However, they've also laid out a vision for a
new school accountability system that will give less weight to standardized tests in judging a student's or a school's achievement.
He directly supervised the Divisions of Talent, Performance, Information Technology and led education priorities including the development of a new comprehensive
school accountability system under the federal Every Student Succeeds Act.)
Promoters of
school accountability systems based on rigorous testing often point to the high achievement of secondary - school students in those European and East Asian countries that use curriculum - based exit exams such as France's Baccalaureate and England's GCSE and A-level exams.
The paper showcases examples of next - generation accountability work that are already underway, reveals what multimetric accountability systems can look like and how they work, and shares key takeaways about the common benefits and challenges of incorporating multiple measures
into school accountability systems.
In 2015, the 84th Texas Legislature passed HB 2804, which changed the
Texas school accountability system so that every campus and district / charter receives one of five ratings from A through F, both on five separate domains and also combined into a single overall grade.
Nationally, we are going through a once - in - a-generation shift in our public
school accountability systems as we transition to the Common Core State Standards.
Professor Richard Murnane, the student - selected faculty speaker, reflected on five decades of education and the five challenges currently facing all educators around the world: make equality a reality for all children; use money so it affects students» daily experience; create schools that prepare children for the future; make school choice work for the most disadvantaged; and
create school accountability systems that improve education for all our children.
Recently, I worked with some colleagues to apply the local
charter school accountability system to DCPS schools, as we thought the charter system was more rigorous than the DCPS's system.
«I don't want to say it's an absolute, but I certainly think it would be easier if we had a vigorous
school accountability system at the same time that we had a vigorous expansion of school choice.»
The legislation, the Every Child Achieves Act (S. 1177), strikes a careful compromise that requires states to establish
rigorous school accountability systems for student achievement that include more measures than the current law requires, while also offering local flexibility in designing and delivering the extra support the lowest - performing schools need to help students.
Since joining the Center in 2002, Charlie DePascale has provided technical guidance and support in the design and use of assessment systems that support student, educator and
school accountability systems through direct work with individual states and through participation in multi-state research projects, conference presentations, workshops, and publication of papers.
He also has been a leader among state school chiefs nationwide in an effort to increase flexibility and fairness in the federal No Child Left
Behind school accountability system.
«I want to make a very simple statement,» State Superintendent Glenda Ritz told members of the panel tasked with overhauling Indiana's
school accountability system when they met last week:
Rep. Sondy Pope, D - Cross Plains, said it's been nearly four years since she joined a task force that designed the
current school accountability system, but despite numerous hours of work, the system has not been enshrined in law.
Lawmakers plan to meet this summer to iron out legislation that creates a comprehensive
school accountability system after passing a limited school accountability bill in March that didn't impose consequences for low - performing voucher schools or make changes to the state's school report card system.
The new law is part of Texas»
changing school accountability system, which aims to measure and hold schools and districts accountable for how well students perform on standardized tests, among other factors.
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