The phrase "achievement benchmark" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to measuring progress or success in various fields, such as education, business, or personal development.
Example: "The school has set an achievement benchmark for its students to ensure they meet the required standards by the end of the year."
Alternatives: "performance standard" or "success metric".
That law requires states to identify which schools have met its achievement benchmarks before the opening of fall classes each year, which in Texas last year occurred in mid-August.
Where NCLB established federal expectations for testing and achievement benchmarks, ESSA removes the federal government from the equation and puts states back into the driver's seat when determining what policies should be enacted in the state.
The authorities in Texas yesterday shrugged off a fine that the federal Department of Education has imposed on the state because it was late last year in notifying schools and districts whether they had reached student achievement benchmarks under President Bush's No Child Left Behind law.
If they are doing their jobs, authorizers hold schools accountable for student achievement benchmarks laid out in their charters, which are essentially performance contracts.
Every employee, in every division, develops high-level objectives — clearly defined goals — and corresponding key results, which act as measurable achievement benchmarks.
There is no rubric or requirement that teachers meet student achievement benchmarks or undergo a certain number of observations from a principal or third-party observer.
The talk is of annual achievement benchmarks; improvements in measuring student progress, rewarding good teachers and purging the system of bad ones; and ensuring that creativity and critical thinking are not lost in the focus on math and literacy.
That it is launched in the context of reducing the racial academic gap is ironic, farcical and perilous-inasmuch as the white section of Obama's Education Department -- with Obama's blessing and prodding -- has been removing the very academic achievement benchmarks set by the No Child Left Behind Act that were put into place to track disparate educational outcomes.
This ongoing project is a great achievement, a benchmark of civic virtue.
In addition, the iCCM indicators offer a mechanism for verifying that the achievement of benchmarks results in positive health outcomes.
