On average, takeover fails to improve achievement measures, but how it is done matters a lot.
read moreA new NASBE Policy Update explores the strategies states employed to administer assessments in the 2020-21 school year.
read moreThis analysis explores the strategies states employed to administer assessments in the 2020-21 school year. It also highlights the opportunities for state boards to learn from and make the best use of data collected from the pandemic school year.
read moreData about system performance will continue to lie at the heart of school improvement.
read moreA network of rural peers help districts design meaningful, timely, community-connected accountability.
read moreJoin us for a conversation about state assessment and accountability.
read moreState policymakers should take the opportunity to reimagine their education systems.
read moreWith the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), states can include a student growth indicator as a measure of school quality in their accountability systems. Most of them do. Nine states also saw this as an opportunity and added a separate growth measure for the bottom quartile and quintile of students.
read moreAfter submitting their plans for implementing the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) in 2017, states face challenges in ensuring the implementation of their plans keep faith with the spirit of ESSA.
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