Wednesday, January 17, 2018

State School Accountability Systems: Education Commission of the States Iuuses 50 State Comparison Reports #school accountability

The United States Education Commission of the States has issued reports comparing the accountability systems of all of the states. The comparisons contain a wealth of valuable information and allow comparison of the approaches of the various states. The Commission said this about the comparisons:

ESSA offers states more authority over their accountability systems than they had under previous federal law. As a result, many states are transitioning from a system focused on assessments and graduation rates to one that incorporates a wider variety of measures of school quality. While each state must weigh the pros and cons of codifying its accountability system, many states’ current policies do not currently align with their ESSA plans.
This resource captures an important transition period in state accountability systems by providing a national overview of these systems as described in current state statute and regulation, where available, and in states’ ESSA plans (as of October 2017). 

You can read the 50 state comparison of current accountability systems here. You can read the 50 state comparison of state ESSA plans here. Individual state accountability profiles are available here.

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