Sentences with phrase «same measures of accountability»

They are subject to the same measures of accountability and standards as traditional public schools, as well as the collective bargaining agreements made with teachers unions.

Not exact matches

The Chicago Teachers Union has never gotten over its resentment for Duncan, who served as Chicago superintendent of schools from 2001 to 2009 and implemented many of the same accountability measures that Bush and Obama embraced.

Another study, by Eric Hanushek and Margaret Raymond, both also at Stanford, evaluated the impact of school - accountability policies on state - level NAEP math and reading achievement measured by the difference between the performance of a state's 8th graders and that of 4th graders in the same state four years earlier.

It must be understood that every school in Australia is a «government funded school» therefore accountability must be the same for all schools and any measures of improved performance must be developed in consultation with the profession.

At the same time, important questions have been raised about the suitability of extant measures of non-cognitive skills, most of which rely on asking students to assess their own abilities, for accountability purposes.

The NCLB waivers take away that same accountability measure for the top 85 % of schools.

As with all stereotypes there may unfortunately be some validity to these claims across the sector, but all of these ills are born of the same symptom: narrow accountability measures.

As I have noted, stronger standards alone aren't the only reason why student achievement has improved within this period; at the same time, the higher expectations for student success fostered by the standards (along with the accountability measures put in place by the No Child Left Behind Act, the expansion of school choice, reform efforts by districts such as New York City, and efforts by organizations such as the College Board and the National Science and Math Initiative to get more poor and minority students to take Advanced Placement and other college prep courses), has helped more students achieve success.

Washington — About 85 percent of renowned teachers disagree that the federal government should provide greater school choice through vouchers, a new survey finds - and almost all of the surveyed teachers believe that charter schools and private schools that receive federal funds should be subject to the same accountability measures as public schools.

We find that the estimated gaps are strongly associated with the proportions of the test scores based on multiple - choice and constructed - response questions on state accountability tests, even when controlling for gender achievement gaps as measured by the NAEP or NWEA MAP assessments, which have the same item format across states.

«There's no discussion of how to structure it in a way that protects the investment of taxpayers and ensures accountability like the same kind of accountability measures we have placed on our public schools,» said Joyce.

The irony of the legislature advancing this package of accountability measures, while at the same time approving new alternative routes to certification in the state (see: http://progressive.org/public-school-shakedown/behind-michigans-teacher-shortage-a-manufactured-crisis-180426/) is beyond rich.

Charles Zogby, the state education secretary, says the goal is «to introduce a more market - based reform into public education... where you have a diverse set of providers... but everybody is under the same accountability measures.»