Sentences with phrase «standard and assessments»

This leaves it up to individual states to have to develop their own set of standards and assessments for these topics.

Our document analysis of alignment in elementary reading was guided by the following two questions, among others: How can we characterize the alignment of state standards and assessments in elementary reading?

This report examines the alignment between state standards and assessments in elementary reading.

This is no longer the case with like standards and assessments for Common Core states who share the same assessments.

One was about the smart, careful implementation of new standards and assessments.

They call for fully - funded public schools, with common standards and assessment tests designed by educators, not private contractors.

It also interviews local educators about the effect of the Common Core standards and assessments in their schools and communities.

People who dislike what the national standards and assessments do are still compelled to send their children to schools operating under that national system.

Overall, the polls did not focus as heavily on standards and assessments as in past years.

On another level, we review what research tells us about the impact of literacy standards and assessment on practice and student learning.

Do you see standards and assessments as opportunities for students to drive their own learning?

It required the states to develop standards and assessments linked to the standards.

There are three key elements to those reforms: making better personnel decisions at tenure time; providing feedback to allow teachers to improve their practice; and more rigorous standards and assessments.

This problem can be addressed in large part by improving content standards and the assessments used to gauge student performance.

All states had to develop rigorous learning standards and assessments of student performance, and individual schools are required to be on a path leading to universal proficiency by 2014.

There is a disconnect between standards and assessments that needs to be resolved.

He told us that the Common Core standards will fall of their own weight because standards and assessments, rather than curriculum and instruction are driving the Common Core.

The reason that policymakers have embraced statewide standards and assessments for more than two decades is that they are proven ways to raise expectations for all students.

We work closely with educational partners to analyze mandated standards and assessment criteria in order to create the most useful and relevant teacher support tools.

The act retains standards - based reform as its major framework, requiring standards and assessments in grades three through eight and high school.

The more flexibility a school has, the more important it is to have external standards and assessments.

If rolling out new standards and assessments too quickly has long - term negative effects, such lessons could be applied to a broad range of future policy initiatives.

Adopt and implement higher level standards and assessments that aim all of their kids for college and career.

Do new standards and assessments result in better reading and writing instruction?

Develop advanced standards and assessments for principals that enhance, not substitute, state licensing systems.

The new standards and assessments start correcting these problems.

By sharing standards and assessments, you now have that ability.

Teachers are asking about how to address the demands of new content area standards and assessments.

We are helping states connect standards and assessments to policies and practices that hold decision makers accountable for every student's success.

In higher education, where standards and assessments are absent, the opportunities for unintended consequences and bad behavior are even larger.

Why we signed onto standards and assessments before they were even written is incredible.

Local school districts need support for curriculum development, course materials and other changes to meet federally sponsored standards and assessments.

It should be noted that the Race To The Top Grant requires that states get rid of programs that dumb down standards and assessments.

Do more standards and assessments lead to greater student achievement, or is less actually more?

We adapted criteria which were originally developed for mathematics and science, and used them to evaluate the alignment of reading standards and assessments in our four sample states.

The educational standards and assessments developed by each individual state also impact a public school's effectiveness.

Major points were awarded for developing, adopting and implementing common standards and assessments throughout the state.

The most obvious and even - handed way to do this is through statewide academic standards and assessments in core subjects.

Share with us your thoughts and ideas about the Common Core standards and assessments, and implementation, in the comment section below.

Because of such concerns, I'm against pushing for mandatory national standards and assessments.

Policy - oriented research on literacy standards and assessment.

For example, the state has gradually raised the program's minimum teacher qualifications and has developed evidence - based early learning standards and assessments to encourage effective instruction.

T his report examines the alignment between state standards and assessments in elementary reading.