In 2009, after almost twenty years of steady progress in raising public education standards, enhancing accountability systems, and increasing the expectations of both students and educators, Texas finally put in place for the first time
a rigorous system of accountability and assessments that, when fully implemented, would make postsecondary (college and career) readiness the organizing principle of the PreK - 12 education system.
Not exact matches
«As a fiduciary
of the New York City Employee Retirement
System for the last 8 years, Scott has worked with his fellow trustees to grow the City's pension funds through prudent investments, improving diversification and ensuring more
rigorous assessment
of risks to investments such as corporate
accountability and violations
of environmental regulations.»
Absent persuasive evidence on the impact
of efforts to raise the bar, some people have speculated that the rise
of test - based
accountability associated with NCLB and the ongoing push to establish more -
rigorous teacher evaluation
systems have made teaching less attractive and thereby contributed to further decline in the quality
of the teaching corps.
The question
of whether testing and
accountability systems are an effective reform tool has seldom been the subject
of rigorous research.
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.
That model, I think, is now well known across the state: standards - based curriculum, radically better assessments,... a fair but
rigorous accountability system which, as you know, the Regents will soon put into regulations creating the framework
of evaluation for principals and teachers.
To date, we can count a multitude
of policy wins — better data, stronger
accountability systems, and a move toward more
rigorous academic standards — along with a universal acceptance that we must aim to close gaps in achievement and opportunity.
Jennings also appears unaware that there are
rigorous studies on the effects
of NCLB and other high - stakes
accountability systems, such as those by Thomas Dee and Brian Jacob (see «Evaluating NCLB,» research, Summer 2010) and those published by Stanford University researchers Eric Hanushek and Margaret Raymond in 2005, and Martin Carnoy and Susanna Loeb in 2002.
Although the threat
of a lawsuit should not deter states from developing
rigorous standards and tough but fair
accountability systems, it should serve as a warning to states...
Achieve, which normally assesses
accountability systems at the state level for «quality and coherence,» praised the Montgomery County assessments as
rigorous, high - quality measures that are good predictors
of students» performance on state - level tests.
The waiver application contains the same commitments that all states seeking waivers were required to meet: implementing Common Core or other
rigorous standards preparing students for college and careers, developing a teacher evaluation process that includes the results
of local and state tests, and creating an
accountability system that recognizes that success is more than students» test scores.
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.
Which is why policymakers are looking for ways to change the
system through an injection
of market forces, as well as imposing
rigorous standards
of accountability.
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.
Virginia's
accountability system supports teaching and learning by setting
rigorous academic standards and through annual assessments
of student achievement.
«We believe Indiana's growth model is the best student growth measure in the nation, and we believe we can develop an
accountability system that uses clear labels, incorporates student growth, and still maintains
rigorous standards,» Indiana Department
of Education spokesperson Alex Damron said Friday.
No one argues against the notion
of a
rigorous, fair
accountability system.
This is part
of government reforms designed to make the exams and
accountability system more
rigorous.
«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.
Accountability — Virginia's accountability system supports teaching and learning by setting rigorous academic standards — known as the Standards of Learning (SOL)-- and through annual statewide assessments of studen
Accountability — Virginia's
accountability system supports teaching and learning by setting rigorous academic standards — known as the Standards of Learning (SOL)-- and through annual statewide assessments of studen
accountability system supports teaching and learning by setting
rigorous academic standards — known as the Standards
of Learning (SOL)-- and through annual statewide assessments
of student achievement.
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.
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.
Achieving this goal would require the development
of rigorous standards, assessments, and
accountability systems — difficult work, especially in the field
of higher education, where educational aims are highly varied and faculty autonomy is deeply engrained.
Finally, the paper outlines eight
system - level characteristics
of a high - quality CTE program, including: career - oriented educational
systems; strong options for all students;
rigorous academic curricula;
rigorous technical skill development; employability skills; professional development for teaching staff and leaders; support services for students; and assessment /
accountability.
«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.»
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A human rights based approach... emphasises a holistic, integrated approach, which promotes transparency,
accountability and the development
of rigorous benchmarking, monitoring and reporting
systems and access to forms
of redress.