Sentences with phrase «rigorous school accountability systems»

«I am pleased with this vindication, not for me, but for the work of my colleagues at the Department of Education and for the 1.1 million Indiana students who have benefitted and will continue to benefit from a clear and rigorous school accountability system.»

Not exact matches

But he said Assembly Dems are resisting the governor's plan to delay a boost in school funding until the panel comes up with a more rigorous teacher - accountability system by June.

Other rigorous studies have been carried out of accountability systems within states and school districts.

It doesn't erase the need for rigorous standards, tough accountability, vastly improved data systems, better teacher evaluations (and training, etc.), stronger school leaders, the right of families to choose schools, and much else that reformers have been struggling to bring about.

We at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute have a longstanding interest in advancing quality school choices for kids who need them and a parallel interest in boosting educational achievement with the help of rigorous standards, assessments, and accountability systems.

Never in a million years were we going to see forty - five states truly embrace these rigorous academic expectations for their students, teachers, and schools, meet all the implementation challenges (curriculum, textbooks, technology, teacher prep, etc.), deploy new assessments, install the results of those assessments in their accountability systems, and live with the consequences of zillions of kids who, at least in the near term, fail to clear the higher bar.

By accountability, we mean that every school or education provider - at least every one that accepts public dollars - should subscribe to a coherent set of rigorous, statewide academic standards, statewide assessments of student and school performance, and a statewide system of incentives and interventions tied to results.

It requires a sophisticated new system for enrollment, the incubation of new school operators, and a fair, transparent, and rigorous accountability system.

In that role, he helped build the nation's first mayor - run office to authorize public charter schools, creating a high bar for charter school quality and a rigorous accountability system.

They also must have accountability systems that recognize and reward high - performing schools and those that are making significant gains, while targeting rigorous and comprehensive interventions for the lowest - performing schools.

«Mississippi has built a strong foundation for its public education system that includes rigorous academic standards for all students, aligned assessments to evaluate student achievement and an accountability model that clearly measures the performance of our schools and districts.

These included a strong vision of and value for public education in which almost Finnish children participate as the creator of Finland's future society; resulting high status for the country's teaching profession whose members are stringently selected through rigorous university - based teacher education programs that confer Masters degrees on all of them; a widespread culture of collaboration in curriculum development among teachers in each school district; an equally robust culture of collaboration among all partners in strong local municipalities where most curriculum and other policy decisions are made; and a system of widespread cooperation and trust instead of US - style test - based accountability.

When Texas put into place the most rigorous education accountability system in the country in 2009, we thought we were at the culmination of a journey of over 20 years toward a Texas high school diploma that truly represents post-secondary readiness, but somehow we lost our courage and the pushback to that enhanced rigor has been relentless, resulting in a lowering of expectations and a gutting of the standards.

«The financial accountability systems in places for free schools are more rigorous than those for maintained schools.

Schools participating in the Louisiana Scholarship Program are held accountable for academic outcomes through one of the most rigorous nonpublic school choice accountability systems in the nation.

Let's be clear: The need for rigorous, college - preparatory curricula with strong content is as critical an element in reforming American public education as advancing standards and accountability, overhauling teacher quality, expanding school choice, bolstering Parent Power, improving school leadership and building robust data systems.

A new study shows that rigorous accountability systems may be pushing schools to place the lowest - performing teachers in the youngest grades.

«That's why we are raising standards with a rigorous new curriculum, world class exams and new accountability system that rewards those schools which help every child to achieve their best.»

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