A Recipe for Effective School Accountability | Intellections

Many US states and districts are reconsidering how to meet federal accountability requirements as the COVID pandemic ends. While academic standards, student assessments, and consequences for failing schools have traditionally been the focus of accountability, attention needs to be paid to the capacity of schools, districts, and states to fix their shortcomings. Policy leaders must take into account whether their schools possess the ability and will to make improvements and must recommit to results-based accountability adapted to the post-pandemic era.

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Listen to “The Education Exchange: The Future of Results-Based Accountability in Education,” with Paul E. Peterson and Chester E. Finn, Jr., via Education Next. Available here:

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