Sentences with phrase «weak system of accountability»

In my position as Head Teacher, I was very excited about this project, but felt a certain amount of trepidation over, in what some may see, as handing the reins for school improvement over to the teachers, with what could be seen as quite a weak system of accountability.

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In taking accountability away from school systems and placing it on individual schools and their employees, reform calls into question the current system of governance — and leaves no room for «excuses» such as weak family structures, poverty, discrimination, lack of aptitude, peer pressure, diet, television, etc..

Even the weak statement from the New York Court of Appeals that new accountability should accompany added funding was met with indifference by the judicial referees, who accepted the thrust of Mayor Bloomberg's testimony when he appeared before them: he is already accountable through the electoral system, so just send the money.

In addition, since these assessments are self - report surveys, there is also the issue of response bias — meaning a student's tendency to give answers that they believe are socially acceptable or to consistently answer «yes» or «no» regardless of the question asked.48 Since self - report measures tend to be weak in reliability and validity, state and local policymakers should refrain from including measures of learning mindsets and skills in high - stakes accountability systems.

Lucy Powell, a former shadow education secretary who is also the school's local MP, described the case as «shocking» and said it raised «real concerns about weak oversight and accountability of our schools system».

A 2015 OECD report on Sweden warned the country's school system was in «need of urgent change» and that its accountability measures were «weak and unclear.»

As the bill moves forward, we hope the Senate will continue to strengthen important provisions related to state accountability systems, such as those that both support great leaders and also identify struggling schools in need of intervention — especially those with the weakest overall performance and those with large achievement gaps.

4) Ohio: A major charter school reform bill has stalled for lack of Senate support, despite widespread criticism of Ohio's weak accountability system for charter schools.

NCLB transformed a weak, state - driven system of standards - based accountability into a centralized, more coherent, federally driven version.