Sentences with phrase «school and teacher accountability»

The big issues for the Education Equality Project were school and teacher accountability, school choice, and merit pay, whereas the Broader, Bolder Approach emphasized linking what happens in schools to the broader environment within which children are raised, including their family and community economic standing, health and nutrition.

Hitting pause on school and teacher accountability likely had something to do with that.

Even though they mostly talked past each other on issues like the deep budget cuts Trump has proposed and the desirability of school choice everywhere, the visit did seem to signal the end of the long war between the education department and the teachers unions over the school and teacher accountability issues that have dominated the relationship for the last 17 years or so.

The sixth challenge is validating the assessments for new uses for school and teacher accountability.

In the coming months, I will be improving school and teacher accountability, increasing literacy, and strengthening academic standards for Hoosier children.

This differs from the United States where annual tests are used primarily for school and teacher accountability purposes.

The proposed expansion of school choice in Wisconsin comes at a time when President Barack Obama and Republicans are promoting charter schools and teacher accountability, while skeptics question whether choice programs have proven to be any more effective than traditional public schools.

«A lot of the reform success started at the federal level with Race to the Top, it moved to states and now it's very much in the implementation phase at the district level,» said Joe Williams, director of Democrats for Education Reform (DFER), an advocacy group that supports charter schools and teacher accountability.

Not exact matches

Among them: determining what constitutes acceptable state tests; establishing criteria by which to approve a state's school accountability plan; defining «qualified» teachers; and deciding how broadly to interpret a clause that lets schools avoid sanctions if their students make lesser gains than those required under the bill's «adequate yearly progress» provision.

The Obama agenda has focused almost exclusively on systemic school reform to address the achievement deficits of disadvantaged students: standards, testing, teacher evaluations, and a continued, if different, focus on accountability.

And especially in this moment when we really care a lot about accountability in schools, there has been an increasing emphasis on finding measures — like a student's standardized test scores — to tell us if a teacher is a good teacher.

Our bid was rejected because the Teachers Union stooped common - sense education reforms like allowing more charter public schools and demanding more accountability from teachers in the classroomTeachers Union stooped common - sense education reforms like allowing more charter public schools and demanding more accountability from teachers in the classroomteachers in the classroom.»

Elia came to New York with a national reputation as a reformer and champion of accountability for schools and teachers.

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.

The UFT is hitting the airwaves today with a 60 - second radio spot that slams for - profit charter school management companies as «more interested in making money and ducking accountability than fighting for our kids» and spending «millions on false attacks against teachers and public schools.»

Teachers from across the UK will be gathering to debate a range of motions on topics including pupil indiscipline, the mental health of teachers, workload, pay and conditions, marking and the school accountabilityTeachers from across the UK will be gathering to debate a range of motions on topics including pupil indiscipline, the mental health of teachers, workload, pay and conditions, marking and the school accountabilityteachers, workload, pay and conditions, marking and the school accountability system.

These reforms — accompanied by an unprecedented financial investment — will put students first by bringing accountability to the classroom, recruiting and rewarding our best teachers, further reducing over-testing, and finally confronting our chronically failing schools,» Mr. Cuomo said in a statement.

Cuomo is expected to call for greater teacher accountability this month in his combined State of the State and budget address on Jan. 21, including an overhaul of how teachers and schools are rated.

The high - stakes inspection and accountability regime has created a climate of fear in too many schools and is driving up stress levels and ill health among teachers, the Annual Conference of the NASUWT has heard.

Now, those leaders are beginning to craft their legislative priorities, which will include eliminating the state's cap on charter schools, increasing funding for established charters, and establishing more accountability measures for district schools and teachers.

Education - focused rallies at the Capitol on Tuesday called for greater accountability and funding for schools and teachers in the new year.

With his signature yesterday, President Barack Obama set the nation's public schools on a sweeping new course of accountability that will change the way teachers are evaluated and how the poorest performing schools are pushed to improve.

«The NASUWT therefore continues to call on the DfE to work with teachers to reform the primary school accountability framework to tackle its adverse implications for pupils and staff in schools.

Commenting on the statement by the Secretary of State for Education setting out proposals to reform the system of primary assessment, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT - The Teachers» Union, said: «It is important to recognise, and as the NASUWT has stated consistently, that many of the concerns expressed about statutory primary assessment are the direct result of their use in the current high stakes school accountability regime.

Alhough students» scores on the Common Core - aligned state tests won't be used for teacher and principal evaluations, the growth scores will still be calculated and used for school accountability to comply with federal law, a state Education Department official said.

In March last year, the then General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers Christine Blower called for Ofsted to be replaced with «A new model of school accountability, one that involves school self - evaluation and is designed in discussion with the profession.»

Commenting on the release of the Association of School and College Leaders» (ASCL's) paper on intelligent accountability, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union, said:

In the remaining nine months of 2014, pro-charter groups focused more on strengthening accountability measures for teachers and pushing the state and city to take immediate action to fix failing schools.

Other priorities include restoring state aid for UFT Teacher Centers and increasing the transparency and accountability of charter schools.

Other educational issues in the interview include the difficulties in getting experienced teachers into troubled schools, programs to aid outside professionals with a desire to teach, and the need for greater accountability in school leadership.

She will advocate for strong local control of schools; improved teacher, student and parent accountability; and renewed pre-eminence for Iowa's educational system.»

«In addition, we posted an online survey to which 2,400 parents, educators, community members and other stakeholders responded to share feedback on school quality indicators, teacher preparation, school improvement, and accountability system design.»

I think it can provide teachers with better data, more accurate information, and likewise be a truer picture of a school's accountability and a teacher's performance.

Teachers Learn from Looking Together at Student Work School reformers say the way to improve education and accountability is by improving the way teachers and students look at studeTeachers Learn from Looking Together at Student Work School reformers say the way to improve education and accountability is by improving the way teachers and students look at studeteachers and students look at student work.

The new Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) returns substantial autonomy to states when it comes to school accountability, teacher evaluation, school improvement, and much else.

Critics of NCLB's testing and accountability requirements have a litany of complaints: The tests are inaccurate, schools and teachers should not be responsible for the test performance of unprepared or unmotivated students, the measure of school inadequacy used under NCLB is misleading, the tests narrow the curriculum to what is being tested, and burdens imposed upon teachers and administrators are excessively onerous.

There is no better cure for the social ills of our community and no better process for the education of an immigrant class than providing a great teacher, a core curriculum, a disciplined school culture, and strong accountability.

I refuse to pretend that it's caused no mischief in our schools — narrowing curriculum, encouraging large amounts of ill - conceived test prep, and making school a joyless grind for too many teachers and students alike — but neither can any fair - minded analyst deny that there have been real if modest gains in our present era of test - driven accountability, especially for low - income black and Hispanic children, particularly in the early grades.

But lately, accountability has been under fire from many critics, including Common Core opponents and those calling for more multifaceted measures of teacher and school performance.

In standards and accountability, the American Federation of Teachers has rated Colorado's standards clear, specific, and grounded in content, except for social studies at the elementary and high school levels.

It argued, «Renewed resistance to accountability is now a middle - class project to «reclaim» schools for a select slice of the American population who no longer want teachers and schools to be on the hook for results or equity.»

Eligible schools were notified in November of 2007, leaving relatively little time for teachers and administrators to alter their educational plans before accountability exams were administered in January for reading and March for math.

The overwhelming majority of teachers (68 %) indicated support for this testing program when it is used as a diagnostic instrument, and even as a accountability tool when similar schools and / or school districts are being compared.

Also, if I sit in regularly at school meetings and begin to hear, «testing,» assessment,» «teachers,» «accountability,» and «standards» more than I hear «students, «learning,» «relevance,» and «engaging,» I know this distortion has taken hold.

Even as the Common Core continues to divide Americans, support for testing and school accountability enjoys broad support not only across party lines, but also among parents and, in some instances, among teachers.

Quality Counts 2006, like the nine previous editions of the report, tracks key education information and grades states on their policies related to student achievement, standards and accountability, efforts to improve teacher quality, school climate, and resources.

All the schools had to design models that adhered to the five Reach Extension Principles, which call for reaching more students with excellent teaching, higher pay, sustainable funding, job - embedded development opportunity, and enhanced authority and clear accountability for great teachers.

Following the work on teacher absence, Muralidharan realized that low accountability — only one out of 3,000 schools reported firing a teacher for repeated absence — and the complete lack of differentiation between teachers on the basis of performance, were part of a systematic problem.

Provides comprehensive data for individual states in the following categories: summary of grades, student achievement, standards and accountability, efforts to improve teacher quality, school climate, resources: equity and spending.

It's looking extremely likely that by January, states will find themselves with a whole lot more discretion over their accountability systems, interventions in low - performing schools, teacher evaluations, and much else.