Sentences with phrase «real accountability systems»

Even these baby steps toward a real accountability system produced a fierce political backlash, led largely by suburban middle - and upper - middle - class families.

«The real accountability system is in the tasks that students are asked to do... [T] he task predicts performance.»

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If your statistics regarding the donations are correct, then I believe a quicker way to real results would be independently investigating the organizations (such as the Red Cross) receiving the donations to insure their accountability and focus is meeting the needs of the victims of the system we have in the US.

«The bill would flip the current incentives of a broken system to provide real accountability and transparency from higher education institutions,» the senator's office said.

The evidence from Florida also suggests that the gains produced by such an accountability system are real indicators of improvement in learning, and not simply teaching to the test, cheating, or other manipulations of the testing system.

Those states that have instituted reasonably tough standards and accountability systems have experienced real gains in achievement.

If states shrewdly take advantage of ESSA's flexibility, there's a real chance that they can create accountability systems that more fully and fairly assess schools.

Kevin Courtney, deputy general secretary of the National Union of Teachers (NUT), said:» We need to see real and significant changes to teachers» working lives, both in terms of pay and conditions as well as reducing the punishing accountability system that is overburdening the profession and blighting children and young people's education.»

Rothstein begins with the idea of taking a real look at what an accountability system should.

We eventually hit upon what turned out to be The Big Question — the one that ultimately brought about «Pacts Americana,» the report we're releasing today: Does the education world have some kind of time - tested system — something could be brought to bear on ESEA reauthorization — for combining real accountability with real autonomy?

Even though accountability is increasingly recognized as the linchpin of education reform, only a few states have made real progress in establishing accountability systems.

The truth is, today's accountability systems are pale reflections of the real thing.

On the importance of government, for example, Brian Eschbacher, executive director of Planning and Enrollment Services in Denver Public Schools, described policies and systems in Denver that help make choice work better in the real world: a streamlined enrollment system to make choosing easier for families, more flexible transportation options for families, a common performance framework and accountability system for traditional and charter schools to ensure all areas of a city have quality schools, and a system that gives parents the information they need to choose schools confidently.

That's why it is not enough to prepare them in a «regulation first» system that shields real accountability and just hopes for the best.

Mr Gove said: «I hope that NAHT will be fully involved in this review and would look forward to working closely with you to bring about real improvements to the testing and accountability system.

Lucy Powell, a former shadow education secretary who is also the school's local MP, described the case as «shocking» and said it raised «real concerns about weak oversight and accountability of our schools system».

To begin to address these issues, ASCD released «Multimetric Accountability Systems: A Next - Generation Vision of Student Success» (PDF), a white paper that provides five real - world examples of multimetric accountabAccountability Systems: A Next - Generation Vision of Student Success» (PDF), a white paper that provides five real - world examples of multimetric accountability sSystems: A Next - Generation Vision of Student Success» (PDF), a white paper that provides five real - world examples of multimetric accountabilityaccountability systemssystems.

As part of NEA's work to counter flawed, regressive evaluation systems and implement the policy statement, NEA developed the toolkit on Association - led evaluation and accountability reforms — which contains model contract language, guiding principles, and real - world examples that can be used by education organizations to develop evaluation and accountability systems.

That's why NEA is also calling on lawmakers to repeal federal requirements that state standardized tests be used to evaluate educators and implement «real accountability in our public education system,» said Van Roekel.

Meanwhile, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan posed a central question in his speech at the National Council for Social Studies Annual Conference: «How can we promote both a well - rounded education with rich offerings across all subjects — civics, geography, economics and history, the arts, foreign languages, physical education, the sciences, et cetera — and simultaneously create a system of real and meaningful accountability that doesn't lead to narrowing of the curriculum?»

These tests have real consequences: their results feed into accountability systems, which...

These tests have real consequences: their results feed into accountability systems, which have been used for more than a decade to hold schools and districts accountable for their students» learning.

The act's emphasis on test scores as the primary measure of school performance has narrowed the curriculum, and the one - size - fits - all accountability system has mislabeled schools as failures even if their students are demonstrating real academic growth.

«We need to see real and significant changes to teachers» working lives, both in terms of pay and conditions as well as reducing the punishing accountability system that is overburdening the profession and blighting children and young people's education,» said NUT deputy general secretary Kevin Courtney.

, full (or accelerated) equity ownership, transportability (local conditions can change adversely over time), extremely efficient use of resources (when did mindless wastefulness become normalized in the US), real innovation in affordable architecture (not green McMansions), the beginning of the end wage slavery, reduced impact on the environment thru smaller human lifestyle footprint, and a great antidote to a predatory lending system that is beyond accountability.

-- «Grant» is an invite to defraud the government without oversight or accountability and a motivation to create «nonoffending families»; offending families, even where none exist so as to support the existing «Frankenstein» local system that grows without real purpose.

Those proven systems and strategies are complemented by a team of more than 150 trained coaches who provide accountability through one - on - one, intensive coaching sessions to success - oriented professionals throughout the real estate industry.

Investing in Real Estate for over 25 years, Mr. Mazzuchin discovered that as long as everyone is treated with the utmost Respect, along with effective systems and accountability in place, then everyone can benefit.