Sentences with phrase «stakes accountability culture»

By using the term «gaming» to describe the practice of schools trying to improve their metrics, we are missing the real problem, which is the high - stakes accountability culture itself, says Brian Lightman

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After contributing an essay to the blueprint, Lightman said: «For too long the way children are assessed has been dominated by the demands placed on schools by performance tables and a culture of high - stakes accountability.

Union City, Kirp argues, is successful because it fosters a culture of continuous improvement of existing staff and schools, utilizes bilingual instruction, and guarantees high quality pre-school — eschewing high stakes accountability, Teach for America teachers, and school choice.

Since then, a review of the evolution of our assessment culture reveals the almost complete dominance of a blind faith that high - stakes accountability testing — local, state, national, international and interplanetary — is the way to improve schools.

As is true elsewhere, New York City's education leadership is struggling to calibrate the right balance between pressuring schools to change in response to high - stakes accountability and supporting them to change by promoting networks, coaching, and collaboration to build a trust - based, professional culture.

For example, the law eliminated an accountability system that punished schools which failed to increase the percentages of students proficient in math and reading each year — a policy largely blamed for creating the high - stakes culture of over-testing.

These can be a great tool for sparking conversations about ways teachers and students can improve their classroom culture and instructional supports — although we do not recommend that such assessments be used for high - stakes accountability.