«Mayoral control works for our city schools and has developed
a successful system of accountability and organization which should continue,» Klein said.
Not exact matches
But you can't have leadership, let alone a
successful business, without strong management
of and thus
accountability to processes and
systems.
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...
Hindsight suggests that implementation
of the assessments might have been more
successful, and politically sustainable, if the new standards and tests had not been connected to states» K — 12
accountability systems, and especially teacher evaluations, until key stakeholders had become acclimated to them.
[iv] However, there is good evidence that school turnarounds in Massachusetts have been quite
successful, perhaps not surprising given the state's well - regarded
accountability system, its generous support
of public education, and its highly professional state department
of education.
Cahill made the point that she thought that school
systems needed to own the kind
of accountability for graduation that NCLB aimed for but that
systems needed the opportunity to also create new types
of schools using the
successful models
of transfer schools and YABCs and that this demands some revisions within the NCLB approach.
At the heart
of the plan is a new
accountability system for schools and districts that focuses efforts on closing the achievement gap and ensuring each student is
successful and ready for the next step.»
ASCD's work in this area is part
of a large, multiyear plan to shift public dialogue about education from a focus on a narrow curriculum - centric and
accountability system to a whole child approach that encompasses all factors required for
successful student outcomes.
The fact that the common
accountability put into place by No Child has been replaced with 39 new
accountability systems also means that it is harder to compare data on state, district, and school performance, and thus harder to achieve
successful implementation
of the standards.
A growing body
of research shows how noncognitive abilities help children become happy,
successful adults, Duckworth adds, but it is a misstep to then include them in school -
accountability systems — now or maybe ever.
State leaders should also consider a shift in the
accountability system to introduce additional measures
of student academic progress and other factors that contribute to the operation
of successful schools.
Togneri and Anderson (2003) associate more
successful districts with school boards that have adopted a policy governance role that emphasizes policy development, goal and standards setting, strategic planning and monitoring
of system / school progress in relation to district plans, priorities and
accountability systems.
The new
accountability system will pair low and high - performing schools
of similar size and demographics across the districts in an effort to help struggling schools learn from
successful ones.
Clarity
of accountability, a
systems approach to permanence and a focus on reducing delay were key steps to
successful restructure and cultural change.