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What Detroit and Chicago Can Teach Us About Student Growth and School Rating Systems

Chris Minnich

Dec 13 2018
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Historically, U.S. schools have been rated based largely on student performance on an annual summative test. With the passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), state accountability systems now feature additional measures of student and school success, including academic growth. These factors are critical if we are to create accountability systems that recognize the contributions that schools make to student progress, while reducing bias against educators and schools serving students in diverse, high-poverty communities.

Topics Accountability and Improvement, Equitable Resources and Access
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Newsletter: December 2018

Dec 11 2018
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This edition of the Reimagining College Access newsletter contains an update on the RCA project, information on the convening of the RCA National Advisory Board, NACAC School Profile examples, and a recap of the RCA session at NACAC’s 74th Annual Convening.

Topics Deeper Learning, Deeper Learning: College, Career & Civic Participation, Deeper Learning: Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment
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Essential Building Blocks for State School Finance Systems and Promising State Practices

David Hinojosa

Dec 05 2018
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Creating equitable and adequate school finance systems is a challenging-but-achievable task. It's also an essential one, as the cost of failing to properly invest in high-quality public education for all children impacts not just students but society at large. This new study shares essential state-level strategies and examples to help policymakers develop equitable and effective school finance systems.

Topics Equitable Resources and Access, Accountability and Improvement
Report

Essential Building Blocks for State School Finance Systems and Promising State Practices

David Hinojosa

Dec 05 2018
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The cost for failing to properly invest in a high-quality public education for all children has grave implications for both the students and society at large. A new report shares essential state-level strategies and examples to help policymakers develop equitable and effective school finance systems.

Topics Equitable Resources and Access, Accountability and Improvement
Blog

Four-Year Graduation Rates Leave Off Where the Real Work Begins

Julie Kessler

Nov 28 2018
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Under the Every School Succeeds Act (ESSA), states are able to use 5-, 6-, and even 7-year graduation rates in their accountability systems. This expanded measure of student success creates new opportunities for students who need extra time to earn a diploma, often the most vulnerable in our schools, including English Learners, students with special needs, and homeless and transitional youth.

Topics Accountability and Improvement, Deeper Learning: College, Career & Civic Participation
Blog

Suspended Education: How Accountability Systems Can Address Inequitable Suspension Practices and Support Whole Child Education

Susan Bonilla

Brian Lee

Nov 14 2018
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Thanks to the federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), states are beginning to develop accountability systems that are focused on multiple measures of student success, including one key driver of inequity—the overuse of suspension, particularly for students of color, as a discipline tactic.

Topics Accountability and Improvement, Deeper Learning, Deeper Learning: School Organization & Design
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The Power of Educational Justice Movements

Mark Warren

Nov 01 2018
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Grassroots organizing and movement building to combat the school-to-prison pipeline has focused on ending zero-tolerance and exclusionary discipline policies and implementing more humane alternatives, such as restorative justice. This movement is winning policy victories through the combination of research-based evidence and the personal stories of parents and students who are directly impacted by injustice, and by building broader alliances to bring more resources and clout to their efforts.

Topics Deeper Learning, Deeper Learning: School Organization & Design, Accountability and Improvement
Report

The Tapestry of American Public Education: How Can We Create a System of Schools Worth Choosing for All?

Peter W. Cookson, Jr.

Linda Darling-Hammond

Robert Rothman

Patrick M. Shields

Oct 25 2018
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Often forgotten in the policy debates on school choice are fundamental questions of whether and how choice influences access to high-quality schools, and whether, in our diverse democracy that requires common ground, choices promote or undermine integration. This report reviews research on a variety of school choice strategies and examines how public school choices can be managed to ensure all students have excellent schools to choose from and are chosen by excellent schools.

Topics Equitable Resources and Access, Accountability and Improvement
Blog

Monitoring Chronic Absence Is Key to Creating an Equal Opportunity to Learn

Hedy N. Chang

Oct 18 2018
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Across the country, more than eight million students are chronically absent, meaning they miss nearly one month of school each year. ESSA creates an opportunity for states and districts to monitor and address chronic absences as a key strategy for creating greater educational equity. This blog, part of the Realizing ESSA’s Promise series, provides examples and guidance on how states can equip districts, communities, and schools to take a comprehensive approach to improving attendance.

Topics The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), Accountability and Improvement, Equitable Resources and Access
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Learning to Lead: Understanding California’s Learning System for School and District Leaders

Leib Sutcher

Anne Podolsky

Tara Kini

Patrick M. Shields

Oct 15 2018
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A study including a survey of California principals and interviews with principals, former principals, and superintendents finds that California’s education leaders experience only some elements of high-quality preparation and professional development, and often miss out on the most valuable elements of quality learning experiences. Moreover, their participation in professional learning opportunities that support them in leading schools that develop students’ deeper learning and social and emotional competencies is inconsistent. They do, however, want more of it.

Topic Educator Quality

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Report

The Tapestry of American Public Education: How Can We Create a System of Schools Worth Choosing for All?

Oct 25 2018

Often forgotten in the policy debates on school choice are fundamental questions of whether and how choice influences access to high-quality schools, and whether, in our diverse democracy that requires common ground, choices promote or undermine integration. This report reviews research on a variety of school choice strategies and examines how public school choices can be managed to ensure all students have excellent schools to choose from and are chosen by excellent schools.

Report

Educating the Whole Child: Improving School Climate to Support Student Success

Sep 07 2018

Each year in the United States, 46 million children are exposed to violence, crime, abuse, homelessness, or food insecurity—experiences that can affect attention, learning, and behavior. This report looks at neuroscience, science of learning, and child development research on whole child approaches to education that improve learning for all students, especially those living with trauma.

Report

Making ESSA’s Equity Promise Real: State Strategies to Close the Opportunity Gap

Sep 05 2018

Under the federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), in addition to the required indicators of schools performance, states can select indicators to measure schools’ efforts to support students and provide equitable opportunities or to identify places where additional investments need to be made to improve education and support underserved students. This report documents how states are taking advantage of this opportunity to address disparities, make schools more inclusive, and help all students succeed.

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