Sentences with phrase «stakes accountability teachers»

In this day of high - stakes accountability teachers must implement effective assessment strategies to meet intended performance outcomes, determine what students know, and clarify which instructional approaches are most successful at raising achievement s.

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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.

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.

In a time where high - stakes testing and accountability overwhelm new and veteran teachers alike, I want to empower teachers to feel confident in their abilities.

In a 2009 study, the Center for Public Education released Teaching the Teachers: Effective Professional Development in an Era of High Stakes Accountability, a national research report indicating that «most professional development today is ineffective.»

To evaluate the claim that No Child Left Behind and other test - based accountability policies are making teaching less attractive to academically talented individuals, the researchers compare the SAT scores of new teachers entering classrooms that typically face accountability - based test achievement pressures (grade 4 — 8 reading and math) and classrooms in those grades that do not involve high - stakes testing.

It means giving teachers and students a focus to their school mission and a personal stake in the school, and creating a system that ensures accountability for results.

His most recent publications include «African - American Parents» Orientations towards Schools» (with K. Williams Gomez; in press) in Education and Urban Society; «High - Stakes Accountability in Urban Elemenatary Schools» (with J. Spillane; in press) in Teachers College Record; «Teachers» Expectations and Sense of Responsibility for Student Learning» (with A. Randolph and J. Spillane; in press) in Anthropology and Education Quarterly; and «Towards a Theory of School Leadership» (with J. Spillane and R. Halverson; in press) in Journal of Curriculum Studies.

The release in January of the Teaching Commission's report, «Teaching at Risk: A Call to Action,» presents us with an opportunity to reconsider the importance of teacher quality as a critical variable in the current effort to implement standards - based reform and high - stakes accountability.

Further, little is being done to ensure that the tests being devised for the new Common Core State Standards do not introduce a break in the continuous stream of accountability information essential for the evaluation of school and teacher performance (see this issue's forum, «Examining High - Stakes Testing»).

Massachusetts» largest teachers» union, in a highly unusual move, has launched a biting, $ 600,000 advertising campaign that attacks the state's high - stakes accountability tests.

«Today, curiosity, creativity, and ultimately genuine learning are at risk anywhere high - stakes testing, Big Data, and punitive accountability are the dominant drivers of what teachers and students do in schools.

Uncoupling tests from high - stakes teacher accountability to preserve the case for higher standards, charters, and choice might be the reasonable way forward.

It struck me that no one in attendance had much thought about how this kind of design would compromise current efforts to use assessment results for accountability or teacher evaluation, or about how this would sow legitimate doubts among teachers and parents regarding fairness in a high - stakes environment.

They are also open to a host of school reforms ranging from high - stakes student accountability to merit pay for teachers to school vouchers and tax credits that would give low - income families greater access to private schools.

For challenges like large class sizes, high - stakes testing, and intense focus on teacher and administrative accountability, increasing success by all students means we must engage them into the learning dialog.

«What is really pleasing is that this isn't just for accountability, or those really high stakes processes,» Caple tells Teacher.

He has authored numerous, highly cited studies on the effects of class size reduction, high stakes accountability, the assessment of teacher quality, and other education related topics.

PARCC will also replace the one end - of - year high stakes accountability test with a series of assessments throughout the year that will be averaged into one score for accountability purposes, reducing the weight given to a single test administered on a single day, and providing valuable information to students and teachers throughout the year.

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.

One of the more interesting questions the CCSR asked was, Did high - stakes accountability cause the teachers, parents, and students of the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) to change their behavior in ways that would lead to higher achievement, or does the evidence suggest that the CPS's initiatives resulted in simply more focus on testing?

His most recent publications include «African - American Parents» Orientations Towards Schools» (with K.Williams Gomez) in Education and Urban Society and «High - Stakes Accountability in Urban Elementary Schools» (with J. Spillane) in Teachers College Record.

In addition, abundant research has been conducted to examine the impact that movements toward standardization, accountability, and high - stakes assessment systems have had on teachers» practices, beliefs, attitudes, and overall effectiveness (e.g., Hamilton & Stecher, 2004; National Board on Educational Testing and Public Policy, 2003; Parke, Lane, & Stone, 2006).

«Of course, whether or not students learn should be part of a teacher's and administrator's evaluation, but when you have high stakes for students, teachers and administrators and little or no accountability for the $ 254 million contract lawmakers have given to the testing company, something is wrong.

Reclaiming Camelot: Capturing the Reflections of Exemplary, Veteran Middle School Teachers in an Age of High Stakes Testing and Accountability Through Narrative Inquiry, Nancy Fichtman Dana, Darby Claire Delane, and Paul George

«We have used high stakes accountability to its limits; the challenges of the next five years all concern investment in capacity — school places, great teachers and great leaders.

• Exempts voucher schools from oversight such as: high stakes testing, school grades, teacher accountability, school accreditation, hiring certified teachers and following state curriculum standards

«However, the report fails to grasp that the real reason for the loss of these activities is the high stakes accountability based on pupils» outcomes in tests and examinations which is narrowing the curriculum and the opportunities available to children and young people, and which teachers and school leaders have long been warning is a serious problem.

But according to NEA, the reforms suggested by DFER (and many other groups) have «acquired a bit of a stench over the last few years, as the ideas with which it is most closely associated — high stakes accountability, vouchers, merit pay, charter schools, not to mention teacher bashing — have not worn well with much of the public.»

Rather, Sanders and his associates at SAS Institute Inc. greatly influenced our nation in terms of the last decade of our nation's educational policies, as largely bent on high - stakes teacher accountability for educational reform.

An Arizona teacher who teaches in a very urban, high - needs schools writes about the realities of teaching in her school, under the pressures that come along with high - stakes accountability and a teacher workforce working under an administration, both of which are operating in chaos.

The Liberal Democrats have pledged to scrap Ofsted and school league tables, in favour of a less «high - stakes» school accountability system that assesses teacher and pupil wellbeing.

We currently have a high stakes accountability system, in which poor results have a huge impact on schools, headteachers, teachers and ultimately the students.

The Brookline Educators Association (BEA) supports high standards and accountability but opposes the use of a single high - stakes test to make life altering decisions about students, teachers, schools or school systems.

To give this reform «teeth,» high - stakes accountability for schools was connected to the state assessment, complete with rewards and sanctions for teachers.

If these countries don't debate school choice, teacher accountability, or high - stakes testing, why do we?

And there are these often bitter political fights, David, right now over Common Core State Standards, over high - stakes testing, over teacher accountability.

First, U.S. high - stakes accountability systems, which often draw on narrow metrics and unstable test score data, push administrators to control everything in their school buildings — including teachers.

Rationale Attracting, retaining, and developing quality teachers is essential in the current era of high - stakes accountability.

She has written extensively on the topics of low - performing schools and high - stakes accountability, principal leadership, teacher motivation, and charter schools.

She and others also talked about the larger cultural change in testing that's coming at the same time as other shifts in school funding and accountability, including a new high - stakes teacher evaluation system that will be in place next year.

Now we know for sure that student grades are being changed by teachers, often under pressure from principals, after CPS turned grades into high - stakes measures for selective enrollment high school applications and for high school «on - track» accountability measures.

Decker is among a group of legislators calling for a three - year moratorium on the «high - stakes» consequences of state testing, including using scores for teacher evaluations, graduation requirements and district accountability ratings.

(The paper, though, did not look at new teachers in the current era of revamped teacher evaluations — a form of more individualized accountability and higher stakes.)

Historically, tests have been designed to measure skills efficiently, but in the face of high - stakes accountability systems, many teachers have begun teaching to tests.

Dr. Brian Gill Dr. Brian Gill studies K — 12 education policy, including charter schools, measurements of teacher, principal, and school effectiveness, and the implementation and impacts of high - stakes testing and other accountability regimes.

It is important to note that while opposition to high - stakes testing and value - added analysis often seems self - serving — it is easy to see why ineffective teachers might resist accountability — moving towards embedded software - based assessment actually raises the level of transparency, by allowing us to monitor not just what happens on the day of a high - stakes test, but rather to see how students learn over time.

When using tests, and especially subjective indicators to measure «teacher performance,» one must exercise caution to ensure that those being measured do not engage in manipulation and inflation techniques known to effectively increase the scores derived and valued, particularly within such high - stakes accountability systems.

We also feel strongly that parents should have the right to have their children opt out of high - stakes testing — and that any accountability system should include multiple measures of success, including parent and teacher surveys.

Teaching the teachers: Effective professional development in an era of high stakes accountability.