Standards & Accountability
Read more about the skills students are expected to acquire and policies designed to hold schools accountable for learning
What’s the Purpose of Standards in Education? An Explainer
What are standards? Why are they important? What's the Common Core? Do standards improve student achievement? Our explainer has the answers.
Standards & Accountability The Architects of the Standards Movement Say They Missed a Big PieceDecisions about materials and methods can lead to big variances in the quality of instruction that children receive.
Standards & Accountability Political Debate Upends Texas Social Studies Standards ProcessThe Lone Star State is the latest to throw out a set of standards after conservative activists organized in opposition.
Standards & Accountability Opinion Educators Weigh In on Implementing the Common Core, Even NowThough outlawed in some states, the standards still offer a strong foundation for English, math, and other subjects.
Standards & Accountability The Sex Ed. Battleground Heats Up (Again). Here's What's Actually in New StandardsVocal opposition from some conservative groups has put a spotlight on schools’ instructional choices.
Standards & Accountability Opinion Did I Accurately Guess the Fate of the Common Core? You Be the JudgeIn 2012, I imagined what the Common Core would be like in a decade. Now, readers can compare this imagined “future” to reality.
Standards & Accountability Timeline: How Federal School Accountability Has Waxed and WanedFrom its origins in the 1990s to the most-recent tack, see how the federal approach to accountability has shifted.
Standards & Accountability School Accountability Is Restarting After a Two-Year Pause. Here's What That MeansFor a moment, the COVID-19 pandemic succeeded in doing what periodic protests about school accountability couldn't: Halting it.Standards & Accountability Webinar The Critical Concepts: Proficiency Scales to Accelerate Student LearningSponsorThis content is provided by our sponsor. It is not written by and does not necessarily reflect the views of Education Week's editorial staff.Learn about the Critical Concepts, a crucial tool to help you maintain laser focus on essential standards to accelerate student learning.
Standards & Accountability Minnesota Teachers, Parents Criticize ‘Awkward’ Tribal References in Proposed Math StandardsTeachers were somewhat more supportive of the tribal references than were parents, school board members, and school administrators.
Standards & Accountability Opinion Let's Take a Holistic Approach to Judging SchoolsParents wouldn't judge their kids based on a single factor. So, says Ron Berger of EL Education, why must schools use a lone test score?
Standards & Accountability Opinion Are K-12 State Tests Like a Visit to the Pediatrician?Even if the doctor’s trip isn’t pleasant, at least parents get something out of it they believe is worthwhile.
Standards & Accountability Opinion What Does the Future Hold for School Accountability?Testing and accountability advocates have an opportunity to think anew about how to make the case for testing.
Standards & Accountability Opinion The Pandemic Disrupted Testing. States Should Seize Untapped Accountability OpportunitiesUnder the Every Student Succeeds Act, states have more freedom to revamp their testing and accountability systems than they did under NCLB.
Standards & Accountability States Make It Hard to Tell How Much Schools Are Spending, Report SaysThe vast majority of states aren't publishing spending data in a visually appealing or comprehensive way, according to EdTrust.
Standards & Accountability Did Washington D.C.'s Education Overhaul Help Black Children? This Study Says YesResearchers said the district's "market-based" reforms accelerated achievement versus other districts and states.
