Sentences with phrase «state education officials»

The scores would be based on the growth of standardized - test results for each teacher's students compared with similar students, state education officials said yesterday.

These professionals have multiple roles, including administration and collaborating with state education officials.

This week, district officials updated state education officials on their plans.

The percent of those surveyed who rated the support of state education officials and legislators as weak increased from 24 to 29 percent.

As we noted last week, Common Core proponents say they're willing to see what state education officials recommend out of that process.

The findings come after state education officials released official numbers for the class of 2016, which showed a 91 percent graduation rate — an all - time high.

As state education officials consider the possibility of sanctions against districts with large numbers of students opting out, they also promise a plan to boost participation.

Another 17 employees are moving to other state agencies, and 59 more have accepted severance packages, said state education officials who announced the layoffs this month.

Meanwhile, state education officials want to address staffing shortages by recommending rule changes to make it easier for people to get a teaching license.

To get more high school students onto the college track, state education officials began to focus on early outreach.

Meanwhile, state education officials feel that the controversial form of education hasn't been vetted enough to warrant taxpayer money flowing through to a company with mixed reviews.

Now state education officials are asking for another year of grace for technical and policy reasons.

At the time, state education officials cited it as evidence proactive interventions in schools with chronically - low test scores could make a difference.

The legal challenge comes as state education officials believe the implementation of Common Core will be rolled out much more smoothly this school year.

The measure would direct state education officials to give priority to applications in the lowest - performing 25 percent of school districts and those with long waiting lists for charter seats.

Here's what you need to know about each option state education officials have to consider.

This is the first and only graphic state education officials pushed out for our consumption.

They say they're pleased at the recent progress state education officials have made to improve their working relationship.

Last spring, state education officials lifted a temporary moratorium on charter schools, citing high demand.

Both city and state education officials said they were working with colleges and education schools to try to recruit more language teachers and, in some cases, paying to get teachers licensed.

Experts have different takes on what state education officials should do to fix it.

Its provisions would remove a pillar of justification often used by state education officials in explaining teacher - evaluation methodology: No longer could they cite the federal government as mandating that teacher job ratings be tied to students» test scores.

New York state education officials say School 91, the B.U.I.L.D Academy, didn't make enough progress last year to continue efforts to turn around under local leadership.

«No one liked» the cap that limited a school's state - issued letter grade rating to a C unless the school met performance goals laid out under No Child Left Behind, a top state education official tells StateImpact.

But U.S. District Court Judge Conrad Cyr has told state education officials not to take any action against the schools until he rules on whether his court has the right to review the issue.

House Bill 364, which Gov. Bob Taft, a Republican, is expected to sign, would carve out an unusual new role for state education officials in overseeing Ohio's fast - growing charter school sector.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo asked state education officials Thursday to investigate reports that some New York schools prevented students from taking part in Wednesday's nationwide student walkout to protest gun violence.

But I can't forget his answer when I asked him rather pointedly last December — while working on a story about the state takeover of four IPS schools — how he responds to criticism from state education officials who say «Eugene White's not playing ball:

(That transition period is normal when state education officials set new standards.)

Here's why: The same legislation that requires state education officials review the Common Core also says the State Board of Education must use the nationally - crafted standards «as the base model» for any new standards they might write.

The discovery of the tainted chicken, which Illinois health officials say showed ammonia contamination levels as high as 133 times the acceptable level, sent state education officials scurrying to gather up 360 cases of chicken tenders sent to 49 public schools, including 11 in the Chicago area.

New York state education officials Monday afternoon, October 28, will hold their second forum on Common Core standards.

It's a tall task considering state education officials don't know what test Indiana students will take 2015 - 16.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP)-- New York lawmakers pressed top state education officials Tuesday to clarify how school districts can handle uncertainties in state aid levels and dissatisfaction over student assessments.

About three quarters of Louisiana's public high school students graduated on time in 2014, a record high, state education officials announced Monday (April 6).

SALT LAKE CITY — Slightly more Utah elementary and middle schools received D's and F's in 2017, slightly more earned C's, and fewer earned A's and B's, according to data state education officials released Monday.

Four separate petitions have been received by the State Education Department asking Commissioner MaryEllen Elia to remove Carl Paladino from the School Board, state education officials confirmed.

Dr. King, the state commissioner, said the disturbing nature of these records was part of the reason he and other state education officials recently recommended a ban starting next school year on the longstanding practice of teachers» grading their own students» tests and would urge districts to improve monitoring on test days.

PLATTSBURGH — State education officials visited SUNY Plattsburgh last week to hear comments on the latest draft of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).

Walker says when state education officials adopted the nationally - crafted Common Core State Standards back in 2010, the department did a side - by - side comparison of the standards.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's plan to have state education officials impose teacher evaluations on New York City would begin in just three months, he announced today in Albany.

Thousands of teacher evaluations could be made public in two months unless the state Senate votes today to approve a bill that would limit the disclosures, top state education officials warned.

In his answers lately, Governor Cuomo distances himself from the growing discontent that's led to raucous meetings between state education officials and angry parents and teachers.

An analysis of New York's state test results reveals that the tests have become significantly easier to pass over the last four years, so state education officials will be recalibrating the scoring for tests that were taken by students this spring.

In addition to a re-write of the process by which state education officials issue A-F ratings to Indiana schools — among other matters — House Bill 1427 calls for a legislative review, public hearings and a fiscal analysis of the Common Core.

In compiling data and gathering information for this report, the authors talked to state education officials about the past five years of reforms and supplemented their understanding of RTT's footprint with publicly available information, including state spending data and policy reports.

New York State education officials voted on Monday to put into effect, for the first time, regulations that teachers be evaluated in part by the progress their students make on standardized tests.