The phrase "achievement data" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to education, performance evaluation, or any situation where data regarding accomplishments or successes is being discussed.
Example: "The school will analyze the achievement data to assess the effectiveness of its teaching methods."
Alternatives: "performance data" or "success metrics".
The education reform bill passed last week by the House takes the vital first step of requiring the states to report achievement data by race and income.
The Obama administration took aim on Thursday at state laws — adopted after heavy teachers' union lobbying — barring the use of student achievement data to evaluate teacher performance.
Legislatures in New York, California and some other states have enacted laws that limit, to one degree or another, use of student achievement data in teacher performance evaluations.
When the government releases test results, journalists report contradictory achievement data and even experts often do not distinguish which test was reported.
In addition to this wobbly achievement data, there is little evidence that charter schools are being held more accountable for student achievement than are regular public schools.
California, New York and Wisconsin, the report said, were not eligible because of state laws limiting the use of achievement data in teacher evaluation.
Tennessee passed a strong law mandating that 50 percent of a teacher's or principal's evaluation be based on student achievement data.
The law ended that practice by requiring states to provide yearly breakdowns of student achievement data along racial, ethnic and economic lines.
Unlike some other states, Illinois does not require student-achievement data to account for least 50 percent of a teacher's evaluation, according to a report by the National Council on Teaching Quality.
A state panel is determining how much student-achievement data ought to count in Illinois, but districts may choose to make it a larger part of a teacher's evaluation than what the state recommends.
Some districts across the country — including Oak Grove in south San Jose — have begun to change how they evaluate teachers, incorporating student-achievement data to assess a teacher's performance.
