Sentences with phrase «standard measures of academic achievement»

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Moreover, it is clear that the vast majority of states have set their academic achievement bar far lower than federal standards, as measured by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP).

The bill replaces AYP standards with a requirement for states to annually measure all students and individual subgroups by: (1) academic achievement as measured by state assessments; (2) for high schools, graduation rates; (3) for schools that are not high schools, a measure of student growth or another valid and reliable statewide indicator; (4) if applicable, progress in achieving English proficiency by English learners; and (5) at least one additional valid and reliable statewide indicator that allows for meaningful differentiation in school performance.

Limit alternate assessments based on alternate achievement standards only to students with the most significant cognitive disabilities, up to 1 percent of all students; terminate assessments based on modified achievement standards; and prohibit the use of Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) to measure academic achievement under ESEA.

Individuals With Disabilities Act (IDEA) Encourages districts to increase academic achievement of special education students as measured by state assessments linked to state content standards.

Obama and the Gates Foundation share some goals that not everyone embraces: paying teachers based on student test scores, among other measures of achievement; charter schools that operate independently of local school boards; and a set of common academic standards adopted by every state.

«Mississippi has built a strong foundation for its public education system that includes rigorous academic standards for all students, aligned assessments to evaluate student achievement and an accountability model that clearly measures the performance of our schools and districts.

«NCLB asked states and districts to focus their efforts on interventions for students in Title I schools that were failing or at risk of failing the state's academic achievement standards, as measured by annual assessments.

The priorities, which will be core to a new accountability system, include school climate, student engagement, access to courses leading to college and careers and the implementation of new academic standards, such as the Common Core State Standards, as well as measures of student achievement.

As documented under Section 1115 of Title I, Part A of the Every Students Succeeds Act (ESSA), a local education agency receiving Title I funds «may use funds received under this part only for programs that provide services to eligible children under subsection (b) identified as having the greatest need for special assistance... Eligible children are children identified by the school as failing, or most at risk of failing, to meet the State's challenging student academic achievement standards on the basis of multiple, educationally related, objective criteria established by the local educational agency and supplemented by the school, except that children from preschool through grade 2 shall be selected solely on the basis of such criteria as teacher judgment, interviews with parents, and developmentally appropriate measures».

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These Initiatives, and the ACTAAP, are the cornerstone for the improvement of academic standards and achievement, professional development and accountability measures for Arkansas schools.

Those trade - offs are worth accepting, said U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, in order to achieve the goal of measuring student achievement aligned with common national academic standards, which most states have adopted this summer.

The standard of academic achievement at Burgess Hill Girls is excellent and the «value added» as measured by Durham University's Centre of Evaluation and Monitoring (CEM) is something of which we are extremely proud.

Obama has joined the three presidents preceding him in favoring a far different policy of school improvement than that epitomized by Title I. Instead of additional dollars for extra services for children, the creation of academic standards and tests to measure achievement is seen as the way to increase the quality of American schools, especially that of schools with concentrations of low - income children.

To measure achievement, CORE Districts take into account both the number of students meeting standards and how much academic growth students are making each year.