Sentences with phrase «state system of accountability»

All four of these areas of reform must «hang together» as a comprehensive whole, but it begins with the state system of accountability for results, for without the infrastructure provided by this system the other pieces have no coherence.

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The Labour candidate expressed the position that the problems in accountability leading to the scandal had been fixed; his opponents noted that of the parties currently representing Britain in Brussels, only Labour has not yet disclosed their expenses (although Mr Vaughan states that the party will begin to do so soon) and Mr Griffiths furthermore declared that the scandal was part of a wider problem: the corruption of the political system by big business.

Lawmakers spent a lot of time talking about meaty issues, including establishing a system of paid family and medical leave, reinstituting tolls on state highways and setting up new measures to address police accountability, but in the end, a lack of consensus scuttled chances for a vote.

In the same statement, the groups recommended «[i] ncreasing overall government accountability and transparency, by... ending the use of state controlled non-profit groups and the state university system in the contract award process.»

So the Secretary of State for Health has today invited them to explain what steps they will take to strengthen their systems of accountability in the light of this report.

The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), which replaced No Child Left Behind, gives states considerable flexibility to craft their own accountability systems — in the process asking states to make crucial decisions about what it means to be a successful school, what rate of academic progress is acceptable, and...

Commenting on the statement by the Secretary of State for Education setting out proposals to reform the system of primary assessment, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT - The Teachers» Union, said: «It is important to recognise, and as the NASUWT has stated consistently, that many of the concerns expressed about statutory primary assessment are the direct result of their use in the current high stakes school accountability regime.

«By every measure, Governor Cuomo's tax cap has successfully reined in out - of - control property tax increases and has been a key part of this administration's efforts to restore fiscal sanity to this state and bring accountability and rigor to our education system.»

The system over the years has grown unwieldy, with hundreds of authorities, corporations and development agencies cropping up around the state, taking out billions of dollars in debt and for the most part operating with little sunlight or accountability.

«The public deserves to see in place a robust and independent system of school accountability that does not allow those who are privileged to be running state funded schools to operate within their own secret garden.

The state of Florida has an accountability system.

«We think this is an idea that should be explored with the Comptroller's office, Division of Budget, and management team at the State Financial System,» John Kaehny, executive director of Reinvent Albany, a nonprofit group focused on government accountability, said of the Senate proposal.

In other words, the average student in a state without accountability would have performed at the 53rd percentile of achievement had that student been in a state with an accountability system, all other things being equal.

In particular, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) scores of Texas and North Carolina advanced more than in any other state under accountability systems that included:

Seven of the states are taking the opportunity to expand the subjects included in their accountability systems.

After years of experiencing a one - size - fits - all federal approach to school accountability and intervention, ESSA provides states with an opportunity to excel by designing new systems that reach far more children with intervention strategies that meet their needs and the needs of their schools.

What became clear from the mark - up is that there's very little support in Congress for federal oversight of state accountability systems.

The Fordham Institute's new report, High Stakes for High Achievers: State Accountability in the Age of ESSA, examines whether states» current or planned accountability systems for elementary and middle schools attend to the needs of high - achieving students, as well as how these systems might be redesigned under the Every Student Succeeds Act to better serveAccountability in the Age of ESSA, examines whether states» current or planned accountability systems for elementary and middle schools attend to the needs of high - achieving students, as well as how these systems might be redesigned under the Every Student Succeeds Act to better serveaccountability systems for elementary and middle schools attend to the needs of high - achieving students, as well as how these systems might be redesigned under the Every Student Succeeds Act to better serve all students.

With the increased authority provided to states under ESSA, states can now take advantage of this flexibility to build even better systems and not as a means to hide from accountability.

Many states need to revamp their policies for including limited - English - proficient students in state tests and accountability systems if they want to continue receiving all of their federal Title I aid, according to the Department of Education.

Increasing the rigor and specificity of the accountability provisions in ESEA doesn't mean imposing the same system on every state, or a «one size fits all» approach in the political jargon.

The harsh glare of state accountability systems has brought to public attention the expansive collective - bargaining agreements that local school boards negotiate with their employees.

In choosing this year's «Better Balance,» for example, the editors signaled that something is awry in the existing balance between the «hard» elements of standards - based reform (namely the academic standards, assessments, and interventions that make up a state's accountability system) and such «soft» components as teacher training, instructional materials, and classroom environment.

And yet the Every Student Succeeds Act, NCLB's successor law, still mandates standardized testing of students and requires states to have accountability systems.

After years of stagnation in the late 1980s and early 1990s, achievement began to rise again in the late «90s — particularly in the earlier grades and most notably in math — as states set new academic standards, started testing their students regularly, and installed their own versions of «consequential accountability» systems.

With key components from the old system as the foundation, ESSA (which Business Roundtable CEOs supported) is designed to move the federal government out of the decision - making process and give states the flexibility to design their own accountability systems and ensure all students receive an education that prepares them for college and career.

Yes, much of what was unearthed about state accountability systems could be out of date within a year's time.

All nonparticipants in the state exam will receive a score of zero, which will in turn impact school scores on the state's accountability system

The education platform of his 2016 presidential campaign reflected his state focus, calling for more state flexibility in designing their own accountability systems.

Has or will your group rate / assess the states in terms of their virtual education accountability systems?

Reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Act remains stalled in Congress, but the Obama administration continues to push ahead with big changes to the accountability system at its core, with more than half the states now having been approved for waivers from major mandates of the law.

Equity - oriented groups that want as many students from disadvantaged groups as possible included in the accountability system, including the Alliance for Excellent Education and the Education Trust, have advocated for states to adopt a minimum n - size of 10, whereas since revoked Obama - era accountability regulations allowed states to choose any n - size up to 30.

The measures used in the NEPC report — whether schools make AYP, state accountability system ratings, the percentage of students that score proficient on state tests, and high - school graduation rates — are at best rough proxies for the quality of education provided by any school.

These lessons focus primarily on the transparency of the systems, but this is just one of several principles that states should attend to (which I have offered previously): Accountability systems should actually measure school effectiveness, not just test scores.

• There was near unanimity among the task force members (myself excluded), the State Board of Education, and the California Department of Education that NCLB - era accountability systems were excessively punitive, and that the focus should instead be on «continuous improvement,» rather than «test - and - punish.»

There is no way that the federal government can oversee and regulate the accountability systems of 50 states and more than 16,000 local jurisdictions without reducing them to a caricature of what they were originally designed to do.

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At the same time, she shepherded the state education department through a host of major policy shifts, from lowering class sizes to implementing a new accountability system and a controversial bilingual education law.

When the MEAP high - school exam was a no - stakes test, students had no reason to try their best on the primary indicator of performance in the state's high - school accountability system.

The role that NCLB sets out for the federal government — setting national goals while leaving states and districts to decide how to reach them — is sound, and surely superior to the hodge - podge of state accountability systems that preceded it.

«This accountability system works,» the Republican said during his Jan. 13 State of the State Address, arguing that Colorado has the best learning environment in the nation, with 114 schools rated «excellent» or «high» under its own accountability system since the 2001 - 02 school year.

But state accountability systems and the desire to rationalize the lack of quality options have encouraged the elites to compare their affluent suburban districts to the large urban ones in their state.

The fact that many state officials criticized NCLB, arguing that it duplicated their prior accountability systems, suggests the functional equivalence of the two sets of policies.

We find that the accountability provisions of NCLB increased 4th - grade math achievement by roughly 7.2 scale points (0.23 standard deviations) by 2007 in states with no prior accountability policies relative to states that adopted accountability systems in 1997.

The Sunshine State had instituted school voucher programs, increased the number of charter schools, and devised a sophisticated accountability system that evaluates schools on the basis of their progress as measured by the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT).

Similarly, the state has instituted an accountability system to judge the performance of its teacher education institutions.

With systems of accountability for student achievement now widely in place, state policymakers and others are applying the principle on another front by trying to hold schools more responsible for how they spend their money.

There are no top - down accountability systems in Finland, with their implied distrust of teachers, of the sort that dominate the discussion in the United States.

Instead of devoting so much energy to dismissing the standards movement, small - schools founders and advocates would do well to engage the discussion and help refine or redefine state standards and statewide accountability systems in the name of equity.