Sentences with phrase «regarding student promotion»

As of 2006, 23 states included social studies in their end - of - year student assessments, and 10 of the 23 use these test results to make decisions regarding student promotion or graduation (Grant, 2006; Vogler & Virtue, 2007).

Not exact matches

The state Board of Regents, which sets education policy, already decided in February to advise school districts against using results of Common Core tests in decisions regarding students» promotion and class placement.

The Commission will examine factors contributing to teacher recruitment and performance including: incentives to hire and retain high - quality teachers; improvements in the teacher evaluation system to ensure New York is implementing one of the strongest evaluation systems in the country; the use of teacher evaluations for decisions regarding promotion, hiring and termination as required in the teacher evaluation law; and teacher preparation, certification and education programs to ensure that teachers are properly trained to best educate our students.

On the other hand, pilot schools are free to set policies with regard to curriculum, student promotion, and graduation.

During his eight years in Tallahassee, the governor established a far - reaching accountability system, including limits on social promotion in elementary school; introduced a plethora of school choice initiatives (vouchers for the disabled, vouchers for those in failing schools, tax - credit funded scholarships for the needy, virtual education, and a growing number of charter schools); asked school districts to pay teachers according to merit; promoted a «Just Read» initiative; ensured parental choice among providers of preschool services; and created a highly regarded system for tracking student achievement.

Analysis of the Board of Education's Change of Policy Regarding the Retention of Students This report examines changes initiated by the Board of Education to end the policy of «social promotion»... View report

Some regard it as the latest in a line of ideas intended to keep students progressing through school and heading toward graduation, akin in some ways to practices like social promotion.

The legislators also said no decisions regarding students, including promotions and admissions, should be linked to the tests for two years, which could present a challenge to middle and high schools that use test scores in deciding whom to accept.

Hockey describes himself as as «a neophyte student of urban planning» and he certainly understands some of the current thinking regarding the promotion of active transportation: «You first have to start with the pedestrians».

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This is an important moment in the Portuguese context that we believe may bring important changes regarding the promotion of citizenship skills in our students.