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Measuring Academic Growth for School Accountability
More states should adopt a growth metric that compares students’ progress toward proficiency, not against other students.How State Board Leaders Can Build Next-Generation Accountability
Coherence in state policies plus aligned supports to districts pave the way forward.
Data for Improvement and Data for Accountability: Considerations for State Boards
Carefully designed accountability systems can spur schools to improve; others can undermine improvement and equity.
Making Room for What Matters: How State Boards Can Support Innovation in Accountability
The voices of school leaders who are most actively pushing the school improvement envelope can help shape the accountability conversation.
How State Leaders Can Support Local Innovation and Improvement
By backing educational improvement networks, they can foster collaborative inquiry and experimentation.
Half as Likely to Leave: What Team-Based Staffing Means for Teacher Retention
By treating retention as a challenge of system and organizational design, state boards can encourage more teachers to stay in the profession.
How State Policy Can Help Teachers Use AI Well
Smart guidance will give teachers the time, trust, and support to make technological leaps that advance learning.
Achieving Results through School Redesign
Five principles guide staffing design, and state leaders have three tasks.