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A New Vision for School Accountability Report

A New Vision for School Accountability

This report presents a framework for school accountability systems that achieve college and career readiness for all students.

Laura Jimenez, Scott Sargrad

Innovation in Accountability Report

Innovation in Accountability

The Every Student Succeeds Act gives states the opportunity to broaden their vision of accountability and create school classification systems using new measures of school quality or student success.

Samantha Batel, Scott Sargrad, Laura Jimenez

7 Tenets for Sustainable School Turnaround Report
Getting this turnaround work right is important now more than ever, particularly as the Every Student Succeeds Act gives states greater autonomy to support their lowest-performing schools. (CAP/Pete Morelewicz)

7 Tenets for Sustainable School Turnaround

CAP and ERS outline sustainable turnaround practices for state policymakers and recommend the appropriate roles for the federal government, states, districts, and schools to play in supporting successful turnaround efforts.

Scott Sargrad, Samantha Batel, Karen Hawley Miles, 1 More Karen Baroody

7 Tenets to Sustain Successful School Turnaround Fact Sheet
Public school buses are parked in Springfield, Illinois. (AP/Seth Perlman)

7 Tenets to Sustain Successful School Turnaround

This fact sheet provides a guide for state policymakers to improve their most struggling schools.

Scott Sargrad, Samantha Batel, Karen Hawley Miles, 1 More Karen Baroody

Better Evidence, Better Choices, Better Schools Report
There are eight key ways that states can help school districts make decisions based on evidence and improve their lowest-performing schools.

Better Evidence, Better Choices, Better Schools

This report outlines eight key ways that states can help school districts make decisions based on evidence and improve their lowest-performing schools.

Steve Fleischman, Caitlin Scott, Scott Sargrad

Explore the Data for ‘Making the Grade’ Interactive

Explore the Data for ‘Making the Grade’

Learn about next-generation school accountability systems and explore which indicators states currently use to hold schools accountable. This report is designed to help states as they build new systems to comply with the Every Student Succeeds Act, which requires states to consider a broader range of measures for student and school success.

Carmel Martin, Scott Sargrad, Samantha Batel

Making the Grade Report
State accountability systems vary in complexity, and while the majority of states have surpassed the requirements of No Child Left Behind, nearly all states will need to make adjustments to comply fully with the Every Student Succeeds Act. (CAP/Pete Morelewicz)

Making the Grade

State accountability systems vary in complexity, and while the majority of states have surpassed the requirements of No Child Left Behind, nearly all states will need to make adjustments to comply fully with the Every Student Succeeds Act.

Carmel Martin, Scott Sargrad, Samantha Batel

Implementing the Every Student Succeeds Act Report
A second-grader eagerly asks to be called on in a language arts class, October 2015. (AP/Rogelio V. Solis)

Implementing the Every Student Succeeds Act

States have an opportunity to use the new flexibility embedded in ESSA to develop stronger testing systems without the pressure of NCLB’s exclusive focus on summative tests.

Catherine Brown, Ulrich Boser, Scott Sargrad, 1 More Max Marchitello

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