Nearly a quarter-century ago, educators and policymakers developed an accountability system for public education built around end-of-year state assessments. These tests — which have been the core ...

When something is not working, change it. The Virginia Board of Education is proposing that kind of transformative change for its new accountability framework, by splitting up the state’s ...

The state Board of Education’s conversation this week about a new accountability system raised multiple questions, including how to define academic growth at the high school level, how much chronic ...

Accreditation and accountability are two distinct processes with different goals, yet the distinction between them is sometimes lost among educators. Accountability systems in most states capture a ...

The Virginia Board of Education on Wednesday approved the final touches on the state’s Every Student Succeeds Act plan, designed to address concerns with how schools were rated and student performance ...

Our nation has been working to get public education right for nearly 200 years. It’s a multifaceted and storied system, marred by our country’s history and socioeconomic disparities. As the CEO of the ...

VERMILION PARISH, La (KLFY)– New standards are being set for educators in Louisiana. The Louisiana Board of Education and Secondary Education has approved a new accountability system for schools and ...

Oregon is building a new education accountability system, and it’s pretty complicated. With 197 school districts, numerous charter schools, and other educational settings like the Oregon School for ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - On Tuesday, June 11, a committee for the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) unanimously endorsed a new accountability system that would apply to all ...