Sentences with phrase «state graduation standards»

His forthright support of state graduation standards, at a time when other superintendents were praying for a reprieve, was critical to the success of the Massachusetts education - reform efforts.

SEATTLE (AP)-- The State Board of Education decided Wednesday to set a score below the college - ready level as the Washington state graduation standard on the new Common Core tests.

Not exact matches

«The rules adopted today by the Board of Regents maintain the rigor of our graduation requirements, while providing a new mechanism for students with disabilities to demonstrate they've met the State's graduation standards.»

«This is not about changing our graduation standards,» stated Emily DeSantis, assistant state education commissioner for public affairs.

Board of Regents chancellor Merryl Tisch and education commissioner John King have opposed delaying implementation of the standards, but King has said one change state officials are considering is pushing back when students would need to pass Common Core - aligned Regents exam for graduation.

«While the governor and commissioner state they support the graduation standards, their definition...

Forty - seven states have arts - education mandates, forty - eight have arts - education standards, and forty have arts requirements for high school graduation, according to the 2007 - 08 AEP state policy database.

Iris McGinnis, the director of the state's graduation - standards project, announced her resignation last month in a letter to school officials working on the standards.

A range of initiatives from the New York State Education Department (SED) regarding standards, assessments, and graduation requirements has been very helpful in [forming] such important district strategies as aligning our curriculum, more effectively focusing our staff development, and instituting additional summer and afterschool programs.

Once good standards and decent tests are in place, states should release test scores (and other revealing information such as graduation rates) every which way, and they should rate their schools on an easy to understand scale, ideally from A to F, as Florida started doing under Governor Jeb Bush.

Besides mandating that all LACES students take at least one AP class, the school's standards for graduation are much higher than the state's.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry has signed legislation that will make some significant changes in the state's accountability system and budgeting requirements for schools, including tougher high school graduation standards and elimination of a requirement that school districts must spend 65 percent of their operating budgets on classroom instruction.

Her litany of complaints about the academic results of Klein's «radical restructuring» is somewhat familiar — «inflating» test results and «taking shortcuts» to boost graduation — except for the charge that «the recalibration of the state scores revealed that the achievement gap among children of different races in New York City was virtually unchanged between 2002 and 2010, and the proportion of city students meeting state standards dropped dramatically, almost to the same point as in 2002.»

Just as a draft of K - 12 common standards designed to prepare students for college and the workforce was set to be released for public comment this week, a new report finds that more than half the states have revamped their high school standards to emphasize such readiness upon graduation.

But the report, based on a survey of states, indicates that states have been slower to embrace assessments, high school graduation requirements, and, most especially, «comprehensive» accountability systems to match the standards.

Using state - of - the - art techniques, Dee finds that earlier standards - based reforms lowered graduation rates but improved students» employability, especially among black students.

The state board of education, which began studying upgrading graduation standards three years ago, also approved the establishment of a «certificate of merit» for students who take an extra year of science and earn foreign - language credit.

Among them: requiring at least one art class for high school graduation; adding arts education standards to those the state is adopting in language arts, math, science, and social studies; and offering tax breaks to arts and entertainment companies that volunteer time, expertise, and other resources to schools.

Georgia has a strong track record of reform, including an overhaul of the state's performance standards; redevelopment of state exams; uniform standards for high school graduation; and a law that has led to the approval of 27 alternative providers of teacher certification.

As an example, some states show that in the past six years graduation rates for secondary students has dramatically risen from 68 % to 81 % [ii] due to Student Success programs, but the questions that rarely get asked are, do these numbers truly reflect a students» intellect, insight, understanding, values and citizenship, or is it that higher standards with lower expectations has equated to this phenomenon that claims that «Failure is not an option»?

State high school graduation standards don't match college readiness requirements.

In about half the states, graduates have also made it through statewide graduation tests that are typically pegged to an 8th -, 9th -, or at most 10th - grade standard of actual performance.

They have joined a national protest in which states have repealed their graduation test requirements, postponed the consequences of testing for the Common Core — national standards in more than 40 states — and rolled back the number of required exams.

Along with the new standards was a graduation requirement for students, starting with the Class of 2017, to pass subject - specific state tests in Algebra I, biology and literature called Keystone Exams to earn a diploma.

Mobilizing employers and business leaders to insist that states align high school standards, assessments and graduation requirements with the demands of postsecondary education and work and show graduates that achievement matters by using high school transcripts and exit test results in making hiring decisions.

To estimate the effects of states» adoption and implementation of college - and career - readiness standards and aligned assessments on student outcomes, C - SAIL is analyzing National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) data, high school graduation rates, and college enrollment rates in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

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.

The ESSA also requires that, if students fall behind in meeting these standards, States and local educational agencies (LEAs) implement evidence - based interventions to help them and their schools improve, with a particular focus on the lowest - performing schools, high schools with low graduation rates, and schools in which subgroups of students are underperforming.

«Academic standards and state assessments are an important component of the state's effort to ensure that our students are prepared to pursue post-secondary degrees or careers after graduation.»

Exam suspended in 2015 no longer required for graduation, now that state has adopted new Common Core standards and school accountability metrics.

Under current law, a state must determine the average yearly progress (AYP) for all students and subgroups at the school, LEA, and state level; AYP standards mandate specified thresholds of performance with respect to assessments and graduation rates.

Achieve, Education Trust and Fordham launched ADP to help states restore the diploma's value by anchoring high school graduation standards to those of jobs and colleges.

His vision, outlined in a speech to a Little Rock civic group earlier this month, calls for raising academic standards by requiring more rigorous course requirements for graduation, linking teacher pay raises to student performance, and restructuring the state's accountability system to include annual spring testing.

Creating a Formula for Success: Why English Language Learner Students Are Dropping Out of School, and How to Increase Graduation Rates This report analyzes the educational outcomes of English Language Learners (ELLs) since the implementation of new graduation standards in New York State and assesses the implementation of promised improvements in the education provideGraduation Rates This report analyzes the educational outcomes of English Language Learners (ELLs) since the implementation of new graduation standards in New York State and assesses the implementation of promised improvements in the education providegraduation standards in New York State and assesses the implementation of promised improvements in the education provided to ELLs.

Many states are raising their graduation standards, and they've found, Kronholz notes, that simply returning kids to the traditional classroom for a second attempt is often counterproductive.

In all districts, leaders were attentive to state test results and other required accountability measures (e.g., graduation rates, attendance)-- for individual schools and for the district in relation to state proficiency standards and AYP targets.

The Board of Education, an independent state agency with long - standing responsibilities that include setting standards for high school graduation, basic education, and school accountability, is given substantial new responsibility for implementation of the charter school law.

Some of the foundation's other education efforts in the state include helping schools adopt the new national academic standards and supporting colleges to improve their graduation rates.

by Jack Jennings May 23, 2015 academic standards, accountability, Common State Standards, education research, federal education policy, federal funding, graduation rate

(Penn.) At least 15 states still have ambiguous definitions for how schools should be preparing students for a career upon graduation, or lack standards altogether, according to a recent study from the University of Pennsylvania.

Superintendents acknowledge that federal and state standards and accountability systems have created a situation in which district and school personnel can not ignore evidence about students who are struggling or failing to meet mandated standards for academic performance, as reflected in test results and other indicators of student success (e.g., attendance, graduation rates).

by Jack Jennings May 23, 2015 academic standards, accountability, Common State Standards, education research, federal education policy, federal funding, graduation rate 0 Comments

by Jack Jennings Apr 5, 2015 academic standards, accountability, Common State Standards, education research, federal education policy, federal funding, graduation rate, NAEP, No Child Left Behind, private schools / vouchers, Race to the Top, school reform, teacher evaluations, testing 0 Comments

by Jack Jennings Apr 4, 2015 academic standards, accountability, Common State Standards, education research, federal education policy, federal funding, graduation rate, NAEP, No Child Left Behind, private schools / vouchers, Race to the Top, school reform, teacher evaluations, teacher performance, teachers, testing 0 Comments

One of the goals of VirtualSC is to develop and deliver standards - based, student - centered online instruction to expand educational opportunities for South Carolina students and improve the state's on - time graduation rate.

Schools need to demonstrate that students are learning their respective state learning standards / outcomes required for graduation.

Because not all states have the systems in place to report accurate graduation rates, four - year cohort estimates provide an excellent approximation of the percent of students who graduate on time with a standard diploma.

There's clearly always a long, long way to go, but when you look at a billion dollars for early childhood education, when you look at 40 - plus states adopting higher standards, when you look at yesterday's high school graduation rates at record highs, the fact that we were able to put $ 40 billion behind Pell grants, 1.1 million additional students of color going to college than in 2008.

The suspension time would give state officials time to figure out future graduation requirements based on the Common Core standards, now used in classrooms.

The academic program meets district and state standards for graduation and all graduates will meet the A-G requirements for admission to the California university systems.