Proficiency and Growth (Meeting 1)
Proficiency:
Performance Assessment of Competency Education (PACE)
What Every Educator Should Know About No Child Left Behind and the Definition of Proficient
Letter to the US DOE (regarding proficiency and ESSA)
Growth:
Growth Models: Issues and Advice from States
A Practitioner’s Guide to Growth Models
Measuring student growth: A guide to informed decision making
CCR, SEL, School Climate (Meeting 2)
College and Career Readiness:
How States are Making Career Readiness Count: A 2016 Update
Making the Grade: A 50-State Analysis of School Accountability Systems
Predictors of Postsecondary Success
Social Emotional Learning:
General Think Tank Resources
Implementing the Every Student Succeeds Act
The Center for American Progress gathered information from interviews with educators, and meetings with focus groups in order to publish a comprehensive report on accountability policies and their subsequent recommendations.
ESSA Accountability Design Competition: The Contenders
The Fordham Institute orchestrated a design competition for the most effective and innovative accountability policy proposals. This link contains a description of the contest and a list of the winners and their reports.
The Fordham Institute’s ESSA Blog
ESSA-related blog posts and further resources.
Redesigning School Accountability and Support: Progress in Pioneering States
Pathways to New Accountability Through the Student Succeeds Act
The two reports linked above were produced through a collaboration between the Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education and the Learning Policy Institute. The first report presents case studies of the progress made by a cohort of geographically diverse states (51st State Working Group) in redesigning accountability strategies. This information was gathered through interviews, group meetings, webinars, and working papers published by the 51st State Working Group. The second report is a complementary report to the first. It explores the various indicators for progress that might be used in a multi-measure accountability system, in addition to the kinds of criteria that may be used for intervention.
U.S. Government Resources
Other Resources
“Waiving” goodbye to no child left behind
Funding the Arts in Education Program at the U.S. Department of Education
National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) Resource Page
The Advocacy Institute (for persons with disabilities)
ASCD (Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development) Resource Page
American Federation of Teachers Resource Page
National Education Association Resource Page
Roadmap for Next-Generation State Accountability Systems
Recommendations from the CCSSO Accountability Advisory Committee
