Hanna MelnickChanna Cook-HarveyLinda Darling-Hammond
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How can schools be encouraged to help students develop socially and emotionally and to foster positive school environments in the context of new accountability under the Every Student Succeeds Act? This report provides a framework for considering how measures of social and emotional learning (SEL) and school climate may be incorporated into an accountability and continuous improvement system.
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As states develop new accountability and improvement systems under the Every Student Succeeds Act, a new report examines ways that social and emotional learning and school climate can be included.
Hanna MelnickChanna Cook-HarveyLinda Darling-Hammond
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The Every Student Succeeds Act provides an important opportunity for states to broaden the definition of student success to include measures of students’ social-emotional, as well as academic, development. This brief describes how states might measure and promote social and emotional learning (SEL) in their accountability and continuous improvement plans.
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Strategic selection and use of performance indicators can illuminate disparities in our schools and focus attention and resources on rectifying long-standing inequities. This report explores how states can use a multiple-measure accountability system to improve educational opportunities and outcomes for underserved youth and begin to dismantle the school-to-prison-pipeline.
Curt M. AdamsTimothy G. FordPatrick B. ForsythJordan K. WareJentre J. OlsenJohn A. LepineLaura L.B. BarnesJam KhojastehMwarumba Mwavita
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What will it take for states to move from compliance-focused accountability systems to systems that enable a culture of continuous learning and improvement? In this report, the authors lay out a vision for next generation accountability systems designed to support the goal of college and career readiness for all students.
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California’s State Board of Education has an opportunity to leave behind one of the most unfair and problematic features of No Child Left Behind (NCLB): the way it calculates English learners’ progress for purposes of accountability. In doing so, however, the state will still need to address how it will focus on, understand, and support the nearly 1.4 million public students classified as English learners.
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The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) includes a number of important requirements and opportunities to advance equity in U.S. education. A new report by the Learning Policy Institute, Equity and ESSA: Leveraging Educational Opportunity Through the Every Student Succeeds Act, outlines the equity implications of ESSA and discusses ways in which the federal government, states, districts, and schools can promote equity for underserved children and youth. The report was released in conjunction with a briefing on Capitol Hill.
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The passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) represents an opportunity for states, districts, and schools to equitably design education systems to ensure that historically underserved students are prepared for the demands of the 21st century. This report details the equity implications of ESSA and provides recommendations for ways in which states, districts, and schools can leverage the new law to enhance equitable educational opportunities and close persistent achievement gaps.
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On July 14, Linda Darling-Hammond, President and CEO of the Learning Policy Institute, testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) during the the hearing "ESSA Implementation: Perspectives from Education Stakeholders on Proposed Regulations." In her remarks, Dr. Darling-Hammond stressed that ESSA regulations must support accountability that leads to equity and improvement by providing transparency and clarity for action.
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Two new reports, published jointly by the Learning Policy Institute (LPI) and the Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education (SCOPE), provide timely research and evidence-based examples for educators and policymakers looking to leverage ESSA to improve educational opportunities and outcomes for all children.
