• October 2018

Engaging Around State Report Cards

This guide gives special attention to engaging parents and families, the primary users of school-level report cards, but many of the engagement strategies included in this document are broadly applicable to all stakeholders.

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  • July 2018

An Introduction to Accountability Implementation

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This brief presents a high-level conceptualization of how accountability and improvement systems are intended to work together and why SEAs should consider developing a validity argument for their accountability and improvement systems.

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  • June 2018

Process, Not Project

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Process, Not Project – Case Study of Georgia, Illinois, and Virginia’s Efforts to Produce User-Friendly School Report Cards is a case study that describes the experience of three states in various stages of their school report card development.

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  • July 2018

Where the Rubber Meets the Road

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Executive Summary

Since the passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) in December 2015, state education agencies (SEAs) have invested time, effort, and resources into designing their accountability

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  • June 2018

User Guide: ESSA Accountability Modeling Tool - Summative Ratings Version

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The purpose of this modeling tool prototype is to promote best practices in accountability system design and implementation by providing a realistic example of how a state could use empirical data to support the validity of its system and evaluate the implication of various design decisions, both

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  • June 2018

ESSA Accountability Modeling Tool - Summative Ratings Version

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The purpose of this modeling tool prototype is to promote best practices in accountability system design and implementation by providing a realistic example of how a state could use empirical data to support the validity of its system and evaluate the implication of various design decisions, both

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  • June 2018

User Guide: ESSA Accountability Modeling Tool – No Summative Ratings Version

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The purpose of this modeling tool prototype is to promote best practices in accountability system design and implementation by providing a realistic example of how a state could use empirical data to support the validity of its system and evaluate the implication of various design decisions, both

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  • June 2018

ESSA Accountability Modeling Tool – No Summative Ratings Version

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The purpose of this modeling tool prototype is to promote best practices in accountability system design and implementation by providing a realistic example of how a state could use empirical data to support the validity of its system and evaluate the implication of various design decisions, both

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