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Worry, Stress, Anxiety, and Fear in Generation Z

Teenage stress and anxiety are higher than any prior generation but there is a way for this generation to change that.

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Commitment to Continuous Improvement.

Improvement efforts are sustained and the school demonstrates progress in improving student performance and school effectiveness.

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Data Driven Districts: Documenting and using results.

A school system is successful using data when it uses a comprehensive assessment system based on clearly-defined performance measures. The assessment system is used to assess student performance on expectations for student learning, identify gaps between expectations for student learning and student performance, evaluate the effectiveness of curriculum and instruction, and determine interventions to […]

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Stakeholder Communication and Relationships.

System and school personnel seek opportunities for collaboration and shared leadership among stakeholders to help students learn and advance improvement efforts

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Resources and Support Systems.

The implementation of No Child Left Behind has put more emphasis on state testing than at any other time in educational history. Because of this emphasis in state testing, the results from these tests have become the main focus of school systems across the country. There must be resources and support systems in place for schools to meet student achievement.

School Accreditation

According to Tony Wagner in his book The Global Achievement Gap: Why Even Our Best Schools Don’t Teach the New Survival Skills Our Children Need–and What We Can Do About It (2008), the education system in the United States needs to come to terms with some hard facts about our educational system: The high school […]