Growth Models
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Education
House Draft: Growth Models, Multiple Measures, and More
Alyson Klein and I have seen a summary of the changes that House education leaders are proposing for Title I, Part A of NCLB. Both Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., and Howard P. "Buck" McKeon, R-Calif., signed onto the draft.
Federal
A Washington Roundup
Alaska, Arizona OK’d for ‘Growth Models’
Growth models allow states to receive credit under NCLB for improving individual students’ academic performance over time.
Federal
NCLB-Renewal Ideas Circulate on Capitol Hill
The chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee signaled that he’ll propose some major changes in his reauthorization bill.
Federal
U.S. OKs Pilot ‘Growth Models’ for Last 2 States
Arizona and Alaska will participate in the pilot project to measure student progress.
Federal
Opinion
Growth Models Across America -- And More Pilots To Come
Like I said last week, who needs a reauthorization when you can just change the law as much as you want without anyone really protesting? Not that there's anything wrong with that. Case in point, today the EdSec announced more growth model approvals. The latest three include Alaska, Arizona, and (last week) Florida. See below for the press release.
Federal
A Washington Roundup
2 More States Approved to Use Growth Models
Iowa and Ohio will be allowed to use the growth of individual students’ achievement to comply with federal accountability rules.
Education
Opinion
Growth Models For Everybody!
Apparently in honor of Memorial Day Weekend, the USDE announced news on the growth model front for us all to consider with our hot dogs and diet Cokes. Basically, Iowa and Ohio get to join North Carolina and Tennessee in the growth model club, plus Florida. It's more flexibility for states, without caving in on what NCLB s supposed to be all about. How do I know? Because it says that they're going to follow the "bright-line principles of NCLB," and that sounds cool and reassuring. Like "benchmarks." Let the celebrations begin!Here is the full press release:
Federal
Growth Models for NCLB Accountability Are Weighed
Revising NCLB accountability provisions to measure a student's academic growth might not be quick or easy, a panel of experts warned.
Assessment
A Washington Roundup
Eight States Advance for Growth-Model Pilot
Under the pilot project, states receive approval to define AYP based on methods that track students’ academic growth over time.
Education
Letter to the Editor
Proceed With Caution on Growth-Model Pilot
Evaluating teachers and schools on the basis of the progress their students make during a stipulated time frame, rather than on the basis of their proficiency during the same period, makes eminent sense ("Education Dept. Poised to Approve More States for Growth-Model Pilot," Nov. 8, 2006).
Federal
3 States Get OK to Use ‘Growth Model’ to Gauge AYP
The Department of Education last week added three more states to a pilot program that evaluates schools under the federal No Child Left Behind Act based in part on the growth individual students make over time.
Federal
Education Dept. Poised to Approve More States For Growth-Model Pilot
The Department of Education is preparing to take another small step in its experiment in evaluating schools based on individual students’ academic growth, while state officials say they are working toward the day when that approach is commonplace.
Federal
GAO: Growth Models Promising
Carefully constructed “growth models” can help meet the No Child Left Behind Act’s goal of getting the nation’s students to academic proficiency, but states face technical hurdles in crafting such models that work, according to a report by the Government Accountability Office.
Federal
GAO: Growth Models Hold Promise for NCLB Accountability
Carefully-constructed growth models can help meet the No Child Left Behind Act’s goal of getting the nation’s students to academic proficiency, but states face technical hurdles in creating models that work, according to a report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office.
