Accountability
91制片厂视频 news, analysis, and opinion about efforts by governments, officials, and advocates to hold schools accountable for success or improvement.
Accountability Sponsor Demystifying Accreditation and AccountabilitySponsorThis content is provided by our sponsor. It is not written by and does not necessarily reflect the views of 91制片厂视频 Week's editorial staff.Accreditation and accountability are two distinct processes with different goals, yet the distinction between them is sometimes lost among educators.
Accountability What the Research Says More than 1 in 4 Schools Targeted for Improvement, Survey FindsThe new federal findings show schools also continue to struggle with absenteeism.
Accountability Opinion What鈥檚 Wrong With Online Credit Recovery? This Teacher Will Tell YouThe 鈥渨hatever it takes鈥� approach to increasing graduation rates ends up deflating the value of a diploma.
Accountability Why a Judge Stopped Texas from Issuing A-F School RatingsDistricts argued the new metric would make it appear as if schools have worsened鈥攅ven though outcomes have actually improved in many cases.
Accountability Why These Districts Are Suing to Stop Release of A-F School RatingsA change in how schools will be graded has prompted legal action from about a dozen school districts in Texas.
Accountability What the Research Says What Should Schools Do to Build on 20 Years of NCLB Data?The education law yielded a cornucopia of student information, but not scalable turnaround for schools, an analysis finds.
Accountability 91制片厂视频 Secretary: Standardized Tests Should No Longer Be a 'Hammer'But states won't ease accountability requirements until federal law tells them to do so, policy experts say.
Accountability Timeline: How Federal School Accountability Has Waxed and WanedFrom its origins in the 1990s to the most-recent tack, see how the federal approach to accountability has shifted.
Accountability School Accountability Is Restarting After a Two-Year Pause. Here's What That MeansFor a moment, the COVID-19 pandemic succeeded in doing what periodic protests about school accountability couldn't: Halting it.
Accountability Opinion Let's Take a Holistic Approach to Judging SchoolsParents wouldn't judge their kids based on a single factor. So, says Ron Berger of EL 91制片厂视频, why must schools use a lone test score?
Accountability Opinion Are K-12 State Tests Like a Visit to the Pediatrician?Even if the doctor鈥檚 trip isn鈥檛 pleasant, at least parents get something out of it they believe is worthwhile.
Accountability Opinion What Does the Future Hold for School Accountability?Testing and accountability advocates have an opportunity to think anew about how to make the case for testing.
Accountability Opinion The Pandemic Disrupted Testing. States Should Seize Untapped Accountability OpportunitiesUnder the Every Student Succeeds Act, states have more freedom to revamp their testing and accountability systems than they did under NCLB.
Accountability States Make It Hard to Tell How Much Schools Are Spending, Report SaysThe vast majority of states aren't publishing spending data in a visually appealing or comprehensive way, according to EdTrust.
Accountability Did Washington D.C.'s 91制片厂视频 Overhaul Help Black Children? This Study Says YesResearchers said the district's "market-based" reforms accelerated achievement versus other districts and states.
