Sentences with phrase «stakes decisions on»

Even for those who teach the grades and subjects with state tests, some debate remains on how much growth should be weighted for high - stakes decisions on teacher ratings.

So we join the Gates Foundation in calling on state policymakers to consider that assessment results should not be taken into account in high - stakes decisions on teacher evaluation or student promotion for the next two years, during this transition here in Tennessee.

Assessment experts have warned against using test scores for high - stakes decisions on teachers, saying they are unreliable for those purposes.

Last week, Gates Foundation education chief Vicki Phillips wrote a «letter to our partners» urging that states give students and teachers time to adjust to the new Common Core standards before using those standards as factors «in high - stakes decisions on teacher evaluation or student promotion for the next two years, during this transition.»

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Google also has a high - stakes courtroom battle on its docket, following an appeals court decision last month reviving Oracle's copyright claim against Google's use of the Java language in Android's operating system.

Rio Tinto is reportedly reassessing its mining activities (in addition to its Diavik stake, its diamond assets include Australia's Argyle mine, the Murowa mine in Zimbabwe, and Bunder, an advanced project in India) and is expected to make a decision on them by the end of the year.

Both Ripple and R3 declined to comment from this story, but sources familiar with the litigation, who agreed to speak on the condition of anonymity, said the sides have not explored settlement talks but are staking the outcome on the court's decision.

The study, titled «Prospect Theory: An Analysis of Decision under Risk,» found that loss aversion «expresses the intuition that a loss of $ X is more aversive than a gain of $ X is attractive... for example, most respondents in a sample of undergraduates refused to stake $ 10 on the toss of a coin if they stood to win less than $ 30.»

They contend that its open policies prove the benefits of experimenting with data and using information to establish a «direct relationship between an individual's decisions and their impact on the business» — something the grocery chain accomplishes by giving each employee high - level access to the company's financial data, and therefore a greater stake in the business.

The decision to sell the retail arm of the business to focus on mining follows Harry Winston's move late last year to acquire BHP Billiton's 80 % stake in Ekati for $ 500 million, Canada's first and largest diamond mine.

«What's at stake here is a decision on the part of the judge as to whether Uber should be regulated,» Toronto Mayor John Tory told me over the phone.

Icahn has bought controlling stakes, or at least enough to dictate members of the board of directors and company decisions, on many occasions.

They will know that they are like brothers and sisters to one another, because there will be few of them any more who have not by their own deliberate decision staked their own heart and life on Jesus the Christ, for there will be no earthly advantage in being a Christian.

= > When two lives are at stake, Doctors make triage decisions all the time based on the odds of survival.

Faith presupposes the decision to stake one's life — and one's death — on a message, a truth, a hope.

Again, I don't have a problem with people who take their dogs to a place that lists itself as dog friendly because that's a business that is clearly staking out its position on them and gives me the ability to make my decision to sit on their patio with all the information available to me.

With such a lot at stake the question will be whether to take a chance on anybody who may be almost ready to return as opposed to being outright fit and available will be a big decision to make.

It may also have influenced decision making by people who took part in and staked their reputation on victory in the Sino - Japanese war, and who saw events in Korea as a challenge to the new regime.

The Tories» decision to highlight a threat to Trident on Thursday is their latest high - stakes bid to boost support in England by warning of the dangers of a post-election deal between Labour and the SNP.

The online RefuseCommonCore.com website offers New Yorkers the ability to write a message directly to the Governor to respect the rights of parents to make important decisions on the educational future of their children and enable parents to have their children refuse to take the high stakes Common Core - based standardized tests.

I should take a quote from «Equities Market Outlook in 2017» issued by Afrinvest reported in the media under the headline «Multiple Exchange Rates Stall Foreign Inflow into Nigerian Equities» in January 2017, «Our interactions with several foreign investors with interests in Nigeria suggest that a decision to stake any position in the Nigerian market will be a function of currency liquidity and a greater certainty on their ability to repatriate capital anytime they divest.

She echoed the union's concerted push for more school aid and a moratorium on using students scores on Common Core - aligned exams for «high stakes» decisions, such as teacher evaluations.

«Raising the stakes on tax avoidance», a consultation document published by HM Revenue and Customs, sets out a number of proposals relating to the promotion and use of so - called high - risk avoidance schemes, aimed at reducing the use of such schemes.1 Commenting, CIOT President Stephen Coleclough said: «Those members of the public who become end users of high risk avoidance schemes are sometimes misled by the promoters of such schemes and are not fully made aware of the risks or consequences of their decisions.

The unions» petition follows their aggressive push for a three - year moratorium on using tests aligned to the rigorous Common Core standards for «high stakes» decisions affecting teachers and students.

ALBANY — State education commissioner John King said Tuesday that a call from teachers» unions for a three - year moratorium on using state exam results for «high - stakes» decisions is a «distraction» from the goal of improving New York graduates» outcomes in college and careers.

«The leadership has clearly heard the concerned parents and educators who support high standards but know that a moratorium on the use of standardized tests in high - stakes decisions is essential until the State Education Department makes major corrections to its failed implementation plan,» president Richard Iannuzzi said in the statement.

The petition comes as the union continues to call for a three - year moratorium on using tests aligned to the rigorous Common Core standards for «high stakes» decisions affecting teachers and students.

Written like a press release from New York State United Teachers, the bill pushes for a three - year moratorium on using student scores on Common Core - aligned exams for «high stakes» decisions — principally, teacher evaluations.

New York State United Teachers president Richard Iannuzzi is calling for a three - year moratorium on using the test results for «high - stakes» decisions, such as whether to promote a student or discipline a teacher.

Instead, he was silent when the state's largest teachers union called for a three - year «moratorium» on using the Common Core for high - stakes decisions.

Karen Hinton — married to State Operations Director Howard Glaser, one of the governor's oldest friends and a key figure in Cuomo's high - stakes efforts to legalize casino gambling, bring a new power utility to Long Island, and finalize a decision on hydrofracking for natural gas — is a «managing director» at Mercury Public Affairs, which was founded by several former aides and advisers to Republican former Gov. George Pataki.

I had expected to ask questions, but very characteristic of him, the former President decided to walk us through a lecture touching on his days as head of state (military and civilian), some of the difficult and sensitive decisions he took, his observations out of political office, Ghana's present political scene, the challenges confronting the Ghanaian media and finally the issue at stake.

Delegates voted unanimously on Wednesday to renationalise Britain's train operations and reverse the coalition's decision to sell off a majority stake in Royal Mail at the party's autumn conference.

But for industry and policymakers who make sweeping decisions that affect the environment — such as whether to drill for oil on protected lands or build new nuclear power plants — the financial stakes, potential consequences, and complexity of the choices defy a simple weighing of pros and cons.

Now, all sides are waiting to see how patent officials will rule on these motions — and speculating on what impact any decision might have on the bank accounts of the institutions and researchers who have a stake in this decidedly high - stakes battle.

Proactive and confident in making decisions on new actions and in communicating persuasively and objectively to all stake - holders

But with some $ 500 billion per year — the sum total of all our K - 12 education spending in this country — at stake, and with politicians» hands on all the levers, you can be pretty certain the decision will not be made by those whose field of expertise is learning.

[8] It correspondingly focuses on privacy concerns, rather than ensuring statistical reliability for high stakes policy decisions, arguing that n - size of 10 protects student privacy.

There are too many uncertainties and inequities to rely on such measures for high - stakes personnel decisions.

Upgrading assessments to make them more suitable for use in high - stakes decisions, such as by lessening the focus on multiple - choice questions, likely entails increased costs (especially for scoring).

That's because its decision to condition ESEA flexibility on state adoption of teacher evaluation systems has not only raised the stakes of reading and math tests (making them less popular and potentially more damaging to the educational enterprise).

The authors suggest that other states learn from «the danger of relying on statewide test scores as the sole measure of student achievement when these scores are used to make high - stakes decisions about teachers and schools as well as students.»

These same elected board members, moreover, will make decisions on a gamut of policy issues, from budgets to curriculum to student discipline, that teachers have a stake in and can benefit from enormously.

Most tests gaining attention today are achievement tests, including those commonly referred to as «high stakes,» meaning that crucial decisions are made about a student, teacher, or school based on the results of the test.

Specifically, we've called for giving teachers tools to use assessments to inform instruction, minimizing test prep (which research suggests does not necessarily lead to increased test scores), focusing on student growth rather than absolute proficiency, and using test scores as only one measure among many in high - stakes decisions.

The bottom line here, then, is that those in charge of making consequential decisions about teachers, as based even if in part on teachers» value - added estimates, need to be cautious when making particularly high - stakes decisions about teachers as based on said estimates.

From teachers and parents to elected officials, community leaders, employers, and on and on, everybody has a stake in decisions about their local school budget.

Their avowed goals include less testing, an end to high - stakes uses of tests (that is, making decisions about students, educators, or schools solely or primarily on test scores), and implementation of other, educationally sound assessment practices.

Do they impose on high stakes decision for children or teachers or schools?

The economics - based approach, however, focuses on so - called summative performance measures that evaluators use to make high - stakes decisions about teachers» salaries and careers.