Accountability

The latest news about accountability, including articles, Commentaries, and special features.

Seventh grader Jasmine Dukes, center, waits in line with classmates at Friendship Preparatory Academy in Baltimore.

School Turnaround Push Still a Work in Progress

Eleven states looking for flexibility under the No Child Left Behind Act have won waivers from the U.S. Department of Education, and more applications are under consideration. (April 4, 2012)

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The Accountability Push in Virtual Learning
Our guests discussed why accountability is so important for virtual schools, what those schools are doing to ensure high-quality learning for students, and what challenges they face in meeting that goal.

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Tackling Turnaround at Shawnee High School
Education Week is following Shawnee High through its quest to move off the bottom of Kentucky’s list of low-performing schools and remake itself into a school that produces high numbers of graduates who go onto college and careers.

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Let's Aim Beyond Standards
Expecting our students to meet minimum benchmarks is not how to encourage academic rigor or grow a competitive nation or marketplace, writes Yuhang Rong.
July 8, 2011 - Education Week
Commentary
'Simple' Questions, But No Easy Answers
Providing useful, relevant information on reform requires balancing the demands of good science and the urgency of sound policy, Michael J. Feuer and Robert M. Hauser write.
July 7, 2011 - Education Week
Commentary
Why Core Standards Must Embrace Media Literacy
In our new-media-saturated world, it's crucial that the common-core standards address media and digital literacies, write Richard Beach and Frank W. Baker.
June 21, 2011 - Education Week
States Cautious on Duncan's NCLB-Flexibility Offer
States are taking a wait-and-see attitude on the prospect of waivers for those that embrace the education secretary's agenda.
June 20, 2011 - Education Week
Schools Struggle to Balance Digital Innovation, Academic Accountability
Using educational technology in new and different ways to improve student learning is often at odds with standardized testing and other traditional measures of achievement.
June 15, 2011 - Digital Directions
Legislative Momentum Stalls for 'Parent Trigger' Proposals
The concept proves intriguing, but logistics and opposition lead many state lawmakers to move slowly.
June 14, 2011 - Education Week
Panel Finds Few Learning Gains From Testing Movement
A 10-year study by a blue-ribbon panel of scientists concludes that high-stakes testing and other accountability measures have largely failed to translate to real improvements in student achievement.
May 26, 2011 | Updated: March 24, 2012 - Education Week
Commentary
Why Attention Will Return to Nonschool Factors
Jeffrey R. Henig and S. Paul Reville write that the future health of American schools depends on attending to nonschool factors.
May 23, 2011 - Education Week
Renaissance Schools Feature Youth, Inexperience, Some Progress
One-third of teachers at Promise Academies are intern- or emergency-certified, and 22 percent of teachers at externally managed charters are not certified at all.
May 20, 2011 - Education Week
Commentary
True Teacher Accountability
LouAnne Johnson argues that we need to make it easier for teachers with "the right stuff" to get the training and support that they need.
May 10, 2011 - Education Week

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