Sentences with phrase «stake accountability system with»

«Attempting to equate test results in a high - stake accountability system with serious sanctions is a dubious idea at best.

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But support for standards and accountability systems should not be equated with support for high - stakes tests.

«The Accountability Plateau,» by Mark Schneider, just published by Education Next and the Fordham Institute, makes a big point: that «consequential accountability,» à la No Child Left Behind and the high - stakes state testing systems that preceded it, corresponded with a significant one - time boost in student achievement, particularly in primary and middlAccountability Plateau,» by Mark Schneider, just published by Education Next and the Fordham Institute, makes a big point: that «consequential accountability,» à la No Child Left Behind and the high - stakes state testing systems that preceded it, corresponded with a significant one - time boost in student achievement, particularly in primary and middlaccountability,» à la No Child Left Behind and the high - stakes state testing systems that preceded it, corresponded with a significant one - time boost in student achievement, particularly in primary and middle school math.

With the pendulum poised to shift away from a narrow focus on high - stakes accountability and rigid standards toward a more balanced «systems» approach to increasing student achievement, school leaders have an unprecedented opportunity to become what education theorist and author Michael Fullan terms «motion leaders.»

Standardized tests with high stakes are bad for learning, studies show (Statesman, 3/10/2012) A National Academies of Science committee reviewed America's test - based accountability systems and concluded, «There are little to no positive effects of these systems overall on student learning and educational progress.»

Those of us who are involved with PreK - 12 education reform have been dealing with a major firestorm of pushback to the Texas public school accountability system and its high stakes standardized assessments that were adopted in 2009.

Replace the current national accountability scheme based on high stakes tests with state - led accountability systems, returning responsibility for measuring student and school performance to states and school districts.