.