Sentences with phrase «rigorous standards of performance»

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It's a project that the company had been working on ever since the partners heard what B Corps are all about: for - profit companies certified by the nonprofit B Lab to meet rigorous standards of social and environmental performance, accountability, and transparency.

Navitas is B Corps certified, operating in accordance with rigorous standards of social and environmental performance, accountability and transparency.

As a founding Canadian B Corporation, we've had our business audited to ensure we meet rigorous standards of social and environmental performance, accountability, and transparency.

The new evaluation system will provide clear standards and significant guidance to local school districts for implementation of teacher evaluations based on multiple measures of performance including student achievement and rigorous classroom observations.

This is a more general certification given to companies that meet rigorous standards of social and environmental performance, accountability, and transparency.

The curriculum and related instruction must be designed backward from an analysis of standards - based assessments; i.e., worthy performance tasks anchored by rigorous rubrics and annotated work samples.

All states had to develop rigorous learning standards and assessments of student performance, and individual schools are required to be on a path leading to universal proficiency by 2014.

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.

He has worked specifically with schools in implementing the following topics: prioritizing standards, common formative assessments, building authentic performance tasks, effective use of scoring guides, data teams, rigorous curriculum design, and effective grading practices.

Execute contracts that include clear, measurable performance standards to judge the effectiveness of alternative schools, if applicable - requiring and appropriately weighting rigorous mission - specific performance measures and metrics that credibly demonstrate each school's success in fulfilling its mission and serving its special population.

Writing lesson plans that aren't rigorous enough for the grade level you are teaching: compare lessons, objectives, and assessments with the teachers teaching the grade levels above and below you, to ensure that you are holding your students to an appropriate grade - level standard of performance.

This is not because performance assessments are «more rigorous» or «harder,» but because they are more authentic to the students» passions, and more flexible in allowing the student to choose their method of demonstrating standards.

Research behind VAL - ED (the Vanderbilt Assessment of Leadership in Education tool to assess principal performance, developed by researchers at Vanderbilt University) suggests that there are six key steps - or «processes» - that the effective principal takes when carrying out his or her most important leadership responsibilities: planning, implementing, supporting, advocating, communicating and monitoring.40 The school leader pressing for high academic standards would, for example, map out rigorous targets for improvements in learning (planning), get the faculty on board to do what's necessary to meet those targets (implementing), encourage students and teachers in meeting the goals (supporting), challenge low expectations and low district funding for students with special needs (advocating), make sure families are aware of the learning goals (communicating), and keep on top of test results (monitoring).41

U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan, who described overall performance as modest, credited those particularly large gains in some states to the introduction of the new, more rigorous «Common Core» standards and other initiatives the Obama administration has promoted, including new teacher evaluations.

Amidst years of debate in the legislature about how to evaluate and measure the performance of students and schools, the state board of education adopted new, more rigorous education standards in 2010.

«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.

This primary purpose is similar to the original 1968 Bilingual Education Act, which states that limited - English - proficient (LEP) students will be educated to «meet the same rigorous standards for academic performance expected of all children and youth, including meeting challenging state content standards and challenging state student performance standards in academic areas.»

It describes the four components of the pipelines: Job standards for principals, high - quality pre-service training, rigorous hiring procedures, and tightly aligned on - the - job performance evaluation and support.

Performance Standard 2: School Climate The principal fosters the success of all students by developing, advocating, and sustaining an academically rigorous, positive, and safe school climate for all stakeholders.

Developing content standards, creating more authentic performance assessments, and establishing rigorous student performance standards will not — in and of themselves — substantially boost student achievement.

Fast - forward three years, and the nation is split between higher - performing states chafing at the prospect of less rigorous standards leading to declining student performance, and their lower - performing counterparts that are unwilling or unable to fund the transition to Common Core tests.

This is particularly difficult at a time when the supply of teachers is constrained by high turnover rates, annual retirements of longtime teachers, and a decline in students opting for a teaching career — and when demand for teachers is rising due to rigorous national student performance standards and many locales» mandates to shrink class sizes.

It includes helping educators understand, observe, and get actionable feedback to improve performance toward rigorous standards for professional practice and ambitious goals for a healthy blend of student outcomes.

«When you look at the performance of students across the state, we have a long way to go before we feel like even our highest - achieving students are demonstrating the skills that they need based on our more rigorous standards,» Towns says.

By the end of the program, a Trellis teacher will have mentorship experience, a Master of Arts in Education or a Master of Science in a STEM field, and National Board Certification in a STEM field.37 Along the way, the program also emphasizes extensive clinical practice to complement learning experiences, rigorous standards to select and prepare a strong field of STEM teachers, and the use of educational technologies to monitor and augment performance and development.38

Via NY Times by Motoko Rich Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced on Thursday that states could delay the use of test results in teacher - performance ratings by another year, an acknowledgment, in effect, of the enormous pressures mounting on the nation's teachers because of new academic standards and more rigorous standardized testing.

While not required by the law, many school districts were reluctant to hinge the possibility of a third grader moving on to the fourth grade on his or her performance on a single test, especially considering that North Carolina just adopted more rigorous standards and more difficult assessments based on those standards — meaning that even more students are likely to fail End of Grade tests than in years past.

The chain's high performance is due to engaged teachers who make children «fall in love with school,» holding adults accountable for the performance of children; rigorous academic standards — and letting students fail sometimes; and innovation.

If educators» instructional tasks and assessments are aligned to the summative assessment, which is aligned to the rigorous expectations of the grade level standards, then student performance can be predicted and intentionally improved well in advance.

Most important, the research finds that it is possible for districts to put in place the four key parts of a strong principal pipeline: apt standards for principals, high - quality pre-service training, rigorous hiring procedures, and tightly aligned on - the - job performance evaluation and support.

Painstakingly researched and engineered by Lexus until it met their rigorous standards for performance, the RC 300 makes the most of every cubic inch of its 2.0 - liter turbocharged engine.

All elements of the 2.7 L Turbo were designed for the demands of turbocharged performance in a truck environment, and the engine was subjected to the same rigorous durability standards as the Silverado's proven V - 8 engines.

Certified vehicles typically boast low mileage, are newer, and have completed a series of rigorous standards testing that ensures they meet certain safety, performance, and manufacturer criteria.

In 2015, Assurity was certified as a B Corporation by the non-profit B Lab for meeting rigorous standards of environmental and social performance, as well as for transparency and accountability.

They use the power of business to solve social and environmental problems, and they have met rigorous standards of social and environmental performance, accountability and transparency.

B Corp companies, which are certified by nonprofit B Lab, meet rigorous standards of social and environmental performance, accountability and transparency.

The safety and performance requirements of the Australia Standard are rigorous to ensure you and your family have protection from Australia's harmful UV radiation.

All facilities should meet the same rigorous standards of environmental performance, including both new and existing facilities.

«In short, the quality of forensic practice in most disciplines varies greatly because of the absence of adequate training and continuing education, rigorous mandatory certification and accreditation programs, adherence to robust performance standards and effective oversight,» the report said.

Structured as a B Corp, Assurity is focused on meeting rigorous standards of both social and environmental performance, as well as transparency and accountability.

In 2015, Assurity Life was certified as a «B Corporation» by the non-profit B Lab for meeting rigorous standards of both social and environmental performance, accountability, and transparency.

«In all of our rigorous lab tests based on wireless industry standards, in thousands of hours of real - world field testing, and in extensive carrier partner testing, the data shows there is no discernible difference in the wireless performance of any of the models.»